Boris Kozolchyk

Evo DeConcini Professor Emeritus of Law
borisk@arizona.edu

SSRN Published Papers

Representative Publications

  • Latin American Company Law:  A Comparative and Economic Development PerspectiveVol. 1 (2013) (co-editor, with Francisco Hernando Reyes & author of Introduction xxiii and Invigorating Micro and Small Businesses through Secured Commercial Credit in Latin America:  The Need for Legal and Institutional Reform, Chapter 1 (co-author, with Cristina Castaneda)).
  • La Contratación Comercial En El Derecho Comparado (2006).
  • United States Law of Trade and Investment (2001) (co-author, with John F. Molloy) and author of Dedications and Acknowledgments v, Introduction I-1 (co-author with John F. Molloy), Chapter 1, Law of the U.S. in Comparative-Legal Reasoning-Perspective, Chapter 22, Negotiable Instruments and Bank Deposits and Collections, and Chapter 24, Commercial Letters of Credit.
  • El Derecho Comercial ante el Libre Comercio y el Desarrollo Economico (1996).
  • Making Free Trade Work in the Americas (1993) (editor & author of NAFTA's Continuous Commercial Legal Highway 5 and Introduction to the Guidelines for the Clearing and Return of Checks between Canada, the United States and Mexico 340).
  • Letters of Credit (Vol. IX, Chap. 5 in the International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (monograph)) (1973).
  • Curso de Derecho Mercantil:  Texto y Material de Estudio (1971) (co-author, with Octavio Torrealba).
  • Commercial Letters of Credit in the Americas:  A Comparative Study of Contemporary Commercial Transactions (1966).
  • Complete List of Publications

Education

  • S.J.D. (Ph.D. equivalent degree) University of Michigan School of Law
    1966
  • LL.M. University of Michigan School of Law
    1960
  • L.L.B.University of Miami School of Law
    1959
    Top Student Award
  • Diplome de Droit CompareFaculté International de Droit Compare, Luxembourg
    1958
  • Doctorate in Civil LawUniversity of Havana
    1956

Admitted to Practice

  • United States Supreme Court
  • Arizona

Work Experience

  • Evo DeConcini Professor of Law
    James E. Rogers College of Law
    1998 - 2017
  • Professor of Law
    University of Arizona College of Law
    1969 - 1998
  • President and Director of the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
    Tucson, Arizona
    April 1992 - present
  • Visiting Professor
    University of Aix en Provence, France
    Summer 1985
  • Distinguished Bailey Visiting Professor and Tucker Lecturer
    Louisiana State University
    Spring 1979
  • Director of Law Reform Project, USAID
    San José, Costa Rica
    1967 - 1969
  • Visiting Professor of Law
    University of Costa Rica School of Law
    1967 - 1969
  • Visiting Exchange Professor of Law
    National University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    Summer 1962
  • Resident Consultant
    RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
    1964 - 1967
  • Guest Lecturer, Extension Graduate Seminar on Latin American Law
    UCLA
    Spring 1965
  • Guest Lecturer, Latin American Law Seminar
    Stanford University
    Spring 1964
  • Visiting Professor of Law
    National University of Mexico
    Summer 1961
  • Assistant Professor of Law
    Southern Methodist University School of Law
    1960 - 1964
  • Teaching Assistant
    University of Miami School of Law
    1957 - 1959
  • Teaching Assistant
    Faculté Internationale de Droit Compare, Luxembourg
    1958

Organizations

  • International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law
  • Founding Member, American Academy of Foreign Law
  • Associate Member, International Academy of Comparative Law, Paris
  • American Law Institute
    Consultative Committee to UCC Articles 3, 4, 4a and 5
    1987 - present
  • American Bar Association
    Task Force for the Revision of Article 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code
    1988 - 1990
  • Arizona State Bar

Public & Institutional Service

  • United States Delegate, Organization of American States (OAS) for Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) Convention on Secured Transactions Law
    2002
  • Advisor, National Commissioners of Uniform State Laws for the Revision of Article 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code
    1990 - present
  • United States Delegate, Organization of American States (OAS) for Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-V) Convention on Choice of Law on Contractual Disputes
    1993 - 1994
  • United States Delegate, United Nations Commission on Uniform Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for Standby Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantee Convention
    1989 - 1994
  • United States Representative, International Chamber of Commerce for the United States Council on International Banking for the Revision of the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits (UCP 500)
    1989 - 1992
  • President, International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law
    1988 - 1990
  • Advisor, Library of Congress, Law Division
    1988
  • Consultant on Legal Systems, U.S. Agency for International Development
    1974 - 1977
  • Consultant on Uniformity of Commer
    1974 - 1977

Awards

  • International Legal and Business Research Center, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Named after Prof. Kozolchyk
    2006
  • First Annual Excellence in International Education/Service Award, University of Arizona, Center for English as a Second Language
    2005
  • Student Inn of the U.S. - Mexican Bar Association at the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, Named after Prof. Kozolchyk
    2005
  • Leonard J. Theberge Award from the American Bar Association for Long Term Contribution to Private International Law
    2004
  • Partners for Democracy Award of the America-Israel Friendship League
    2003
  • Martin Luther King Community Award for Contribution fo the Better Understanding of the Peoples of the Americas, Tucson, Ariz.
    2002
  • Nominated for the World Technology Award in Law by the World Technology Network
    2001
  • Selected as one of the 100 Women and Minorities Achievers for the State of Arizona
    2000
  • Recognition of Superior Service for the States of Arizona and Sonora, Arizona-Mexico Commission, signed by Governor Lopez Nogales
    1999
  • Man of the Year Award, Hispanic Professional Action Committee
    1995
  • Selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics, Hispanic Business Magazine
    1991
  • Selected by the Harvard University Law School International Financial Systems Program and the World Bank as Advisor to the Project Lao (Commercial Code Drafting)
    1991
  • Selected by the Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany as Reporter for the International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law; Topic: Documents of Title (2nd topic assignment)
  • University of Arizona College of Law Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award
    1990
  • Commendation by the U.S. Department of State for Extraordinary Service as a United States delegate to UNCITRAL
    1990
  • Establishment of the "Kozolchyk Award" for best student writing by the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law"
    1989
  • Magisterial Lecturer, National University of Mexico School of Law
    1989
  • First Distinguished Service Award by The Arizona-Sonora Bar Association
    1989
  • Inducted to the Hall of Fame of Professors of Commercial Law, National University of Mexico
    1987
  • Man of the Year, Tucson Jewish Community Council
    1982
  • Honorary Life Member for Distinguished Legal Research, National Mexican Notarial Bar Association
    1982
  • Commendation by U.S. Department of Justice for Consulting and Expert Testimony Work on Letter of Credit Litigation
    1979
  • "Fairness in Anglo and Latin American Adjudication"; Nominated for Hubert Herring Award of the P.C.C.L.A.S.
    1979
  • Community Service Award, Tucson Jewish Community Council
    1978
  • National Science Foundation Research Grantee
    1975, 1974, 1973
  • Selected by National University of Mexico as United States Representative to the First Mexican Congress of Commercial Law
    1974
  • "Commercial Letters of Credit in the Amerias" selected as Best Book in the field of Letters of Credit Law by Spanish Government Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, award of Translation Royalties, Madrid
    1973
  • Best Book Award for Spanish translation of "Commercial Letters of Credit in the Americas," Inter-American Bar Association
    1973
  • Selected as General Reporter for the International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law on the topic of Letters of Credit and Related Documents, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany
    1970
  • Extraordinary Merit Award for Teaching and Research, College of Law, University of Costa Rica
    1969
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