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SALSA
Board
Ritu Bhatnagar is
a second-year law student at Boalt. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Stanford
University in 2001. Prior to coming to law school, Ritu was a journalist,
working in internships at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and
the Associated Press. At Boalt, Ritu serves on the Facuty Hiring Committee
and the Dean's Search Committee. She is also on the editorial board of the
Boalt Women's Law Journal and a member of the Roger Traynor Moot Court Team.
As SALSA president, Ritu oversees the activities and development of
one of the fastest-growing law student groups at Boalt. Ritu loves bhangra,
botanical gardens, Indian movies, the written word, traveling, and anything
sweet.
Anu Menon
received her BA from Stanford and is currently a joint JD-MA candidate with
the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies. She loves travel, anything chocolate and the color red, and
she's a Capricorn. In her spare time she attempts to run the free world
by serving as National SALSA president.
Smriti Rana attended college
at the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in Development
Studies. This is her third year of involvement in SALSA. For the
past two years, she has been politically active in the South Asian community
around issues including hate crimes and immigration. During law school,
she has worked on many public interest issues, including domestic violence,
immigration, worker's rights, and public benefits issues. She is also
an associate editor of the Asian Law Journal. Smriti is coordinating
the first Boalt SALSA scholarship program. This scholarship will be
awarded to a SALSA member to contribute to the local South Asian community
by volunteering with a South Asian community organization. She is getting
SALSA members involved in political campaigns that impact the South Asian
community.
Nisha Shah is a 2L and currently serves as the treasurer of SALSA.
She graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2002 with a degree in math.
She plans to pursue a career in criminal law or litigation. As far
as non-legal interests go, she's a huge Lakers fan, plays the violin, and
loves Southern California. As treasurer, she does SALSA's accounting
and work on fundraising. She works with the Graduate Assembly and the
Boalt administration to obtain funds for SALSA to host conferences, social
events, and attend events at other schools.
Rishi Sharma, a 2L, was born
and raised in Sacramento, California where he lived until 1998 when he moved
away to start college. In 2002 Rishi received a B.A. in History, Comparative
Literature, and South & South East Asian Studies from Cal with a particular
emphasis on the developing world (History), medieval literary forms (Comparative
Literature), and the transmission of
Sanskrit literature into Hindi (South & South East Asian Studies).
His
interests in law school include matters of equal protection jurisprudence,
issues of sovereignty, and procedural law. Outside of law school
Rishi
maintains an avid interest in the study of language and literature as
well as a propensity to cook. As the liaison between SALSA and the
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Rishi facilitates communication
and joint sponsorship of events between the two groups.
Monali Sheth is a 2L at
Boalt Hall and currently serves as Public Service
Chair of SALSA. Monali is member of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal
and is also a participant in Moot Court and the California Asylum Representation
Clinic. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Ethnic Studies at UC
Berkeley and completed graduate work in Nationalism and Ethnicity at the
London School of Economics and Political Science. Her interests include media,
Bharat Natyam, travel, running and skiing. As Public Service Chair,
Monali spearheads activities which promote stronger ties between Boalt Hall
law students of South Asian descent and the larger campus and community,
with a specific focus on their South Asian American and Asian American constituents.
Ranganath Sudarshan is
a 1L and is Boalt SALSA's web-master. He recently graduated from Stanford
University with BS and MS degrees, both in Computer Science. His interests
include the junction between technology, law, and entrepreneurship and he
is currently involved in Boalt's Technology Law Journal. He likes
college basketball, traveling, Indian philosophy, and global politics.
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