"President Barack Obama appointed Chutkan to the bench in 2014, making her the third black woman to serve in the D.C. District Court. . .Chutkan, who grew up in Jamaica, said she applied to GW without her parents knowing and got her acceptance letter while her parents were away in another country. . .'It really gets to you after a while seeing what feels like an endless parade of young people, young black men especially, go into the criminal justice system,' Chutkan said.": Alumna works to ‘find a balance’ as a district judge
