Professor Alveena Shah's research focuses on economic law, including colonial legacies in international market structures and international economic law. Her work explores financial markets and related legal regimes through lenses of critical race theory, third world approaches to international law, and feminist political economy.
Before joining Tulane, Shah worked at Dechert LLP in their Global Finance practice. She earned her B.A. from Boston University and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law with concentrations in International and Comparative Law, Critical Race Studies, and Public Interest Law and Policy. She also served as the Editor-in-Chief of the UCLA Law Review.
- JD, UCLA
- BA, Boston University
