Ignacio Orellana Garcia

Ignacio Orellana Garcia is a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) candidate at Harvard Law School. His research combines legal history and doctrine, political theory, and economic analysis to explore the constitutional foundations of financial systems. His dissertation examines the relationship between money and sovereignty, and the extent to which principles of democratic constitutionalism can inform the design of financial institutions to make them more democratically responsive. More broadly, Ignacio’s academic interests include central banking, financial regulation, fiscal law and policy, and financial inclusion. Prior to his doctoral studies, Ignacio worked in law firms in his native Chile and in the U.S., focusing on commercial, regulatory, constitutional, and administrative litigation.  He has also worked for the World Bank Group’s Legal Vice Presidency, and as a teaching fellow for courses on the political economy of finance, comparative constitutional law, and legal research for Master of Laws (LL.M.) students at Harvard Law School as well as introductory economics for undergraduate students at Harvard’s Department of Economics. During the 2025-2026 academic year, Ignacio was a Student Fellow at the Program on Law and Political Economy at Harvard Law School.