Bassiouni has been Professor of Law at DePaul University since 1964 and has been a visiting professor of law and lecturer at the world's major universities. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Washington, D.C. before the United States Supreme Court, most U.S. Courts of Appeals and the United States Court of Military Appeals. His many awards and medals include the 1956 Order of Millitary Valor, Egypt; the 1976 and 1977 Order of Merit, Italy; the 1984 Order of Scientific Merit, Egypt; the 1990 Grand Cross Order of Merit of Austrian Republic; the 1990 Special Award of the Council of Europe; and the Adlai Stevenson Award of the United Nations Association.