Anne Milgram
| Anne Milgram | |
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| 57th Attorney General of New Jersey | |
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In office June 29, 2007 – January 18, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Stuart Rabner |
| Succeeded by | Paula Dow |
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| Born | 1970/1971 (age 45–46) East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Rutgers College (1992) |
Anne Milgram is an American attorney, politician, legal thinker, and academic. As 57th Attorney General of New Jersey from 2007 to 2010, she reformed the Camden Police Department and injected data and evidence into decisions about how to fight crime and make communities safer.
Milgram is currently a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law. Most recently, she was the founding head of the Criminal Justice Initiative at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
Milgram began her career as a state, federal, and local prosecutor. Today, her work focuses on re-inventing the criminal justice system through the strategic employment of smart data, analytics, and technology.
She serves as a member of the Covenant House International Board of Directors, the National Center for State Courts Board of Directors, and the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution Advisory Board. Milgram is a former TED speaker and published author. She has received the United States Department of Justice Director’s Award, and the Department of Justice Special Commendation for Outstanding Service.
Milgram grew up in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey.
She graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers College in 1992 with a degree in English and Political Science, where she was also a member of the Cap and Skull Senior Honor Society.
She earned her Master of Philosophy in social and political theory from the University of Cambridge in 1993 and subsequently received her J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1996.
Milgram clerked for United States District Court Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton, from 1996 to 1997.
In 1997, she began her career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Milgram later worked in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, where she served as the Special Litigation Counsel for Human Trafficking and led the Department’s human trafficking prosecutions. Milgram was counsel to Senator Jon Corzine during his final year in the United States Senate.
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