{"id":28631,"date":"2023-03-22T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T01:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=28631"},"modified":"2023-03-21T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:02:21","slug":"apsara-iyer-the-first-indian-origin-female-president-of-harvard-law-review","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/apsara-iyer-the-first-indian-origin-female-president-of-harvard-law-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Apsara Iyer: The first Indian-origin female president of Harvard Law Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>(March 22, 2023) <\/strong>In 1990, when former US President Barack Obama was in his second year at Harvard Law School, he created history by becoming the first black president of the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Harvard Law Review<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 a monthly journal comprising 2500 pages per volume published every month from November to June.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year, history has been made once more by Apsara Iyer, who became the first Indian-origin female to be elected the president of the prestigious journal in its 137-year history. The second year student succeeded Priscila Coronado and has begun her full-time volunteer position as editor-in-chief, supervising the law review\u2019s team of nearly 80 editors. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSince joining the Law Review, I have been inspired by her (Priscila Coronado\u2019s) skilful management, compassion, and capacity to build vibrant, inclusive communities. I am so grateful that we \u2018Volume 137\u2019 inherit her legacy, and I am honoured to continue building on this important work over the next year,\u201d said Apsara after being elected.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apsara Iyer \u201924 was elected the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review. Prior to attending  HLS, she worked at the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Antiquities Trafficking Unit where she investigated art crimes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4xFzUSvlRr\">https:\/\/t.co\/4xFzUSvlRr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarvLRev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HarvLRev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harvard Law School (@Harvard_Law) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harvard_Law\/status\/1622264234221486080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Overseeing a rich legacy\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Launched in 1887, by former Supreme Court judge Justice Louis D. Brandeis, the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Harvard Law Review<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is an entirely student-edited journal. It is the world\u2019s most impactful student law journal, among the 143 published around the world.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Review\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> website, \u201cthe journal is designed to be an effective research tool for practicing lawyers and students of law.\u201d Apart from student contributions, the review features write-ups from professors, judges, and solicits who contribute articles, analysis of leading cases, comments on recent decisions by courts and developments in the field of law. The students on the team follow a rigorous editorial process to produce the hefty annual volume.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apsara\u2019s academic journey\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Indian-American law student graduated from the Yale University in 2016 with a B.A. in math, economics, and Spanish. She went on to do an MPhil in Economics at the University of Oxford as a Clarendon Scholar.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She enrolled in Harvard Law School in 2020 and became a part of the editorial team of the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Harvard Law Review<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cApsara has changed the lives of many editors for the better, and I know she will continue to do so, \u201csaid Priscila, Apsara\u2019s predecessor. \u201cFrom the start, she has impressed her fellow editors with her remarkable intelligence, thoughtfulness, warmth, and fierce advocacy. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Law Review<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is extremely lucky to have her lead this institution,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28636\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28636\" class=\"wp-image-28636 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Captu.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Apsara Iyer | Global Indian\" width=\"515\" height=\"497\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 515px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 515\/497;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28636\" class=\"wp-image-28636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Captu.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Apsara Iyer | Global Indian\" width=\"515\" height=\"497\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-28636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apsara Iyer<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Global Indian<\/em><\/a> is associated with the International Human Rights Clinic of Harvard and is a member of the South Asian Law Students Association.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The art crime investigator<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A deep interest in indigenous communities and archaeology led Apsara to join the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Antiquities Trafficking Unit (ATU), after she completed her MPhil.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At ATU, she became deeply engaged in investigating art crime and repatriation, coordinating with international and federal law-enforcement authorities to repatriate more than 1,100 stolen works of art to 15 countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSeveral of these objects were from India,\u201d she said, in an interview with <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mid-Day<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, \u201cI was the lead analyst on many investigations concerning trafficking networks operating in India and Southeast Asia,\u201d she revealed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28637\" style=\"width: 896px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28637\" class=\"wp-image-28637 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Apsara-Iyer.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Apsara Iyer | Global Indian\" width=\"886\" height=\"492\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 886px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 886\/492;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28637\" class=\"wp-image-28637 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Apsara-Iyer.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Apsara Iyer | Global Indian\" width=\"886\" height=\"492\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-28637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apsara Iyer with ATU team<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Among her first cases at the District Attorney\u2019s office was one involving a Nataraja idol, stolen from the Punnainallur Mariamman temple in Thanjavur. \u201cOver the next three years, I worked tirelessly with the lead prosecutor to uncover new evidences, witnesses, and investigative leads. Our work single-handedly resulted in the return of the Nataraja to the Government of India,\u201d she explained. \u201cIn such cases, I have seen first-hand how the communities had maintained hope and prayed for years for the relics to be returned,\u201d she added.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Indian-origin law student\u2019s favourite memories from the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Antiquities Trafficking Unit are of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> organising repatriation ceremonies to return stolen objects to their lawful owners.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>At the intersection of archaeology and law\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apsara\u2019s interest in history and antiquities was first kindled in high school, when she worked on an archaeological excavation site in Peru. When she joined Yale, her research was focused on the value of cultural heritage.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDuring one of my field research projects in India, I had the opportunity to visit a site that had been looted. I distinctly remember that while I was at the site, someone asked me, \u2018What are you going to do about this?\u2019 she recounted in the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mid-Day<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> interview. \u201cThis wake-up call led me to work in law to address the issue of antiquities trafficking,\u201d she revealed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28639\" style=\"width: 764px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28639\" class=\"wp-image-28639 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Apsa.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Apsara Iyer | Global Indian\" width=\"754\" height=\"493\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 754px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 754\/493;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28639\" class=\"wp-image-28639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Apsa.jpg\" alt=\"Indians in USA | Apsara Iyer | Global Indian\" width=\"754\" height=\"493\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-28639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apsara Iyer with ATU team<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apsara\u2019s commitment towards fighting illicit antiquities trafficking has been so strong, that she even took a leave of absence from Harvard Law School in 2021-22 to return to the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office, where she worked on an international antiquity trafficking investigation case as the deputy of the ATU.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the future, Apsara aims to work at the intersection of law and archaeology. \u201cI would love to continue working in this space (archaeology), probably in a prosecutorial role, possibly in an international court,\u201d she had said, in an interview published in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Harvard Law Today<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a news portal of Harvard Law School.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Born to Tamil parents who moved to USA before her birth, Apsara grew up in Indiana. Apart from being exemplary in studies she is good at art and is a trained boxer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:255,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Apsara Iyer on<a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/apsara.iyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(March 22, 2023) In 1990, when former US President Barack Obama was in his second year at Harvard Law School, he created history by becoming the first black president of the Harvard Law Review \u2013 a monthly journal comprising 2500 pages per volume published every month from November to June.\u00a0 This year, history has been made once more by Apsara Iyer, who became the first Indian-origin female to be elected the president of the prestigious journal in its 137-year history. The second year student succeeded Priscila Coronado and has begun her full-time volunteer position as editor-in-chief, supervising the law review\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":28633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","story-category":[215,2585],"story-tag":[5364,5376,789,4481,1200,1068,4547,4444,4436,4435,4438,4125,5365,5367,5378,826,4887,5372,4483,5293,4440,4548,4442,4482,5368,5369,5370,5375,5374,139,1588,4520,5366,5377,5373,4437,4439,5371,3721],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apsara Iyer: First Indian female president of Harvard Law Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In its 137-year history, Apsara Iyer became the first Indian-origin female to be elected the president of Harvard Law Review.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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