Profile

Riti Singh teaches Legal Practice to first-year law students at New York Law School. Prior to NYLS, she spent twelve years as an attorney with the Juvenile Rights Practice of The Legal Aid Society, representing children in abuse, neglect, custody/guardianship, and termination of parental rights proceedings. As a Supervising Attorney in the Appeals Unit, she was responsible for drafting, filing, and arguing briefs on behalf of children in New York appellate courts, as well as developing trainings and advising attorneys on trial strategy. Before joining the Appeals Unit in 2016, Professor Singh was a trial attorney, regularly appearing in Queens County Family Court as Attorney for the Child in child protective cases.

Professor Singh is actively involved with the South Asian Bar Association of New York (SABANY), serving as the Vice President of Public Interest for the 2022 and 2024 terms and the Vice President of Gender and LGBTQ Equity for the 2023 term. She is also a mentor with The Appellate Project (TAP), which aims to empower law students of color to pursue careers in the appellate field.

In law school, Professor Singh was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review, an Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Fellow, and the recipient of the Professor Nancy H. Fink Family Law Award. She was also a Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellow and the recipient of a SABANY Public Interest Fellowship. Prior to law school, Professor Singh taught high school English with Teach for America in New Orleans, Louisiana.