Sonia Sotomayor - Collection Finding Aid

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Sonia Sotomayor - Collection Finding Aid

1996-2000

https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36359

This collection contains materials relating to the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Clinton nominated Judge Sotomayor to the position in 1997, and she was confirmed by the Senate in 1998. The records contain biographical information, court opinions as Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and letters in support of her nomination. This series also includes court records, correspondence, news clippings, articles, and email concerning her nomination.

82 Folders, approximately 6,263 pages

eng, Latn

William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 11621386

William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum

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Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z4m60 (person)

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, was born in Bronx, New York, on June 25, 1954. She earned a B.A. in 1976 from Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the university’s highest academic honor. In 1979, she earned a J.D. from Yale Law School where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. She served as Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office from 1979–1984. She then litigated international commercial matters in New York City at...