Raja Rajeswari Explained

Raja Rajeswari is a criminal court judge in New York. She is the first Indian American and South Asian woman judge in the state.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} She graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1998.^[7]

See also

• List of Asian American jurists
• List of first women lawyers and judges in New York

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mayor de Blasio Swears in 28 Judges Recently Appointed to Family Court, Criminal Court, and Civil Court . Official website of New York government . 27 April 2015 . 1 May 2016.
2. Web site: Chennai-born US Judge Lives the American Dream . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502222603/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Chennai-born-US-Judge-Lives-the-American-Dream/2015/05/02/article2793264.ece1 . dead . May 2, 2015 . . Archita Suryanarayanan . 2 May 2016 . 1 May 2016.
3. Web site: Raising the Bar - Lavina Melwani . CJAR . 1 May 2016.
4. Web site: Raja Rajeswari: 7 Facts about the first Indian-origin woman Judge of New York . . 29 April 2015 . 1 May 2016.
5. Web site: New York gets India-born woman judge . . 1 May 2016 . 1 May 2016.
6. Web site: Raja Rajeswari becomes New York's first Indian-American judge . . 16 April 2015 . 1 May 2016.
7. Web site: Raja Rajeswari ’98 New York City’s First Indian-Born Woman Judge . . 1 May 2016.