Connor Haaland is a JD student in Law at Harvard University and a Frédéric Bastiat Fellow. Previously, he worked as a research assistant at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he worked with the Fourth Branch group on issues related to emerging technology, data privacy, telecommunications, and the intersection of law and technology. He has also interned with the Cato Institute and at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He is a graduate of South Dakota State University, where he received B.A.s in Spanish and Global Studies with minors in French and Economics. In his free time Connor enjoys running, working out, reading, and chatting about politics.