Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick

Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick was a judge for the State of New York Court of Appeals, New York's court of last resort. She was appointed to this court on December 1, 1993 by Governor Mario M. Cuomo and was confirmed by the State Senate and sworn in on January 4, 1994. Judge Ciparick was appointed to a second term by Governor Eliot Spitzer on November 20, 2007, and was confirmed by the Senate on December 13, 2007.^[1][2] She retired on December 31, 2012 after having reached the mandatory retirement age in New Yok.^[3]

Education

Ciparick received her undergraduate degree from Hunter College in 1963 and her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law in 1967.^[1]

Career

Ciparick began her career as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society in New York City in 1967. She became an Assistant Counsel for the Judicial Conference of the State of New York in 1969 and the Chief Law Assistant of the New York City Criminal Court in 1972. In 1974, she began working as Counsel in the office of the New York City Administrative Judge. In 1978, she was appointed Judge of the New York City Criminal Court and worked in this capacity until 1982, when she was elected to the New York Supreme Court. She joined the Court of Appeals in 1994.^[1]

Political ideology

See also: Political ideology of State Supreme Court Justices

In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.

Ciparick received a campaign finance score of -0.69, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of -0.24 that justices received in New York.

The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.^[4]

See also

• State of New York Court of Appeals

External links

• New York Court of Appeals, Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick
• Project Vote Smart, Senior Associate Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick (NY)
• The Chronicle, "New York Court Gives Go-Ahead for Controversial Expansion of Columbia U.," June 24, 2010
• BNET.com, "New York State Court of Appeals: Breach of warranty verdict upheld," March 22, 2007

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