Brian D. Lepard is Law Alumni Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, where he teaches international human rights law, among other subjects. He is a member of the Bahá’í Faith and worked for three years as a human rights specialist at the United Nations Office of the Bahá’í International Community. Additional information about his academic interests can be found here.

Professor Lepard has written a number of books and articles on the Bahá’í Faith, world religions, human rights, ethics, and international law. His books and articles include Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention: A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles in International Law and World Religions (Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 2002); Hope for a Global Ethic: Shared Principles in Religious Scriptures (Bahá’í Publishing, 2005); In the Glory of the Father: The Bahá’í Faith and Christianity (Bahá’í Publishing, 2008); “The Bahá’í Faith,” in The Encyclopedia of Human Rights (David P. Forsythe, ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 2009); and Customary International Law: A New Theory with Practical Applications (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010).

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