Sujit Choudhry Becomes Dean of Top US Law School

Sujit Choudhry, an international constitutional law expert, has become the first Indian-American Dean of the Berkeley School of Law of the University of California. 44-year-old Delhi-born Choudhry, who was initially appointed in May, began a five-year term as Berkeley Law's 12th dean yesterday. He has replaced former Dean Christopher Edley Jr, who left the position in December of last year and who had been temporarily replaced by acting Dean Gillian Lester. Choudhry was the Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. He was also the founder of its Centre for Constitutional Transitions.