Ashrutha Rai
Ashrutha joined Chambers as a tenant in October 2025, following the successful completion of her pupillage. She is building a diverse practice spanning public international law, international arbitration, human rights and commercial law.
Ashrutha has previously worked as a Judicial Fellow and Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice and as a Judicial Clerk at the Supreme Court of India.
Ashrutha holds a PhD in public international law from the University of Cambridge. Her doctoral research was on the protection of cultural heritage in armed conflict. She holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School and a dual Bachelor of Law and Arts from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She is a member of the International Law Association’s Committee on the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict; and a member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Working Group of Blue Shield UK, an international non-governmental organisation for the protection of cultural heritage in conflict.
Ashrutha has taught public international law to undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Cambridge. Her work has been published in leading journals including the Leiden Journal of International Law (Cambridge University Press) and the London Review of International Law (Oxford University Press). She was on the editorial team of the Harvard International Law Journal and was Managing Editor of the Cambridge International Law Journal.
Ashrutha was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2024 and admitted as an advocate by the Bar Council of India in 2017.