Christine A. Desan
Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law | Harvard Law School
Desan is the winner of the 2024 Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence at Harvard Law School. She is the author of the 2014 book, Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism (Oxford University Press. As a member of the Steering Committee of the Massachusetts Public Banking, Desan co-authored legislation that would establish a state bank designed to reach borrowers in marginalized communities, cities and towns, enterprises aimed at climate change, and other underserved ends.