2011-12 Written Work Supervisors by Faculty Name

HLS faculty actively support student writing, and are available to supervise papers. Students may ask any Law School faculty member or instructor with a Law School teaching appointment to supervise written work, even if he or she is not on this list. Faculty on certain types of leave may not be available in a given term, and visiting faculty may supervise only during the term(s) of their appointment. Click for a list of faculty supervisors by subject matter.

Professor William P. Alford

• Chinese Law and Legal History
• Comparative Law
• Human Rights in East Asia
• International Technology Transfer
• International Trade
• The Legal Profession

Clinical Professor Deborah Anker

• Gender Asylum 
• Immigration
• Refugee Law

Professor David Barron

• Administrative Law
• Constitutional Law
• Local Government Law
• Property

Professor Elizabeth Bartholet

• Adoption
• Child Welfare
• Employment Discrimination
• Reproductive Technology

Professor Lucian Bebchuk

• Corporate Finance
• Corporations
• Law and Economics

Professor Yochai Benkler

• Cooperation
• Copyrights
• Internet Law and Society
• Telecommunications

Mr. Roger Bertling

• Consumer Law
• Predatory Lending
• International Lending
• Consumer Finance

Clinical Professor Robert C. Bordone

• ADR
• Dispute Resolution
• Dispute Systems Design
• Negotiation

Mr. Michael Boudin

• Antitrust

Professor Scott Brewer

• Contracts
• Evidence
• Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law
• Legal Pedagogy

Assistant Professor Rachel Brewster

• Anti-Bribery Regimes
• International Trade Law
• International Investment

Ms. Jessica Budnitz

• Juvenile Justice
• Social Entrepreneurship

Mr. Peter Carfagna (Fall and Winter only)

• Sports Law

Visiting Clinical Professor James Cavallaro

• Human Rights

Ms. Jeanne Charn

• Affordable Housing
• Community Lawyering and Lawyers
• Consumer Credit and Related Needs
• Delivery of Legal Services
• Housing Markets and Housing Finance
• Legal Profession

Mr. Steve Churchill

• Employment Civil Rights
• Employment Dispute Resolution
• Employment Law
• Lawyering Skills

Professor Robert Clark

• Corporate Governance
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Topics related to the Reading Group on Law, Markets and Religions

Professor John C. Coates

• Corporate Finance
• Corporations 
• Financial Institutions
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Securities Law

Assistant Professor I. Glenn Cohen

• Bioethics
• Family Law issues related to Reproductive Technology
• Food and Drug Law
• Health Law

Professor Alan Dershowitz 

• Civil Liberties
• Criminal Law
• Jewish Law

Professor Charles Donahue

• Ancient (including Roman), English, and Continental Legal History Prior to 1700

Professor Einer Elhauge

• International Antitrust Law
• Statutory Interpretation
• U.S. Antitrust Law

Professor Richard Fallon

• Constitutional Law and Theory
• Federal Courts

Ms. Susan Farbstein

• Alien Tort Statute Litigation
• Human Rights in Southern Africa
• Transitional Justice

Professor Noah Feldman

• Constitutional Law
• International Law

Professor Allen Ferrell

• Financial Institutions Regulation
• Securities Regulation

Professor Martha Field

• Constitutional Law
• Disability
• Family Law
• Federal Courts
• Health Law
• Reproductive Rights

Professor William Fisher III

• Copyright Law
• Patent Law
• Trademark Law

Professor Jody Freeman

• Administrative Law
• Environmental Law
• Natural Resource Law
• Regulation

Professor Charles Fried

• Constitutional Law
• Expert Evidence
• Legal and Moral Philosophy

Professor Jesse Fried 

• Corporate Governance
• Executive Compensation
• Venture Capital

Professor Gerald E. Frug

• Local Government Law

Professor Jacob Gersen

• Administrative Law
• Congress
• Constitutional Theory
• Executive Branch
• Legislation

