About the Director

Tininha Rosa Martins Cruz

Director of Student Legal Services

Tina Martins CruzTina Martins Cruz, J.D., received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Rider University and her Juris Doctor Degree from Pace University School of Law. She has been licensed to practice law in New Jersey since 2001, being admitted also to the Federal District Court and the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Mrs. Martins Cruz has been in private practice since 2001 and also serves as a Municipal Court Judge since 2011. She began the next phase of her career with the Office of Student Legal Services at Rutgers in 2016.

Mrs. Martins Cruz is a member of the Middlesex County Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, and NLADA National Student Legal Services Organization.