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Faculty
HLS Professors
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Yochai Benkler
Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies
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Christine Desan
Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law
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Ryan D. Doerfler
Howard J. and Katherine W. Aibel Professor of Law
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Noah Feldman
Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor
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Janet Halley
Eli Goldston Professor of Law
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Jon Hanson
Alan A. Stone Professor of Law
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David Kennedy
Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law
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Kenneth Mack
Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law
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Ruth Okediji
Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law
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Mariana Pargendler
Beneficial Professor of Law
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Benjamin Sachs
Kestnbaum Professor of Labor and Industry
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Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos
Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law
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Laura Weinrib
Fred N. Fishman Professor of Constitutional Law
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Lucie White
Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law
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Mark Wu
Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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Corinne Blalock
Lecturer on Law
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Anne M. Orford
Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization
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Michael Sandel
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Alicia E. Yamin
Lecturer on Law
Research Programs and Centers
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| Climate Change and the Politics of International Law | Spring 2027 Course | |
| Codifying Trusts and Estates Law | Fall 2026 Reading Group | |
| Comparative Corporate Governance | Fall 2026 Course | |
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