Who Is Abdus Salaam? | Things To Know About Judge In New York’s Court of Appeals
Channel: Entertainment News
Date: 13/04/2017

Abdus-Salaam was born in 1952 in Washington, D.C.,  one of seven children in a poor family and attended the public schools there. She was a 1974 graduate of Barnard College and a 1977 graduate of Columbia Law School. 
Abdus-Salaam was the first female black judge in New York’s Court of Appeals. 
As well as being the first Muslim to serve on the bench, Abdus-Salaam became the first black female to be on the New York Court of Appeals after her 2013 appointment, according to State Senator Kevin Parker.
Before joining the Court of Appeals, Abdus-Salaam, first served as a judge in the New York City Civil Court in 1992. Abdus-Salaam was confirmed without any opposition. 
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