Dr. Jennifer Maddocks

Dr. Jennifer Maddocks is an assistant professor in the Department of Law and Philosophy at the United States Military Academy (USMA). She teaches the department’s course on comparative legal systems and is a Faculty Fellow with the Lieber Institute for Law and Warfare. She is also the managing editor for the Lieber Institute’s Articles of War blog. Her research interests include the law of state responsibility, the law of armed conflict, and international human rights law.

Dr. Maddocks started her legal career in private practice, working for eight years as an employment lawyer at law firms in London and in Dorset, England. She then served for over 13 years as an officer in the British Army Legal Services. During her military career, Dr. Maddocks performed a range of roles, including operational deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. In addition, she spent one year assigned to the International Military Advisory and Training Team in Sierra Leone and three years at the Service Prosecuting Authority in Germany. From 2016-18, Dr. Maddocks was assigned to the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI. There, she commenced her Ph.D. studies, focusing on state responsibility for international law violations involving non-state actors in armed conflict under the supervision of Professor Michael Schmitt. 

Following her return to the United Kingdom, Dr. Maddocks was legal adviser at an operational headquarters, advising on various international law issues. She was awarded her Ph.D. in January 2022 and joined USMA faculty in September 2022.