Faculty Sponsors

Jesse M. Fried

Jesse M. Fried is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. From 2014-2024, he was the Dane Professor of Law. Before joining the Harvard faculty in 2009, Fried was a Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy (BCLBE) at the University of California Berkeley. Fried has also been a visiting professor at Columbia University Law School, Duisenberg School of Finance, Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, and Reichman University. He holds an A.B. and A.M in Economics from Harvard University, and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. His well-known book Pay without Performance: the Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation, co-authored with Lucian Bebchuk, has been widely acclaimed by both academics and practitioners and translated into Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Italian. Fried has served as a consultant and expert witness in litigation involving executive compensation and corporate governance issues. He also serves on the Research Advisory Council of proxy advisor Glass, Lewis & Co.

Stephen Sachs

Stephen E. Sachs is the Antonin Scalia Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches civil procedure, conflict of laws, and seminars on constitutional law and jurisprudence. His research focuses on the law and theory of constitutional interpretation, the jurisdiction of state and federal courts, the history of procedure and private law, and the role of the general common law in the U.S. legal system.

In 2020, Sachs received the Federalist Society’s Joseph Story Award, which recognizes a young academic who has demonstrated excellence in legal scholarship, a commitment to teaching, a concern for students, and who has made a significant public impact in a manner that advances the rule of law in a free society.
Sachs previously taught at Duke University School of Law and as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Before entering academia, he practiced in the Washington, D.C., litigation group of Mayer Brown LLP, and he clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. as well as for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Sachs is a licensed attorney in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, and he is authorized to practice before the D.C. Circuit, the Second Circuit, the Seventh Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Executive Board

President

Shanee Markovitz Kay ’26

Vice President/Treasurer

Alex Friedman ’26

Vice President

Valerie Gleiser Jamri ’26

General Board

Communications Officer

Esther Pomerantz ’25

External Relations Officer

Mason Laney ’26

Event Logistics Officer

Will Johnson ’27

Alumni and Firm Relations Officer

Joshua Koegel ’27

Fundraising and Firm Relations Officer

Moshe (Mo) Dembitzer ’26

Social Events Officer

Sarah Mehrnia ’26

Social Media Officer

Lindsay Gabow ’27

Tabling Officer

Sabrina Goldfischer ’27