Hadia Ahsan is a Law Clerk in Sterne Kessler’s Trial & Appellate Group. She joined the firm as a Summer Associate in 2023 and returned as a Law Clerk during her second year of law school. During her tenure at Sterne Kessler, she has assisted on patent litigation matters involving life sciences and biotechnology in federal district court.

Hadia is currently a student at Harvard Law School. Before law school, Hadia worked as a researcher at the Stanford University Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, studying human development. Her research involved using human embryonic stem cells to model early neural development. She earned a bachelor’s degree in human biology from the University of California, San Diego, and completed minors in history and law & society.

  • J.D., (Candidate 2025), Harvard Law School
  • B.S., Human Biology, University of California, San Diego, summa cum laude