I eventually went on to New York Law School, Judy’s alma mater. The school is two blocks away from where Judy
was then the supervising judge of the Manhattan family court. I would go to school and then spend afternoons in
Judy’s courtroom. School was all complex legal theory, but in Judy’s courtroom were true lessons—in law, humanity, and balance. Should a thirteen-year-old who was caught with a .38 attempting a robbery have leniency because his
grandmother died? Should a crack-addicted mother have another chance at parenthood?