Dr Botero is the World Justice Project's Executive Director and former Director of the Rule of Law Index, where he has led the development of the Index project and co-authored the report since its inception in 2008. Dr Botero’s previous experience as a researcher at Yale University and consultant for the World Bank focused on comparative legal research and developing cross-country indicators for the World Bank’s Doing Business report. Previous experiences include service as the Director of the Colombian Government Trade Bureau in Washington D.C., Chief International Legal Counsel of the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Deputy-Chief Negotiator of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, member of the Advisory Board of the Colombian Antitrust and Consumer Protection Agency, and Judicial Clerk at the Colombian Constitutional Court. He has been a professor or guest lecturer in several countries, and is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Justice. His academic publications focus on the areas of rule of law, access to justice, and labor regulation. A national of Colombia, Dr Botero holds a law degree from Universidad de los Andes, a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard University, and a Doctorate of Juridical Science (SJD) from Georgetown University.
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