Ilya Rudyak

Ilya Rudyak, S.J.D., is Senior Fellow at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) and Arlin M. & Neysa Adams Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Ilya’s primary scholarly interests are in domestic criminal law and international humanitarian law (IHL) and his work has appeared in traditional and peer-reviewed law journals, legislative proposals, professional reports, and formal submissions to international and state bodies. A lawyer by training, Ilya previously served as Legislative Director of a comprehensive criminal code reform project in Delaware, and as Director of Research at CERL. Since rejoining CERL, Ilya leads the center’s work on domestic violent extremism and civic education in the military. Earlier in his career he practiced litigation at a leading Israeli law firm (Meitar), worked as an educator at the World Holocaust Remembrance Center (Yad Vashem), and served as the head of the weapons department aboard a submarine (INS Dolphin). Ilya earned his joint LL.B. degree in law and psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and his LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from Penn Law.