Bruce Swartz

Bruce Swartz is the Aharon Barak Fellow at Yale Law School, and a Senior Advisor (non-resident) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He also is a member of the steering committee of the Washington Litigation Group, a non-profit law firm dedicated to providing pro bono services to defend the rule of law.

From 2000 to January 31, 2025, Mr. Swartz served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice and as the Department’s Counselor for International Affairs. In these positions, he supervised the international operational work of the Department of Justice—including all extraditions and mutual legal assistance in criminal and national security cases—and also supervised the Department’s overseas rule of law capacity-building programs. He was an advisor on international issues to nine Attorneys General and represented the Department in multilateral and bilateral negotiations, as well as in sensitive overseas missions.