For that. Brief comments about Justice Breyer cant begin to do justice to him, so im going to have to be unjust in light of time constraints that im subject to. Justice breyer has always been remarkably generous with his time in supporting society projects. And indeed, in less than two weeks on june 6th, at our annual meeting, hell be delivering the societys 41st annual lecture. And of course, hes doing these extra projects for the society at a tremendously busy time for him and for all of his colleagues on the court. So Justice Breyer, thank you so much. Some background on Justice Breyer. He was born in san francisco. He eventually, after stanford, came east. Farther east. Hes got a ba from Magdalene College at oxford. He earned his law degree at harvard. He went on to clerk for Justice Arthur goldberg this court. He served with great distinction in the justice department. He served as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee at one point and served in other similar roles durin
Brief comments about justice brier cant begin to do justice to him, so im going to have to be unjust in right of time constraints im subject to. Justice brier has always been remarkably generous with his time in supporting society projects. And indeed in less than two weeks on june 6th at our annual meeting hell be delivering the societys 41st annual lecture. And of course hes doing these extra projects for the society at a tremendously busy time for him and for all of his colleagues on the court, so justice brier, thank you so much. Some background on justice brier. He was born in San Francisco. He eventually after stanford came east, farther east. Hes got a ba from Magdalen College at oxford, went onto clerk for Justice Arthur goldberg, this court he served with great distinction in the justice department. He serve said as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee at one point and served in other similar roles during that period of his career. He has taught at Harvard Law Schoo
For the past year at the library of congress, you may sit down, because i have a few more namesv for the past year at the library of congress we have been celebrating changemakers and i can think of a few people who more than aptly fit that discretion then the United States up in Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [cheering and applause] okay, im going to hurry up. [laughter] she is a hero and an inspiration to so many of us. In fact, at 4 00 a. M. This morning students from American University who are right over there champion camped out in front of this facility and they are here. She says and i [inaudible] i will talk about your graduation from Columbia Law School and taught at rutgers and spent most of your career advocating on womens rights and all these things and you have been called recently the beyonce of jurisprudence. [laughter] and the justice, could i say dhat and she said i would rather you say that j lo. [laughter] [cheering and applause] without further ado, she is join
Our interviewer is the seventh Circuit Court of appeals judge anne williams. This is an hour and a half. Hello, everybody. My name is david stern, and i am the proud executive director of equal Justice Works. Thank you all for being here. I am very excited. Are you excited . I thought so. I saw you in the halls. You guys are awesome. Just remind you. After a couple of minutes, we will put our phones down. Just want to make sure we all were clear on that one. Of course, we are so honored today to have the justice here to have a conversation with Anne Claire Williams from the seventh Circuit Court of appeals. Not need any introduction. Even if she did, judge williams will be doing it over the next hour. We will have a fabulous person who will lead you through the phenomenal career. What i will i would like to introduce you to judge williams. The mother known as 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
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