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Jenny Rivera's Biography

Contact Information

Office


General

Court

New York State Court of Appeals
20 Eagle Street
Albany, NY 12207

Full Name:

Jenny Rivera

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1960

Birth Place:

New York, NY

LLM, School of Law, Columbia University, 1993

JD, School of Law, New York University, 1985

AB, Princeton University, 1982

Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 2013-present

Administrative Law Judge, New York State Division for Human Rights

Appointed by Governor Cuomo, Judge, New York State Court of Appeals, January 2013

Member, Commission on Human Rights, New York City

Founder/Director, Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality, Law School

Faculty Member, City University of New York School of Law

Professor, City University of New York School of Law, 1997-2013

Visiting Professor, American University Washington School of Law, 2011

Professor, Suffolk University School of Law, 1993-1996

Former Clerk, Sonia Sotomayor, Southern District Court, New York, 1993

Member, Homeless Family Rights Project, Legal Aid Society

Member, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund

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