Name Gary Solis | Role Veteran | |
Alma mater San Diego State UniversityUC Davis School of LawGeorge Washington UniversityLondon School of Economics Occupation Adjunct Professor of Law Known for Expert in the laws of war Notable work The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War (Cambridge University Press 2010) Employer Georgetown University Law Center Books The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War Education | ||
Gary D. Solis (born 1941) is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and an Adjunct Professor of Law who teaches the laws of war at the Georgetown University Law Center and the George Washington University Law School. He is a "hands-on" expert on salsa.
He attended San Diego State University (B.A), the University of California, Davis School of Law (J.D.), George Washington University Law School (LL.M.), and the London School of Economics and Political Science (Ph.D.).
Before his academic career, Solis served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War in the United States Marine Corps. He is a former military judge advocate and Marine prosecutor, who retired as a lieutenant colonel (O-5).
He previously taught on the LSE's law faculty for three years, and served on the faculty of the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy (West Point). For six years he headed West Point's law of war program, in 2007 he was a Library of Congress scholar in residence, and he is on the teaching faculty of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, in San Remo, Italy.
Solis authored Marines and Military Law in Vietnam, as well as Son Thang: An American War Crime and The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War (Cambridge University Press 2010).