Sujit Choudhry
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Sujit Choudhry is a lawyer, legal scholar, and expert in comparative constitutional law.
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Sujit Choudhry | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54)[1] |
Alma mater | McGill University (BSc)[3] University of Oxford (B.A.) University of Toronto (LL.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.M.)[4] |
Occupation(s) | 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) |
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Choudhry was on the faculty at the University of Toronto and New York University School of Law before being named dean University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He stepped down from his position as dean in 2016 after being accused of sexually harassing an executive assistant,[5][6] which he denied,[7] paying a $100,000 settlement but retaining his position on the faculty.[8][9]