Combining imotherhood and rigorous program of legal studies at Harvard Law School

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Maryan Hassan LL.M. ’22 and daughter Sofia.

Maryan Hassan LL.M. ’22 completed her post-graduate degree as a single mother to her daughter, Sofia. She is the first Black woman to be president of the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association and co-founder of the Harvard United Kingdom Student Law Association. Hassan is also an Obama Foundation Leader for Africa.

“With my daughter, seeing how she has engaged with everybody here with openness and curiosity has helped me reassert how I view the institution, how I view myself, that I shouldn’t take things too seriously. I think I’ve been allowed to have fun here through her.”

Attending a rigorous program of legal studies while raising Sofia had its challenges, but Hassan said several administrators, particularly Dean Catherine Peshkin and Title IX coordinator Sasha Tulgan, were immensely supportive throughout her time at Harvard Law.

Source: Harvard Law Today

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