Ep 60: Jury Duty and the Judgeship

About this episode

Dipti shares her experience as New Jersey’s first Indian American female municipal court judge and the pressures that came with the title.

Episode 6-0 (!!!) is… a lot. We’re talking about Dipti becoming New Jersey’s first Indian American female municipal court judge—and everything that came with it. She thought she’d step into the moment and own it… but instead? She shut down. Fully went into hibernation. And now she’s saying—that’s not the example she wants to set. We get into everything —how the family has to act (spoiler: way less leeway than everyone else), the pressure of the title, and how close it all came to breaking her. This one’s real. Dipti with her heart wide open.

People in this episode

Host: Dipti

Topics covered

• Jury Duty
• Judgeship
• Indian American
• Municipal Court
• Pressure
• Mental Health

Keywords

• Dipti
• New Jersey
• female judge
• family expectations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jury Duty and the Judgeship

Places: New Jersey’s

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