Jerome libin good morning everyone. I am the president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. I am delighted to welcome all of you here to this very Interesting Program we are having tonight. I must ask everybody to be sure your cell phones and tablets are totally off because it will interfere with the sound system in the courtroom. We are here tonight with a program we are cosponsoring with the Supreme Court Alumni Association. We are delighted to be a cosponsor with them. The program was brought to us by several people from that organization. Let me make sure i get them right. Stephanie, matthew, elizabeth. Who really came up with the idea for the program and we are very happy to be heard to present it to you. We are also particularly happy to have as our host Justice Breyer who will speak to you in a minute. I will tell you briefly what you dont know already about Justice Breyer. He is a californian. Study that stanford, oxford, then Harvard Law School. Became a law clerk europe t
Importance to us. There is no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. Clerk,a Warren Burger but he had a long history before that. President sexton earned his ba in history and in a and phd and taught religion in brooklyn before he went to harvard law school. He went to harvard law school, graduating 1979 magna cum laude, and was the Supreme Court editor of the harvard law review. Clerked that she he clerked on the d. C. Circuit court before he clerked for chief Justice Burger. Bywent to nyu in 1981, and 1988 he was dean of the law school. s tenure there was extremely successful. The law school is firmly ensconced in the rankings as one of the top five in the country. By 2002, he had been elevated to president of nyu. He served there until the end of 2015. During that tenure, freshman applications doubled. The endowment grew by over 200 . Minority in rome and went from 11 to 19 . Throughout minority enrollment went from 11 to 19 , and throughout all of this he
Whose topic tonight is Warren Burger. And the Warren Burger, of course, is the founder of our society and is of immense importance to us. Theres no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. He was a Warren Burger clerk, but he had a long history before that. And its worth a moment, president sexton earned his bchl a. In history and m. A. In ph. D. And religion from ford ham and taught and shared the Religion Department at st. Francis college in brooklyn before he went to Harvard Law School. He went to Harvard Law School graduating in 1979 and was Supreme Court review of the clerk review. He clerked on the d. C. Circuit before he clerked for Justice Burger. After his clerkship, he went to nyu in 191. By 1988, he was dean of the law school. And his tenure there was extremely successful, though law school was firmly ensconced in the rankings as one of the top five law schools in the country. And by 2002, he was elevated to president of nyu and served there until th
Thurgood marshall. This is dedicated in this courthouse where he served on the Second Circuit. We welcome our cspan audience to our proceedings as well. Our gathering is at the intersection of two initiatives which have engaged the courts of the Second Circuit the last two years. Initiatives, which i had the privilege of proposing which have taken life because of the creative and dedicated work of remarkable colleagues of the bench bar and our court staff. But first, the 125th Anniversary Commemoration of the second court of appeals chaired by Richard Wesley has several components, including scholarly values and Public Events as we take stock of our past to better understand how our work has evolved. So as to better meet the challenges of the present and the future. The second initiative, justice for all, courts and the community is a project of all the courts of the Second Circuit. A project which, through a wide range of Civic Education ongoing activities seeks to bring courts and co
Their phones and turn them off. Even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. I am greg joseph, president of the society. Welcome. We are delighted to have you here today. We are honored to have resident emeritus of nyu john sexton, whose topic tonight is Warren Burger, the founder of our society and of immense importance to us. There is no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. He was a Warren Burger clerk, but he had a long history before that. President sexton earned his ba in history and ma and phd and religion, and taught religion in brooklyn before he went to harvard law school. He went to harvard law school, graduating 1979 magna cum laude, and was the Supreme Court editor of the harvard law review. He clerked on the d. C. Circuit court before he clerked for chief Justice Burger. He went to nyu in 1981, and by 1988 he was dean of the law school. His tenure there was extremely successful. The law school is firmly ensc