Judith T. Younger

Joseph E. Wargo Anoka County Bar Association Professor of Family Law

Judith T. Younger

322 Mondale Hall
229–19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-625-5844

young001@umn.edu

Cornell University, B.S.
New York University, J.D.
Hofstra University, LL.D. (Hon.)

Professor Judith T. Younger is recognized for her professional work in the areas of wills and trusts and family law. She teaches courses in wills and trusts, property law, family law, and the law of reproductive rights. In 1991, Professor Younger became the Joseph E. Wargo Anoka County Bar Association Professor of Family Law.

Professor Younger received a B.S. degree from Cornell University, where she also received the Borden Award for highest class standing, and the Daniel Alpern Award for leadership and scholarship. She earned a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law, where she was Survey Editor of the New York University Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Edward Weinfeld of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She then practiced in the litigation department of Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff; was a partner in her own law firm; and became an Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York.

She began her teaching career at New York University School of Law in 1967. In 1970, she became a member of the founding faculty of Hofstra University Law School, where she also served as Associate Dean. She was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree from Hofstra University in 1974. Professor Younger was Dean and Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law and Professor of Law and Deputy Dean at Cornell University School of Law. She became a tenured member of the Minnesota faculty in 1985. She is a life member of the American Law Institute and has served on the Minnesota Professional Responsibility Board.