Paras Shah
Legal Editor
Paras Shah (@pshah518) is a Legal Editor at Just Security and an Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU. Prior to joining Just Security, Paras clerked for Judge Joshua Deahl on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and represented clients in white collar matters and government investigations at O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Paras is Host and Executive Producer of the Just Security Podcast. His research interests include international human rights and humanitarian law, disability rights, civil procedure, and press freedom.
Paras is a member of the National Press Club and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School. Paras is also on LinkedIn.
Articles by this author:
The Just Security Podcast: Crisis in Haiti
by Rosy Auguste Ducéna, Beatrice Lindstrom, Viola Gienger and Paras Shah
Mar 19th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv
by Kateryna Busol, Olga Butkevych, Rebecca Hamilton, Gregory Shaffer and Paras Shah
Mar 15th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: A Syrian War Crimes Verdict in a Dutch Court
by Fritz Streiff, Hope Rikkelman, Paras Shah and Clara Apt
Feb 16th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: Russia’s Political Prisoners and Their Lawyers: Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Case Highlights the Risks
by Evgenia Kara-Murza, Vadim Prokhorov, Viola Gienger, Paras Shah and Clara Apt
Feb 5th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: How Should the World Regulate Artificial Intelligence?
by Robert Trager, Brianna Rosen, Paras Shah and Clara Apt
Feb 2nd, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: ICJ Provisional Measures in South Africa v. Israel
by Adil Ahmad Haque, Oona A. Hathaway, Yuval Shany, Paras Shah and Clara Apt
Jan 26th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: A Human Rights Law Returns to Spark Debate on U.S. Arms Sales
by John Ramming Chappell and Paras Shah
Jan 19th, 2024
The Just Security Podcast: Can the World Move Away from Fossil Fuels?
by Mark Nevitt, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Dec 22nd, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: Disinformation and Threats Ahead of the 2024 U.S. Elections
by Paras Shah, Allison Mollenkamp, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Dec 19th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: Toward a Goldilocks Deal on 702 Surveillance Reform
by David Aaron, Tess Bridgeman, Elizabeth Goitein, Andrew G. McCabe, Mary B. McCord, Paras Shah and Clara Apt
Dec 5th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: Protecting Civic Space at the U.N. Climate Talks
by Kirk Herbertson, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Nov 29th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: Counterterrorism and Human Rights (Part 2 Spyware and Data Collection)
by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Nov 27th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: Counterterrorism and Human Rights (Part I Root Causes, Guantanamo, and Northeast Syria)
by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Nov 20th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: The Dangers of Using AI to Ban Books
by Emile Ayoub, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Oct 27th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: The Siege of Gaza
by Paras Shah, Tom Dannenbaum, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Oct 20th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: An Insider View of the Defense Department with Colin Kahl
by Tess Bridgeman, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Oct 6th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: U.N. General Assembly Recap
by Richard Gowan, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Sep 29th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: A Fourth Amendment Privacy Paradox
by Michael Dreeben, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Sep 22nd, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: U.N. General Assembly Preview
by Richard Gowan, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Sep 11th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: The UN’s R2P Problem
by Rebecca Barber, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Sep 1st, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: A New Standard for Evidence of Civilian Harm?
by Emily Tripp, Anna Zahn, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer and Clara Apt
Aug 25th, 2023
The Just Security Podcast: The Trump Indictment in Georgia
by Norman L. Eisen, Paras Shah, Tiffany Chang, Michelle Eigenheer, Allison Mollenkamp and Clara Apt
Aug 17th, 2023