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Administration

Faculty Director

Gabriella Blum
Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies
Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Faculty Director, Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC)
Hauser 208, (617) 495-4629
gblum@law.harvard.edu

Senior Advisor

William Alford
Senior Advisor, Graduate Program and International Legal Studies
Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law
Director, East Asian Legal Studies Program
Chair, Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Austin 301, (617) 495-4693
alford@law.harvard.edua

Administrators

Catherine Peshkin
Assistant Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies
WCC 5005, (617) 496-4227
cpeshkin@law.harvard.edu

Nancy Pinn
Director, Administration and Student Affairs
WCC 5005, (617) 384-8302
npinn@law.harvard.edu

Sarah Trautz
Director, Admissions and Financial Aid
WCC 5005, (617) 384-0366
strautz@law.harvard.edu

Jane Fair Bestor
Graduate Writing and Academic Preceptor
WCC 5005, (617) 384-9537
jbestor@law.harvard.edu

Sara Zucker
Director, International Legal Studies
WCC 5005, (617) 495-9030
szucker@law.harvard.edu

Andre Barbic
Program Officer, International Legal Studies
WCC 5005, (617) 496-8732
abarbic@law.harvard.edu

Audrey Kunycky
Communications Manager, Graduate Program and International Legal Studies
WCC 5005, (617) 496-9490
akunycky@law.harvard.edu

Amy Sacheck
Assistant Director, Admissions and Financial Aid
WCC 5005, (617) 495-3060
asacheck@law.harvard.edu

Staff

Melissa Bergsten
Admissions and Financial Aid Administrator
WCC 5005, (617) 384-7522
mbergsten@law.harvard.edu

Caitlin Parmelee
Student Affairs Administrator and LL.M. Program Coordinator
WCC 5005, (617) 496-8210
cparmelee@law.harvard.edu

Rebecca Russell
Student Affairs Administrator and S.J.D. Program Coordinator
WCC 5005, (617) 496-2873
rrussell@law.harvard.edu

Advisors And Coordinators

Current S.J.D. and J.D. candidates coordinate a variety of academic programs and colloquia, which are presented throughout the year. They also conduct course counseling and academic advising for LL.M. students. The candidates serving in such roles for the academic year 2022-2023 are listed below.

LL.M. Advisors

Arvind Abraham
Deyaa Alrwishdi
Angel Cabrera Silva
Sagnik Das
Vanessa Daza Castillo
Rose Karoro
Jacquelene Mwangi
Nicolás Parra-Herrera
Nitsan Plitman
Guy Priver
Guy Rubinstein
Eliel Sanchez Acevedo

Writing Workshop Advisors for Long-Paper Writers/Writing Groups

Rabea Eghbariah
Eleftheria Papadaki
Matthias Petel
Juan Rivera Rugeles
Guy Rubinstein
Shani Shisha
Cem Tecimer

Writing Workshop Advisors for Short Writing Projects

Iqra Saleem Khan
Ignacio Orellana Garcia

Brenda Dvoskin

Law Teaching Colloquium Coordinator

Carolina Rabinowicz

Sam Bookman
Irene Kwon
Guy Rubinstein
Rachel Shapiro
Oren Tamir

Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers (VSVR) Programming Coordinator

Haggai Porat

Byse Fellows

Sam Bookman
Daniel Rohde

Committee On Graduate Studies

The Committee on Graduate Studies is responsible for academic policy and admissions for the Graduate Program. The Committee also oversees the application of program policies and regulations in consultation with the program administrators and staff. The members of the 2022-2023 Committee on Graduate Studies will be announced in September.