Visiting Faculty Appointments 2011-12

The following Visiting Professors of Law and Lecturers on Law will be offering courses at Harvard Law School during the 2011-2012 academic year.  Also listed are faculty members in other units of Harvard University who are offering courses in the Law School in 2011-12.

Visiting Professors

Akhil Reed AMAR has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course Criminal Procedure 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments.  Amar is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Robert ANDERSON has been appointed Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course American Indian Law.  Anderson is Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law.

Hanina BEN-MENAHEM has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach Talmudic Law for Beginners; Jewish Law: The Legal Thought of Maimonides, and the reading group Talmudic Law: the Judicial Process in Jewish Law.  Ben-Menahem is Professor of Law at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Herbert BURKERT has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the seminar Information Law.  Burkert is President of the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Senior Research Director at the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS, in St. Augustin, Germany. 

Devon W. CARBADO has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course Race Law Stories.  Carbado is Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law.

James L. CAVALLARO has been appointed Visiting Clinical Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011.  He will co-teach, with Deborah Popowski, the clinical seminar Human Rights Advocacy and the United States, and will co-teach, with Stephanie Brewer, the seminar Human Rights Practice in Latin America.

Martha CHAMALLAS has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach a section of Torts in the Fall Term.  She will also teach the course Feminist Legal Theory and the course Employment Discrimination in the Spring Term.  Chamallas is the Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. 

Seung Wha CHANG has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Korean Law and Global Economic Order.  Chang is Professor of Law at Seoul National University School of Law, Seoul, Korea.

Daniel R. COQUILLETTE has been appointed Charles Warren Visiting Professor of American Legal History for the 2011-2012 academic year, and will teach the seminar Legal History: American Legal Education in the Spring Term. Coquillette is the J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor at Boston College School of Law.   He is also the director of the Harvard Law School History Project.

Susan P. CRAWFORD has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law and is also Visiting Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the Harvard Kennedy School for the 2012 calendar year.  She will teach the course Solving Problems Using Digital Technology in the Spring Term.  Crawford is Professor of Law at the Cardozo Law School in New York City.

Walter E. DELLINGER, III has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Winter Term 2012 to co-teach, with Jonathan Hacker, Tom Goldstein, Amy Howe, and Kevin Russell, the course Supreme Court Litigation. This course will be taught in Washington, D.C.  Dellinger is the Douglas Blount Maggs Professor Emeritus of Law at Duke Law School and a partner with the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers, LLP in Washington, D.C.

Bala DHARAN has been appointed Robert B. and Candice J. Haas Visiting Professor in Corporate Finance Law for the 2011-2012 academic year, to teach the course Introduction to Accounting and Corporate Financial Reports in the Fall Term and the course Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation in the Spring Term.  Dharan is the J. Howard Creekmore Professor of Management Emeritus at the Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University. 

Sharon DOLOVICH has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course Prison Law and Policy.  Dolovich is Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law.

Gillian HADFIELD has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012 to teach a section of Contracts and the seminar Reinventing Legal Infrastructure for the 21st Century.  Hadfield is the Richard L. and Antoinette S. Kirkland Professor of Law and Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Keith N. HYLTON has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach a section of Torts as well as the reading group Tort Theory and Policy.  Hylton is the Honorable Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law at Boston University.

Diane JULIAR has been appointed Visiting Clinical Professor of Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop.  Juliar is Clinical Professor of Law at Suffolk University School of Law.

Elena KAGAN has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the reading group Selected Cases from Supreme Court OT 10.  Kagan is Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and was formerly Dean of Harvard Law School, 2003-2009.

Dan M. KAHAN has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the seminar Law and Cognition in the Fall Term.  Kahan is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Mark A.R. KLEIMAN has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course Crime and Crime Control.  Kleiman is Professor of Public Policy at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Nico KRISCH has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the seminar Structures of Postnational Law.  Krisch is Professor of International Law at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany.

John D. LESHY has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the courses Water Law and Federal Public Land and Resources Law.  Leshy is the Harry D. Sunderland Distinguished Professor of Property Law at the UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.

