Prakriti Shah

Prakriti is a lawyer trained in India, where she practiced human rights and environmental litigation. Her work has included public interest litigation for the right to access water in a Mumbai slum and a legal challenge to construction on wetlands. She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International and Comparative Law with a concentration in human rights from the George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Mumbai. Prakriti has worked on and assisted with several research projects on environmental law and policy such as climate migration, marine plastic pollution and indigenous rights. Her passion lies at the intersection of human rights, the environment and justice. As part of her fellowship at ELI, Prakriti prepared a legal and policy report on climate change litigation as well as judicial education in India. The report studies the state of climate law and policy in India and the avenues for science-based judicial education.