Bryon Fong Research Associate Program on the Legal Profession Harvard Law School 23 Everett Street, G24 Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: + 1 (617) 495-5844 Fax: + 1 (617) 496-8489 E-mail: bfong@law.harvard.edu

Bryon Fong is a research associate at the Program on the Legal Profession, where he manages the GLEE project and contributes to the research priorities of PLP.

He earned his BA in government from Georgetown University and his MSc and PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His academic research centers on the intersection between domestic politics and international relations, and how to make analytical and disciplinary sense of that division. His research focuses also include International Relations theory, globalization, and European and global politics. While at the LSE, he taught a course on theories and problems of nationalism as well as coordinated a departmental paper series. Prior to his time at the LSE, Bryon was the senior legislative correspondent for then-Senator Joseph R. Biden, where his issue areas included the judiciary, foreign affairs for South America and Africa, and health policy.

Rachel Gibson Program Coordinator Harvard Law School 10 Mt. Auburn Street. Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: + 1 (617) 495-3356 Fax: +1 (617) 496-8489 E-mail: rgibson@law.harvard.edu

Rachel Gibson is a program coordinator at the Program on the Legal Profession. She handles the Linklaters India Internship Program and assists with the Student Research Grants. Ms. Gibson is also the program coordinator for the Harvard Law School Case Development Initiative.

Rachel graduated with a B.A. in English from Wellesley College in 2010. Before joining the PLP, she worked as a training coordinator at the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School, and prior to that was an interview coordinator in the admissions office at Harvard Medical School. She currently volunteers at a homeless shelter with the Horizons for Homeless Children program.

Hakim A. Lakhdar Administrative Director Program on the Legal Profession Harvard Law School 23 Everett Street, G26 Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: + 1 (617) 496-6699 Fax: + 1 (617) 496-8489 E-mail: hlakhdar@law.harvard.edu

Hakim Lakhdar is the administrative director of the Program on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School. He joined the program in March 2010 providing financial management and development and administrative support in order to advance the initiatives and goals of the Program both in and around Harvard Law School.

After receiving his MA from Indiana University in 2005, Hakim held positions in elementary education, recruitment and international support. Prior to joining Harvard Law School, Hakim worked with the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative in Washington, D.C.. While there he managed their Pro Bono Legal Specialist Program and later went on to develop and manage various legal reform programs in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, many of which were funded by USAID, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Justice and several smaller European funders. In addition to his legal reform work, Hakim serves on the Board of the Southwest Florida Haitian Relief Organization, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting medical and non-medical personnel with transportation, supplies, and logistics from North America to, and within, Haiti. Hakim is also a graduate of Florida State University and with family origins from Morocco, enjoys travel, studying languages, cooking and music.

Nicola Seaholm Communications Specialist Program on the Legal Profession Harvard Law School 23 Everett Street, G24 Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: + 1 (617) 495-5844 Fax: + 1 (617) 496-8489 E-mail: nseaholm@law.harvard.edu

Nicola Seaholm is the communications specialist and web administrator at the Program on the Legal Profession. She designs event posters and works on the design and distribution of web and print publications including PLP Pulse and the Blue Paper series. She also handles the PLP social media accounts and edits event videos for the PLP YouTube channel.

Prior to her current position at PLP, she was the faculty assistant to Professors David Wilkins and Ashish Nanda at Harvard Law School. Previously, Nicola worked at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She received her BA in Music from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell in 2001. In 2008, Nicola completed a Professional Certificate in Digital Filmmaking at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University.