Duke Leadership Academy Scholars Profile

Oleg Kobelev

Title: Assistant Dean for International Studies
Location:
Senior Management Area: Law School
Class Year: 2019

Bio:
In his current position as Assistant Dean for
International Studies, Oleg oversees a broad portfolio of
responsibilities spanning career counseling, professional
development programming, academic advising, alumni
support, and student recruitment with an emphasis on
international opportunities. He works on a variety of
programs and initiatives aimed at introducing law students
to various legal practice areas, deepening connections to
international alumni, and developing relationships with
international law firms, intergovernmental organizations,
and NGOs. He serves on the Admissions and Scholarships
Committee for the International LLM Program and works
closely with stakeholders across campus on
internationalization and global visibility of Duke Law
School.

Oleg joins Duke Law from the National Association of
Attorneys General, where he served as tobacco counsel,
supporting 52 attorneys general in enforcement and
implementation of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement
Agreement, which ended states' Medicaid litigation against
tobacco companies and governs annual multi-billion dollar
payments from tobacco companies to cover states' costs in
caring for people with smoking-related illnesses. He also
has served as a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and as an associate with
Sidley Austin in New York. Oleg is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina School of Law, where he was
editor in chief of the Journal of Law and Technology.