Andrew Manuel Crespo

Andrew Manuel Crespo (born 1983) is an American legal scholar.

Early life and education[edit]

Crespo 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[edit]

Crespo became a public defender specializing in juvenile law before joining the faculty at Harvard Law in 2014.^[1][5] At Harvard Law, 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[edit]

In 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[edit]

Crespo 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)

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