CUNY names Sudha Setty as dean of School of Law
Will be the first person of South Asian descent to lead a CUNY school
The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York voted on Wednesday to appoint Sudha Setty, an exceptional scholar, and experienced and collaborative legal leader, as the dean of the CUNY School of Law, the nation’s leading public interest law school and New York City’s only publicly funded law school. She is the first person of South Asian descent to lead a CUNY school.
Setty has been the dean of the Western New England University School of Law since 2018, when she became the first woman of South Asian descent in the U.S. to serve as dean of an American Bar Association-accredited law school. She previously served as the school’s associate dean for faculty development and intellectual life. A member of the school’s faculty since 2006, she was named Professor of the Year in 2009, 2016 and 2018. Setty succeeds Eduardo R.C. Capulong, who has served in an interim capacity since March 2021. The appointment will be effective July 1, 2022.
“Dean Setty boasts a sustained record of accomplishment as an antitrust litigator, pro bono civil rights counsel, scholar of constitutional law and legal education leader, as well as a pioneering administrator and leader,” said Chairperson William C. Thompson Jr. “We are thrilled to welcome her to CUNY Law.”