Rachel Boynton, President
Rachel is a 2L Soprano. She is originally from Randolph, Massachusetts, although she credits numerous other geographical locations with her musical formation. She was involved in various musical groups and shows throughout her undergraduate studies at Doane College, including the Choir, Jazz Unlimited and a production of Cabaret. Her recent musical exploits include singing three-part harmony at a random Thai Karaoke bar in the Netherlands.

Wen Bu, Treasurer
Wen is a 2L from Marietta, GA, who isn't quite sure what her voice part is anymore. In addition to singing, she knits and auditions for every theater production she can find and fit into her schedule. Her official background is in chemistry and political science, which she studied as an undergraduate at Furman University (class of 2005).

Sarah Carlson, Business Manager
Sarah Carlson is a 3L alto/2nd soprano originally from Glendale, Arizona. She sang in the Girls’ Choir and performed in every musical in high school. While in college at the University of Arizona, she focused on her academics and her club ice hockey team, the Wildcat Icers. During and after studying Political Science and Spanish at Arizona, Sarah spent a year and a half living in Puerto Rico, polishing her Spanish and enjoying the sunlight before coming to law school. Sarah enjoys warm weather, ice hockey, watching 24 and Grey’s Anatomy, and of course, ice cream.

Thomas Diehn
Thomas is an LL.M. from Germany. He grew up in the former GDR and has studied law in Berlin, Geneva, Heidelberg and Munich. Thomas passed the German bar in 2006. He sang in a gospel choir in Geneva and is thrilled to be able to continue singing at Harvard Law. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking and skiing.

Jesse Grauman, Music Director
Jesse is a 2L bass from New York, NY. He graduated from Yale in 2000 and spent the past four years working in Washington, DC in the U.S. Senate. Jesse has been in a series of various choral and a cappella groups dating back to third grade or so. The highlight of his performance career was probably playing Lumiere in an all-Hebrew production of "Beauty and the Best" in high school -- because really, once you sing "Be our Guest" in Hebrew, with a French accent, while wearing gold lipstick and paper-mache candlesticks on your arms, you can't really top that. In his spare time, Jesse rides his bike and lives and dies by the fortunes of the New York Mets.

Modessa Jacobs
Modessa Jacobs is a 1L soprano from Seattle, WA. She has lived in five states and two countries but still knows that Seattle is the best city in the entire world. Scales of Justice is the best and only vocal group that she is been in. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, where she studied German, European History and Jewish Studies. Her other interests include photography and Yiddish literature.

David Kargman
David is a 2L tenor from Chicago, IL. A theatre major at Northwestern University, David has been singing and performing as long as he can remember and is thrilled to be able to continue while at law school. When he isn't singing or studying, he can be found preaching about the wonders of the windy city, watching too many cartoons for someone his age or challenging someone to a game of Risk unaware that it is only a game and will not, in fact, make him ruler of the world.

Amanda Kim
Amanda is a 1L alto originally from Pasadena, CA. She has played the piano and the harp off and on for the past fifteen and eight years, respectively. In her spare time, she enjoys surfing Wikipedia, watching old episodes of South Park, and taking lots of naps. Amanda graduated from Northwestern University in 2005 with a degree in psychology.

Joseph Perkins
Joseph is a 3L baritone who comes to Harvard after graduating from the University of Utah with degrees in philosophy and Japanese. Even before studying Japanese in Utah, he spent two years in Japan and returned to Japan after 1L summer to work for a firm there. Joseph's wife is a trained opera singer and his two children are avid Scales fans.

Brook E. Roper Gotberg, Music Director
Brook is a 2L soprano from the thriving metropolis of Porterville, CA. Growing up she split her time between climbing fences, picking oranges, and music. She has been singing ever since she can remember, plays the piano, and spent four years in high school marching band. Among her other interests are negotiation, the Middle East, sports (including marathons), and a handsome young man named Jake.

Andrea Saenz
Andrea is a 2L alto from Long Beach, California, where she attended the same high school as Snoop Dogg, her musical hero. She previously sang in vocal jazz, chamber, and church choirs, except for a musical hiatus when she was a giant debate nerd at UCLA. In her spare time she likes Scrabble, writing, obsessive blog reading, and singing showtunes with her husband.

Chris Taggart
Chris is a first-year S.J.D. candidate who entered Harvard’s LL.M. program last year after three years as a litigation and environmental associate at Arnold & Porter LLP. He hopes one day to teach law. Originally from Basking Ridge, New Jersey, he sang with several groups during college and graduate school and also sang with an a capella group in law school. He is very pleased to be more involved with music after a hiatus due to work conflicts. In addition to spending time with his wife Linda, he enjoys swimming and jogging and is a science fiction fan.

Cassie Welch
Cassie is a 3L soprano (who has also been known to sing alto) from Wilbraham, Mass (home of Friendly's!). She credits Scales with teaching her about Estoppel and blames Scales when she desperately tries not to break out laughing in class (say when learning Estoppel or when another Scales classic law-school song like "Don't Call On Me" is stuck in her head). Next year, Cassie plans to sing "Oklahoma" a lot as she'll be in Oklahoma City clerking for Judge Holmes on the 10th Circuit.