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  • Noam Kozlov

    June 23, 2026

    S.J.D. Candidate
    nkozlov at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Regulation, Criminalization, and Hybrid Enforcement: Anticorruption and Beyond The pervasiveness of corruption in the US and around the world…

  • Michelle Baruhm Diegues

    June 23, 2026

    S.J.D. Candidate mbaruhmdiegues at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Acquiring Competition Away

    My dissertation investigates whether firms go public, at least in part, to facilitate the acquisition…

  • Maria Eduarda Lessa

    June 23, 2026

    S.J.D. Candidate
    mlessa at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Economic Nationalism in Cross-Border Contract Law and Design My dissertation explores the effects of economic nationalism and geopolitical risk…

  • Iñaki Navarrete

    June 23, 2026

    S.J.D. Candidate
    inavarretearec at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Principles and Process of Judgment Interpretation in International Law
    At its core, my dissertation explores what we may…

  • Assamaual Saidi Rabah

    June 23, 2026

    S.J.D. Candidate
    asaidirabah at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Evaluating the Global Model of Judicial Self-Governance: A Comparative and Normative Constitutional Theory

    Modern constitutional democracies entrust judges…

  • Apostolos Latsonas

    June 23, 2026

    S.J.D. Candidate
    alatsonas at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Private Wrongs and Discrimination In my dissertation, I examine the relationship between private law and equality. Drawing on private…

  • Byse Workshop Session 2: The Local Community in International Criminal Law

    January 30, 2026

    In this session, we explore initiatives developed within international criminal law to promote “local ownership” among affected communities, including the ICC Trust Fund for Victims,…

  • Will Cesta

    July 2, 2025

    S.J.D. Candidate
    Graduate Fellow
    LL.M. Advisor
    wcesta at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Constitutional Commitments to Public Education As no one is born with the capacities and dispositions…

  • Fengyang Zhao

    June 23, 2025

    S.J.D. Candidate
    fzhao at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation The Law and Political Economy of Chemical Health Risk Regulation Toxic harm caused by anthropogenic chemicals is a growing…

  • Amit Singh

    June 23, 2025

    S.J.D. Candidate
    asingh at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Innovation in the List of Torts

    My research investigates two interrelated issues concerning the philosophical foundations of tort…

  • Gustavo Manicardi Schneider

    June 23, 2025

    S.J.D. Candidate
    gmanicardischn at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Coding Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Agents, Litigation and Legal Practice My dissertation aims to identify the strategies used by international…

  • Yuanyuan Cassandra Jin

    June 23, 2025

    S.J.D. Candidate
    yjin at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Rights Without Redistribution This project reconstructs the making of the two-Covenant structure of international human rights law between 1945…

  • Biyuan Hu

    June 23, 2025

    S.J.D. Candidate
    bhu at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Beyond Neutrality: How Legal Institutions Mediate Scientific Authority in Environmental Governance—A Comparative Study of Forest Law and Policy in…

  • Prosper Batariwah

    June 23, 2025

    S.J.D. Candidate
    pbatariwah@sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation “Food, Peace and Freedom”: How the Emergence of a Colonial Mining Industry Reconfigured Customary Land, Labor and Mineral Rights in Ghana…

  • World Class: February 2025

    February 5, 2025

    Student Profiles Charlotte Ahabwe – Uganda Growing up in Uganda, Charlotte Ahabwe was drawn to law school from a “deep desire to understand what the…

  • Halfway Through Harvard

    January 29, 2025

    Congratulations 2Ls and LLMs, you’re officially Halfway Through Harvard! To celebrate the remarkable achievement of reaching the halfway mark in your academic journey, all 2Ls…

  • World Class: October 2024

    October 25, 2024

    LL.M. 100 At a Glance New and Renewed Connections This special celebration enabled us to reconnect with our memories…and engage in productive discussions and dialogue…

  • Registered Attendees

    August 29, 2024

    Attendee Name LL.M. Class Year Plus One Attendee Name LL.M. Class Year Plus One Abdul Wahab Niaz 2023 Aryeesha Majeed Abdul-Baasit Aziz-Bamba 2004 (S.J.D. 2012)…