education

  • Government Law College, Mumbai, B.L.S. LL.B.

  • Cornell Law School, LL.M.

Admitted In

  • Maharashtra & Goa

 

Hetali Sheth

Law Clerk


Hetali Sheth is a dual-qualified associate, admitted to the bar of Maharashtra and Goa in India. Her experience is in trials and appellate litigation, including criminal, human rights, and international law. 

Ms. Sheth received an LLM from Cornell Law School in May 2023. During her time at Cornell, she spent a year working on death penalty cases in the International Human Rights Clinic. 

Prior to obtaining her LLM, Ms. Sheth graduated from Government Law College in Mumbai, with First Class Honors. She was a legal trainee for the Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, and practiced in Mumbai as a trial litigator specializing in white-collar defense and national security with clients ranging from politicians to entrepreneurs. 

In her pro bono work, she focused on rights-based advocacy, representing clients in wrongful conviction cases before appellate courts. Notably, some of these individuals had spent decades incarcerated. 

Ms. Sheth’s cross-cultural experience brings a global perspective to her practice.