Judy Scales-Trent

Background

Scales-Trent, Judy was born on October 1, 1940 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Johnson Junior and Viola (Scales) Trent.

Education

Oberlin College (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Middlebury College (Master of Arts, 1967). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1973).

Career

Staff attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, 1973-1976; special assistant to commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, 1977-1979; special assistant to general counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, 1979-1980; appellate attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, 1980-1984; professor Buffalo Law School, State University of New York, since 1984. Chair president' panel for review of affirmative action procedures State University of New York, Buffalo, 1989-1993.

Achievements

• Judy Scales-Trent has been listed as a noteworthy Law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A Black Man's Journey from Sharecropper to College President: The Life and Work of William Johnson Trent, 1873-1963

    (An intimate portrait of the life of a black man, who live...)

    2016
  • Political Campaign Communication: Principles and Practices

    (Now in its seventh edition, "Political Campaign Communica...)

    1983
  • Notes of a White Black Woman: Race, Color, Community

    (While the "one-drop rule" in the United States dictates, ...)

    1995

Membership

Trustee Ujima Theater Company, Buffalo, 1989-1992. Board visitors Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, 1991-1996. Member National Women and the Law Association (board directors 1987-1991), Society American Law Teachers (Board of Governors 1992-1995), American Association Law Schools (chair commission on recruitment and retention of minority law teachers 1993-1994), Urban League (advisory board 1994-1997).

Connections

1 child, Jason Benjamin Ellis.

Father:

William Johnson Trent Junior

Mother:

Viola (Scales) Trent

child:

Jason Benjamin Ellis Scales-Trent