Student Opportunities

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Student Opportunities

Introduction

The Program offers a range of opportunities for Harvard students. Exposed to some of the foremost challenges in the changing contemporary strategic environment, HLS PILAC research assistants gain valuable experience performing high-level international law and policy research and analysis. Harvard students have contributed, and are currently contributing, to the work of HLS PILAC scholars and to the Program’s research projects. HLS PILAC has also developed an “on call” roster of research assistants for more discrete assignments.

HLS Courses

You may learn more about courses taught by HLS PILAC Faculty at this webpage.

HLS Library Connection

HLS PILAC researchers work closely with the Harvard Law School Library—which maintains a library research guide for the Program—to maximize our use of the university’s unparalleled information and library resources.

Opportunities for Current HLS Students

Please note that, in general, HLS PILAC Research Assistant positions are limited to current HLS students. Some HLS PILAC Research Assistant positions may be open to individuals who are not current HLS students, though only where expressly indicated as such.

If there are any currently open HLS PILAC Research Assistant positions, those positions are announced below. If there is no such announcement, it is because there are currently no Research Assistant openings. Please check this webpage regularly, as new positions may arise at any time. HLS PILAC staff are not in a position to field Research Assistant inquiries outside of an active open call for applications.

Upcoming PILAC Activities

Research Assistants

HLS PILAC Research Assistants

Current (partial list)

Featured

Luca Geary

Luca Geary is a special student at the Harvard Griffin School of Arts and Sciences. He studied Law at the University of Oxford, graduating with a BA (First Class) in 2024 and BCL (Distinction) in 2025.

Ben Hines

Ben Hines is an LL.M. student at Harvard Law School, and has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC) since September 2025.

Luisina Kemanian Leites

Luisina Kemanian Leites is a second-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School and has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC) since September 2025

Margherita Bruti Liberati

Margherita Bruti Liberati is an LL.M. student at Harvard Law School and she has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict since the Fall of 2025.

Lulu Mansour

Lulu Mansour is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School and has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC) since September 2024.

Vaishnav Rajkumar

Vaishnav Rajkumar is a second-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School and has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC) since September 2025.

George Tyler

George Tyler is a LL.M. student at Harvard Law School and has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC) since December 2025. George is currently contributing to research exploring how armed conflict affects the environment.

William Yuen Yee

William Yuen Yee is a second-year J.D. student at Harvard Law School and has been a Research Assistant for the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC) since September 2025.

Omid Yeganeh

Omid Yeganeh is an LL.M candidate at Harvard Law School. His research with the Program on International Law and Armed Conflict concerns the interface between the law governing the resort to war (jus ad bellum) and the law governing conduct in war (jus in bello).