An Indian-American expert in
comparative constitutional law has been named
dean of a top law school in the US state of California.
Forty four year old Sujit Choudhry, is currently the
Cecelia Goetz Professor at New York University School of Law and is the founder
of its Centre for Constitutional Transitions.
His five-year term at the University of California,
Berkeley, School of Law will begin on July 1.
In a statement, the University of California
Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele called Choudhry a
brilliant scholar, professor, and mentor, who
would inspire and lead with big ideas during a time
of rapid change in the legal profession. Choudhry called the Berkeley Law
deanship the opportunity of a lifetime.
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