About Us

The 2022-23 CISGA Board

Matthew Melbourn, Co-President
mmelbourn@jd24.law.harvard.edu

Matt (JD ‘24) is a 2L from Calgary, Canada. He grew-up in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in Calgary, Alberta and studied Western Canadian history at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. Before coming to law school, Matt was involved in local politics. When he’s back home, Matt likes to spend his time, hiking, skiing, and woodworking. At HLS, Matt is also involved with the Canadian Law Students Association and is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Law and Public Policy.

Somin Park, Co-President
spark@jd24.law.harvard.edu

Lloyd Lyall, Treasurer
llyall@jd24.law.harvard.edu

Lloyd (JD ’24) is a 2L from Vancouver, Canada. He earned a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University in 2019 and a professional LL.M. in Canadian Common Law from the University of Toronto in 2021. Lloyd worked on a variety of development and post-conflict transition issues before coming to HLS and spent his 1L summer with Accountability Counsel in San Francisco working to address harm from internationally financed development projects. On campus, he is also involved with faculty research, the Harvard International Law Journal, and the Canadian Law Students Association.  Lloyd enjoys hiking and backcountry skiing in his spare time. He also has type one diabetes, a condition he shares with one of his two cats.

Scott Wang, Communications Chair
xwang@jd24.law.harvard.edu

Scott (JD ’24) is a 2L at HLS. He spent his first 18 years in Shanghai, China before he went to UC Berkeley for undergrad, where he studied Sociology and Data Science. He enjoys reading scholarly monographs about the rich history and culture of his hometown–first as a treaty port, then as an industrial center, and now as a financial hub. At HLS, he is also involved in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau (HLAB), the China Law Association (CLA), and the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project (HLEP). Scott plays on the Harvard Table Tennis Team.

Arjun GananathanInstitutional Collaboration and Feedback Chair
agananathan@jd23.law.harvard.edu

Arjun (JD ’24) is a 2L from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He studied Linguistics and Psychology at UCLA, and worked at the California Attorney General’s Office last summer. He loves Boston winters, but misses the culinary diversity of Malaysia. Email Arjun to talk about state government work, EIP, or anything else on your mind: agananathan@jd23.law.harvard.edu.

Adil Habib3L Representative 
ahabib@jd23.law.harvard.edu

Adil (JD ’23) is a 3L from Zurich, Switzerland. He graduated from Columbia University in 2016 with a B.A. in English Literature and Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies. Prior to attending law school, Adil worked at a start-up fashion brand in London and in digital media and publishing in New York. What he misses the most about home is good chocolate, and what he likes most about Cambridge is the turkeys that block traffic.

Louise TangAlumni Relations Chair

Theo Zych1L Representative

Zeslene MaoLLM Representative

The 2022-23 CISGA Advisory Board

Professor William P. Alford, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law

Professor Alford is a graduate of Amherst College and holds advanced degrees from the University of Cambridge, Harvard,  and Yale. His publications include To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense:  Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization, Raising the Bar: The Emerging Legal Profession in East Asia, and scores of articles on China. At Harvard, his teaching has focused on Chinese law and society, international law, the legal profession, and disability in a global setting. Professor Alford is an honorary professor of Renmin University, Zhejiang University, and the National Institute of Administration of the PRC, as well as an honorary fellow of the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Science. He has been called upon for counsel by international organizations, governments, universities, and charitable entities in the United States and abroad.

Anna Crowe, Lecturer on Law


Anna Crowe is a Lecturer on Law and the Assistant Director of the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC). Her work focuses on refugee rights, particularly refugee documentation, humanitarian disarmament, and the right to privacy. Prior to joining the IHRC, Anna was a Legal Officer at Privacy International, a leading human rights organization that campaigns against unlawful communications surveillance across the globe. Anna previously worked as a constitutional lawyer for the New Zealand government and served at the New Zealand Supreme Court as a clerk to the Chief Justice. She also spent a year in Colombia working with the International Crisis Group as a Henigson Human Rights Fellow. In addition to an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, she holds conjoint law and arts degrees from the University of Auckland.

Yih-hsien Shen, Associate Director and Director for J.D. Advising

Yih-hsien has been an advisor in the Office of Career Services since 2002. She has also served as a reader with the Law School Admissions Office. She received an A.B. in History from Columbia College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1995. While a student at HLS, she served as co-chair of APALSA and an Executive Editor of the Women’s Law Journal (now the Harvard Journal on Law & Gender). After HLS, she practiced for three years in both the corporate and litigation departments at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, and then worked as in-house counsel to a life insurance company in Baltimore, where she managed the company’s litigation and advised on employment issues. Yih-hsien also holds an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Teachers College. A resident of Cambridge, Yih-hsien is passionate about her family, the New York Yankees, and good food.

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