Dr. Jeannie Gersen

Professor

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Biography

Jeannie Suk Gersen is the John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where she has taught courses including constitutional law, criminal law procedure, family law, law and art, and performing arts since joining the faculty in 2006. She previously worked as a law clerk for Justice David Souter at the United States Supreme Court and Judge Harry Edwards on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Gersen is a graduate of Yale University (B.A. 1995), the University of Oxford (D.Phil 1999, Marshall Scholar), and Harvard Law School (J.D. 2002, Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow). She has authored various books and articles in scholarly journals as well as general media, and received awards such as the Law Society Association’s Herbert Jacob Prize for her book "At Home in the Law". A Guggenheim Fellow, she has also been recognized with the Harvard Law School’s Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence and is a contributing writer for The New Yorker. Gersen’s research interests include art law, intellectual property, legal education, and sexuality law, among others.

Research Interests

Experience

John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law

2016-01-01 — Present

Harvard Law School • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Contributing Writer

2016-01-01 — Present

The New Yorker • New York, United States

Professor of Law

2011-01-01 — 2016-01-01

Harvard Law School • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Visiting Scholar

2012-01-01 — 2012-01-01

Columbia Law School • New York, New York, United States

Assistant Professor of Law

2006-01-01 — 2011-01-01

Harvard Law School • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Senior Fellow

2009-01-01 — 2010-01-01

Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard •

Alexander Fellow

2005-01-01 — 2006-01-01

NYU School of Law •

Assistant District Attorney

2004-01-01 — 2005-01-01

Manhattan District Attorney's Office •

Awards

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Albert M. Sacks-Paul Freund Award for Teaching Excellence

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Guggenheim Fellowship

2010-08-01
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Trailblazer Award

2020-02-01
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Law Society Association's Herbert Jacob Prize

2009-01-01

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'.