Victoria Pilger

Victoria Pilger (she/hers) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law in the Disability Rights and Social Justice Clinic. The DRSJ Clinic advocates for the civil rights, autonomy, and self-determination of disabled people, their families, and their support networks. The Clinic’s work spans a range of issues including prisoners’ rights, due process, guardianship and its alternatives, and disability discrimination.

Prior to coming to CUNY, Professor Pilger was a Staff Attorney at Disability Rights Advocates, where she litigated class actions and other high-impact cases. Her work focused on ending the solitary confinement of people with disabilities, combatting jury discrimination, and increasing public transit accessibility.

Professor Pilger began her legal career as a Staff Attorney at Mobilization for Justice, where she represented tenants facing eviction and housing discrimination. She also clerked for the Honorable Lois Bloom (Ret.) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Professor Pilger received her J.D. from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law in 2021. In her time at CUNY Law, Professor Pilger served as the Editor-in-Chief of the CUNY Law Review, interned at the Center for Constitutional Rights and at the Legal Aid Society’s Civil Law Reform Unit, and was a student attorney in CUNY’s Disability and Social Justice Clinic, where she now teaches.

Professor Pilger received her B.A. from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Before becoming a lawyer, Professor Pilger worked at Head & Hands, a Montreal grassroots organization that provides holistic and harm-reductive medical, legal, and social services to young people.