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Alexandra Lahav | |
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| Occupation | Law professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A., Brown University (1993) J.D., Harvard Law School (1998) |
| Alma mater | Harvard Law School |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law |
| Sub-discipline | Civil procedure,tort law |
| Institutions | Cornell Law School |
| Website | alexandralahav.com |
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Lahav studied history and graduated from Brown University with honors in 1993. [2] She then studied at Harvard Law School,where she earned her J.D. magna cum laude . [5] During law school,she worked as a summer associate at Debevoise &Plimpton, [5] She then clerked for Justice Alan B. Handler on the Supreme Court of New Jersey for a year. In 1999,she joined Emery Cuty Brinckerhoff &Abady,a boutique litigation law firm in New York City. [2] She has previously been selected as a Radcliffe fellow. [6] In 2019,she won the Civil Justice Scholarship Award for her book,In Praise of Litigation. [7]
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