Professor James W. Nickel recently gave a lecture on economic and social rights at the Universidad de los Andes School of Law in Bogota, Colombia. He also presented his paper on personal deserts and human rights in Steve Ratner's Justice in International Law seminar at the University of Michigan Law School. Professor Nickel holds a joint appointment in the Philosophy Department and the Law School. He teaches and writes in human rights law and theory, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and constitutional law.