Anjali A. Mehta is an associate in the Litigation Department.

Ms. Mehta joined Debevoise in 2020. 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, and an International Law and Human Rights Fellow. She was an oralist for and is presently a coach of NYU Law’s International Criminal Court Moot Court team. 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.