Anjali A. Mehta

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Anjali A. Mehta is an associate in the Litigation Department with a focus on international disputes. Ms. Mehta joined Debevoise in 2020. She is currently ... Read Full Biography

Education

New York University School of Law, 2020, J.D.
American University, 2015, B.A.

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Portuguese
Spanish

Anjali A. Mehta is an associate in the Litigation Department with a focus on international disputes.Ms. Mehta joined Debevoise in 2020. She is currently a member of the ASIL Lieber Society Executive Committee and the ASIL NY Chapter Steering Committee. Ms. Mehta received a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2020, where she was the senior developments editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics, a Human Rights Scholar, an oralist and coach of the school's International Criminal Court Moot Court team, and an International Law and Human Rights Fellow with a focus on transitional justice in Colombia. Ms. Mehta was also a member of the Global Justice Clinic team responsible for exploring avenues for justice for two victims of the CIA extraordinary rendition program and pursuing accountability for unlawful immigration detention practices in the United States. She received a B.A magna cum laude and with honors from American University in 2015.Ms. Mehta is a co-author of “Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers Perpetuates the Torture of Family Separation”, Just Security (March, 2019). Ms. Mehta presented “A Movement Toolbox for Lawyers: Engaging With Our Law and Our Humanity” at Yale Law's Rebellious Lawyering Conference in 2018, and was a panelist at the CCNY Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Conference in 2019.Ms. Mehta received a Fulbright Grant to Brazil in 2016 and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

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