Dr. Kristen Eichensehr

Biography

Kristen Eichensehr joined the faculty at Harvard Law School after a tenure at the University of Virginia School of Law. Her academic work focuses on foreign relations, national security, cybersecurity, and international law. Eichensehr's recent research examines national security screening of investments, the separation of powers in national security matters, the attribution of state-sponsored cyberattacks, and the Supreme Court’s major questions doctrine in relation to U.S. international agreements. She is an active member of the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Law and serves as an adviser for the Restatement (Fourth) of Foreign Relations Law in the United States. Additionally, she is on the editorial boards of the Security Journal and National Security Law & Policy. Eichensehr's scholarship has been recognized with the 2018 Mike Lewis Prize for a National Security Law Scholarship article and her collaborations have been highlighted in major legal publications. Prior to embarking on her academic career, Eichensehr clerked for Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court, and for then-Judge Merrick B. Garland on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Her legal practice includes work at the U.S. Department of State and Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.

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