Human Rights, Legal Systems, Technology, and Law School: An Interview With Martha Minow

Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary University Professor and former Dean of Students at Harvard Law School, has taught at the law school since 1981. Before teaching at Harvard, Minow clerked for Judge David Bazelon of The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. She is an expert in human rights and minority advocacy and has written numerous books and scholarly articles. Minow has also served on various committees and boards, such as the Independent International Commission Kosovo, has received several awards and nine honorary degrees from schools around the world, and was appointed to the Legal Services Corporation by President Barack Obama in 2009. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan, her master’s degree in education at Harvard, and her law degree at Yale Law School.