Professor of Practice Nancy Gertner

• Constitutional Law
• Employment Law
• Forensic Evidence
• Sentencing

Clinical Professor Tyler Giannini 

• Business and Human Rights
• Human Rights and the Environment

Professor Mary Ann Glendon

• Comparative Law (European)
• Legal Profession
• Religious Freedom

Professor John Goldberg

• Jurisprudence
• Political Theory
• Private Law
• Torts

Professor Annette Gordon-Reed

• American Legal History

Clinical Professor Robert Greenwald

• Health, HIV and LGBT Law and Policy

Assistant Clinical Professor Michael Gregory

• Children's Mental Health
• Children's Rights
• Education Law and Policy

Assistant Professor Jim Greiner

• Anti-Discrimination Law
• Election Law
• Empirical Law and Policy
• Empirical Legal Studies

Clinical Professor David Grossman

• Delivery of Legal Services
• Housing Law and Policy
• Poverty

Professor Lani Guinier

• Law and Social Change
• Law and Social Movements
• Law and the Political Process

Professor Janet Halley

• Comparative Family Law and Family Law in Globalization
• Creative Writing by Law Students
• Discrimination
• Family Law
• Law and Literary Theory
• Law and Social Theory
• Legal Theory
• The Legal Regulation of Sexuality
• What is Critique?

Professor Daniel Halperin

• Nonprofit Organizations
• Retirement Income Policy
• Social Security
• Tax Policy

Professor Jon Hanson

• Critical Corporate Theory
• Law and Mind Sciences

Professor Bruce Hay

• Civil and Criminal Procedure
• Ethics
• Law and Economics
• Law and Psychology

Professor Philip B. Heymann

• Comparative Criminal Justice
• Criminal Law
• Politics of Law and Legal Change
• Problems of Law Enforcement
• Terrorism and Political Violence
• Violence in the US

Professor Morton Horwitz

• American Legal History

Mr. Peter Barton Hutt

• Administrative Law
• Food and Drug Law
• Health Law

Professor Howell Jackson

• Consumer Protection
• Federal Budget and Fiscal Policy
• Financial Institutions
• International Finance
• Social Security and Entitlement Reform

Professor Louis Kaplow

• Antitrust
• Law and Economics
• Tax Policy

Professor Andrew L. Kaufman

• Commercial Law
• Constitutional Law
• Legal Profession
• Judicial Profession
• Secured Transactions

Professor David Kennedy

• Expertise Studies
• International Law
• Law and Economic Development
• Legal History and Theory
• Social Theory

Professor Duncan Kennedy

• Comparative Law
• Housing Law
• Law and Development
• Legal History
• Private Law

Professor Randall L. Kennedy

• Contracts
• Issues Involving Freedom of Expression
• Race Relations Law

Professor Michael Klarman

• Constitutional History
• Constitutional Law
• Legal History

Professor Reinier H. Kraakman

• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Law

Professor Adriaan Lanni

• Ancient Law
• Comparative Law
• Criminal Justice

Professor Richard Lazarus

• Constitutional Law
• Environmental Crimes
• Environmental History
• Environmental Justice
• Environmental Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Regulatory Takings
• U.S. Supreme Court Advocacy and Decision Making

Professor Kenneth Mack

• American Legal History
• American Constitutional History
• Property
• Race and the Law

Visiting Professor Catherine MacKinnon 

• Constitutional Law
• Criminal and Humanitarian Law
• Feminist Theory
• Human Rights
• International Law

Clinical Professor Phillip Malone

• Antitrust
• Cybercrime/Computer Crime
• Cyberlaw/Internet Law 

Professor Bruce H. Mann

• American Legal History
• Trusts and Estates

Professor John Manning

• Administrative Law
• Federal Courts
• Separation of Powers
• Statutory Interpretation

Professor Dan Meltzer

• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Federal Courts
• Federalism
• Separation of Powers

