Apsara Iyer becomes first Indian American woman president of Harvard Law Review

Apsara Iyer becomes first Indian American woman president of Harvard Law Review

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: February 09 2023

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  • Apsara Iyer, an Indian American student at the Harvard Law School has been elected as the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review. 
  • A second-year student at Harvard Law School, Iyer became the first woman from the community to be elected to the coveted position in the prestigious publication’s 136-year history.
  • Iyer was elected the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review, which was founded in 1887 and is one of the oldest student-run legal scholarship publications.
  • The Law Review, operated under the Harvard Law School, is an organisation that reviews and selects articles published in the legal field.
  • Iyer, who has been working in art crime investigation and repatriation since 2018, succeeds Priscila Coronado as the president.
  • In 2018, she joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit (ATU).
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