Sanford V. LEVINSON has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the reading group Comparing the United States and American State Constitutions, and the reading group Federalism.  Levinson is the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin.

Yair J. LISTOKIN has been appointed Visiting Associate Professor of Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the course Taxation and the reading group Readings in Corporate Taxation in the Fall Term.  Listokin is Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Catharine A. MACKINNON has been appointed James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011.  She will teach the course Sex Equality and the seminar Evolution of Gender Crimes.  MacKinnon is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.

Chibli MALLAT has been appointed The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Visiting Professor of Islamic Legal Studies for the Fall Term 2011.  He will teach the course Public International Law and the seminar The 2011 Nonviolent Middle East Revolution.  Mallat is the Presidential Professor of Law and Professor of Middle Eastern Law and Politics at S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah.

Peter O. MUELBERT has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to co-teach, with Professor Reinier Kraakman, the course European Union Corporate and Securities Law.  Muelbert is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for German and International Law of Financial Services at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat in Mainz, Germany.

Peter L.  MURRAY has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop. Murray's research interests include trial lawyer ethics and techniques; visual and demonstrative aids in evidence; and computers and law practice.

Vlad F. PERJU has been appointed Visiting Associate Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011 and the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course European Law.  Perju is Associate Professor of Law at Boston College Law School.

Morris A. RATNER has been appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011.  He will teach a section of Civil Procedure.  Ratner specializes in complex litigation with an emphasis on mass torts and other aggregate actions.

P. Morgan RICKS has been appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the course Regulation of Financial Institutions and the seminar Regulating Financial Stability in the Fall Term.  He will also teach the course The Financial Crisis and the Policy Response and the reading group History of Financial Crises in the Spring Term.  Ricks was most recently Senior Policy Advisor and Financial Restructuring Expert in the U.S. Treasury Department, where he focused primarily on financial stability initiatives and capital markets policy.

Anthea ROBERTS has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach the course International Dispute Resolution and the course Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration in the Fall Term.  Roberts is a Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics, Department of Law.

Peter J. RUBIN has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Criminal Investigations/Police Practices: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments.  Rubin is Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Adam M. SAMAHA has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course Religion and the Constitution and the seminar Originalism's Alternatives.  Samaha is Professor of Law at University of Chicago Law School.

Peter M. SHANE has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach Legislation and Regulation in the Fall Term and Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment, as well as the course The Future of Media in the Digital Age in the Spring Term.  Shane  is the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

Charles M. SILVER has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Civil Procedure, and the reading group Lawyers and Litigation.  Silver is the Roy W. and Eugenia C. McDonald Endowed Chair in Civil Procedure and Co-Director of the Center on Lawyers, Civil Justice, and the Media at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

Michael Ashley STEIN has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course Disability Law.  Stein is Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and Cabell Professor at William & Mary Law School.

Kristen A. STILT has been appointed Visiting Associate Professor of Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach a section of Property Law, and the course Introduction to Islamic Law in the Fall Term 2011.  Stilt is Associate Professor at Northwestern Law, and Associate Professor in the Department of History at Northwestern University.

David A. STRAUSS has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011.  He will teach the course Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and the Fourteenth Amendment, and the reading group Theories of Constitutional Interpretation.  Strauss is Gerald Ratner Distinguished Service Professor of Law at University of Chicago Law School.

Lawrence SUSSKIND has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course Environmental Dispute Resolution.  Susskind is Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Neus TORBISCO CASALS has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course Group Rights as Human Rights.  Torbisco is Professor of Law at the Law School of the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain.

Michael TREBILCOCK has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Law, Institutions, and Development.  Trebilcock is Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Toronto.

Frederick TUNG has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course Bankruptcy.  Tung is Howard Zhang Faculty Research Scholar and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law.

Carlos Manuel VAZQUEZ has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Fall Term 2011.  He will teach the course Federal Courts and the Federal System and the reading group Treaties in U.S. Law.  Vazquez is Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.

Alain-Laurent VERBEKE has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Winter and Spring Terms 2012, to teach in the Negotiation Workshop. Verbeke is Professor of Law at University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium and the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands. His teaching and research interests include Negotiation, Contracts and Estate Planning.

