Sujit Choudhry
Sujit Choudhry is a lawyer, legal scholar, and expert in comparative constitutional law.
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Born | 1970 (age 49–50)[1] |
Alma mater | McGill University (B.Sc.)[3] University of Oxford (B.A.) University of Toronto (LL.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.M.)[4] |
Occupation | Lawyer, legal scholar |
Years active | 1996–present |
Awards | Rhodes Scholarship Cecelia Goetz Professorship William E. Taylor Memorial Fellowship Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship[4] |
Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law | |
In office 2014–2016 | |
Preceded by | Gillian Lester (Interim Dean) |
Succeeded by | Melissa Murray (Interim Dean) |
Scholarship
Choudry is an author of the books The Migration of Constitutional Ideas, Dilemmas of Solidarity, Constitutional Design for Divided Societies, Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution, Constitution-Making, Territory and Power in Constitutional Transitions and Security Sector Reform in Constitutional Transitions.
In November 2017, he participated in a United Nations expert meeting in Geneva on mass atrocity and transitional justice.[5]
Choudhry co-authored a report titled "Semi-Presidentialism and Inclusive Governance in Ukraine" with Thomas Sedelius and Julia Kyrychenko which was presented in April 2018 before Ukrainian constitutional experts in Kyiv.[6] He is the Director of the Center for Constitutional Transitions.[7]
Academic service
Choudhry was the first person of Indian origin to be named dean of a top US law school, and the first I. Michael Heyman Professor of Law at Berkeley's School of Law.[2][7] He was also a recipient of the Trudeau Fellowship and the South Asian Bar Associations of Southern California (SABA-SC) and Northern California (SABA-NC) each awarded him the "Trailblazer Award".[8][9][10]
2016 complaint
In March 2016, Choudhry and the Regents of the University of California were served with a civil complaint for sexual harassment, which led him to sue the university for an unconstitutional violation of his due process rights and racial discrimination for its handling of the case.[11][12] Under settlement agreements, the civil complaint against Choudhry was dismissed and all proceedings were dropped.[13][14]
Selected publications
- Choudhry, Sujit (23 August 2006). "Worse than Lochner?". Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada: 75–100. SSRN 925937.
- Choudhry, Sujit; Pal, Michael (2007). Is Every Ballot Equal?: Visible-Minority Vote Dilution in Canada. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy. OCLC 246907471. SSRN 958057.
References
- Frey, Jennifer. "Introducing Sujit Choudhry | NYU Law Magazine". Blogs.law.nyu.edu. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- Rajghatta, Chidanand. "Indian-origin scholar Sujit Choudhry becomes dean of top US law school". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- Deepak Chitnis (1 July 2014). "Sujit Choudhry takes office as Dean of University of California Berkeley School of Law". The American Bazaar. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Sujit Choudhry Attends Expert Group Meeting on Transitional Justice and Atrocity Prevention in Geneva".
- "Semi-Presidentialism and Inclusive Governance in Ukraine". International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
- "Sujit Choudhry". Institute For Integrated Transitions.
- Verma, Sonia (28 September 2010). "Trudeau's legacy pays the way for peace". The Globe and Mail.
- Staff Reporter (23 March 2015). "South Asian Attorneys Honored at 22nd Annual SABA-NC Gala". India West. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- Staff Reporter (8 April 2015). "Three Honored At SABA Foundation Event". India Journal. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- "UC Berkeley law dean Sujit Choudhry resigns after sex harassment suit". CBS Local. 10 March 2016.
- "Berkeley law school dean resigns after sexual harassment complaint". CNN.
- Lee, Chantelle; Lynn, Jessica; Pratt, Pressly (14 April 2017). "UC Board of Regents settles lawsuits with Sujit Choudhry, Tyann Sorrell". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- Hancock, Ben (15 April 2017). "Berkeley Law, Ex-Dean Settle Suits Over Alleged Sexual Harassment". law.com. ALM Network of Legal Publications, Events, Research, and Intelligence Tools. Retrieved 20 May 2017.