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
Professor joanna schwartz, its such a pleasure. Finally meet you. How are you. Im well. How are you . Very good, thank you. Very good. I really enjoyed reading your book. Even though the subject is quite a serious subject matter. So i feel a little uncomfortable saying i enjoyed it, but i always enjoy being informed. And certainly as someone who focuses on these issues in my teaching and as former Police Officer here in new york city, i just found it absolutely fascinating. I wanted to start off with what what motivated you i know this is your area of scholarship and focus but broadly speaking what motivated you to write this book. Well i before i a professor at ucla, i a civil rights litigator new york city bringing lawsuits. New york city police, Police Officers and new York City Department of corrections, other agencies in the area. And when i was in that practice, there were a lot of questions that came to mind about the way in which our system, the way in which civil litigation ac
Professor joanna schwartz, its such a pleasure. Finally meet you. How are you. Im well. How are you . Very good, thank you. Very good. I really enjoyed reading your book. Even though the subject is quite a serious subject matter. So i feel a little uncomfortable saying i enjoyed it, but i always enjoy being informed. And certainly as someone who focuses on these issues in my teaching and as former Police Officer here in new york city, i just found it absolutely fascinating. I wanted to start off with what what motivated you i know this is your area of scholarship and focus but broadly speaking what motivated you to write this book. Well i before i a professor at ucla, i a civil rights litigator new york city bringing lawsuits. New york city police, Police Officers and new York City Department of corrections, other agencies in the area. And when i was in that practice, there were a lot of questions that came to mind about the way in which our system, the way in which civil litigation ac
Professor joanna schwartz, its such a pleasure. Finally meet you. How are you. Im well. How are you . Very good, thank you. Very good. I really enjoyed reading your book. Even though the subject is quite a serious subject matter. So i feel a little uncomfortable saying i enjoyed it, but i always enjoy being informed. And certainly as someone who focuses on these issues in my teaching and as former Police Officer here in new york city, i just found it absolutely fascinating. I wanted to start off with what what motivated you i know this is your area of scholarship and focus but broadly speaking what motivated you to write this book. Well i before i a professor at ucla, i a civil rights litigator new york city bringing lawsuits. New york city police, Police Officers and new York City Department of corrections, other agencies in the area. And when i was in that practice, there were a lot of questions that came to mind about the way in which our system, the way in which civil litigation ac
Professor joanna schwartz, its such a pleasure. Finally meet you. How are you. Im well. How are you . Very good, thank you. Very good. I really enjoyed reading your book. Even though the subject is quite a serious subject matter. So i feel a little uncomfortable saying i enjoyed it, but i always enjoy being informed. And certainly as someone who focuses on these issues in my teaching and as former Police Officer here in new york city, i just found it absolutely fascinating. I wanted to start off with what what motivated you i know this is your area of scholarship and focus but broadly speaking what motivated you to write this book. Well i before i a professor at ucla, i a civil rights litigator new york city bringing lawsuits. New york city police, Police Officers and new York City Department of corrections, other agencies in the area. And when i was in that practice, there were a lot of questions that came to mind about the way in which our system, the way in which civil litigation ac