Paul WALDAU has been appointed Bob Barker Visiting Associate Professor on Law for the Winter and Spring Terms 2012, to teach Animal Law.  Waldau is Associate Professor in Anthrozoology at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY.


David I. WALKER has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach Taxation and the reading group The Tax Policy "Canon".  Walker is Professor of Law and Maurice Poch Faculty Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law.

Mikhail XIFARAS has been appointed Visiting Professor of Law for the Spring Term 2012, to co-teach, with Professor Duncan Kennedy, the seminar Philosophical Foundations of Modern Legal Thought.  Xifaras is Professor of Public Law at Sciences Po, Ecole de Droit, Paris.

 

Lecturers On Law

Sabrineh ARDALAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the seminar Immigration and Refugee Advocacy.  Ardalan is a Clinical and Advocacy Fellow at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program.

James A. BAKER has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the seminar National Security Law.  Baker is Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice.

Carol BALL has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop. Ball is Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Mark BARNES has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach Health Law in the Fall Term and Law and Policy of Federal Funding Flows in the Spring Term.  Barnes is Senior Associate Provost for Research at Harvard University.  He was formerly Managing Director of Huron Consulting Group in New York.

Christopher T. BAVITZ has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will co-teach, with Phil Malone, the seminar Practical Lawyering in Cyberspace in the Fall Term, and will teach the seminar Music & Digital Media in the Spring Term.  Bavitz is a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School and Assistant Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic, based at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

Mark D. BECKETT has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012. He will co-teach, with Dan Tan, the course International Commercial Arbitration. Beckett is a partner in Latham & Watkins LLP's New York office and co-chair of the firm's International Litigation and Arbitration practice.

Roger BERTLING has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year. He will co-teach, with Max Weinstein, the clinical seminar Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection in both the Fall and Spring Terms. Bertling is a Clinical Instructor in the Predatory Lending/Consumer Protection Clinic at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center.

Jacqueline BHABHA has been appointed Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach the course Forced Migration and Human Rights in the Fall Term.  Bhabha is the Director of Research at Harvard's Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, and Adjunct Lecturer on Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. She is also the University Adviser on Human Rights Education to the Provost at Harvard University.

Martin J. BIENENSTOCK has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course Corporate Reorganization. Bienenstock is a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York. His practice concentrates on corporate governance and reorganization.

Victoria B. BJORKLUND has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the workshop on Charities Legal Documents.  Bjorklund is a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York.

Charles E. BORDEN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to co-teach, with Robert Rizzi, the course Legal Profession.  Borden is a partner in Allen & Overy's Washington, D.C. office and a member of the U.S. Financial Services Regulatory Practice.

Gary B. BORN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course International Commercial Arbitration.  Born is a partner at WilmerHale, LLP in London and Berlin.

Michael BOUDIN has been appointed Bruce W. Nichols Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the seminar Conspiracy, Accessory Doctrine and Enterprise Liability in the Fall Term.  Boudin is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Stephanie BREWER has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011 to co-teach, with Jim Cavallaro, the seminar Human Rights Practice in Latin America.  Brewer is Coordinator of the International Department, Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center, Mexico City.

James L. BROMLEY has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Cross-Border Insolvency.  Bromley is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York City.

Stuart N. BROTMAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Entertainment and Media Law.  Brotman advises domestic and international telecommunications, Internet, media, entertainment and sports clients.

Jessica BUDNITZ has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will co-teach, with Betsy Bartholet, The Art of Social Change: Child Welfare, Education and Juvenile Justice in the Fall Term and will teach the Child Advocacy Clinic in the Spring Term.  Budnitz is the Managing Director of the Child Advocacy Program.

Philip BURLING has been appointed Covington & Burling Distinguished Visitor and Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach a section of Advanced Legal Writing in both the Fall and Spring Terms.  Burling is a retired partner in the firm of Foley Hoag LLP in Boston, where his practice focused on schools and colleges, property valuation disputes, medical groups, and administrative litigation.

Esme CARAMELLO has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will co-teach, with David Grossman, the course Introduction to Advocacy: Skills and Ethics in Clinical Practice and the Advanced Clinical Practice workshop in both the Fall and Spring Terms.  They will also co-teach the course Housing Law and Policy in the Spring Term.  Caramello is Deputy Director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.

