Aaron Xiao Sobel’s practice focuses on a range of national security, foreign relations, and complex litigation matters.
Aaron clerked for Judge Barrington D. Parker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he won the Burton H. Brody Prize in Constitutional Law, the Edward D. Robbins Memorial Prize for outstanding student publication, and Herbert J. Hansell Fellowship in foreign relations and international law. At Yale, he was a moot court semi-finalist, editor of the Yale Journal of International Law, and teaching fellow to the Grand Strategy program. Aaron’s research on intelligence law, the war powers, and other national security issues has appeared in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Yale Law & Policy Review, USA Today, Lawfare, Just Security, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His work has been featured by the American Law Institute and NPR’s Morning Edition.
Aaron received his A.B summa cum laude in public policy from Princeton University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Perspectives
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Yale Law School, 2023,
Burton H. Brody Prize in Constitutional Law; Edward D. Robbins Prize; Herbert J. Hansell Fellow in Foreign Relations and International Law
- A.B., Public Policy, Princeton University, 2019, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- District of Columbia
Government & Military Service
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Summer Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Appellate Staff
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Summer Law Clerk, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Adviser
Clerkships
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, The Honorable Barrington D. Parker Jr.