Rachel Wainer Apter at a glance
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- Associate Justice
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- New Jersey · State
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Rachel Wainer Apter
Associate Justice · Supreme Court of New Jersey
Biography
Professional career
- American judge and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, appointed on October 21, 2022, by Governor Phil Murphy
- Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (U.S. Supreme Court)
- The second youngest female justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court, appointed at age 42
- She then worked in Supreme Court and Appellate Practice at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, and as a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of New York
Education
- Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2007.
Additional information
- Recognized for her work in civil rights law and her background in appellate litigation.
- At the time of her appointment, Apter was the Director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.
- She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania
- She later held the role of counsel to the New Jersey Attorney General and as director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, where she led efforts to uphold the DACA program
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