Background
Opoyke-Chaudhuri, Sagarika Molly was born on September 20, 1965 in Gainesville, Florida, United States. Daughter of Syama Prasad and Santwana C.
Opoyke-Chaudhuri, Sagarika Molly was born on September 20, 1965 in Gainesville, Florida, United States. Daughter of Syama Prasad and Santwana C.
Bachelor in Political Science and Sociology cum laude, Yale University, 1987. Juris Doctor, Northea. University, Boston, 1991.
Law clerk, Stern, Shapiro, Weissburg & Garin, Boston, fall 1989;
law clerk, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Boston, spring 1990;
intern, Legal Superior vena cava syndrome Center at Jamaica Plain, Boston, fall 1990;
director legal services, Casa Myrna Vasquez Legal Project, Boston, 1990-1992;
judicial intern to Honorary A. Leon Higginbotham, United States Court Appeals (3rd circuit), Philadelphia, spring 1991;
assistant director, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, 1991;
director, assistant district attorney abuse prevention/prosecution unit, Office of District Attorney, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992-1993;
special assistant to district attorney, Office of District Attorney, Norfolk County, Dedham, Massachusetts. Adjunct Professor Northea. College Criminal Justice, Boston, spring and summer1990, summer and fall 1991, spring 1992.
Instructor School Law Northea. U., summer 1990, tutor, winter 1991, lecturer, winters 1991-1992. Lecturer Brown U., Providence, fall 1994.
Teaching assistant Master of Laws program Harvard Law School, fall 1995. Script consultant for documentary on violence prevention criminal justice initiatives Victory Over Violence, Arnold Shapiro Prodns., Los Angeles, since 1994. Senior research assistant technical report on 1984 Niantic Prisonproject/survey of incarcerated women in Connecticut, Connecticut Department Corrections, 1986.
Senior research assistant Massachusetts Gender Bias Study, Massachusetts Supreme Court,1991. Presenter topics including domestic violence, racial and ethnic bias and relations to various groups, 1991-1996.
Member Committee on Sexual Assaults at Colleges, Massachusetts Commission on Criminal Justice, Boston, since 1993. Board directors Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Cambridge, since 1990, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Boston, 1992-1995. Member American Bar Association (member victims rights committee for selected events since 1993), Massachusetts Bar Association (representative to American Medical Association conference on family violence 1993), Boston Bar Association (Public Service award 1990), Women's Bar Association (member pro bono committee since 1993), Yale Club of Boston (board directors since 1995).