Shalini Bhargava Ray earned a B.A. from Stanford University and J.D. from Harvard Law School. She writes in the areas of administrative law and immigration law, focusing on immigration enforcement. Her work has appeared in journals including the Columbia Law Review, the California Law Review, the North Carolina Law Review, and the American Journal of Law & Equality, a faculty-reviewed journal.
Her recent work, based on research conducted for the Administrative Conference of the United States, explores the processes by which agencies provide individualized guidance and theorizes the differences in agency attitudes toward that practice. Her popular writings have also appeared in the American Constitution Society’s Supreme Court Review, Verfassungsblog, SCOTUSblog, and Lawfare.
Prior to joining UA Law, Professor Ray worked as a litigation associate at a large law firm in San Francisco, clerked for a federal district court judge in Philadelphia, served for two years as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and taught legal writing for several years.