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Faculty
HLS Professors
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![Nikolas Bowie headshot]()
Nikolas Bowie
Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law
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![Ryan D. Doerfler headshot]()
Ryan D. Doerfler
Professor of Law
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![Richard H. Fallon headshot]()
Richard H. Fallon
Story Professor of Law
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![Martha A. Field headshot]()
Martha A. Field
Langdell Professor of Law
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![Keith Fogg headshot]()
Keith Fogg
Clinical Professor of Law, Emeritus
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![Jeannie Suk Gersen headshot]()
Jeannie Suk Gersen
John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law
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![Jack L. Goldsmith headshot]()
Jack L. Goldsmith
Learned Hand Professor of Law
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![D. James Greiner headshot]()
D. James Greiner
The Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law
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![Vicki C. Jackson headshot]()
Vicki C. Jackson
Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law
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![Alan Jenkins headshot]()
Alan Jenkins
Professor of Practice
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![Andrew L. Kaufman headshot]()
Andrew L. Kaufman
Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law, Emeritus
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![Randall L. Kennedy headshot]()
Randall L. Kennedy
Michael R. Klein Professor of Law
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![Richard J. Lazarus headshot]()
Richard J. Lazarus
Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law
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![Anna Lvovsky headshot]()
Anna Lvovsky
Professor of Law
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![John F. Manning headshot]()
John F. Manning
Harvard University Provost
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David Rosenberg
Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law, Emeritus
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![William B. Rubenstein headshot]()
William B. Rubenstein
Bruce Bromley Professor of Law
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![Stephen Sachs headshot]()
Stephen Sachs
Antonin Scalia Professor of Law
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![Larry Schwartztol headshot]()
Larry Schwartztol
Professor of Practice
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![Steven M. Shavell headshot]()
Steven M. Shavell
Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics
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![Joseph W. Singer headshot]()
Joseph W. Singer
Bussey Professor of Law
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![Laurence H. Tribe headshot]()
Laurence H. Tribe
Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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![Yas Banifatemi headshot]()
Yas Banifatemi
Visiting Professor of Law
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![Richard W. Clary headshot]()
Richard W. Clary
Lecturer on Law
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![John C. Cratsley headshot]()
John C. Cratsley
Lecturer on Law
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![Medha Gargeya headshot]()
Medha Gargeya
Lecturer on Law
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![Thomas Griffith headshot]()
Thomas Griffith
Lecturer on Law
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![Scott Michelman headshot]()
Scott Michelman
Shikes Fellow in Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and Lecturer on Law
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Luke Nikas
Lecturer on Law
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![Dessie Otachliska headshot]()
Dessie Otachliska
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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![Leah A. Plunkett headshot]()
Leah A. Plunkett
Meyer Research Lecturer on Law
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![Elizabeth Prelogar headshot]()
Elizabeth Prelogar
Steven and Maureen Klinsky Visiting Professor of Practice for Leadership and Progress
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![Richard M. Re headshot]()
Richard M. Re
Ropes & Gray Visiting Professor of Law
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![Justine Sheehan headshot]()
Justine Sheehan
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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![Daniel L. Smail headshot]()
Daniel L. Smail
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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![Louis Tompros headshot]()
Louis Tompros
Lecturer on Law
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![Elizabeth Tuttle Newman headshot]()
Elizabeth Tuttle Newman
Lecturer on Law
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![Jonathan J. Wroblewski headshot]()
Jonathan J. Wroblewski
Lecturer on Law
Clinics
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
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| Access to Justice in the Digital World | Spring 2026 Reading Group | Leah Plunkett |
| Advanced Readings in Japanese Law | Fall 2025 Seminar | J. Mark Ramseyer |
| Advanced Written Advocacy | Spring 2026 Seminar | Richard Clary |
| Civil Rights Litigation | Spring 2026 Course | Scott Michelman |
| Class Actions: Litigating Advanced Topics | Fall 2025 Course | Richard Clary |
| Complex Litigation: Legal Doctrines, Real World Practice | Fall 2025 Course | Richard Clary |
| Conflict of Laws | Spring 2026 Course | Joseph Singer |
| Conflict of Laws | Spring 2026 Course | Stephen Sachs |
| Constitutional Erosion and Democratic Backsliding | Fall 2025 Seminar | Alfredo Gutierrez Ortiz Mena |
| Constitutional Law: First Amendment | Spring 2026 Course | Martha Field |