Peter B. (“Bo”) Rutledge is an Associate Professor of Law at the Catholic University of America where his teaching and research interests include international dispute resolution, arbitration, international business transactions and the Supreme Court. 

He is co-author with Gary Born of the book International Civil Litigation in the United States (Aspen 2007) and has published numerous articles in journals such as the University of Chicago Law Review, the Vanderbilt Law Review and the University of Georgia Law Review.

In 2008, the Supreme Court appointed Professor Rutledge to brief and argue the case of Irizarry v. United States  as amicus curiae in defense of the judgment below.  A former law clerk at the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Professor Rutledge regularly files briefs and advises lawyers in matters before that Court and lower courts.

In addition to his academic and legal work, Professor Rutledge regularly comments on public policy matters.  He has testified on several occasions before Congress, regularly has spoken to broadcast and print media and given speeches around the country on matters such as international dispute resolution, arbitration and the Supreme Court.

Professor Rutledge is an accomplished and teacher.  In 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 the student body elected Professor Rutledge “Professor of the Year.”

Before entering the academy, Professor Rutledge practiced at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr) where his practice included international dispute resolution and Supreme Court matters, and at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where his practice concentrated on international arbitration.  He holds a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University, an M. Litt. in Applied Ethics from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) and a J.D. with high honors from the University of Chicago.