Anita S. Krishnakumar joined the St. John's faculty in 2006 as
an Assistant Professor of Law. Professor Krishnakumar holds
an A.B. (with highest honors) from Stanford University and a J.D.
from Yale Law School, where she was a Coker Teaching Fellow and
served as the Chair of the Notes Committee for the Yale Law
Journal and as a Senior Editor of the Yale Law and Policy
Review. After graduating from law school she clerked for
the Hon. José A. Cabranes of the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit, and then worked as an associate in the
appellate litigation group at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw and as a
litigation associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen &
Hamilton. From 2004 to 2006, she was a visiting professor at
Touro Law School.
Professor Krishnakumar's scholarship focuses on the legislative
process and statutory interpretation. She teaches
Legislation, Introduction to Law, and Trusts & Estates.