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From Harvard Law Today

Faculty

HLS Professors

Oren Bar-Gill

William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law and Economics
Lucian A. Bebchuk

James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance
Thomas J. Brennan

Stanley S. Surrey Professor of Law
John C. Coates

John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics
Mihir A. Desai

Professor of Law
Jared Ellias

Scott C. Collins Professor of Law
Allen Ferrell

Harvey Greenfield Professor of Securities Law
Jacob Gersen

Sidley Austin Professor of Law
D. James Greiner

The Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law
Jon D. Hanson

Alan A. Stone Professor of Law
Louis Kaplow

Finn M. W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics
Mariana Pargendler

Beneficial Professor of Law
J. Mark Ramseyer

Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies
Hannah Shaffer

Assistant Professor of Law
Steven M. Shavell

Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics
Robert H. Sitkoff

Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law
Henry E. Smith

Fessenden Professor of Law
Holger Spamann

Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law
Kathryn E. Spier

Domenico De Sole Professor of Law
Nicholas Stephanopoulos

Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law
Cass R. Sunstein

Robert Walmsley University Professor
Roberto Tallarita

Assistant Professor of Law
Crystal S. Yang

Bennett Boskey Professor of Law

Visiting Professors & Lecturers

Arevik Avedian

Lecturer on Law
Yas Banifatemi

Visiting Professor of Law
Bala Dharan

Robert B. and Candice J. Haas Visiting Professor in Corporate Finance Law
Oliver Hart

Harvard University Affiliated Professor
Mary D. Lewis

Harvard University Affiliated Professor
Meng Lu

Lecturer on Law
Aileen Nielsen

Visiting Assistant Professor of Law