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81 Alb. L. Rev. 1171 (2017-2018)
Judge Jenny Rivera: The Lone Dissenter for the Accused

handle is hein.journals/albany81 and id is 1199 raw text is: JUDGE JENNY RIVERA: THE LONE DISSENTER FOR THE ACCUSED Linnea E. Riegel* We cannot simply hope or expect that . .. biases, prejudices, or deep-rooted stereotypes will disappear because of legislative fiat. Indeed, adverse and hostile responses are most common when individuals and institutions are pushed the hardest to relinquish power and to reject the most pernicious of traditions ... judges, law enforcement personnel, and ... lawyers, must be educated to recognize and work to eliminate the pervasive bias in our courts and criminal justice system.1 I. BEFORE THE BENCH Judge Jenny Rivera had an untraditional start to her career on the bench. She was not a judge first, she did not work in the judiciary, she was not a practicing attorney, she did not work in a law firm, she was not a government lawyer, she did not work in the district attorney's office, legislature, or executive branch, and she was not in any other line of work traditional for a New York Court of Appeals Judge.2 After she graduated from New York University School of Law in 1985, Judge Rivera clerked for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Pro Se Law Clerk's office, as well as for then Southern District of New York Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor.3 She was an attorney for the Legal Aid Society and an associate counsel for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.4 She served as an * Juris Doctor, Albany Law School, 2018; Master of Science, The College of St. Rose, 2012; Bachelor of Arts, Union College, 2008. 1 Jenny Rivera, The Politics of Invisibility, 3 GEO. J. ON FIGHTING POVERTY 61, 63 (1995). 2 Vincent Bonventre, Jenny Rivera: Cuomo's High Court Pick, N.Y. CT. WATCHER (Jan. 19, 2013), http://newyorkco urtwatcher.com/2013/01/jenny-rivera-cuomos-high-court-pick.html. John Caher, Q&A Judge Jenny Rivera, N.Y. L.J. (Jan. 3, 2014), https://www.law.com /newyorklawjournal/almlD/ 120 02635849546/QA-Judge-Jenny-Riveral; Honorable Jenny Rivera, N.Y. CT. OF APPEALS, https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/jrivera.htm (last visited May 12, 2018); Judge Jenny Rivera '85 Discusses the Role of State Courts at LAA Luncheon, N.Y.U. L. NEWS, http://www.law.nyu.edulnews/2017-laa-luncheon-judge-jenny-rivera-new-york-court-of- appeals (last visited May 12, 2018). 4 Faculty Directory, Hon. Jenny Rivera, CUNY SCH. LAW, http://www.law.cuny.edu/ 1171

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