Andrew Charroux is a JD candidate at Yale Law School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Social Studies from Harvard College, graduating magna cum laude. At Harvard, he received the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service and was awarded the Science, Technology and Society (STS) Undergraduate Essay Prize for his senior thesis exploring neuroscience’s potential to reshape the treatment of substance use addiction within the American legal system. Andrew then attended the University of Cambridge as a Keasbey Scholar, earning an MPhil with distinction in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.

After graduating from Cambridge, Andrew joined Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Law, Brain & Behavior (CLBB) to support initiatives aligning the law with the science of addiction and late adolescent brain development. As a Senior Research Associate, he helped develop the CLBB NeuroLaw Library, an open access database providing actionable neuroscience resources to be used in the legal system, drafted numerous consequential legal briefs and attorney toolkits, and trained hundreds of legal professionals in science-informed legal decision-making. Andrew’s interests include impact litigation, appellate advocacy, and legal scholarship. He hopes to use his law degree to help build a more just, effective, and evidence-based legal system.

Andrew was born and raised in Northeast Los Angeles. He is a big fan of alternative rock, old(-ish) movies, and a cup of coffee.