In Spring 2008, he was a Visiting Professor at Yale Law School. During the 2008/2009 school year, he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Law School.

A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, Professor Chander clerked for Chief Judge Jon O. Newman of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge William A. Norris of the Ninth Circuit. He practiced law in New York and Hong Kong with the firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, representing foreign sovereigns in international financial transactions.

In 2004, he was a Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School, and in 2003, he was a Visiting Professor at Cornell Law School. He began teaching as an Associate Professor at Arizona State University.

He has written widely in international law, cyberlaw and corporate law. His recent works include: Globalization and Distrust, Yale Law Journal (2005); Homeward Bound, N.Y.U. Law Review (2005); The Romance of the Public Domain, California Law Review (2004); Minorities, Shareholder and Otherwise, Yale Law Journal (2003); The New, New Property, Texas Law Review (2003); Whose Republic?, University of Chicago Law Review (2002); and Diaspora Bonds, N.Y.U. Law Review (2001) (Ass'n of American Law Schools Scholarly Paper, Honorable Mention).

• Law Clerk to Chief Judge Jon O. Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1993-94
• Law Clerk to the Honorable William A. Norris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1992-93
• Essays Editor, Yale Law Journal
• Book Review Editor, Yale Journal of International Law

• Everyone's a Superhero: A Cultural Theory of Mary Sue Fan Fiction as Fair Use, 95 Cal. L. Rev. 597 (2007)
• Globalization and Distrust, 114 Yale L. J. (2005)
• Homeward Bound, 80 N.Y.U. Law Review 60 (2006)
• Odious Securitization, 53 Emory L. J. 923 (2004)
• The Romance of the Public Domain, 92 Cal. L. Rev. 1331 (2004) (with Madhavi Sunder)
• Minorities, Shareholder and Otherwise, 113 Yale. L. J. (2003)
• The New, New Property, 81 Texas L. Rev. 715 (2003)
• Whose Republic?, 69 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1479 (2002)
• Diaspora Bonds, 76 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1005 (2001)
• "Freedom of Movement" in the UNHCR NGO Manual on International Human Rights, (1998) (published in English and Russian; coauthored with Joanne Mariner)
• Designating the Place of Confinement in Probation Sentences: A Judge's Prerogative, 8 Fed. Sentencing Rep. 173 (1995).
• Sovereignty, Referenda, and the Entrenchment of a United Kingdom Bill of Rights, 101 YALE L.J. 457 (1991)
• Apple Rips Whilte Grokster Burns: How MGM v. Grokster Benefits Information Technology Companies, Findlaw.com (June 29, 2005) (with Madhavi Sunder)
• Illegal Art? The Artists' Group Superflex Co-Opts Global Trademarks, Findlaw.com (May 13, 2004)
• Guarana Power to the People, Superflex.net (May 2004) (exhibition catalog) (translated into Danish)
• This Penguin May Bite: Linux's Counter-attack Against SCO, Findlaw.com (Nov. 13, 2003)
• Secrets and Lies: How Secret Bidding and the Shut-Out of Foreign Corporations in Iraqi Reconstruction Violates International Trade Principles, Findlaw.com (Apr 24, 2003)
• The Fight Over Patent Protection for Pharmaceuticals, Findlaw.com
• Next Stop, Kazaakhstan?, The Legal Globe-trotting Of Kazaa The Post-Napster File-Sharing Company, Findlaw.com (Oct. 24, 2002)
• Liberating Afghanistan but Yielding Freedoms at Home: Reflections On The Year Since September 11,
• Verizon's Solution in the Napster Debate, Findlaw.com, May 30, 2002
• Guantanamo and the Rule of Law, Findlaw.com, March 7, 2002
• Why is the programmer, not the pirate, the criminal?, SF Chronicle, Aug. 30, 2001
• Copyright "Criminals": How the Sklyarov Case Exposes the Power of the Copyright Lobby, Findlaw.com, Aug. 21, 2001
• Song may not be over for Napster, CNN.Com, Aug. 1, 2001
• The New York Times and Napster: How the Supreme Court's Ruling in Favor of Freelance Writers Could Keep Online Music Sharing Alive, Findlaw.com, Jul. 30, 2001