June 23, 2025

Professor Rana publishes symposium essay on judicial representation

Professor and Assistant Provost Shruti Rana has published an invited symposium essay, Comparative Lessons for Enhancing Representation in the U.S. Judiciary—And Countering Democratic Decline, in Vol. 16 of ConLawNow. The essay argues that efforts to enhance judicial representation and parity in the United States could benefit from further drawing upon and building on international principles and comparative examples from other nations and international fora, and discusses how efforts to ensure greater representation and parity in U.S. Courts could enhance the rule of law and counter democratic decline during periods of intensifying contestation and erosion. This essay is based…

June 13, 2025

Professor Rana publishes article on international law and the rise of populism

Professor and Assistant Provost Shruti Rana has published an article, “International Law and the Rise of Populism,” in the Virginia Journal of International Law, co-authored with her colleagues on a current Australian Research Council grant examining how states interact with and challenge the international legal order. The article challenges the view that populism is merely a reaction against law, arguing instead that it emerges from tensions within liberal constitutional democracy itself. It reveals how shifts in international legal thought have contributed to the rise of populism by clashing with competing visions of political authority and legal normativity. Rana and her…

May 29, 2025

Professor Rana presents at Law and Society Association conference

Professor and Assistant Provost Shruti Rana presented her paper, Thriving Against the Tide: Fostering Alternative Pathways to Careers in International Law, with her co-author, Professor Rana Lehr-Lehnardt, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, at the Realist Empirical Studies of Legal Education and Legal Academia panel at the Law and Society Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL on May 24, 2025. 

April 3, 2025

Professors Wechsler, Rana present at United Nations event

Professors Rachel Wechsler and Shruti Rana presented at a parallel event panel at the UN Commission on the Status of Women NGO CSW Forum on March 20, 2025. Professor Rana presented her recent work on women in the U.S. judiciary through an international and comparative lens and Professor Wechsler presented her recent work on human trafficking victims who are prosecuted for criminal conduct related to their victimization. 

March 6, 2025

Professor Shruti Rana publishes article in international journal

Assistant Provost and Professor Shruti Rana recently had new article, “Reconceiving Engagement with International Law and Institutions in a Populist Era,”accepted for publication in the Melbourne Journal of International Law, Australia’s premier generalist international law journal, forthcoming 2025. Professor Rana co-authored this piece with co-investigators on an Australian Research Council-funded grant project, entitled “Reconceiving Engagement with International Law in a Populist Era,” (https://law.anu.edu.au/reconceiving-engagement-international-law-populist-era; www.reilpop.net). The project seeks to address the fundamental problem of how to re-conceive engagement by states with the international legal order, in the face of sustained populist movements. The article proposes to develop a…

Feb. 27, 2025

Professor Rana presents at symposium

On Feb. 21, Vice provost and professor Shruti Rana participated in the Women’s Leadership in Law and Politics Symposium hosted by the Center for Constitutional Law & The Bliss Institute for Applied Politics, University of Akron, presenting on “Strategies for Enhancing Women’s Representation in the Judiciary in the United States: Lessons from International Fora”, see https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/gender_law/2025/01/virtual-symposium-womens-leadership-in-law-politics-at-the-center-for-constitutional-law-and-bliss-i.html 

Jan. 14, 2025

Professor Rana presents on two AALS panels

Professor Shruti Rana, the assistant provost for strategic faculty initiatives at Mizzou, presented on two panels at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Panel 1: Making 303 Matter: Implementation in a Changing Landscape, AALS Annual Meeting Panel, Jan 8, 2025 Professor Rana participated with fellow panelists Dean Brenda Dantley (SLU School of Law), Dean Patricia K. Kinney (Indiana University McKinney School of Law), Dean Carmia Caesar (GWU Law), Dean Stephanie Pearlman (University of Nebraska College of Law).  Panel 2:  Teaching in the Crosshairs,  AALS Annual Meeting Panel, Jan 8, 2025, Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies Panel, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law,…

Dec. 12, 2024

Professor Shruti Rana featured on “The Real Lawyer” podcast

Shruti Rana, professor of law and assistant provost for strategic faculty initiatives, was featured on three episodes of “The Real Lawyer” podcast discussing her career path, advice to law students, and her recent legal research. From “The Real Lawyer” website: Episode One: In this episode, Shruti shares her incredible insights into the intersections of law, global governance, and human rights, and her experiences breaking barriers in the legal field.Join us as we dive deep into Shruti’s story, her advice for aspiring legal professionals, and hervision for the future of the law. This is a conversation you don’t want…