The Seton Hall Law School in Newark, New Jersey, has announced the appointment of four new faculty members. Three of the appointees are women.
“We are very proud to welcome these extraordinary people as our newest colleagues,” said Dean Ronald Weich. “Already accomplished scholars, teachers and lawyers in their diverse fields, I have no doubt each will positively impact the development of the law and advance the cause of justice, while inspiring and shaping the next generation of Seton Hall lawyers.”
An expert on community economic development, affordable cooperative housing, social entrepreneurship, and cooperative enterprises, Elizabeth L. Carter will launch a new transactional community economic development clinic at Seton Hall Law. Earlier, Professor Carter was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago in their Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Clinic.
Professor Carter earned a bachelor’s degree in political science, philosophy, and African-American studies from the University of Michigan. She holds a master’s degree in urban planning and a juris doctorate from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Anjali Deshmukh joins Seton Hall Law’s health law faculty and will teach food and drug law and administrative law. Earlier, Professor Deshmukh was an assistant professor of law at Georgia State University. She is also a board-certified pediatrician.
Dr. Deshmukh is a graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. She earned a medical doctorate at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and a juris doctorate at Satnford University.
Amy Saji will launch a new medical legal partnership (MLP) clinic at Seton Hall Law School. The clinic will collaborate with healthcare providers to address legal barriers negatively impacting the health and well-being of families. Before joining Seton Hall, she served as a supervising attorney and clinical teaching fellow in the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
Professor Saji earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a juris doctorate from the University of Connecticut. She holds a master’s degree in advocacy from the Georgetown University Law Center.