Anupama (Anu) Joy works on litigation and dispute resolution matters.

Anu returns to the New York office after completing a judicial clerkship with the Hon. Rachel Wainer Apter, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. She participated in the firm’s summer associate program in 2024, providing legal research, document discovery and trial preparation support to litigation teams. She also lent her writing and editing talents to the firm’s weekly advertising disputes update.

During law school, Anu completed a field placement with the EdLaw Project in Boston, facilitating intake calls with parents and clinicians, conducting research on case law at the intersection of special education, discipline and tort law, and assisting in securing hearings before the Bureau of Special Education Appeals. Anu also interned with the Education Law Center-PA, developing advocacy resources on special education protections, conducting research on constitutional issues, and assisting in preparing expert witness testimony in a multi-party class action. 

Capabilities

Background

Education

  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 2025
    • Article Selection Editor and Managing Editor for DEI, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
      Lead Teaching Fellow, Art of Social Change (Professor Michael Gregory)
      Fellow, Youth Advocacy and Policy Lab
      Team Leader, Future-L Learning
      Member, Education Law Clinic
      Member, Women in Law Association
  • B.A., with Highest Distinction, Political Science and Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2022
    • Minor: Education
      Phi Beta Kappa
      Vice President, Striving Towards Educational Prosperity
      Director of the Department of DEI,  Student Government
      Captain, UNC Ek Taal

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 2026

Clerkships

  • Hon. Rachel Wainer Apter,
    Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2025 - 2026

Languages

  • Malayalam