NYU Law Abroad Staff in Paris

Régis Bismuth

On-Site Director

Régis Bismuth (Ph.D. Sorbonne, LL.M. Columbia) is Professor of Law at Sciences Po Law School in Paris. His main research and teaching interests lie in public international law, international economic, monetary and financial law, and international adjudication. He has authored numerous publications in these fields, with particular attention to the extraterritorial application of law, economic sanctions, state immunity, investment law and arbitration, sovereign debt, corporate social responsibility, and animal law. Alongside his academic work, Régis Bismuth has advised States, public institutions, corporations, and non-governmental organizations on a range of international legal issues. He has also served as an expert before various courts and tribunals.
 

Daria Sartori

Executive Director, EU Public Interest Clinic

Dr. Daria Sartori is a practising human rights lawyer, registered with both the Italian and French Bars. She is specialized in actions before the European Court of Human Rights, with a specific focus on the protection of people on the move and asylum seekers. 

Daria holds a PhD and a Doctor Europaeus in Comparative and European Legal Studies from the University of Trento (Italy), and she was a Michigan Grotius Research Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School. She previously worked as a case-processing lawyer at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. Currently, Daria is the Co-Founder of Pro Iura, a civil society organization dedicated to advancing pro bono human rights litigation. She also serves as the Supervising Lawyer for the award-winning Rule 39 Pro Bono Initiative, a project that supports the effective use of urgent and non-urgent applications to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of vulnerable migrants.

In addition to her role at NYU Law in Paris, Daria teaches courses on migration and human rights at Sciences Po Toulouse and a human rights litigation course at the Université Catholique de Lille. She frequently serves as a consultant on human rights protection for international organizations, including the UNHCR and the Council of Europe.
 

Stephanie Wagner

On-Site Program Assistant

Stephanie Wagner is the NYU Law in Paris Program Assistant. She is originally from Fairfax, Virginia, and did her undergraduate studies at Elon University in anthropology, French, and international studies. During her third year, she studied abroad in Paris and Montpellier. After graduating, she returned to France to teach high school English for two years in Lille. Since then, she has been pursuing her master’s in international education administration at the Catholic Institute in Paris. Her previous experience as an exchange student and passion for study abroad have helped to uphold the excellence of the NYU Law program in Paris since November 2025.