Transactional Law Clinics

Noel Roycroft joined the Transactional Law Clinics of Harvard Law School as a Clinical Instructor in 2018.  Before coming to Harvard, Noel was an associate in the corporate department of Ropes & Gray, LLP and a member of the firm’s asset management group where she focused her practice on representing investment products, their boards, and managers in transactional, regulatory, and compliance matters. Noel was also previously a fellow and associate counsel with the national office of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Prior to gaining her law degree, Noel worked in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where she was Chief of Staff to a Committee Chair and State Representative. Noel received her B.A. from Bowdoin College, graduate certificate in non-profit management from Northeastern University, and J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law.

Sam Koolaq joined the Transactional Law Clinics of Harvard Law School as a Clinical Instructor in 2020. Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard Law, Sam founded his own legal practice in Los Angeles, California. In his private practice, Sam provides a range of different legal services, primarily to creative industry individuals and their businesses. Over the years, Sam has developed an expertise in music, trademark, and general business law. He has also worked with a number of civil rights organizations, including the ACLU and the National Lawyers Guild. Sam received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Carmen Halford joined the Transactional Law Clinics of Harvard Law School as a Clinical Instructor in 2021. Before coming to Harvard, Carmen worked as a transactional associate at the New York firm Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. where she concentrated her practice on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings and general corporate matters. She regularly counseled individuals as well as U.S. and foreign enterprises across a wide breadth of industries, cultivating extensive experience in primary and secondary equity sales of private companies, secured and unsecured financings and other complex commercial transactions, and also regularly acted as outside general counsel to many of her clients. Prior to that position, Carmen was a global transactions associate at the New York office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Carmen obtained her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. in International Studies with a minor in Chinese Studies from the University of South Carolina. Prior to her legal studies, Carmen worked in the marketing department of CBS Interactive (China) in Beijing.

Patricia Alejandro joined the Transactional Law Clinics as a Clinical Instructor in 2022. Prior to joining TLC, Patricia worked as a staff attorney at TakeRoot Justice in New York City, where she supported community-based organizations and coalitions by providing transactional legal services to worker cooperatives, not-for-profits and small businesses, as well as providing support with policy development and community education efforts. Patricia was previously a transactional associate at White & Case LLP in New York City, where she assisted in the management of international project and asset finance deals, private and public offerings, and other corporate transactions. She has also taught negotiation and leadership at Bay Path University in Massachusetts. While at Harvard, Patricia was a teaching assistant in TLC’s Community Enterprise Project and in the Winter Negotiation Workshop. Patricia’s experience also includes alternative dispute resolution, international human rights, transitional justice and democracy development. Patricia received her B.A. from Yale University, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.