Stephen Sachs – Faculty Sponsor
Educated at Harvard, Oxford, and Yale Law School, Stephen Sachs, the Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, joined the faculty of Harvard Law School in 2021. Previously, he was a professor at Duke Law School and worked in the Appellate Litigation Group at Mayer Brown LLP. Sachs started his legal career clerking first for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and then for Chief Justice John G. Roberts. At Harvard Law School, Sachs teaches Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, The Original Constitution, Jurisprudence, Originalism and Its Discontents, and Abortion: Law, Policy and Ethics. He has also published many articles such as Originalism: Standard and Procedure (2022), The Unlimited Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts (2020), Originalism Without Text (2017), and Pennoyer Was Right (2017). Currently Sachs is serving as an adviser to the American Law Institute’s project on the Restatement of the Law (Third), Conflict of Laws. In 2020, Sachs won the Federalist Society’s Joseph Story Award.
2025-2026 Student Executive Board
Daniel Nivens – President
Daniel Nivens, Vice President of Speakers, is a second-year student at Harvard Law School from Kings Mountain, NC. He graduated summa cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College with a double major in philosophy and government and a minor in classical studies.
In addition to his role with the Federalist Society, Daniel serves as a Deputy Managing Editor on the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy Per Curiam. He is also involved in Harvard Law Christian Union and attends Church of the Advent on Beacon Hill.
Daniel spent his 1L summer at the Institute for Justice in Arlington, VA, and he will spend his 2L summer at Boies Schiller Flexner LLC. Following graduation, he will clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Monroe Harless – Executive Vice President
Monroe Harless is a second year at Harvard Law School from Buford, Georgia. She graduated from the University of Georgia graduate with a B.A. in Political Science and Journalism. At Harvard, Monroe serves the Notes Chair for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and a Daniel Fellow at the Center for Biblical Law. Monroe also leads outreach for the Harvard Law Christian Union and is a member of Hope Fellowship Church. Monroe spent her 1L summer at Boyden Gray PLLC and will spend her 2L summer at Latham & Watkins. After law school, Monroe will clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.