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Jenny Rivera

Court of Appeals, State of New York
Biography

Jenny Rivera, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, was born in New York City in December 1960. On January 15, 2013, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo nominated her to the Court of Appeals, and the New York State Senate confirmed her appointment on February 11, 2013.

Judge Rivera has spent her entire professional career in public service. She clerked for the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, on the Southern District of New York, and also clerked in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Pro Se Law Clerk's Office. She worked for the Legal Aid Society's Homeless Family Rights Project, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (renamed Latino Justice PRLDEF), and was appointed by the New York State Attorney General as Special Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights. Judge Rivera has been an Administrative Law Judge for the New York State Division for Human Rights, and served on the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Prior to her appointment, she was a tenured faculty member of the City University of New York School of Law, where she founded and served as Director of the Law School's Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality.

She graduated from Princeton University, and received her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law.

Professional Experience
Associate Judge
Court of Appeals, State of New York
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Faculty member
City University of New York School of Law
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Special Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights
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Law Clerk
Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, on the Southern District of New York
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Administrative Law Judge
New York City Commission on Human Rights
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
Law Clerk
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Pro Se Law Clerk's Office
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Education
Princeton University
Graduate
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New York University School of Law
J.D.
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Columbia Law School
LL.M.
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Websites & Blogs
Website
New York State Court of Appeals
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Court biography
Contact & Map
New York State Court of Appeals
20 Eagle Street
Albany, NY 12207
Telephone: (518) 455-7700