Dr. Jens David Ohlin is a law professor at Cornell University Law School. He focuses on international and domestic criminal law, as well as comparative and international criminal law.

Professor Ohlin’s research also focuses on war laws, particularly the impact of new technologies on warfare legislation, such as remotely piloted drones and targeted killing strategies, cyber-warfare, and the role of non-state actors in armed conflicts. Targeted Killings: Law and Morality in an Asymmetrical World (co-authored with A. Altman and C. Finkelstein), Cyber-War: Law and Ethics for Virtual Conflicts (co-authored with C. Finkelstein and K. Govern), and Defending Humanity: When Force is Justified and Why (co-authored with C. Finkelstein and K. Govern) are some of his notable works.