A Rare Inside Look at the Life of a Harvard Law Professor (w/ Professor Jesse Fried) | ATB #31

Approach the Bench · May 7, 2026 · 1h 13m

WEEK 31: Inside the Life of a Harvard Law Professor.

Welcome to Newton, MA. This week, we sit down with Professor Jesse Fried — William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, author of Pay Without Performance, expert witness in major corporate litigation, and a man who has been associated with this institution in some form for nearly four decades.

Then we get into the main event: what does a Harvard Law professor actually do all day? We walk through Professor Fried's path step by step — Harvard undergrad, economics master's, HLS, a brief stop at a law firm, an Olin…