Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Daniel L. Ambrosini Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program on the Legal Profession Harvard Law School 23 Everett Street #G-24 Cambridge, MA 02138 dambrosini@law.harvard.edu

Daniel L. Ambrosini earned a BA in Psychology (behavioral neuroscience/philosophy), an LLB/BCL in Common and Civil Law, respectively, and an MSc and PhD in Psychiatry from McGill University. During law school, he was a founding member and co-editor-in-chief of the McGill Journal of Law & Health. He is a licensed lawyer with the Law Society of Upper Canada, where he completed national articles practicing criminal law in Quebec and Ontario. His doctoral dissertation examined clinical, ethical, and legal aspects of psychiatric advance directives and the role of autonomy for individuals with mental illness. Dan’s academic research interests as a postdoctoral research fellow include: (i) examining the psychosocial dynamics of large law firms (i.e. duty to accommodate as a mental health issue; effective teaming; decision-making); (ii) exploring the nexus between personality traits and leadership in the legal profession (i.e. management styles; ethics and moral reasoning); and (iii) understanding how cognitive learning styles, personality, and motivation influence career paths through legal education

Pavan Mamidi Globalization, Lawyers and Emerging Economies Research Fellow Program on the Legal Profession Harvard Law School 23 Everett Street #G-24 Cambridge, MA 02138

Pavan Mamadi taught courses on business law, legal institutions, and intellectual property law as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, one of the country’s leading business and policy schools. He also developed and taught courses there for Indian policy makers and government officers in the Administrative, Foreign, and Police Services. He has held visiting positions at MIT and the University of Michigan. In addition to his academic credentials, Pavan has extensive professional experience providing consulting services to the IT industry, covering both Indian and US firms. His early research included work on patenting criteria and technological innovation. Pavan’s research at the Program on the Legal Profession will focus on the role played by small town lawyers in negotiating and settling disputes among farmers in the process of aggregation of land for industrialization in India. Pavan Mamidi has formally submitted his doctoral thesis in Sociology at the University of Oxford in Trinity 2011. His undergraduate degree was in Mathematics, and he has an LL.M from Harvard Law School.

Mihaela Papa Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program on the Legal Profession Harvard Law School 23 Everett Street #G-24 Cambridge, MA 02138

Mihaela Papa earned her Ph.D. in International Relations and her M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Her academic focus has been at the nexus of international law and international relations, particularly in the fields of political economy of international institutions and sustainable development. Mihaela’s doctoral dissertation examined forum shopping as a form of disengagement from global institutions. She has taught Global Governance and International Organization at Boston University and published a book on the reform of global environmental governance. Before her graduate studies, Mihaela worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia (Multilateral Section) and completed its Diplomatic Academy. She has a B.A. in Economics-Trade from the University of Zagreb, Croatia.

During her residence as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mihaela has been conceptualizing and managing research on the Globalization, Lawyers, and Emerging Economies project as well as pursuing her research interests in (1) globalization of the legal profession; (2) the politics of lawyering in international dispute settlement; and, (3) questions of level playing field and reciprocity of law practice between the US and emerging economies. Mihaela is currently working on a comparative study of India, Brazil and China’s efforts to develop legal capacity and strategize in the context of trade and investment regimes, and on a study of India’s investment lawyering.

Dechert Fellow

Edwina Smith Dechert Fellow Case Development Initiative Program on the Legal Profession Harvard Law School 10 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, MA 02138

Edwina Smith was awarded an LL.M from Harvard Law School in 2011 and an LL.B (First Class Honors) and B.A from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2005. Ms. Smith has over five years of experience working as a lawyer in Australia. She commenced her legal career as a banking and finance lawyer with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, before working for a year as the Judicial Associate (i.e. Clerk) to Justice Osborn at the Supreme Court of Victoria. Most recently, Ms. Smith was a Senior Lawyer with the litigation department of the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office, Melbourne. Ms. Smith has also engaged in volunteer work with the Judicial System Monitoring Programme in Dili, East Timor in 2004-2005 and was elected as a councilor of the Australian Conservation Foundation in 2009.