I would like to thank you all for joining us for tonights tribute to Justice Ginsburg. These past few days have been painful and hard, and i, like you, have been heartbroken. Justice ginsburg was a giant in the law, a champion of justice ad equality, and she was also treasured member of the Georgetown Law Community for many years, beginning with her husband martys joining the faculty. She was remarkably generous with her time. I will never forget walking into on so many occasions. Every year she spoke to our first year class. Walking with her out onto the stage, looking out at hundreds of students, many of them wearing notorious rbg tshirts and seeing their faces light up and uploading ecstatically as , eventered the room though her Security Team always told us that she would leave right after her talk, she always stayed to talk to students and since friday, i have received so many photos from our students of the selfies they took with her. Notes about what a wonderful memory it was. I
Next, former law clerks of late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg joined biographers and federal judges in remembering her life and career. This discussion comes from Georgetown University law center. It run for an hour and a half. Good evening. I am bill trainer, dean of georgetown law. I would like to thank you all for joining us for tonights tribute to Justice Ginsburg. These past few days have been painful and hard, and i, like you, have been heartbroken. Justice ginsburg was a giant in the law, a champion of justice ad equality, and she was also treasured member of the Georgetown Law Community for many years, beginning with her husband martys joining the faculty. She was remarkably generous with her time. I will never forget walking into on so many occasions. Every year she spoke to our first year class. Walking with her out onto the stage, looking out at hundreds of students, many of them wearing notorious rbg tshirts and seeing their faces light up and uploading ecstatically as , even
These past few days have been painful and hard, and i, like you, have been heartbroken. Justice ginsburg was a giant in the law, a champion of justice ad equality, and she was also treasured member of the Georgetown Law Community for many years, beginning with her husband martys joining the faculty. She was remarkably generous with her time. I will never forget walking into on so many occasions. Every year she spoke to our first year class. Walking with her out onto the stage, looking out at hundreds of students, many of them wearing notorious rbg tshirts and seeing their faces light up and uploading ecstatically as , eventered the room though her Security Team always told us that she would leave right after her talk, she always stayed to talk to students and since friday, i have received so many photos from our students of the selfies they took with her. Notes about what a wonderful memory it was. It has been so lovely to see them. It is so hard to believe that she is gone. Askednight
thank you. it was my honor to serve alongside justice ruth bader ginsburg for 15 of her 27 years as a member of the supreme court of the united states. prior to that. it was my more stressful honor to argue before her as an advocate in the port but her contributions to the court and to the law began decades earlier. as a law student in the 1950s and a law professor in the 60s and 70s. she helped pave the way for women in the legal field as an advocate. she argued six important cases before the supreme court winning five as a judge of the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, and then an associate justice of the supreme court. she modeled excellence in the craft over more than four decades on the bench. throughout she inspired countless others to better understand our constitution. and to see opportunity and promise in our country. i am delighted that the smithsonian s national museum of american history is honoring justice ginsburg with its grea
special evening. thank you. it was my honor to serve alongside justice ruth bader ginsburg for 15 of her 27 years as a member of the supreme court of the united states. prior to that. it was my more stressful honor to argue before her as an advocate in the port but her contributions to the court and to the law began decades earlier. as a law student in the 1950s and a law professor in the 60s and 70s. she helped pave the way for women in the legal field as an advocate. she argued six important cases before the supreme court winning five as a judge of the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, and then an associate justice of the supreme court. she modeled excellence in the craft over more than four decades on the bench. throughout she inspired countless others to better understand our constitution. and to see opportunity and promise in our country. i am delighted that the smithsonian s national museum of american history is honoring justice ginsb