Diana M. Ramirez

Adjunct Professor Diana Ramirez is Associate Director of Graduate Programs and International Affairs at Elisabeth Haub School of Law. She is in charge of all non-JD programs, LLM, SJD, visiting scholars.

Professor Ramirez earned her first law degree in Mexico City, where she started her professional career as an attorney and consultant in business law. She is experience in corporate law, international contracts and legal consulting for business development and entrepreneurship. She is also experience in Franchise Law and Master Franchise Agreements, as well as other international master contracts.

Professor Ramirez started teaching, and held the Law School Director position, at her alma mater Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico City in 2014 to 2017. She started working In the United States on international human rights and migration, and she became an active advocate for asylums seekers and refugees at the border. The research that eventually led to her doctoral degree is entitled “Laws, Policies and Responses for Unaccompanied Minors at the Border: The Need for Reform, Promotion and Protection of International Human Rights in the United States of America.”

Professor Ramirez is part of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

• LLB Tecnologico de Monterrey Mexico City
• Master in International Law Tecnologico de Monterrey Mexico City
• LLM Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
• JSD Washington University in St. Louis School of Law

• Introduction to the American Legal System LAW 765A

• Environmental Law and Sustainability (3rd edition 2020)
• Current Topics in Environmental Law (2019) (Ed. Porrúa)
• Comparative Immigration Policies for Unaccompanied Minors: A shared challenge, Loyola University Chicago International Law Review (forthcoming Spring 2023)