Ms. Murali is the John J. Gibbons Fellow in Public Interest & Constitutional Law for the 2024-2026 term. Prior to joining the firm, she served as the legal coordinator of the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC), one of the country’s preeminent civil rights organizations, where she acted as the primary liaison between the FHJC and renowned civil rights firms, strategized with counsel in federal, state, and administrative litigation, negotiated damages and injunctive relief in mediations and settlement conferences, and more.
She also was a Masiyiwa-Bernstein Fellow with the Community Justice Project, a position where she was involved in challenging anti-protest legislation, as well as in federal immigrants’ rights litigation, and in legal and policy research regarding issues concerning budget divestment and investment with human rights nonprofits in Florida.
Credentials
Education
New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
- Recipient, Masiyiwa-Bernstein Fellowship for Human Rights Advocacy
University of Oxford (B.A., Jurisprudence: LL.B. equivalent)
- President, St. Anne’s College Law Society
- Equalities Officer, St. Anne’s College
Professional Admissions
State of New York
Professional Activities
United Nations Team of Experts on Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pro Bono Scholar for special issue of Journal of International Criminal Justice
Legal Employment
Legal Coordinator, Fair Housing Justice Center, New York, NY, August 2021 – August 2024
Masiyiwa-Bernstein Fellow, Community Justice Project, Miami, FL, July 2020 – July 2021
Legal Intern, Center for Art Law, New York, NY, September 2019 – December 2019
Legal Assistant, Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit, London, United Kingdom, July 2017 – September 2017
Languages
Hindi
Tamil
French