Asima Chaudhary

Asima Chaudhary serves as the 2L Evening Skills Instructor at the Irene Diamond Professional Skills Center within the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, providing academic support to law students through specialized programs and services. Prior to this role, she worked as a Legal Policy Fellow with the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Office of the Chair.

Her professional focus centers on anti-discrimination law and legal pedagogy, with documented expertise in Source of Income discrimination cases and systemic research on discriminatory practices across housing, education, and policing sectors in New York City. This work demonstrates her commitment to applying legal theory to real-world civil rights enforcement through both academic instruction and policy implementation.

Chaudhary's career trajectory reflects a bridge between academic legal training and practical civil rights enforcement, with her current position emphasizing skills development for evening-program law students. Her background at CCHR involved direct handling of discrimination complaints alongside in-depth legal research, positioning her at the intersection of education and social justice advocacy.