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Hussain Awan

Hussain Awan is a Houston-based lawyer, legal scholar, and mentor. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice law in Texas.

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Focus

  • Corporate litigation & trials in Texas
  • Legal scholarship on administrative law, comparative constitutional law, & civil procedure
  • Legal research, writing, & advocacy

Now

  • Writing on litigation, constitutional law, administrative law, and the legal profession
  • Mentoring students and early-career professionals
  • Building practical resources for litigators
Featured Scholarship Selected work

“Reversing a Sunset: The Legality of Retroactively Enforcing Limitations Periods Extensions”

Journal of National Security Law and Policy 2025

A law review article in the United States' leading national security journal.

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2022 Valedictorian Speech

About

A short overview of Hussain's practice, scholarship, and mentorship.

Lawyer

Hussain Awan is a graduate of Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice law in Texas. He completed a federal court clerkship for Chief Judge Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach at the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He has written extensively on legislative retroactivity, litigation, the legal structure of democratization, religious legal systems, and anticorruption. He is a contributor to Harvard Law School's Global Anticorruption Blog, a Harvard Law School Chayes Fellow, and a former volunteer clerk to Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah at the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Awan attended McGill University in Montreal, where he studied International Development and French and graduated as class valedictorian.

  • Litigation / motions practice / oral argument
  • Complex research, briefing, and strategy
  • Professional, precise, deadline-driven

Scholar

His published law review articles include work on comparative constitutional law, civil procedure, and economic statecraft policy.

  • Doctrinal + practical analysis
  • Clear claims with careful sourcing
  • Bridging theory and practice

Mentor

Hussain mentors many pre-law students in the law school admissions process, law students navigating the rigors of 1L, and recent professionals pursuing BigLaw and public sector careers.

  • LSAT + interview coaching
  • Career strategy and recruitment
  • Highly candid feedback

Professional Experience

Selected roles across litigation, research, and public service.

Law Clerk to Chief Judge Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico • 2025–2026

Conducted legal research and assisted with opinion drafting across the court’s civil and criminal docket, including work on multiple intense federal trials.

Summer Associate, AZA Law

Summer 2025 • Texas corporate litigation

Corporate litigation experience in a Texas practice setting.

Research Assistant (Administrative Law), Prof. Matthew C. Stephenson, Harvard Law School

2024–2025

Research assistance focused on the leading administrative law textbook for 1L students across the United States.

Summer Associate

Summer 2024 • Washington, D.C. corporate litigation

Corporate litigation experience in a D.C. practice setting.

Volunteer Law Clerk, Hon. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Supreme Court of Pakistan

Summer 2023 / Winter 2024

Volunteer clerkship experience supporting judicial work at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Legal Fellow, International IDEA

Summer 2023

Public-international organization experience on democracy, governance, and institutional reform work.

Teaching Fellow, Harvard University

2022–2024

Teaching and instructional support across undergraduate university coursework.

Scholarship

Selected publications.

Contact

For speaking, mentorship, collaboration, or legal writing inquiries.

Email hawan@alumni.harvard.edu

Location Houston, TX (or Remote)

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