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Justine Polier (née Wise; April 12, 1903 – July 31, 1987) was an American lawyer, the first woman Justice in New York. An outspoken activist and judge who served for 38 years on the Family Court bench.
An outspoken activist and a "fighting judge," Justine Wise Polier was the first woman Justice in New York. For 38 years she used her position on the Family Court bench to fight for the rights of the poor and disempowered.
As the first woman judge appointed in New York, Justine Wise Polier focused on helping the most vulnerable population: children. From the bench, Polier helped reform both foster care and the school system, ensuring that minority children had access to services.
24 de fev. de 2012 · A brilliant jurist and activist on issues related to child welfare and the law, Justine Wise Polier was also one of the earliest and most vocal critics of religious and racial matching in adoption.
18 de jun. de 2018 · During much of the twentieth Century, adoption has relied on the paradoxical theory that differences are managed best by denying their existence. According to the “matching” paradigm that has governed modern adoption, adults who acquire children born to others must look, feel, and behave as if they had given birth themselves.
An articulate advocate for easing restrictions on persecuted Jews was Justine Wise Polier (1903-1987), a New York City judge and daughter of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Louise Waterman Wise. A lifelong advocate for children, Judge Polier championed easing the quota for Jewish youngsters fleeing Germany In 1939, she found an influential partner in ...
Justine Wise Polier's papers document her life-long commitment to juvenile justice and the welfare of children of all races and religions. They span her early career as labor activist and labor lawyer, her work as judge of the Family Court (1935-1973), and the more national focus of her work as Director of the Juvenile Justice Division of the ...
