The Honorable Sondra Miller Will Serve As Distinguished
Judge-In-Residence At Pace Law School

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Pace Law School is pleased to announce the Hon. Sondra Miller will serve as distinguished judge-in-residence following her retirement from the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.  Judge Miller will participate in teaching classes in her areas of expertise, including family law, appellate advocacy and mediation.

"Judge Miller has been a leader in the New York Judiciary and we are delighted that she is bringing her deep experience and commitment to Pace Law School," says Dean Stephen Friedman.

Governor Mario Cuomo appointed Judge Sondra Miller to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department in January 1990. She was then serving as a New York State Supreme Court Judge of the Ninth Judicial District, having been elected in 1986, and had served as a Family Court Judge in Westchester County from 1983-1986.

Justice Miller is a leader and a role model. Among her many "firsts" are her law degree from Harvard Law School (she was in its first class to admit women), her election to the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District in November 1986 (the first Democrat to win a contested election in the 9th JD in nearly 100 years), and her appointment as Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Department, in January 1990 (the first woman in the 9th JD to be so recognized). Judge Millerıs legal decisions are frequently cited in various areas of the law and most particularly for their impact on family law and the rights of children.

She serves by appointment of Chief Judge Judith Kaye as Co-Chair with Justice Anthony Cardona of the New York State Family Violence Task Force.  In addition, she serves by appointment of the Governor on the New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children.  Most recently Chief Judge, Judith Kaye, appointed her to serve as the first Director of a newly formed Family Services Division of the Office of Court Administration to facilitate and evaluate all services provided for families and children in New York State.

Among Justice Miller's past contributions to the community is her service as a founding member and past president of the Westchester Women's Bar Association and as Vice President of the Womenıs Bar Association of the State of New York.  She is an active member of several bar associations, and is a popular lecturer. A proud mother and grandmother, Justice Miller is a successful proponent of balancing the demands of career and family.

Judge Miller has received many honors and awards in New York State recognizing her work in the various fields of law, including those concerning women, children and families. In 1982 she received the Westchester Woman of the Year Award, In 1986 she received The Women's Medical Association of NYC "Woman of Conscience Award", In 1994 received "Jurist of the Year Award from the Kings County District Attorney's Office, and the Horace Mann School Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Achievement. She is Founder and past President of JALBCA (Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert). In 2004 the Westchester Women's Bar Association established it s annual scholarship award to be named "Justice Sondra M. Miller Scholarship."

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York law school with a suburban campus in White Plains, NY, 20 miles north of New York City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the JD program for full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate program includes the LLM and SJD degrees in Environmental Law and an LLM in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration, criminal justice and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace Law School is part of Pace University, a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville, and White Plains, NY, and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, NY. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, Lienhard School of Nursing, School of Education, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu