Introducing the Harvard Law & Policy Review Blog

Welcome to the HLPR Blog, where we aim to explore law and policy from new angles.  Our all-star cast of bloggers spans the country.  Five attend Harvard Law School.  The rest are law students at BYU, Howard, Northwestern, Penn, and Santa Clara, as well as a clerk on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  They aim to make unique contributions to discussions unfolding in the national media, local news, and the blawgosphere.  To stay updated on their work, subscribe or follow us on facebook or twitter.  Email us here.

Our bloggers:

Smita Ghosh
Smita is a first year law student at the University of Pennsylvania.  Before enrolling, she worked at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in New York.  She is interested in civil rights law and policy, legal history and community development.

Jason Harrow
Jason is a third year law student and former president of Harvard’s American Constitution Society Chapter. He is interested in Internet and technology law, constitutional law, and appellate advocacy. He is planning a series of blog posts that will examine good and bad progressive appellate advocacy. Prior to law school, he was the webmaster and “stats guru” at SCOTUSblog.

Jessica Jackson
Jessica is a third year law student at The University of Santa Clara School of Law.  Jessica has interned at the Death Penalty College, the San Francisco Public Defenders Office, and the Southern Center for Human Rights, and she will be a staff attorney at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center after graduation.  She serves on the National Board of Directors for the American Constitution Society and was recently elected to represent the 6th Assembly District as a delegate at the California Democratic Convention.

Anthony Kammer
Anthony is a third year at Harvard Law School and president of the Harvard Legal Theory Forum. He has interned at the Exoneration Initiative, the Criminal Appeals Bureau at the Legal Aid Society, and the Brennen Center for Justice. Anthony will be writing on issues relating to criminal justice, financial regulation, and campaign finance reform.

Rachel Lauter
Rachel is currently a third-year student at Harvard Law School, where she is the outgoing President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, the nation’s oldest student-run legal services organization.  Prior to law school, Rachel was the Senior Policy Advisor to the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Small Business Services, and co-founded a progressive grassroots political organization that recruits and prepares individuals to run for local elected office in Brooklyn, New York.

Zach Luck
Zach is a third year law student at Northwestern Law School.  He will blog primarily about economic policy issues and consumer protection.  As the blog’s Chicago correspondent he is also planning on filing some reports on Chicago and Midwest policy and politics.

Sana Saleh
Sana is a writer, law student, and politics and new media buff who moved to the District after college in direct pursuit of combining those passions. She will focus her HLPR contributions on First Amendment issues, Intellectual Property, and Women’s issues.

Yevgeny Shrago
Yevgeny is a first year at Harvard Law, but his heart will always be with his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Michigan. He immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union and grew up in snowy Western New York. He blogs about local issues, housing and economics.

Michael Stephan
Michael attended the University of Texas School of Law and is currently clerking for a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  His areas of interest include notable Ninth Circuit cases, criminal law, and constitutional law.

Marshall Thompson
Marshall is a law student at Brigham Young University. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Utah State University and a master’s degree in mass communications from Ohio University. He is an Iraq war veteran and will be blogging about gay rights, religion and military issues.

Jay Willis
Jay Willis is a first year at Harvard Law School.  While an undergraduate at Berkeley, he interned in the offices of Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, both of California, and formerly worked as volunteer contributor to SCOTUSblog.  Jay is interested in civil rights and education policy, and his posts will cover school funding, affirmative action, institutional reform, and other critical education issues.