Elihu Lauterpacht

Sir Elihu Lauterpacht (13 July 1928 – 8 February 2017) was a British academic and lawyer, who specialized in international law. The son of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, he was founder of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the law faculty in Cambridge University.

Early life and education Lauterpacht was born on 13 July 1928 in Cricklewood, London, to Rachel and Hersch Lauterpacht, and was educated at King's College School, Cambridge. As the Second World War broke out, Professor Hersch Lauterpacht was invited by the Carnegie Endowment to take a visiting professorship in the United States, so with the approval and encouragement of the British Foreign Office, the Lauterpacht family left for America in September 1940.

For a year Lauterpacht attended the private Horace Mann School in the Bronx before joining the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In 1953 he became a Fellow of Trinity College. From 1975 to 1977 Lauterpacht served as legal advisor to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.

He continued to teach courses at the London School of Economics (in 1995) and The Hague Academy of International Law (1996). 1994, appointed an Honorary Professor of International Law at Cambridge University. 1997, the Research Centre for International Law at was renamed to Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law in honour of both Sir Elihu Lauterpacht and his father Sir Hersch Lauterpacht to mark their contribution to the research of international law at the University of Cambridge. 1998, knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Lectures The Role of the International Judge in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law.