Prachi Mehta

  • Academic Fellow
  • Lecturer
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Prachi Mehta is the first fellow appointed to Texas Law's recently launched Academic Fellowships program. Her research focuses on the intersection of patent law and FDA law, with a focus on how regulatory structures shape innovation. Before joining academia, Ms. Mehta litigated patent disputes in the medical devices and life sciences sectors and clerked for Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell in the Eastern District of Texas. She received her JD summa cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. She received her B.A. in Economics.