New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal on Thursday tapped Rachel Apter, his counsel and a former American Civil Liberties Union lawyer, to become the next director of the state Division on Civil Rights.

Apter’s appointment will be effective Oct. 15, according to a release. She will succeed Craig Sashihara, who has been in the position since 2011. He is leaving to become counsel to the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies, Grewal’s program aimed at fighting the opioid crisis.