Professor Frank Michelman

• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Constitutional Law and Theory
• Property

Dean Martha Minow

• Civil Procedure
• Equality
• First Amendment
• Human Rights
• Law and Education
• Nonprofit and Nongovernmental Organizations

Professor Robert Mnookin

• Dispute Resolution

Professor Ashish Nanda

• Balancing Work / Life in Law and Professional Services Firms
• Career Paths Development
• Development and Retention in Law Firms
• Emerging Organizations
• Strategy, Organization and Management of Law and Professional Service Firms

Professor Charles Nesson

• Digital Technology
• Evidence

Professor Gerald L. Neuman

• Immigration and Nationality Law
• Human Rights, focused on Civil and Political Rights
• Transactional Aspects of Constitutional Law

Professor Charles Ogletree

• Clinical Legal Education
• Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
• Criminal Justice Administration
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
• Race and Criminal Justice

Professor John Palfrey

• Intellectual Property
• Internet Law

Professor Richard D. Parker

• Constitutional Law and Theory
• Law and Literature

Clinical Professor Brian K. Price

• Community Economic Development
• Entertainment Law
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Small Business and Micro-Enterprise Development

Professor Todd D. Rakoff

• Administrative Law
• Contracts

Professor J. Mark Ramseyer

• Japanese Law

Professor Mark Roe

• Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Law and Business

Assistant Professor Benjamin Roin

• Health Law
• Intellectual Property
• Innovation Policy Law
• Patent Law

Professor David Rosenberg

• Class Actions
• Criminal Procedure
• Federal Courts
• Labor Law
• Professional Responsibility
• Torts

Professor William Rubenstein

• Civil Procedure
• Complex Litigation

Assistant Professor Benjamin Sachs

• Employment Law
• Immigration Law
• Labor Law

Professor Lewis D. Sargentich

• Jurisprudence
• Law and Social Theory

Professor Hal S. Scott 

• Capital Markets Regulation
• International Finance
• Payments Systems

Professor Steven M. Shavell

• Economic Analysis of Law in 1L subject areas and Intellectual Property

Professor of Practice Stephen Shay

• Income Taxation
• Tax Policy

Assistant Professor Jed Shugerman

• Constitutional Law and Theory
• Legal History
• Torts

Professor Joseph Singer

• American Indian Law
• Conflict of Laws
• Property

Professor Robert Sitkoff

• Charitable Organizations
• Fiduciary Administration
• Wills, Trusts, and Estates

Professor Henry Smith

• Intellectual Property
• Natural Resources
• Property
• Remedies

Professor Kathryn Spier

• Analytical Methods
• Law and Business
• Law and Economics

Professor Carol Steiker

• Capital Punishment
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Legal Ethics

Professor Matthew Stephenson

• Administrative Law
• Legislation and Statutory Interpretation
• Positive Political Theory

Professor Alan A. Stone

• Law and Psychiatry

Professor Guhan Subramanian

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Law
• Negotiations

Clinical Professor Ron Sullivan

• Criminal Law
• Indigent Defense Delivery Systems
• Legal Ethics
• Participatory Democracy
• Race 

Professor Mark Tushnet

• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Constitutional Law
• Legal History of Slavery in the US
• Twentieth Century US Legal History

Professor Alvin C. Warren

• Tax Law and Policy

Professor Lloyd L. Weinreb

• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Legal and Political Philosophy

Professor Lucie E. White

• Child Care Law & Policy
• Community/Economic Development and Advocacy
• Comparative Social Welfare Policy
• Domestic Violence Law and Policy
• Gender, Work and Welfare
• Legal Services for Low Income Groups
• Life History and Qualitative Research of Poverty Issues
• Social, Economic and Gender Related Human Rights

Professor David B. Wilkins

• Legal Profession

Assistant Professor Mark Wu

• International Intellectual Property
• International Trade

Professor Jonathan Zittrain

• Cyberlaw
• National Security Law
• Torts