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Priya Persaud is an Associate in the Corporate Law Practice Group. Prior to joining Schenck Price, Priya focused her practice on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the computer and electrical engineering fields, with a particular emphasis on data center technology; artificial intelligence systems; financial technology; and wireless, security, and authentication systems.
During law school, Priya served as a student attorney in the Rutgers Intellectual Property Law Clinic, where she counseled clients on trademark, copyright, and patent matters. She also served as the Senior Articles Editor for the Rutgers Law Review; Vice President of the Intellectual Property Law Society; and Co-Chair of the Asian/Pacific Law Students Association. Priya holds bachelor’s degrees in computer science, jurisprudence, and political science, with minors in mathematics and physics.
- October 13, 2025Priya Persaud Press Release
- October 13, 2025Schenck Price Welcomes New Corporate Law Associate to the Firm
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Persaud, P., Varde, A. and Wang, W., “Can Robots Get Some Human Rights? A Cross-Disciplinary Discussion”, Journal of Robotics, Vol. 21, Article ID 5461703, 2021- Priya Persaud, Protecting Against the Terminator: Exploring the Potential Criminal Liability of Self -Programming Deep Learning Machines, 72 RUTGERS U. L. REV. 577 (2020)
- Persaud, P., Varde, A. and Robila, S., “Enhancing Autonomous Vehicles with Commonsense: Smart Mobility in Smart Cities”, Proceedings IEEE ICTAI 1008-1012, 2017
- Persaud, P., “Redefining Moral Responsibility and Moral Agency: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Beings on the Legal System” Presented at 2nd Global Summit and Expo on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications, Virtual Webinar, September 2022
- Persaud, P., “The Possibility of Establishing the Citizenry of the Future: The Inclusion of Artificial Intelligence Beings within the Justice System” Presented at Montclair State University 10th Annual Student Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ, April 2016
- Persaud, P., “Domain Specific Knowledge Bases with Common Sense Knowledge for Autonomous Vehicles in Smart Cities” Presented at NSF GS-LSAMP Undergraduate Research Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, October 2016
- Persaud, P., Varde, A. and Drake, I., “Common Sense Knowledge, Humanoid Robots, and Human Rights”, Presented at IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, Cambridge, MA, November 2016
- Robotics: Perspectives and Applications (December 1, 2016). Montclair State University, Honors Seminar in Science.