Peter  A. CARFAGNA has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the course Sports and the Law: Examining the Legal History and Evolution of America's Three "Major League" Sports: MLB, NFL, and NBA and the seminar Sports Law: Advanced Contract Drafting in the Fall Term.  He will teach Sports and the Law: Representing the Professional Athlete in the Winter Term.  Carfagna is Chairman and CEO of Magis LLC in Cleveland, Ohio.  His practice focuses on litigation, government relations, and complex business transactions.

Chad M. CARR has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach in the Negotiation Workshop.  Carr is a Clinical Instructor at the Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program at Harvard Law School.  He is also Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.

Dale CENDALI has been appointed Covington and Burling Distinguished Visitor and Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Trademark and Copyright Litigation.  Cendali is a partner in the New York office of Kirkland and Ellis LLP where her practice focuses on intellectual property litigation.

Norman B. CHAMP has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course Investment Management Law.  Champ is Deputy Director of the Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Jeanne CHARN has been appointed Senior Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach the course Legal Profession: Delivery of Legal Services, as well as the Legal Services Research Seminar: Financial and Legal Needs of Low and Moderate Income Households in both the Fall and Spring Terms.  Charn is Director of the Bellow-Sacks Access to Civil Legal Services Project.

Steve S. CHURCHILL has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year, to teach Employment Law Workshop: Advocacy Skills in the Fall Term and Employment Law Workshop: Strategies for Social Change in the Spring Term.  Churchill is of counsel at Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C. in Boston.

Jesse CLARKE has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the seminar Government Lawyering and International Law in the Fall Term and the workshop Government Lawyering and International Law in the Spring Term.  Clarke is an Assistant Legal Adviser in the United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office and was formerly a Senior Legal Officer in the Office of International Law, Attorney-General’s Department, Australia.

Richard W. CLARY has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Complex Litigation: Legal Doctrine, Real World Practice.  Clary is a Litigation Partner with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City.

Travis Glenn COAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the course Applied Quantitative Analysis.  Coan is a research statistician at the Harvard Law School library.

Rebecca Richman COHEN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach the reading group Law and Film: Visual Stories: Human Rights and Documentary Film in the Fall Term and will co-teach, with Andrew Woods, the reading group Law and Film: Speaking Truth to Power or Using Truth to Speak with Power?: Human Rights, Documentary Film, and New Media in the Spring Term.  Cohen is the founder of Racing Horse Productions, a documentary film production company dedicated to the craft of telling stories that illuminate vital social issues.

Susan COLE has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year .  She will co-teach, with Michael Gregory, the clinical seminar Education Advocacy and Systemic Change in both the Fall and Spring Terms.  Cole is Director of the Education Law Clinic of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center.

David COPE has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the seminar Law and Psychology: The Emotions and the course Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis in the Fall Term, and a section of Analytical Methods for Lawyers in the Spring Term.  Cope is a consultant in the Boston area specializing in the application of qualitative methods to legal questions.

John J. CORRIGAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall 2011 and the Winter 2012 Terms.  He will teach Introduction to Advocacy (ITA): Criminal Prosecution Perspectives in both the Fall and Winter Terms.  Corrigan is an attorney in private practice in Boston specializing in criminal law and employment law, and a former Assistant District Attorney for Norfolk County, MA.

Akiba J. COVITZ has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012 to co-teach, with Susannah Barton Tobin, the reading group Becoming a Law Professor.  Covitz is Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at Harvard Law School.

John C. CRATSLEY has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop in the Winter Term and the seminar The Judicial Process in Community Courts in the Spring Term. Cratsley is Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court.

Florrie DARWIN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach in the Negotiation Workshop. Darwin is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center as well as being a professional mediator.

Susan DAVIES has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach a section of Legislation and Regulation.  Davies most recently served as Deputy Counsel to the President of the United States.

Fernando Ribeiro DELGADO has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the seminar Human Rights Advocacy and Criminal Justice.  Delgado is a Clinical Instructor in the Human Rights Program.  He was formerly Global Advocacy Fellow in the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School.

