Sital Kalntrya
Position:
Of Counsel
Practice Areas:
Professor of Law and Executive Director | Higher education leader | Author | Podcast Host | Media commentator
Experience:
28
Location:
Washington, United States
Personal Experience
Please meet Attorney of the Week, Sital Kalantry, a tenured law professor, associate dean, and founder and director of the RoundGlass India Center at Seattle University.
She has written two books – Women’s Human Rights and Court on Trial – and published more than 40 articles. Her opinion pieces have been published by the The New York Times, Slate, and The Hill among others. She has received two multi-million dollar grants to found centers at universities. Notably, Sital founded the Roundglass India Center at Seattle University to focus on the study of contemporary India and Indian Americans with a grant of $2.2 million.
Previously, she founded the Avon Center for Women & Justice at Cornell Law School where she taught for 16 years. Prior to teaching, she worked at Milbank LLP and O’Melveny & Myers LLP for seven years. She has litigation experience in international and foreign courts including the Indian Supreme Court, Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Constitutional Court of Colombia.
Sital’s work has been cited by the Supreme Court of the U.S. and the @Indian Supreme Court. Professor Kalantry has an A.B. from Cornell University (A.B.), MsC from the The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Her selfless efforts to improve community relations have been recognized nationally.
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Honors & Achievements
Languages
English (fluent)