Faculty Profile

Priya S. Gupta

Associate Professor of Law

B.A., Economics, with distinction, 2001, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MSc., International Political Economy, 2004, London School of Economics; J.D., 2007, New York University; Phi Beta Kappa; Member, New York State Bar

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Office: BW303

Priya Gupta brings an important international perspective gained from research and practice in the areas of property rights, and law and economic development, as well as gender and the law. She will teach Property and Law and Development at Southwestern.

"I was drawn to Southwestern's commitment to creative learning and research, and contribution to the greater community - a mindset that appears to be shared by students and professors alike."

Since 2009, she has served as an Assistant Professor of Law at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) in India and Assistant Director of the law school's Centre for Women, Law and Social Change, which she helped establish. She is also involved with JGLS' clinical program which supports citizen participation in rural governance in Haryana. Prior to joining JGLS, Professor Gupta practiced law as a structured finance attorney at the international law firm Linklaters LLP in New York and also took an active role in the firm's pro bono program, including representing an asylum claimant in Immigration Court. Professor Gupta previously served as a consultant for Operation Asha (a Delhi-based tuberculosis control non-governmental organization) and worked as a management consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in Washington, D.C.

While a law student at NYU, Professor Gupta was a Dean's Scholar, a recipient of the Lawrence Lederman/Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Fellowship in Corporate and Business Law and a staff editor of the Journal of Legislation & Public Policy. Her current research focuses on property, law and development from a critical perspective, and feminist legal theory. Her recent publications include U.C. Davis Journal of International Law & Policy, Indian Journal of Law & Economics and Osgoode Hall Law Journal (forthcoming 2012).

"I was drawn to Southwestern's commitment to creative learning and research, and contribution to the greater community - a mindset that appears to be shared by students and professors alike," Professor Gupta said. "I've really felt welcomed throughout my transition to Los Angeles, and I'm thrilled to be joining the faculty at Southwestern."