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Andrew Manuel Crespo is the Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, specializing in criminal law, penal system reform, and the intersection of law with social movements. He serves as Executive Faculty Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration and chairs the Leading Change Network’s Board. His research critiques systemic flaws in the American penal system and advocates for anti-carceral legal strategies. Crespo has been honored with Harvard’s Albert M. Sacks-Paul A. Freund Award for Teaching Excellence (2025) and the AALS Criminal Justice Section’s Junior Scholar Paper of the Year (2015). He previously served as a public defender and clerked for Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, and Judge Stephen Reinhardt. Active in public commentary, Crespo contributes to outlets like Lawfare and The New York Times.
Education: A.B., Harvard University (2005); J.D., Harvard Law School (2008, magna cum laude, first Latino Harvard Law Review president).
Affiliations: Board member, ACLU of Massachusetts; Trustee, Harvard Law Review Association; Commissioner, 2021 Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court.
Grants & Advocacy: Litigates alongside students, authoring amicus briefs on constitutional issues. Co-authored Criminal Law and the American Penal System, a casebook reimagining criminal law education.
