Kelly (Hoyeon) Lew

Kelly (Hoyeon) Lew is a Ph.D. candidate in U.S. legal history. Her work focuses on the history of education and the law, examining shifts in the legal personhood of schoolchildren, parental rights, and attitudes towards public education as a social good. 

Prior to coming to Stanford, Kelly was ​an attorney. She was last at Public Citizen, litigating public interest cases against the federal government. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School.