The Program on Law and Political Economy at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce our newest annual cohort of LPE Student Fellows. The Student Fellowship supports law and doctoral students to carry out research in the field of law and political economy. This year, we are fortunate to host a cohort of seven extraordinary Student Fellows whose research projects examine the role of law in the construction of economic and social inequality, power relations, and the political economy of market societies.
Aaron Baum is a third-year JD student at Harvard Law School. He writes on administrative law and the political economy of regulation—including regulatory capture, institutional design, and democratic governance. Before law school, he worked on international economic development at the U.S. Treasury Department.
Jingtian Chen is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Political Science at MIT. His research examines how political and legal institutions shape the interplay of economic and political power in network, platform and utility industries. He practiced law as a commercial litigator and holds a JD from Harvard Law School.
Anjali Katta is a third-year JD student at Harvard Law School and writes about the intersections of energy and labor policies. Before law school, she worked as a researcher and advocate for energy and environmental justice issues.
Ignacio Orellana García is an SJD candidate at Harvard Law School. His research explores how law structures the exercise of monetary sovereignty by allocating authority to make decisions on the configuration of money, the calibration of the money supply, and the allocation of money. Prior to his doctoral studies, Ignacio worked in law firms in his native Chile and in the U.S.
Mila Rostain is a second-year JD student at Harvard Law School. She is interested in the role that legal ambiguity plays in worker organizing. Prior to law school, Mila spent seven years as a union organizer.
Dana Zuk is an SJD candidate at Harvard Law School with interdisciplinary interests in political economy, American legal history, and class analysis. Her dissertation examines the historical formation and eventual fragmentation of the modern American middle class from the 1930s through the mid-1980s, focusing on how legal, institutional, and economic transformations reshaped class relations in the 20th century.
