Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio has been named Director on the Board of Directors of the Public International Law and Policy Group, a Washington, D.C.-based non-governmental organization whose mission is to provide free legal assistance to states and governments involved in peace negotiations, to draft post-conflict constitutions, and to assist in prosecuting war criminals. Professor Sterio had previously served as a consultant to the PILPG, on various projects related to maritime piracy prosecutions, and on a project related to the documentation of human rights abuses in South Sudan.