Professor Murphy received his B.A. from Cornell University and his LL.B. with specialization in international affairs from Cornell Law School. At Cornell, he was a member of the Cornell Law Review. He was an associate at Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts in New York and Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffertz & Masters in Washington, D.C., and an attorney adviser in the Legal Adviser’s Office of the United States Department of State. Before joining the faculty in 1983 as a Visiting Professor, he was a Professor and an Associate Dean at the University of Kansas School of Law, a Visiting Professor at Cornell law School, and the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the Naval War College.

Professor Murphy’s research and teaching interests focus on international law, international terrorism, international business transactions, and European Union constitutional law.