You to this extraordinary audience. These are the next generation of Public Interest lawyers. I have come from all over the country to interview for Public Interest jobs, and to hear the two of you speak. We are thrilled to have you here. I will turn it over to judge williams. [applause] judge williams good afternoon. Good afternoon. Judge williams i know we can do better than that. This is justice rbg. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Judge williams you can imagine how excited we were that Justice Ginsburg said yes. With publics been interest enterprises. Lifeevoted so much of her to making things better in the world using her legal career. She said yes to this conference and career fair, life yes to having this conversation, and she is a rockstar as you know. To understand how it is you became such a force, we begin at the beginning. You grew up in brooklyn. Wonderful parents. Your mom did complete high school, your dad didnt. Your roots are in russia and austria. Your mother give you
And career fair, yes to having this conversation. She is a rock star as you know. To understand how it is you became such a force, we begin at the beginning. You grew up in brooklyn, wonderful parents. Your mom did complete high school. Your dad did not. Russia andare in austria. Your mother gave you some advice that stuck with you on your life. What did she say . My mother was born at an age where there were many things women could not do. The myth was a girl was to grow , andind prince charming live happily ever after. Mother i suppose my mother hoped t herity but she was she instilled in me was the independent. Be able to depend on yourself. She told me to be a lady. But she meant by that was do not ay to emotions that are unproductive, like anger or jealousy or remorse. They will not moving forward, so forget it. [laughter] that was the advice my wonderful mother gave me and repeated again and again. Judge williams and your mom really believes in education and believed in reading a
Justice ginsburg does not need any introduction. Even if she did, just williams will be doing it over the next hour. Personl have a fabulous will lead you through the phenomenal career. I would like to introduce you to judge williams. She is also known as the mother of equal Justice Works because in 1991, six years after she joined the bench can you believe it . She is so young looking, it is incredible. [inaudible] [laughter] in 1991, judge williams awarded the leftover funds in an antitrust case, which gave us the funding to create our postgraduate fellowship program. At the time, seven fellowships and now, 300. Judge williams, thank you. We are forever indebted to you. [applause] judge williams was the first attorney of color in the u. S. Attorneys office in chicago. She was a division chief and and and then served on the u. S. District court. She is the and only judge of first color on the u. S. Court of appeals for the seventh circuit. [applause] judge williams founded just the be
Passes away does not do so from some part it is a months long dealing with internal cancer or congestive Heart Failure and so on. We do not have the rituals for how to even talk about what that process is like. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now . The Supreme Court has dealt a major victory for marriage equality. The decision leaves intact Lower Court Rulings that struck down samesex marriage bans in virginia, utah, oklahoma, indiana, and wisconsin. Caseintiff in the indiana celebrated with his husband. We have been together for 27 years. This just kind of makes it official and we can check a few boxes and get some Health Insurance for stephen because he needed Health Insurance. They cannot deny that for me anymore. Our daughter is protected. If something happened to us. Of the ruling, county clerks across the five states begin issuing marriage licenses to samesex couples. The Supreme Court decision will also expand samesex marriage rights to six additional states. T
Surgeon and prizewinning writer. Everybody who passes away does not do so from some part it is a months long dealing with internal cancer or congestive Heart Failure and so on. We do not have the rituals for how to even talk about what that process is like. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now . The Supreme Court has dealt a major victory for marriage equality. The decision leaves intact Lower Court Rulings that struck down samesex marriage bans in virginia, utah, oklahoma, indiana, and wisconsin. Caseintiff in the indiana celebrated with his husband. We have been together for 27 years. This just kind of makes it official and we can check a few boxes and get some Health Insurance for stephen because he needed Health Insurance. They cannot deny that for me anymore. Our daughter is protected. If something happened to us. Of the ruling, county clerks across the five states begin issuing marriage licenses to samesex couples. The Supreme Court decision will also expand same