| Alexandra Lahav | |
| Occupation: | Law professor |
| Education: | B.A., Brown University (1993)J.D., Harvard Law School (1998) |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard Law School |
| Discipline: | Law |
| Sub Discipline: | Civil procedure, tort law |
| Workplaces: | Cornell Law School |
| Website: | alexandralahav.com |
Alexandra Devorah Lahav is an American lawyer and academic specializing in litigation and civil procedure.[1] [2] [3] She is the Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Professor of Law at Cornell Law School.[4]
Lahav studied history and graduated from Brown University with honors in 1993. She then studied at Harvard Law School, where she earned her J.D. magna cum laude.[5] During law school, she worked as a summer associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, She then clerked for Justice Alan B. Handler on the Supreme Court of New Jersey for a year. In 1999, she joined Emery Cuty Brinckerhoff & Abady, a boutique litigation law firm in New York City. She has previously been selected as a Radcliffe fellow.[6] In 2019, she won the Civil Justice Scholarship Award for her book, In Praise of Litigation.[7]