Daniel Khalessi
Daniel Khalessi, JD ’22 (BA ’13)

Stanford Law students this year elected Daniel Khalessi, JD ’22 (BA ’13), as president of the Stanford Law Review (SLR), Vol. 74, the first Muslim Iranian-American to hold the position. While at Stanford, Khalessi interned for Ambassador Susan Rice at the United Nations and the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Middle East and North Africa Office. Before attending law school, he co-founded Fireside, a digital town hall, and worked at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, where he analyzed U.S. foreign policy toward China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. SL