Brett Dakin, a New York attorney, is the Charles Evans Gerber Transactional Studies Research Fellow at Columbia Law School.  Brett is also the author of Another Quiet American: Stories of Life in Laos (Asia Books), which Rough Guides calls "a must for anyone looking to understand Laos today."  Prior to joining Columbia, Brett was an associate at the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where his practice focused on international corporate and financial transactions, with particular emphasis on intellectual property matters.  Brett received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2003, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Human Rights Journal, and an undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1998.  Brett is also a member of the Advisory Councils of the Princeton University East Asian Studies Department and the Public International Law & Policy Group.