Sital Kalantry

Sital Kalantry
EducationCornell University (AB)
London School of Economics (MSc)
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (JD)
OccupationLaw professor
Years active2021–present
Employer(s)Seattle University School of Law (Associate Dean, Professor of Law)
Cornell Law School (Clinical Professor of Law)
University of Chicago Law School (Clinical Professor of Law)
Notable workDesi Roots & Routes Podcast
Awards
  • South Asian Bar Association Public Interest Award (2021)
  • Kheel Family Award for Excellence in Teaching (2019)
  • Fulbright-Nehru Grant (2012)
  • Award for Outstanding Work for the Advancement of Women at Cornell
  • University (2010 and 2009)
Websiteskalantry.com

Sital Kalantry is an American legal scholar specializing in comparative law and international human rights.[1] She is a Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law.[2][3] Kalantry is the author of Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Indian Supreme Court (2022),[4][5][6] and Women’s Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States and India (2017).[7][8][9]

Early life and education

Kalantry was born in India and emigrated to the United States at the age of four.[10] She grew up in Queens, New York, and attended the Bronx High School of Science.[11]

She earned an AB degree from Cornell University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.[12][13][14]

Career

Kalantry is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean at Seattle University School of Law.[15] Before joining Seattle University, she taught at Cornell Law School for 15 years, where she directed the International Human Rights Clinic.[16] She has also held visiting faculty positions at the University of Chicago Law School[17] and Yale Law School.[18]

In 2012, Kalantry was a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Scholar at O.P. Jindal Global University in India, where she conducted research on the Indian Supreme Court.[19][20]

She has published widely on issues relating to human rights, reproductive rights, and comparative constitutional law. Her scholarship has appeared in journals such as the Cornell Law Review, the Stanford Journal of International Law, and Forum for Health Economics and Policy.[21][22][23]

She has also contributed opinion essays to The New York Times, Slate, and The Hill.[24][25][26] Kalantry has been involved in founding several academic centers and clinics, including the Roundglass India Center at Seattle University,[27][28][29][30] the Avon Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School,[31] and the International Human Rights Clinic at University of Chicago Law School.[32][33] Earlier in her career, she practiced corporate law at Milbank and O’Melveny & Myers.[34]

Awards

  • South Asian Bar Association Public Interest Award (2021)[35][36]
  • Kheel Family Award for Excellence in Teaching, Cornell Law School (2019)[37]
  • 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Award for Best Academic Press Title for Women's Human Rights and Migration (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017)[38]

Publications

Books

  • Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Indian Supreme Court (Cambridge University Press, 2022)[39]
  • Women’s Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States and India (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017)[40]

Selected articles

  • “Sex Selection in the United States and India: A Contextualist Feminist Approach” – UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs (2013)[41]
  • “The Intent-to-Benefit: Individually Enforceable Rights under International Treaties”– Stanford Journal of International Law (2007)[42]

Personal life

Kalantry is married to Eduardo Peñalver, a legal scholar and the president of Seattle University.[43][44]

References

  1. ^ "Steeped in two worlds, law professor crusades for women's rights". Northwest Asian Weekly. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Profiles Sital Kalantry". Seattle University School of Law. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  3. ^ Seattle University School of Law (2021). "Seattle U Law Welcomes Two New Professors". News Center Articles (99).
  4. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2023). Court on Trial. India Viking. ISBN 9780670091584.
  5. ^ "Book Review". Firstpost. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Supreme Court: Why India's powerful top court is in a 'crisis'". BBC. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  7. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2017). Women's Human Rights and Migration. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812294200.
  8. ^ Apel, Marisa Moore (2021). "Book Review". Human Rights Quarterly. 43 (4): 818–827. doi:10.1000/jss.2019.03 (inactive 28 October 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of October 2025 (link)
  9. ^ Linskey, Carol (2018). "Book Review". Journal of Global South Studies. 35 (2): 452–454. doi:10.1353/gss.2018.0037.
  10. ^ "Steeped in two worlds, law professor crusades for women's rights". Northwest Asian Weekly. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Steeped in two worlds, law professor crusades for women's rights". Northwest Asian Weekly. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  12. ^ "In Conversation with Prof. Sital Kalantry". Bar & Bench. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Legal Aid". Cornell Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Sital Kalantry, Eduardo Penalver". New York Times. 6 July 1997. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  15. ^ "Profiles Sital Kalantry". Seattle University School of Law. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Legal Aid". Cornell Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Sital Kalantry to Join Faculty". University of Chicago Law School News. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  18. ^ "Yale Law School 2005-2006" (PDF). Bulletin of Yale University. 101 (8): 14. August 2005.
  19. ^ "Sital Kalantry". Fulbright Scholar Program. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  20. ^ "Law School's Kalantry named a Fulbright-Nehru scholar". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  21. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2021). "Do Reason-Based Abortion Bans Prevent Eugenics". Cornell Law Review Online. 107 (1): 1–19.
  22. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2008). "Intent-to-Benefit: Individually Enforceable Rights in International Treaties". Stanford Journal of International Law. 44: 63–100.
  23. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2014). "Sex-selective Abortion Bans are Not Associated with Changes in Sex Ratios at Birth in Illinois and Pennsylvania". Forum on Health and Economic Policy. 1 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1515/fhep-2014-0018. PMID 31419884.
  24. ^ "How to Fix India's Sex-Selection Problem". New York Times. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  25. ^ Kalantry, Sital (6 May 2013). "It's a Trick". Slate. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  26. ^ "Lessons from India on the issue of Supreme Court justice term limits". The Hill. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  27. ^ "Roundglass India Center at Seattle University". SU Newsroom. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  28. ^ "SU will convene India conference". SU Newsroom. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  29. ^ "SU's Conference to Pitch Relations Between WA State and India". IndiaWest Journal. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  30. ^ "Seattle's bridge to India". Northwest Asian Weekly. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  31. ^ "Law School unveils center for women and justice". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  32. ^ "Sital Kalantry to Join Faculty". University of Chicago Law School News. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  33. ^ "In Pursuit of Global Justice". UChicago Law News. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  34. ^ "Steeped in two worlds, law professor crusades for women's rights". Northwest Asian Weekly. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  35. ^ "Nisha Vyas Receives South Asian Bar Association of North Americas Public Interest Achievement Award". Western Center on Law & Poverty. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  36. ^ "Congratulations to the 2021 SABA North America Award Winners!". SABA North America Facebook Page. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  37. ^ "University, College, & External Awards". Cornell University Faculty Development & Diversity. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  38. ^ "Previous Eric Hoffer Book Award Winners". Eric Hoffer Book Award. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  39. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2023). Court on Trial. India Viking. ISBN 9780670091584.
  40. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2017). Women's Human Rights and Migration. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812294200.
  41. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2013). "Sex Selection in the United States and India" (PDF). UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs. 18: 61.
  42. ^ Kalantry, Sital (2008). "Intent-to-Benefit: Individually Enforceable Rights in International Treaties". Stanford Journal of International Law. 44: 63–100.
  43. ^ "Sital Kalantry, Eduardo Penalver". New York Times. 6 July 1997. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  44. ^ Furfaro, Hannah (2020). "Seattle University chooses first Latino president". Seattle Times. October 23, 2020: A8.
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