Abram Chayes

Thanks in part to the encouragement of Harvard law professor Abram Chayes in an influential 1976 article, “The Role of the Judge in Public Law Litigation ... The lawyers bringing these suits are heralded as acting in the “public interest,” even though the objective is to stymie the results of a political process ...

There, he held a variety of public offices, including U.S. District Attorney for Montana Territory; territorial superintendent of public schools; member of the ... Margaret is currently a Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico where she has been published throughout legal academia and served as the ...

The program was established in 2001 and dedicated to the memory of HLS Professor Abram Chayes '49. This year ... At the OHCHR, Quiroz worked on projects with the UN Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression, independence of judges and lawyers, the right to health, and the right to education.

Since 2001, a select group of Harvard Law School students have undertaken public service internships under the auspices of the Chayes International Public Service Fellowship, dedicated to the memory of HLS Professor Abram Chayes '49. This past summer, 19 students traveled to 16 countries. Browse ...

(For some productions, audience members have received a cheat-sheet to decode such allusions.) Part of the fun is good-natured cameo appearances by HLS professors—in the early days of the show, W. Barton Leach LL.B. 1924 performed, and others who took to the stage include Abram Chayes '49, ...

Since 2001, a select group of Harvard Law School students have undertaken public service internships under the auspices of the Chayes International Public Service Fellowship, dedicated to the memory of HLS Professor Abram Chayes '49. These summer fellowships provide HLS students with the ...

Following a nine-month apprenticeship with a senior attorney, Khan passed the bar and was licensed to practice in Pakistan. The job search led him to ... At HLS, Khan was influenced by Abram Chayes '49, his international law professor, and David N. Smith '61, then a lecturer on law and HLS vice dean.

The Sandinistas had just come to power in Nicaragua, and the partners did not mind putting an idealistic young lawyer to work full time to recover national assets spirited away .... So he recruited Abram Chayes, a former legal adviser to the State Department and a popular professor at Harvard Law School.

As a student attorney for the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Pai will apply the lessons he learned in India to the Bureau's efforts to promote legal literacy about .... Dedicated to the memory of Professor Abram Chayes, who taught at Harvard Law School for more than 40 years, the Chayes International Public ...

Aditya Pai '17 in the Mewat district of India. Credit: Photo courtesy of Aditya Pai Read CaptionThrough case studies and interviews, Aditya Pai '17 analyzed the effectiveness of the Sehgal Foundation's legal literacy camps in the Mewat district of India. Patricia Alejandro '17 in South Africa.

Read CaptionSaptarishi Bandopadhyay S.J.D., Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change, Philippines: “As an environmental lawyer focused on ... internships under the auspices of the Chayes International Public Service Fellowship, dedicated to the memory of HLS Professor Abram Chayes '49.