Madhavi Sunder () is the Frank Sherry Professor of Intellectual Property at Georgetown University Law Center. She is known for her work on intellectual property, law and technology, women's human rights, and international development.
Education A resident of Northfield, New Jersey, Sunder graduated from Mainland Regional High School in 1988 ranked first in her class of 287 students, where she was the co-editor of the school newspaper.Rehrmann, Laura. "Court May Cramp Style Of Student Journalists", The Press of Atlantic City, January 26, 1988. Accessed August 21, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "'It seems there's a trend now in the Supreme Court that they're taking away the rights of students. They put an age limit on the First Amendment,' said Madhavi Sunder. Sunder is the 17-year-old editor of Mainland Regional High School's Hoofprints, a monthly paper that won a first-place award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association last year.""Mainland Regional High School", The Press of Atlantic City, June 27, 1988. Accessed August 21, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "Madhavi Sunder. Northfield, Class rank: 1st, Law / Journalism. College: Harvard"
She attended Harvard University and received her A.B. in 1992. She then moved to Stanford University where she earned a J.D. in 1997. After law school she worked in New York City for the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. From 1998 until 1999 she clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Career Sunder was a professor at the University of California, Davis, School of Law from 1999 to 2018. As of 2025 she is the Frank Sherry Professor of Intellectual Property at Georgetown Law.
Selected publications
Reviews of From Goods to a Good Life
Honors and awards In 2006 Sunder was named a Carnegie Scholar.
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