Sahej Claire

Research Assistant

Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund

Sahej Claire is a third-year J.D. candidate at the Carey Law School, currently completing a semester abroad at Seoul National University’s School of Law. Following graduation, she will join Kirkland & Ellis as a corporate associate in the Bay Area. She is a research assistant with the Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund at the Kleinman Center.

Sahej’s interest in food and agriculture is rooted in her family’s three generations of farming in California’s Central Valley. She brings prior research experience as an undergraduate research assistant at Stanford’s Center for Design research and has authored publications in human-computer interaction and consumer behavior, including a 2024 paper in Young Consumers on Gen Z engagement with convenience stores across the U.S., South Korea, and Japan. She also interned with the World Innovation Lab on climate regulation and corporate sustainability in East Asian retail markets.

Outside of her academic and professional work, Sahej has a long-standing interest in the food industry, encompassing culinary school training, restaurant consulting, and food startup research.