Daphna Renan

Peter B. Munroe and Mary J. Munroe Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Daphna Renan is Peter B. Munroe and Mary J. Munroe Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She is a leading scholar of constitutional democracy and presidential power. She teaches courses on structural constitutional law, administrative law, the US presidency, and public law theory. She is the author with Nikolas Bowie of the book "Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People"(W.W. Norton 2026). Her work has appeared in numerous academic publications, including the Harvard Law Review, the Stanford Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal, as well as in print and digital media. Professor Renan received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she served as an articles editor of the Yale Law Journal. She received her B.A., graduating summa cum laude, from Yale College.