Katharine G. Young is an SJD candidate at Harvard Law School. Her dissertation examines the relationship between constitutionalism and distributive justice. In particular, she confronts the challenges to a materially just constitutionalism, well theorized by both legal realists and procedural democrats, within a global framework. Katharine completed an LLM at Harvard Law School, and graduated first in her class with an LLB (Honors) at the University of Melbourne, where she also received a BA with majors in German and political science. She has studied law at the University of Heidelberg and has received a number of awards in constitutional, comparative and international law, including the World Cup Championship of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. In 2001, she clerked for Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia. While at Harvard, Katharine has served as a Fellow for the Project on Justice, Welfare & Economics, a Graduate Student Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, a Knox Fellow, and a Byse Fellow at Harvard Law School.