Pratheepan Gulasekaram
Assistant Professor of Law
Professor Gulasekaram researches and teaches in the areas of Constitutional Law and Immigration and is well published on the topics of immigration federalism, citizenship, and the Second Amendment. In addition, he is the co-founder of the World Children’s Initiative, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to improving health and educational infrastructure for children in developing areas around the world.
Prior to joining the Santa Clara University School of Law faculty in 2007, he served as Acting Assistant Professor at New York University School of Law and Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola University Law School in New Orleans. He has practiced law with O'Melveny & Meyers LLP and Susman Godfrey LLP, both in Los Angeles. He also previously clerked for the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener Jr. on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.
- Constitutional Law
- Immigration Law
- Citizenship and the Rights of Noncitizens
- State and Local Immigration Laws

PGulasekaram@scu.edu
(408) 554-4188
Bannan Hall 200A
EDUCATION
J.D., Stanford University, 2001
B.A., Brown University, 1996


