About
Hello! I’m Amit Singh. I am a doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School. I work in private law, with a particular focus on theoretical issues in tort and property. My advisors are Henry Smith (Harvard), John C.P. Goldberg (Harvard), Molly Brady (Harvard), and Daniel Markovits (Yale).
About
Hello! I’m Amit Singh. I am a doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School. I work in private law, with a particular focus on theoretical issues in tort and property. My advisors are Henry Smith (Harvard), John C.P. Goldberg (Harvard), Molly Brady (Harvard), and Daniel Markovits (Yale).
I also have robust secondary research interests in promissory morality, constitutional law, adjudication, and Aboriginal law. My research on Aboriginal law, in particular, has been profiled here.
I studied law and philosophy at Harvard, Yale, and Toronto. Before attending Harvard, I completed an LL.M. at Yale Law School and a J.D. with Distinction from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. I also earned a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, and an M.A. at the University of Toronto Department of Philosophy.
I also have robust secondary research interests in promissory morality, constitutional law, adjudication, and Aboriginal law. My research on Aboriginal law, in particular, has been profiled here.
I studied law and philosophy at Harvard, Yale, and Toronto. Before attending Harvard, I completed an LL.M. at Yale Law School and a J.D. with Distinction from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. I also earned a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, and an M.A. at the University of Toronto Department of Philosophy.
As a J.D. student, I co-founded the Yale-Toronto Private Law Theory Discussion Group, which, as of Spring 2026, is the Yale-Toronto-Columbia Private Law Theory Discussion Group. I continue to co-convene the Discussion Group, now from the Yale side of the project.
After law school, I was a commercial litigation and international arbitration attorney in New York City—first at Shearman & Sterling LLP, and then at litigation boutique Holwell, Shuster & Goldberg LLP—and clerked at the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. I was called to the Bar of New York in 2022. I have also served as Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University, and the University of Toronto Department of Philosophy.
As a J.D. student, I co-founded the Yale-Toronto Private Law Theory Discussion Group, which, as of Spring 2026, is the Yale-Toronto-Columbia Private Law Theory Discussion Group. I continue to co-convene the Discussion Group, now from the Yale side of the project.
After law school, I was a commercial litigation and international arbitration attorney in New York City—first at Shearman & Sterling LLP, and then at litigation boutique Holwell, Shuster & Goldberg LLP—and clerked at the Court of Appeal for British Columbia. I was called to the Bar of New York in 2022. I have also served as Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University, and the University of Toronto Department of Philosophy.
