 Sotomayor was an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law from 1998 to 2007 . There she taught trial and appellate advocacy as well as a federal appellate court seminar . Beginning in 1999 , she was also a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School in a paying , adjunct faculty position . While there she created and co @-@ taught a class called the Federal Appellate <unk> each semester from 2000 until her departure ; it combined classroom , moot court , and Second Circuit chambers work . She became a member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University in 2006 , concluding her term in 2011 . In 2008 , Sotomayor became a member of the Belizean Grove , an invitation @-@ only women 's group modeled after the men 's Bohemian Grove . On June 19 , 2009 , Sotomayor resigned from the Belizean Grove after Republican politicians voiced concerns over the group 's membership policy . 
