TRIALS Speakers

Chandler Rankin

TRIALS Class of 2019
2L, Harvard Law School

Chandler Rankin attended the University of Cincinnati, where he received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, summa cum laude, with distinction. During his undergraduate years, he served as student body president, representing student interests to university administrators, university trustees, and state legislators. For his advocacy efforts, he was awarded the Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence, the highest honor the university bestows upon its graduates.

After college, Chandler moved to San Francisco, CA, where he worked as a product manager at Meta, leading teams that built products to improve experiences for content creators across Facebook and Instagram. He also served as an after-school program tutor for Breakthrough San Francisco. 

In August 2023, Chandler began his first year at Harvard Law School, where he is an editor of the Harvard Law Review, a Civil Procedure teaching fellow for Professor I. Glenn Cohen, a clerkships committee chair for the Harvard Black Law Students Association, and professional development director for the Harvard Association for Law and Business. This summer, he has split his time as a legal intern in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and a 1L summer associate at Susman Godfrey LLP. Upon graduation, Chandler hopes to clerk for a federal judge and embark on a legal career that allows him to maximize his impact across the public and private sectors. Chandler credits TRIALS for showing him the way to a legal education and providing the tools to launch his legal career.