Hans Sebastián Perl-Matanzo

Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
HLS Class: LL.M. class of 2008

Prior Education: A.B. 2001, Harvard College; J.D. 2004, University of Puerto Rico; M.A. 2006, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

Prior Experience: Asst. Legal Counsel in Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico; Law Clerk in Chambers of Justice Baltasar Corrada del Río, Puerto Rico Supreme Court; Summer Associate in Fiddler, González & Rodríguez law firm, Puerto Rico.

Career goals: Academia; Law practice; Research in Legal History and Social History

My undergraduate degree was in Social Anthropology, which I received from Harvard College in 2001. I then studied law at the University of Puerto Rico, and subsequently received a Master’s degree in History from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. My professional experience includes working as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and at the Office of Legal Counsel of the Governor of Puerto Rico. I am interested in legal practice and academia. My decision to choose Harvard was primarily based on the strength of its faculty and its ample and diverse course offerings, which were ideal in allowing me to integrate my various interests, including law, legal history and the social sciences.

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