Andrew Manuel Crespo (born 1983) is an American legal scholar.
Andrew Manuel Crespo | |
|---|---|
| Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| In office April 9, 2021 – December 7, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1983 (age 40–41) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Early life and education
editCrespo is of Puerto Rican descent and was raised in Monroe, New York.[1] He graduated from Harvard College in 2005, and earned his degree in law at Harvard Law School in 2008.[2] During his time as a law student, Crespo served as the first Latino president of the Harvard Law Review.[3][4]
Career
editCrespo became a public defender specializing in juvenile law before joining the faculty at Harvard Law in 2015 as an assistant professor.[1][5] There, Crespo was named Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law.[6][7] In 2021, Crespo cofounded the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law.[8] In 2021, President Joseph Biden appointed Crespo to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. In 2022, Crespo was elected a member of the American Law Institute.[9] Crespo is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the American Constitution Society.[10]
Notable cases
editIn 2020, Crespo was a counsel of record for the respondent in Kansas v. Glover.[11] The case was argued at the Supreme Court.[12]
Personal life
editCrespo is married to Abby Shafroth, a fellow graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law.[2] Shafroth is a civil rights attorney and consumer justice advocate in Boston.[13] Crespo performed with an a Cappella singing group (The Veritones) while attending Harvard Law School.[14]
Selected publications
edit- Systemic Facts: Toward Institutional Awareness in Criminal Courts, 129 Harv. L. Rev. 2117 (2016)
- The Hidden Law of Plea Bargaining, 118 Colum. L. Rev. 1303 (2018)
- Unpacking DHS’s Troubling Explanation of the Portland Van Video, Lawfare (July 25, 2020)
- Andrew Manuel Crespo, Charles R. Breyer, Jennifer Nou et al., In Tribute: Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 136 Harv. L. Rev. 8 (2022)
- No Justice, No Pleas: Subverting Mass Incarceration Through Defendant Collective Action, Fordham L. Rev. (2022)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Reyes, Raul A. (September 26, 2017). "#NBCLatino20: The Legal Eagle, Andrew Manuel Crespo". NBC News. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ a b Zuckerman, Michael (July–August 2015). "Andrew Manuel Crespo". Harvard Magazine.
- ^ Zhou, Kevin (February 6, 2007). "First Hispanic To Lead Harvard Law Review". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Duehren, Andrew M. (February 5, 2015). "Law Professors Argue for Teaching Rape Law". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Crespo '08 to join Harvard Law School Faculty". Harvard Law Today. July 30, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Professor Andrew Manuel Crespo". American Law Institute. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Manuel Crespo". Harvard Law School. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Walecki, Nancy Kathryn (November–December 2021). ""Decarcerating" America". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Andrew Manuel Crespo elected to American Law Institute". Harvard Law School.
- ^ "Andrew Manuel Crespo elected to American Law Institute". Harvard Law Today. January 21, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ "Search - Supreme Court of the United States". www.supremecourt.gov.
- ^ "Kansas, Petitioner v. Charles Glover". www.law360.com.
- ^ "Andrew Manuel Crespo appointed professor at Harvard Law School". www.thephoto-news.com.
- ^ "#NBCLatino20: The Legal Eagle, Andrew Manuel Crespo". NBC News. September 27, 2017.