Christine Abely

Christine Abely is an Assistant Professor at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. Her research focuses on sanctions and international trade (including export controls and import regulations), and her courses taught include International Business Transactions and Compliance. She is the author of The Russia Sanctions: The Economic Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, which looks at the economic response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She has appeared on Boston Public Radio to discuss the sanctions against Russia, and her work on sanctions has been mentioned in The Wall Street Journal. She has published opinion pieces on international trade issues in The Hill, Just Security, and others. Her academic work has been published in the Virginia Journal of International Law, the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, the Boston College Law Review E. Supp., and others. She has presented to the Coalition of New England Companies for Trade and the Massachusetts Export Center. She is a licensed customs broker and a member of the American Society of International Law and Trade Experettes. She also previously served on the executive board of the Organization of Women in International Trade. Before working in academia, she practiced international trade and sanctions law at a firm. She holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. with a double major in Economics and French Studies from Dartmouth College.

Sub-specialties:
sanctions, export controls, international trade, import regulations, global compliance