Seton Hall Law School announced that four new professors are joining its faculty: Elizabeth Carter, Anjali Deshmukh, Paul Rink and Amy Saji. These additions will enrich Seton Hall’s impact and expertise in health, food and drug law, environmental law and experiential learning while deepening the law school’s commitment to social justice and engagement with the community.
“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.”
Elizabeth Carter is an expert on community economic development, affordable cooperative housing, social entrepreneurship and cooperative enterprises. She will launch a new transactional community economic development clinic at Seton Hall Law.
Previously, she worked on community economic development as Special Counsel for the Economic and Housing Development Department at the City of Newark where she led a $8.1 mill affordable housing cooperative project and helped author the City’s amended tax abatement ordinance which provides tax incentives for inclusionary redevelopment.
Professor Carter received her master’s in urban planning and a J.D. from Rutgers University. She received her B.A. with honors in political science, philosophy and African-American studies from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Anjali Deshmukh will teach food and drug law and administrative law. Before joining Seton Hall, Professor Deshmukh was an assistant professor of law at Georgia State University College of Law. She is also a board-certified pediatrician. Her interdisciplinary research and teaching focuses on the impact of pharmaceutical law and regulatory policies on patient health outcomes, particularly for children.
In 2023, Professor Deshmukh was recognized as an American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics health law scholar. Additionally, she was a fellow at the Program on Regulation Therapeutics and the Law at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a pharmaceutical litigation associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosatti. She holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, an M.D. from Vanderbilt School of Medicine and an A.B. from Dartmouth College.
Professor Paul Rink is an environmental law scholar whose research focuses on human rights and climate change, sustainable investment and administrative cost-benefit analysis amid the climate crisis. Professor Rink served for two years as a visiting assistant professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.
He has a B.S. from the University of Michigan, a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Master’s of Environmental Management from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Professor Amy Saji will launch a new medical legal partnership (MLP) clinic at Seton Hall Law, collaborating with health care providers to address legal barriers negatively impacting the health and well-being of families.
Professor Saji earned her B.A. in honors political science and her J.D. from UConn School of Law in six years through the Accelerated Program. Additionally, she earned her LLM in advocacy with distinction from Georgetown Law.
