Dr. Benjamin Sachs

Professor

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Biography

Benjamin Sachs is the Kestnbaum Professor at Harvard Law School, specializing in labor law and labor relations. He is a leading expert in the field and serves as the faculty director of the Center for Labor Economics. Professor Sachs teaches courses on labor law, employment law, and law and social change, with his writing focusing on union organizing and the role of unions in American politics. Before joining the faculty at Harvard in 2008, he was the Joseph Goldstein Fellow at Yale Law School. Between 2002 and 2006, he worked as the Assistant General Counsel for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in Washington, D.C., and from 1999 to 2002, he was an attorney at Make the Road New York, a community organization in Brooklyn. Professor Sachs graduated from Yale Law School in 1998 and later served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His scholarly work has been published in esteemed journals including the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and Columbia Law Review. He has received several accolades, including the Yale Law School teaching award in 2007 and the Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence at Harvard Law School in 2013.

Research Interests

Experience

Kestnbaum Professor

2008-01-01 — Present

Harvard Law School • Cambridge, MA

Specializes in labor law and labor relations, teaching several related courses.

Assistant General Counsel

2002-01-01 — 2006-01-01

Service Employees International Union • Washington, D.C.

Provided legal counsel to the organization.

Attorney

1999-01-01 — 2002-01-01

Make the Road New York • Brooklyn, NY

Worked with community organization on legal issues.

Awards

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Yale Law School Teaching Award

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Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence

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Charles Fried Intellectual Diversity Award

Courses

Employment Law Labor & Employment Lab Labor Law Writing Group: Law Work and Law Organizing

Requirements for Harvard Law School

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
J.D. from an ABA-approved U.S. law school or a first law degree (LL.B. or equivalent) from a foreign law school
Application Checklist
  • Online application form
  • CV/Résumé
  • Personal statements (Parts A and B)
  • At least two recommendations
  • Official transcripts and diplomas
  • Official TOEFL report (if applicable)
  • Application fee ($85)
Specialization Notes

Applied for under 'Department of Law', 'Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law', 'Department of Constitutional Law', 'Department of Japanese Legal Studies', and 'Department of Human Rights'.