05/27/2022
✨MuBANY congratulates Zainab A. Chaudhry for being nominated by Governor Kathy Hochul to be the first gubernatorially-appointed in the state ever! ✨
MuBANY is proud to have endorsed Ms. Chaudhry for this nomination. Ms. Chaudhry has been part of the MuBANY network since 2016, when she co-presented a continuing legal education (“CLE”) course entitled “The Muslim-American Community: An Introduction to the Basics of Islam and Relevant Emerging Legal Trends.” Ms. Chaudhry provided a unique perspective by describing her experience litigating matters related to the free exercise of religion in prison. Ms. Chaudhry’s qualifications make her uniquely equipped to be a Judge on the New York State Court of Claims. Having spent the entirety of her professional career working in a variety of legal capacities in the state’s government and judiciary, she has an unparalleled understanding of the Court and the judicial role. The New York State judiciary needs brilliant, contemplative, and highly credentialed candidates like Ms. Chaudhry. New York State’s judiciary today does not reflect the New York it presides over, and the Muslim community, in particular, remains woefully underrepresented. There are no Muslim judges on the Court of Claims. Indeed, as of 2022, there is to our knowledge no gubernatorial appointed member of the state judiciary who identifies as Muslim—nor has there ever been. We are grateful to Ms. Chaudhry for trailblazing this path and congratulate her on this achievement.✨👏🏽
We also applaud Governor Hochul’s welcomed commitment to achieve a more and by appointing Ms. Chaudhry to the Court of Claims. The importance of a diverse judiciary cannot be understated and to further that cause, MuBANY created its Judiciary initiative, which identifies and creates pipelines to opportunities within both the state and federal judiciaries for our members and other under-represented communities.
Full press release here: https://lnkd.in/g7kwg6EF
congratulates Zainab A. Chaudhry for being nominated by Governor Kathy Hochul to be the first Muslim gubernatorially-appointed judge in the state ever! MuBANY is proud to have endorsed Ms. Chaudhry for this nomination. Ms. Chaudhry has been part of the MuBANY network since 2016, when she co-presented a continuing legal education (“CLE”) course entitled “The Muslim-American Community: An Introduction to the Basics of Islam and Relevant Emerging Legal Trends.” This CLE was held for all New York State agencies and the NYAG, and separately to an audience of over one hundred attendees at the New York City Bar Association. Ms. Chaudhry provided a unique perspective by describing her experience litigating matters related to the free exercise of religion in prison. Ms. Chaudhry’s qualifications make her uniquely equipped to be a Judge on the New York State Court of Claims. Having spent the entirety of her professional career working in a variety of legal capacities in the state’s government and judiciary, she has an unparalleled understanding of the Court and the judicial role. The New York State judiciary needs brilliant, contemplative, and highly credentialed candidates like Ms. Chaudhry. New York State’s judiciary today does not reflect the New York it presides over, and the Muslim community, in particular, remains woefully underrepresented. There are no Muslim judges on the Court of Claims. Indeed, as of 2022, there is to our knowledge no
gubernatorial appointed member of the state judiciary who identifies as Muslim—nor has there ever been. We are grateful to Ms. Chaudhry for trailblazing this path and congratulate her on this achievement.
We also applaud Governor Hochul’s welcomed commitment to achieve a more diverse and representative judiciary by appointing Ms. Chaudhry to the Court of Claims. The importance of a diverse judiciary cannot be understated and to further that cause, MuBANY created a Judiciary initiative, which identifies and creates pipelines to opportunities within both the state and federal judiciaries for our members and other under-represented communities.
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