Professor Perry received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, her M.S.W. from the Columbia University School of Social Work, and her J.D. from New York University Law School, where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar and an editor of the Law Review. She served as law clerk to Judge Mary Johnson Lowe of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and was associated with the New York law firm of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam and Roberts. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in the spring of 1984, Professor Perry was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York. Professor Perry writes in the area of family law with a particular interest in the intersection of critical race theory and feminist legal theory. She has published articles on numerous subjects, including transracial and international adoption, the legal obligations of marriage, the Black family and family law, no-fault divorce, and alimony.