Lindsay Bailey is a member of the J.D. class of 2019 at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Ryerson University in Toronto,  Canada with a B.A. in Politics and Governance.  Prior to law school, Lindsay spent three years in Ghana working with municipal governments to improve project planning, budgeting, and municipal taxes.  She has worked for a variety of organizations, including Engineers Without Borders, Amplify Governance, Global Communities, and UNICEF.

She has worked on one project since joining LIDS, contributing to a report regarding advocacy for land tenure for Habitat for Humanity. She also assisted in planning the LIDS career trip to D.C.

Meghan Liu hails from Texas and Shanghai and is a member of the J.D. Class of 2019 at Harvard Law School. She graduated from Tufts University in 2014 with a B.A. in International Relations and Economics. Prior to law school, Meghan worked as a legal assistant in New York for Sullivan and Cromwell’s Financial Institutions Group. At HLS, Meghan has been involved with the International Law Journal, the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, and HLS Negotiators’ Catholic Charities Maine Project focused on dialogue and refugee resettlement. During her 1L summer, Meghan worked for Public International Law and Policy Group in DC supporting CSO clients in Burma.

Last year, Meghan participated in LIDS’ NRDC Beijing client project and helped organize the annual career trip to DC. As Community VP this year, Meghan is committed to organizing fun events and happy hours where LIDS members can meet and connect across schools.

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João Marinotti is a member of the J.D. class of 2020 at Harvard Law School. João’s experiences living in Brazil, the United States, Scotland, and China have given him a passion for global sustainable development. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in Linguistics and his M.S. in Cognitive Science. Combining his interests in linguistics and sustainable international development, João worked as rapporteur for the 2017 Symposium on Language, the Sustainable Development Goals, and Vulnerable Populations, held by the Study Group on Language and the United Nations. After his first year of law school, João gained experience in global infrastructure finance and exposure to the financial mechanisms of multilateral development banks as a Summer Associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. João also co-authored the international project finance legal clinic at the 2018 Workshop on Closing the Investment Gap on Sustainable Infrastructure co-convened by UN DESA, CDP, and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. As one of the LIDS Co-Vice Presidents of Projects, João is responsible for organizing and developing projects and overseeing their execution and submission.

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Co-Vice President, Projects: Anzhelika Ishkhanyan

Catherine is a master candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with concentrations on energy and development economics. She was born and grew up in Shanghai, China. She earned her BA in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University in 2017. Catherine has a great passion for clean energy and digital development. She currently is a consultant at the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) division of World Bank. She is also doing research at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). The research project focuses on using SEI’s Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) Modeling Framework to support developing countries in their energy and climate mitigation planning activities. Prior to Fletcher, she interned at United Nations Information Center, Mass Health Policy Commission, and UNICEF with extensive research and data analysis experience.

Catherine led a LIDS project last semester. As one of the LIDS Co-Vice Presidents of Projects, she aims to help LIDS members get hands-on and exciting experiences from LIDS projects.

Most recently, Charlie worked as a summer associate in the Office of the General Counsel at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank founded in 2015 by 57 member countries to facilitate economic development in Asia, particularly through investment in infrastructure projects. As a member of the Bank’s legal team, Charlie’s worked on issues related to the Bank’s operations as a financial institution and its role as an international organization. Charlie also volunteers as the Legal Director at Y2Y, an entirely student-run shelter for homeless youths (18-24) in the Cambridge/Boston area.

Ava is a second-year student at Harvard Law School originally from Toronto, Canada. She attended McGill University in Montreal and studied Political Science and Philosophy with a minor in International Development. Before law school, she worked in the Peruvian Andes on community development as a project advisor funded by Global Affairs Canada. She has also worked at the United Nations World Food Programme in Panama City. She is fluent in Chinese, English, Spanish and French. During her 1L summer, she worked at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Beijing office as a Chayes Fellow in their Environmental Law and Governance project. At Harvard, she is also co-President of the Canadian Law Students Association. Before becoming Symposium Chair, she previously worked on the LIDS project for the Mekong Business Initiative at the Asian Development Bank analyzing economic law reform in Southeast Asia.

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VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS: SETH NORRIS

Seth Norris is a member of the JD Class of 2019 at Harvard Law School. Before coming to Harvard, Seth earned his B.A. in East Languages and Literature from Yale University in May of 2015. He then spent a year working as a bankruptcy clerk at Legal Services Alabama, primarily helping low income clients work through the preparatory stages of bankruptcy filings.

After his first year of law school, Seth worked as a legal intern in the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Beijing office. His work included formal commentary on new soil pollution legislation under consideration in the National People’s Congress and research into protected areas law. Seth is interested in international finance and development work, especially as it pertains to cross-border transactions and environmental regulatory work.

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Vice President, Press & Media: Ashley Lee

Ashley Lee is a doctoral candidate and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she studies the Internet and youth political participation. Ashley has worked on a number of international development projects with the U.N., focusing on labor and human rights, youth empowerment, and child protection. Ashley graduated from Stanford University’s School of Engineering with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

As Vice President of Press & Media, Ashley is responsible for media relations, coverage and promotion of LIDS events and projects, including on social media. Ashley is also responsible for managing LIDS Live.

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VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY: Cristina COrnejo

Claire Yi is a member of the J.D. class of 2020 at Harvard Law School. Originally from Texas and South Korea, she graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in Peace and Justice Studies. Prior to law school, Claire worked as a paralegal for two years at David Polk & Wardwell’s Financial Institutions Group in New York City. After her first year of law school, Claire worked at the International Finance Corporation’s Washington, D.C. office as part of its new Business Risk and Compliance Department.

Last year, Claire participated in a LIDS project for Public International Law and Policy Group related to potential legal recourse through international treaties against governmental response to disease outbreaks. She also assisted in planning the LIDS career trip to New York City.

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VICE President, Collaboration: Sabrina Singh

Sabrina Singh is a J.D. student at Harvard Law School, passionate about gender and economic justice, human rights, development and international law. Before law school, she co-founded a rural women’s economic empowerment program at a nonprofit in Nepal.  She graduated from Swarthmore College with Highest Honors in Political Science and Sociology & Anthropology. She spent her most recent summer at the Business and Human Rights division of Human Rights Watch, studying debt in the US and practices of IFIs and development agencies abroad. Born and raised in Nepal, Sabrina loves traveling to rural parts of her country, reading memoirs and biographies, and dancing.

Ryan Johnson is a second year Masters Candidate at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. With concentrations in law, development, and international political economy, he is specifically focusing on the role that good governance and state institutions play in political, economic, and social development. Prior to The Fletcher School, he worked in New York City as a corporate legal assistant in private equity and investment management, where he also had the opportunity to work on pro bono cases to assist unaccompanied minors from Central and South America

Ryan is spending the summer between his first and second years interning in the Governance and Peacebuilding cluster of the United Nations Development Program at the Istanbul Regional Hub in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a Colorado native and holds a BS/BA in journalism, political science, and Spanish from Syracuse University.

Grishma Rimal is a Masters Candidate in Law and Diplomacy at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. She is concentrating in development economics and human security studies with a regional focus on South Asia. Most recently, Grishma worked as an impact analyst intern at Ashoka. Prior to Fletcher, she was an education reporter for a newspaper in Atlanta. She graduated from Troy University with degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. She is a native of Kathmandu, Nepal.

As a Liaison, Grishma coordinates LIDS activities at The Fletcher School and works with other international development groups at Fletcher to strengthen cross-campus partnerships.

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LLM Liaison: Maithili Parikh