Professor of law and
Judge Alexander P. Waugh Sr. Scholar (Torts; Family Law; Children and the Law; Race, Gender, and Tort Law)
Professor 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.
