Anjali Prakash
Assistant Professor of Legal Rhetoric
WCL | WCL Faculty
Degrees
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1998 B.A., University of Connecticut, 1993
Bio
Prior to joining the Legal Rhetoric full-time faculty at WCL, Professor Anjali Prakash taught legal writing and research at Howard University School of Law as a full-time faculty member and also at George Washington University Law School as a Visiting Associate Professor. Professor Prakash also taught Legal Rhetoric for three years at WCL as an Adjunct Professor, where she was honored to receive the 2022 Adjunct Professor of the Year teaching award. She has also taught at Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a supervising attorney and clinical teaching fellow in the Appellate Litigation Program.
Prior to entering academia, Professor Prakash practiced special education law in Washington, DC and Maryland for several years, first at a boutique law firm and then in her own solo practice. She has also spent several years in general litigation practice, including as an associate with Foley Hoag LLP. She clerked for the Honorable Nathaniel M. Gorton of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and also for the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Professor Prakash received her J.D. with honors from New York University School of Law, where she served as staff editor on the New York University Law Review. She graduated with honors with a B.A. in English from the University of Connecticut.
