#  Hannah Shaffer 

Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

 

 

 



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 email <hshaffer@law.harvard.edu> 

 



 

I am an assistant professor at Harvard Law School. My research examines racial disparities in criminal charging and sentencing--specifically how prosecutors interpret and respond to racial disparities inherited from police and earlier decision-makers in the criminal process.

Previously, I was a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. I received a doctorate in Economics at Harvard University and a J.D. at Harvard Law School.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Interests
    
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