Sujit Choudhry

Sujit Choudhry is a lawyer, legal scholar, and expert in comparative constitutional law.

Sujit Choudhry
Born1970 (age 49–50)[1]
New Delhi, India[2]
Alma materMcGill University (B.Sc.)[3]
University of Oxford (B.A.)
University of Toronto (LL.B.)
Harvard Law School (LL.M.)[4]
OccupationLawyer, legal scholar
Years active1996–present
AwardsRhodes 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 byGillian Lester (Interim Dean)
Succeeded byMelissa 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
  1. Frey, Jennifer. "Introducing Sujit Choudhry | NYU Law Magazine". Blogs.law.nyu.edu. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. Rajghatta, Chidanand. "Indian-origin scholar Sujit Choudhry becomes dean of top US law school". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Sujit Choudhry Attends Expert Group Meeting on Transitional Justice and Atrocity Prevention in Geneva".
  6. "Semi-Presidentialism and Inclusive Governance in Ukraine". International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
  7. "Sujit Choudhry". Institute For Integrated Transitions.
  8. Verma, Sonia (28 September 2010). "Trudeau's legacy pays the way for peace". The Globe and Mail.
  9. Staff Reporter (23 March 2015). "South Asian Attorneys Honored at 22nd Annual SABA-NC Gala". India West. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  10. Staff Reporter (8 April 2015). "Three Honored At SABA Foundation Event". India Journal. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  11. "UC Berkeley law dean Sujit Choudhry resigns after sex harassment suit". CBS Local. 10 March 2016.
  12. "Berkeley law school dean resigns after sexual harassment complaint". CNN.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
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