Editors-in-Chief: Margaret Mattes and Kika Ziesk-Socolov
Margaret Mattes
Margaret is a 2L from Princeton, New Jersey. Prior to law school, she was a policy associate at The Century Foundation where she contributed to work developing and promoting the regulation of interstate online postsecondary education, as well as monitoring the structures of colleges and universities receiving federal funds to ensure accurate public representation. Earlier this year, Margaret served as a legal intern at the National Consumer Law Center working on similar topics. She will spend this summer working as a Summer Associate at the San Fransisco office of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University.
Kyra Ziesk-Socolov
Kyra is a 2L who graduated from Georgetown University in 2014 with degrees in Government and English Literature. Originally from New York by way of Minnesota, Hawaii, and Dubai, she worked as a field organizer and a legislative aide to a state senator before attending law school. She spent her 1L summer in the General Litigation division of the U.S. Navy’s Office of the Judge Advocate General, and will spend her 2L summer in the DC and New York offices of Willkie, Farr, and Gallagher.
Executive Managing Editor: Michael Guggenheim
Michael is a 2L from Passaic, New Jersey. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in 2016 in Political Science. Prior to law school, Michael worked in immigration law. While at Harvard, Michael has interned for the Office of the San Francisco City Attorney. Michael will be a summer associate at Proskauer Rose’s New York office in the summer of 2019.
Executive Policy Editor: Emma Janger
Emma is 2L originally from Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Yale in 2015 with a B.A. in History. Prior to law school, she worked at the National Institute for Reproductive Health, which works to increase access to reproductive health care. While at Harvard, Emma was an intern in the New York Attorney General’s Office. She will spend this summer working as a Summer Associate at Paul, Weiss in New York.
Executive Article Editor: Michael Svedman
Michael is a 2L from Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a B.A. in English and Art History in 2012. Last summer, Michael was a legal intern at ArchCity Defenders, a civil rights law firm providing holistic legal services in St. Louis, MO. He will spend this summer working as a Summer Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York.
Executive Online Editor: Melanie Fontes and Danielle Haley
Melanie Fontes
Melanie is a 2L from Boston, MA. She graduated from Harvard College in 2013 with an A.B. in Social Studies and has an M.A. in Teaching. She taught elementary school in Brooklyn, NY and worked at an education technology company before law school. At HLS, Melanie has interned with Massachusetts Advocates for Children. She spent her 1L summer with the Constitutional Accountability Center in Washington, D.C. She will work at the Boston office of Ropes & Gray and the New York office of the NAACP LDF this summer.
Danielle Haley
Executive Tech Editor: Sebastian Becker