Resident 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 mamidi@post.harvard.edu

Pavan Mamidi taught courses on legal institutions 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. 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 technology industry, covering both Indian and US firms. His early research included work on patenting criteria, technological innovation and the social costs of intellectual property. In his more recent work, he undertakes field-based empirical work on social norms, trust, and inter-ethnic negotiations. For instance, he conducted field interviews with left-wing guerrillas in tribal villages in south India to investigate their recruitment processes. He also contributes to training the government in strategies of peaceful conflict resolution, and draws the attention of belligerent actors in rebel areas to the rights of civilian victims who get caught in the crossfire. Pavan’s ongoing research at the Program on the Legal Profession focuses on the role played by small town lawyers in negotiating, solving holdout problems, and settling disputes among farmers in the process of aggregation of land for industrialization in India. He is also currently engaged in a RCT-based field experiment that measures the impact of criminalizing bribe-giving on the supply-side of corruption. Pavan has a D.Phil in Sociology from Oxford, an LL.M from Harvard Law School, and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Osmania University.

Dechert Fellow

Nicholas Haas Dechert Fellow Dechert Fellow Case Development Initiative Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: + 1 (617) 495-5187 Fax: + 1 (617) 496-8489

Nicholas Haas graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with highest distinction from the University of Michigan, where he majored in political science and minored in creative writing. His senior political theory thesis on Students for a Democratic Society earned him high honors from the political science department. Before coming to Harvard Law, Nick worked in social demographic analysis, first at the Boston Redevelopment Authority as an intern and later at the Institute for Social Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At Michigan, Nick was also a William J. Branstrom Prize recipient and a James B. Angell Scholar.