Alumni in Residence with Jennifer Lane J.D. ’09 of Airbnb, Inc.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026, from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET

The Alumni in Residence program connects current HLS students with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring and advice. You’re invited to meet with Jennifer Lane J.D. ’09 during their virtual office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.  

Jennifer Lane is a seasoned legal professional and recognized leader in ethics, diversity, and advocacy. She currently serves as Lead Ethics Counsel and Co-Chair of Women at Airbnb. Jennifer has played a pivotal role in shaping Airbnb’s approach to ethical governance and community trust. In addition to her corporate leadership, Jennifer brings over seven years of experience as a Visiting Faculty Member at Harvard Law School, where she co-teaches the Trial Advocacy Workshop – the institution’s largest and most popular course.

Her earlier career includes serving as Senior Counsel for Enforcement at FINRA from 2019 to 2022, where Jennifer led major investigations of the nation’s largest broker-dealers for NYSE, Nasdaq, and other exchanges. Her responsibilities included eliciting testimony from C-suite executives, overseeing the analysis of complex trading data, and negotiating global settlements of federal securities violations. From 2014 to 2019, Jennifer served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, prosecuting white-collar felonies such as money laundering, cybercrime, and complex frauds. During her time there she co-founded the Diversity Advisory Board, pioneering recruitment and retention strategies for lawyers of color, and participated in a diversionary program for nonviolent offenders that became a national model.

Jennifer’s legal journey began as a Litigation Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where she contributed to landmark cases including the largest auction-rate securities FINRA arbitration to proceed to hearing. She also maintained an active pro bono practice, advocating for refugees, indigent defendants, and conducting internal investigations for organizations affiliated with the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Earlier, Jennifer served as a Federal Law Clerk for both the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2009 and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.