Bonnie DOCHERTY has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year, to teach the clinical seminar The Promises and Challenges of Disarmament in the Fall Term. She will co-teach, with Tyler Giannini, the seminar Human Rights and the Environment in the Spring Term.  Docherty is a Senior Clinical Instructor at the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) and a Senior Researcher in the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch in Washington, D.C. She is an expert on disarmament and international humanitarian law.

Susan H. FARBSTEIN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will co-teach, with Tyler Giannini, the seminar Advanced Skills Training for Human Rights Advocacy in the Fall Term. She will also teach the reading group Transitional Justice in Southern Africa: A Comparative Perspective in the Spring Term.  Farbstein is Associate Clinical Director at the Human Rights Program.

Erica Ariel FOX has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter and Spring Terms 2012, to teach in the Negotiation Workshop.  Fox is the Founder and Director of the Global Negotiation Insight Institute and a partner at Mobius Executive Leadership.


David FRIEDMAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012 to co-teach, along with Jim Tierney, the course The Role of the State Attorney General.  Friedman is Senior Vice President and Special Counsel for the Boston Red Sox.

Urs GASSER has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will co-teach, along with Professors Yochai Benkler, Terry Fisher, Lawrence Lessig, Phil Malone, Charles Nesson, John Palfrey, and Jonathan Zittrain, the intensive 4-day course iLaw: Internet Technology, Law, and Policy in the Fall Term. He will also teach the seminar Online Law and Business in a Globalized Economy in the Spring Term.  Gasser is Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

Shaun Alaric GOHO has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will co-teach, with Wendy Jacobs, the seminar Environmental Advocacy: Administrative Hearings / Working with Scientists in the Fall Term. They will also co-teach the seminar Environmental Advocacy: Citizen Suits in the Spring Term.  Goho is a Clinical Instructor at the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic.

Thomas C. GOLDSTEIN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to co-teach with Walter Dellinger, Jonathan Hacker, Kevin Russell and Amy Howe, the course Supreme Court Litigation. This course will be taught in Washington, D.C. Goldstein is a partner in the law firm Goldstein, Howe & Russell, PC in Washington, DC.

Mark GORDON has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach Mergers and Acquisitions Workshop: Boardroom Strategies and Deal Tactics. Gordon is a partner in Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz's Corporate Department, where he focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, takeover defense, private equity and leveraged buy-outs, securities law matters, and distressed/insolvent company acquisitions.

Peter T. GROSSI has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Drug Product Liability Litigation.  Grossi is a senior litigator and former chair of the Litigation Group at Arnold & Porter LLP in McLean, Virginia.

Jonathan HACKER has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter 2012 Term, to co-teach, with Walter Dellinger, Tom Goldstein, Amy Howe, and Kevin Russell, the course Supreme Court Litigation.  This course will be taught in Washington D.C.  Hacker is a partner in the law firm O'Melveny & Myers, LLP.

Eugene N. HAMILTON has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 Terms, to teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop. Hamilton is Senior Judge, Probate and Tax Divisions of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Theodore HEINRICH has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the course Evidence, and the course Government Lawyer in the Fall Term.  In the Spring Term he will teach the clinical Government Lawyer and the course Federal Law and Urban Violence.  Heinrich is an Assistant U.S. Attorney, specializing in gang violence, in Boston, MA.

Albert HERRING has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the  Winter Term 2012, to teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop.  Herring is Assistant Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Professional Responsibility in Washington, DC.

Scott HIRST has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will co-teach, with Lucian Bebchuk, the course Corporate and Capital Markets Law and Policy.  Hirst is Executive Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School.

David A. HOFFMAN has been appointed the John H. Watson, Jr. Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach Mediation.  Hoffman is a mediator, arbitrator, and attorney with the Boston Law Collaborative, LLC.

Kathy HOLUB has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter and Spring Terms 2012, to teach in the Negotiation Workshop.  Holub is a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School.

David HORNIK has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach a module course on Entrepreneurship and Company Creation.  Hornik is a partner with August Capital in Menlo Park, CA.

