Why did you come to Yale Law School?
Not only was Yale always my first priority due to its more theoretically-oriented approach, but it also offered me the best, most flexible financial aid package. Honestly, without such generous help, it would have been close to impossible to pursue an L.L.M. in the U.S., due to the extremely critical financial situation Argentina’s gone through the last seven years. From the beginning of the application process, I was convinced that, should the opportunity arise, I'd come to Yale. I knew some people who had studied at Yale, and their references were quite compelling.

What is one experience you have had here that you did not expect?
I didn't expect people to know me by name. There’s an incredible sense of community that arises, I think, from the small size of the school. Some people would regard it a relative disadvantage. I think it’s quite the opposite. The chance of interacting with people (faculty and fellow students) in a meaningful way is much higher this way, and it truly makes for an unbelievable experience. I've had the opportunity to meet people who I now consider true friends.

How much have you changed since you arrived at Yale Law School?
If I had to pick one thing about me that has changed since I've been here, it'd be how I think about legal, philosophical, and social matters now. Being exposed to such an incredibly rich and varied academic community really had an impact on my capacity to see things from different perspectives, while retaining my own particular frame of ideas.

What is the one thing you would want every potential applicant to know?
Every applicant should be aware that coming to YLS is much more than just getting your academic degree: it is about being engaged with a vibrant academic community, learning from the different perspectives each individual brings to it, and making friends you wouldn't have expected. While such social relations are likely to turn into an incredible valuable professional network, the best thing is that you don't see it that way; it all just comes so naturally, and the rest is just an unnoticed – but very important – advantage.

Has a particular YLS faculty member had an impact on you?
It’s really hard to pick only one professor who has had an impact on me. I'd have to say: Owen Fiss, who’s an incredible mentor besides all that can be said about his truly impressive scholarly career; Bruce Ackerman, whose original thinking leaves more intellectual seeds than meets the eye at first; and George Priest, who’s been incredibly supportive of my doctoral project. It’s really the whole faculty that, once you take one of the many opportunities to interact with them, leaves a lasting impression on you.

What are you currently focusing your work on?
My current work is focused on the constitutional protection of property rights and the doctrine of economic emergency, and their many interrelations. I'm interested in understanding the institutional and, by derivation, economic, effects that the repetitive resort to the doctrine brings about in a political system. Ultimately, I intend to propose an alternative approach to constitutional adjudication of constitutional property disputes involving emergency conditions that may overcome the many shortcomings that traditional, ultra-deferential approaches, have. My research uses the cases of Argentina, and a comparison with the U.S., as the basis of the project.