Andrew Manuel Crespo | |
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Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States | |
In office April 9, 2021 –December 7, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Personal details | |
Born | 1983 (age 40–41) |
Education | Harvard University (BA,JD) |
Andrew Manuel Crespo (born 1983) is an American legal scholar.
Crespo is of Puerto Rican descent and was raised in Monroe,New York. [1] He graduated from Harvard College in 2005,and earned his degree in law at Harvard Law School in 2008. [2] During his time as a law student,Crespo served as the first Latino president of the Harvard Law Review . [3] [4]
Crespo became a public defender specializing in juvenile law before joining the faculty at Harvard Law in 2014. [1] [5] At Harvard Law,Crespo was named Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law. [6] [7] In 2021,Crespo cofounded the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law. [8] In 2021,President Joseph Biden appointed Crespo to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. In 2022,Crespo was elected a member of the American Law Institute. [9] Crespo is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the American Constitution Society. [10]
In 2020,Crespo was a counsel of record for the respondent in Kansas v. Glover . [11] The case was argued at the Supreme Court. [12]
Crespo is married to Abby Shafroth,a fellow graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law. [2] Shafroth is a civil rights attorney and consumer justice advocate in Boston. [13] Crespo performed with an a Cappella singing group (The Veritones) while attending Harvard Law School. [14]
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