Amy HOWE has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to co-teach, with Walter Dellinger, Tom Goldstein, Jonathan Hacker,  and Kevin Russell, the course Supreme Court Litigation.  This course will be taught in Washington D.C.  She is a partner with Goldstein, Howe and Russell, PC in Washington, D.C.

Peter Barton HUTT has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course Food and Drug Law.  Hutt is a partner at  Covington & Burling, LLP in Washington, D.C.

Klemen JAKLIC has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the reading group Europe and the Future of Democracy.  Jaklic is a teaching fellow at Harvard University.

Brett A. KAVANAUGH has been appointed the Samuel Williston Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course Separation of Powers.  Kavanaugh is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Prior to his judicial appointment, Kavanaugh was a partner at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis and served as Senior Associate Counsel to the President of the United States.

Suzanne McKechnie KLAHR has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter and Spring Terms 2012, to teach the course Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship.   Klahr is CEO and Founder of BUILD, an entrepreneurship-focused college preparation program.

William F. LEE has been appointed the Eli Goldston Visiting Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach a section of the Problem Solving Workshop.  Lee is a partner at WilmerHale in Boston.

Jack S. LEVIN has been appointed Covington and Burling Distinguished Visitor and Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012 to teach the course Structuring Venture Capital.  Levin is a senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago.

Margaret H. MARSHALL has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the reading group Judicial Independence, Judicial Ethics and the First Amendment.  Marshall is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

Jeremy R. MCCLANE has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach in the Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Workshop in the Fall Term.  McClane is Clinical Fellow with the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program.

Maureen MCDONAGH has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach the clinical seminar Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense in both the Fall and Spring Terms.  McDonagh is a Clinical Instructor in the Housing Law/Litigation Practice Group at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center.

Jonathan L. MECHANIC has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach Real Estate Law.  Mechanic is a partner in the New York office of Fried Frank and is chairman of the firm's real estate department.

Michelle MEYER has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach the seminar Regulation of the Production of Knowledge.  Meyer is an Academic Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.

Linda NETSCH has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter and Spring Terms 2012, to teach in the Negotiation Workshop.  Netsch is a consultant with Common Outlook Consulting, Inc.

Nnena ODIM has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach the clinical seminar Family, Domestic Violence and LGBT Law: Litigating in the Family Courts.  Odim is with the WilmerHale Legal Services Center.

Ameek Ashok PONDA has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Taxation: Partnership Tax.  Ponda is a partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP in Boston. 

Deborah Alejandra POPOWSKI has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to co-teach, with Jim Cavallaro, the clinical seminar Human Rights Advocacy and the United States. Popowski is a Clinical Fellow with the International Human Rights Clinic.

Robert RIZZI has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to co-teach, with Charles Borden, the course Legal Profession.  Rizzi is a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, DC.

Michele A. ROBERTS has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011. She will teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop. Roberts is a litigation partner with the firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP & Affiliates in Washington, D.C., where her practice focuses in the areas of complex civil and criminal litigation.

Stephanie ROBINSON has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  Robinson is Founding President and CEO of the Jamestown Project.

Mindy Jane ROSEMAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach the reading group International Reproductive/Sexual Health Rights in the Spring Term.   Ms. Roseman is the Academic Director of the Human Rights Program.

Diane ROSENFELD has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach the Title IX seminar and clinical workshop in the Fall Term and the Gender Violence Clinical Workshop in both the Fall and Spring Terms. In the Spring Term she will also teach the seminar Gender Violence, Law and Social Justice, and the course Theories of Sexual Coercion.  Rosenfeld is a frequent public speaker on the various legal and social policy issues concerning violence against women.

Kevin K. RUSSELL has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to co-teach, with Walter Dellinger, Tom Goldstein, Jonathan Hacker, and Amy Howe, the course Supreme Court Litigation. This course will be taught in Washington D.C.  Russell is a partner with the firm Goldstein, Howe & Russell in Washington, D.C.

Emily R. SCHULMAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach a section of Evidence.  Schulman is a partner at WilmerHale in Boston.

