Twila L. Perry received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, her M.S.W.
from the Columbia University School of Social Work, and her J.D. from
New York University Law School, where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar and
an editor of the Law Review. She served as law clerk to Judge
Mary Johnson Lowe of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District
of New York and was associated with the New York law firm of Winthrop,
Stimson, Putnam and Roberts. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in the
spring of 1984, Professor Perry was an assistant U.S. attorney in the
Southern District of New York.
Professor Perry writes in the area of
family law with a particular interest in the intersection of critical
race theory and feminist legal theory. She has published articles on
numerous subjects, including transracial and international adoption, the
legal obligations of marriage, the black family and family law,
no-fault divorce, and alimony.
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