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Meet the ILS Staff

Sara Zucker

Sara Zucker

Director, International Legal Studies

For eight years, Sara was the director of the Project on Justice in Times of Transition, a program that brought together individuals from a broad spectrum of countries to share experiences in ending conflict, establishing peace, and building civil society. Sara’s work with political and community leaders has had a particular focus on issues of civil rights and peace in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Israel and Palestine. She served as the executive director of American Friends of Ratz / Meretz (the Israeli Civil Rights and Peace Movement) and worked for organizations that include the Committee to Protect Journalists, B’Tselem (the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories), and the Israeli-Palestinian Human Rights Committee. Sara holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Brown University and an M.A. in International Affairs, with a specialization in Human Rights and International Law, from Columbia University.

Andre Barbic

Andre Barbic

Program Officer, International Legal Studies

Andre was previously associate director of New Program Development, Logistics and Operations in the Global Experience Office at Northeastern University. Prior to that, he served as assistant director of the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy, where he developed and managed a range of international programs and initiatives for the University of Georgia School of Law. He also has experience working overseas, primarily in China and Europe, as well as at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where he worked for both Conference Services and as a legal intern in the Office of Legal Affairs. From 2011-2013, Andre was in charge of an educational media startup in Atlanta, GA. Andre speaks fluent French, and holds a B.A. from Loyola University Chicago and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Audrey Kunycky

Audrey Kunycky

Communications Manager, Graduate Program and International Legal Studies

Before coming to work at Harvard Law School, Audrey worked extensively with law, accounting, and consulting firms — including Goulston & Storrs, Mintz Levin, and Grant Thornton LLP — on communications and marketing strategy, and with McKinsey and Company offices in the U.S. and internationally on branding and messaging for recruiting.  She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University.

Contact us

For general questions, please email us at ils@law.harvard.edu.

Office hours

Office hours are a chance for students to ask questions or consult about their plans, and are held on a drop-in basis; no appointment is needed.

During the academic year, Sara Zucker holds office hours on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 11:30 am and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in Wasserstein 5005. Andre Barbic holds office hours on Mondays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Wasserstein 5005.

In addition, Sara and Andre are happy to meet with students at other mutually convenient times, either in person or over Zoom. To schedule a meeting outside of regular office hours, please email Sara at szucker@law.harvard.edu or Andre at abarbic@law.harvard.edu.


Meet our 2024-2025 Student Ambassadors

The ILS Student Ambassadors are peer mentors, available to meet with students to discuss how to approach and take advantage of ILS programs and other international opportunities at HLS.

Roshni Chakraborty ’25

Roshni Chakraborty is a 3L focusing on international human rights law and public international law. She graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Social Studies and Global Health and Health Policy. Before law school, she did research and policy work in the humanitarian sector, with a focus on gender-based violence and child protection. At HLS, she has continued to work on human trafficking and child sexual abuses cases through clinical work. Through the Chayes Fellowship, she worked in Sarajevo on human rights litigation for war crimes committed in the Bosnian War. During her 2L summer, she worked at Debevoise & Plimpton on human rights cases in regional courts and on an ICJ advisory opinion on legal obligations related to climate change. She has traveled to over 23 countries for internships, research, study abroad programs, and fellowships during her time at Harvard and is excited to help other students take advantage of these amazing opportunities!

Sabrina Zhang ’25

Sabrina Zhang is a third-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School. A 2023 Chayes Fellow, she worked at the International Commission of Jurists in Brussels, Belgium her 1L summer. Last summer, she worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York City. At HLS, Sabrina is a research assistant for the Program for International Law and Armed Conflict, an executive submissions editor on the Harvard International Law Journal, the executive submissions editor for the Harvard Human Rights Journal, and a member of Harvard Law School’s Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. She also serves as the Treasurer for the Harvard Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.