Milenko Bertrand-Galindo Arriagada

Hometown: Santiago, Chile
HLS Class: LL.M. class of 2008

Prior Education: Abogado 2004, degree in Philosophy 2007, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Prior Experience: Academic Researcher in Human Rights and Economic Legal Analysis, and Instructor in Philosophy of Law, History of Human Rights and Economic Legal Analysis, at Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile (2005-07); lawyer at Claro and Co. Law Firm in Santiago, Chile, in the areas of arbitration and litigation (2004-2005).

Career goals: Legal academia and practice in international human rights, especially social, economic and cultural human rights. Public service in my country.

My studies at Harvard Law School have been a key point in my development as an academic researcher. Harvard is renowned for providing the opportunity to study in different departments and do research in the most diverse areas of knowledge, and I have found all this to be true. The students have the option of taking courses at the School of Government, Department of Philosophy, Department of Economics, etc. In addition, at Harvard I have had access to the world’s largest legal research resources network, with an unlimited availability of texts and materials – even those from my own country that seemed incredible to find here, allowing me to develop my work in a much more complete and thorough manner. Furthermore, from studying with the distinguished academics on Harvard’s faculty, I have learned not only the substantive law and concepts they discuss in class, but also countless effective techniques and really innovative teaching methods, all of which will be tremendously helpful for my teaching in the future. This has been an experience that I would most certainly recommend to my future students.

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