Apsara Iyer Becomes First Indian-American Woman To Head Harvard Law Review

Apsara Iyer has previously been involved with Harvard Human Rights Journal and National Security Journal.

Apsara Iyer will serve as the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review.

Source : The Harvard Crimson | Addison Y Liu

Apsara A Iyer, the first Indian-American woman, has been elected as president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. Iyer, a second-year student at Harvard Law School, is the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review. The review was founded in 1887, it is among the oldest student-run legal scholarship publications.

Iyer's predecessors include Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and former president Barack Obama.

Apsara Iyer said in The Crimson report that as a Law Review president, she aims to "include more editors in the process of reviewing and selecting articles and upholding the publication's reputation for "high-quality" work."

"I think that right now I'm just focused on making sure we keep the lights on and everything going," Iyer said.

Iyer graduated from Yale in 2016 and received a bachelor's degree in Economics, Math and Spanish. Her interest in understanding the "value of cultural heritage" led her to work in the Manhattan District Attorney's Antiquities Trafficking Unit which tracks stolen works of art and artefacts. She began working in the office, then took a leave of absence after her first year studying law to return to the role.

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She has previously been involved in Harvard Human Rights Journal and National Security Journal and is also a member of the South Asian Law Students Association.

Iyer's immediate predecessor Priscila Coronado said the publication is "extremely lucky" to have Apsara Iyer at the helm adding, "From the start, she has impressed her fellow editors with her remarkable intelligence, thoughtfulness, warmth, and fierce advocacy."

To join Harvard Law Review there is a competitive process called "write-on," where Harvard Law School students "rigorously fact-check a document and provide commentary on a recent State or Supreme Court Case."