Sergio Verdugo

Sergio Verdugo is an Assistant Professor of Law at IE Law School, where he teaches Constitutional Law and Human Rights Law. He is also an Editor of the International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) and the Secretary General of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S). Before joining the IE University, he was the Director of the Center for Constitutional Justice of the Universidad del Desarrollo School of Law, Chile.

Dr. Verdugo holds a doctorate in law from the New York University School of Law (NYU) and a master’s degree in law from the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds a Master in Public Law from P. Universidad Católica de Chile, where he won the “Alejandro Silva Bascuñán award, and an LLB from Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.

Professor Verdugo’s research interests include comparative constitutional law, political rights, constitutional theory, the politics of constitutional courts, the theory of democracy, and constitution-making. He is the author of several publications in English and Spanish. His work has been featured in journals such as the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, the Revista Chilena de Derecho, de Revista de Derecho del Estado, and Estudios Constitucionales.

Academic Background

• Doctor of Juridical Science (JSD), New York University (NYU), USA

• Master of Laws (LLM), University of California, Berkeley, USA

• Master in Public Law, P. Universidad Católica de Chile

• LLB., Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor of Law, IE Law School, 2022 - Present

• Co-editor-in-chief of the Spanish issues, International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON), 2021 - Present

• Secretary General, International Society of Public Law (ICON-S), 2021 - 2023

• Director of the Center for Constitutional Justice, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile, 2021 - 2022

• Lecturer of Constitutional Interpretation (LLM), P. Universidad Católica de Chile, 2020

• Associate Professor of Law, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile, 2019 - 2022

• Deputy Secretary-General, International Society of Public Law (ICON-S), 2018 - 2021

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON), 2016 - 2021

• Research Fellow, NYU Global Research Institute, Berlin, 2017

• Instructor of the upper-level JD&LLM’s Reading Seminar on “Latin American Constitutionalism”, New York University (NYU) School of Law, 2017