I am tenured law professor and associate dean at Seattle University Law Center where I founded an interdisciplinary center on India. Previously, I was a professor at Cornell Law School for fifteen years. I am an expert in reproductive rights law, comparative law, and contract law.  The focus of my research work is to understand and solve human rights issues globally focusing on India and the United States.

My latest book, Court on Trial, published by Penguin Press, examines the Indian Supreme Court using originally developed data to propose reforms to improve the transparency and functioning of the Court. I have written over a dozen articles and book chapters and I am a regular media commentator. I received by J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, MSc from London School of Economics and B.A. from Cornell University. You can read my scholarly and popular work on this website.