Warren R. STERN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Securities Regulation.  Stern is a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York.  His practice focuses on corporate and securities litigation. 

Douglas STONE has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter and Spring Terms 2012, to teach in the Negotiation Workshop. Stone is a partner of Triad Consulting in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Leo E. STRINE, Jr. has been appointed the Austin Wakeman Scott Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to co-teach, with Bob Clark, the course Mergers, Acquisitions, and Split-Ups.  Strine is Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Sharon STYLES-ANDERSON has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop.  Styles-Anderson is General Counsel and Community Development Coordinator for the Johenning Temple of Praise in Washington, D.C.


Jeffrey S. SUTTON has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to teach the course State Constitutional Law.  Sutton is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Olivia SWAAK-GOLDMAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012, to co-teach, with Alex Whiting, the course Prosecution Policies and Strategy at the International Criminal Court.  Swaak-Goldman is International Cooperation Advisor in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

Christopher P. TAGGART has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach the course Introduction to American Law.  Taggart is an S.J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School at the dissertation stage.  His current research focuses on the normative foundations of law and economics.  

Daniel S. TAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012.  He will co-teach, with Mark Beckett, the course International Commercial Arbitration.  Tan is principal of Dan Tan Law, a boutique international litigation and arbitration law firm based in New York.  He was formerly a senior associate in the Litigation Department of the New York office of Latham & Watkins, and a member of the firm's International Dispute Resolution practice.

Gloria TAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Fall Term 2011, to teach in the Trial Advocacy Workshop.  Tan is a clinical instructor at the Criminal Justice Institute.

James E. TIERNEY has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the course The Role of the State Attorney General in the Spring Term.  Tierney is Director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School.

Susannah Barton TOBIN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach a section of First-Year Legal Research and Writing in both the Fall and Spring Terms.  She will also co-teach, with Akiba Covitz, the reading group Becoming a Law Professor in the Spring Term.  Tobin is the Director of the First-Year Legal Research and Writing Program.  

Gillian S. TODD has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach in the Negotiation Workshop.  Todd is a consultant in the Boston area.

Rory VAN LOO has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will co-teach, with Robert Bordone, the workshop Advanced Negotiation: Multiparty Negotiation, Group Decision Making, and Special Dispute Management Processes in the Fall Term and will teach the seminar Dispute Systems Design in the Spring Term.  Van Loo is Assistant Director of the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program.

Max WEINSTEIN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will co-teach, with Roger Bertling, the clinical seminar Predatory Lending and Consumer Protection in both the Fall and Spring Terms.  Weinstein is a Clinical Instructor with WilmerHale Legal Services Center.

Scott A. WESTFAHL has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter Term 2012 to assist with teaching the Problem Solving Workshop.  Westfahl is Director of Professional Development at Goodwin Procter LLP in Washington, D.C.

Virginia WISE has been appointed the Ezra Ripley Thayer Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  She will teach Legal Research: Introduction to American and International Legal Research in the Fall Term and Legal Research: International, Foreign, and Comparative in the Spring Term. She will also teach Legal Research: Advanced in both the Fall and Spring Terms.

Brian WOLFMAN has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Winter and Spring Terms 2012, to teach the workshop Appellate Courts and Advocacy.  Wolfman is a Visiting Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center.

Jonathan J. WROBLEWSKI has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the 2011-2012 academic year.  He will teach the course Government Lawyering - Policy & Practice: Semester in Washington in the Spring Term.  Wroblewski is Director of the Office of Policy Legislation, Criminal Division, at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Juan Carlos ZARATE has been appointed Lecturer on Law for the Spring Term 2012, to teach National Security Law: Legal Frameworks and National Decision-Making.  Zarate is a senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the senior national security consultant and analyst for CBS News, and a former deputy assistant to the President of the United States and deputy national security adviser.

Other Harvard Faculty Offering Courses In The Law School

Oliver HART, Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics in the Economics Department, will co-teach, with Holger Spamann, Louis Kaplow and Kathryn Spier, the 2011-2012 year-long seminar Law, Economics, and Organizations Research.

Michael  SANDEL, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will teach the seminar Ethics, Economics, and Law in the Fall Term 2011.

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