Bill good evening, everyone. I am bill trainor, the dean of georgetown law, and it is a great pleasure to welcome you all here and it is a particular honor to welcome back to georgetown law, Justice Ginsburg. A round of applause. [applause] so the the justice will be joining us in a minute, it is not a bait and switch. [laughter] ut as i said, it is great to see you all here. When we were initially planning this event, we were going to have it at a much smaller venue, because it is july. Students are gone, faculty are mostly not around, so we figured we would not attract a large audience. We did not have to worry about that, it turns out. He justice obviously has serious star power. As soon as the event was sent out to the law center community, we got enormous number of rsvps. We had to shutdown the rsvp link within 24 hours. We have a satellite venue. Please come on in. For the first panel, ruthanne, dori, and justice ginsberg. [applause] jus. Ginsberg thank you so much. Sit down. You
Georgetown law, Justice Ginsburg. A round of applause. [applause] so the the justice will be joining us in a minute, it is not a bait and switch. [laughter] but as i said, it is great to see you all here to read when we were initially planning this event, we were going to have it at a much smaller venue, because it is july. Students are gone, faculty are mostly not around, so we figured we would not attract a large audience. We did not have to worry about that, it turns out. The justice obviously has serious star power. As soon as the event was sent out to the law center community, we got enormous number of rsvps. We had to shutdown the rsvp link within 24 hours. We have a satellite venue. Please come on in. Panel, ruthanne, dori, and justice ginsberg. [applause] jus. Ginsberg thank you so much. Sit down. You are about to be treated to an Extraordinary Program that will focus on Justice Ginsburgs legacy of gender equality and life and in the law. For our first panel you will hear a con
Joining us in a minute, it is not a bait and switch. It is great to see you all here. And we were initially planning this event, we were originally going to have an in a smaller july, because it is students are gone, faculty are mostly not around, so we figured we would not attract a large audience, we did not have to worry about that it turns out. The justice obviously has serious star power. Outoon as the event was set sent out, we had an ornament an enormous member of rsvps. We had to shut down the link within 24 hours. Have a satellite venue. Please come on in. Running us is ruth, victoria, and justice in bird. [applause] thank you so much. Bill you are about to be treated to an Extraordinary Program that will focus on Justice Ginsburgs legacy on gender inequality in life and in the law. For our first panel you will hear a conversation between the justice and two of her former law clerks. Ann and dori bernstein. They will be in conversation about her life and the current state and
Bill the justice will be joining us in a minute, it is not a bait and switch. It is great to see you all here. And we were initially planning this event, we were originally going to have an in a smaller venue, because it is july, students are gone, faculty are mostly not around, so we figured we would not attract a large audience, we did not have to worry about that it turns out. The justice obviously has serious star power. As soon as the event was sent out, we had an enormous member of rsvps. We had to shut down the link within 24 hours. Have a satellite venue. Please come on in. Our first panel. Ruthanne, dori, and justice ginsberg. [applause] thank you so much. But sit down. Bill you are about to be treated to an Extraordinary Program that will focus on Justice Ginsburgs legacy on gender inequality in life and in the law. For our first panel you will hear a conversation between the justice and two of her former law clerks. Ruthanne and dori bernstein. They will be in conversation a
In addition to being a House Historical Association board member, in my prior life, i did eight years in the Obama White House, six years as mrs. Obamas chief of staff during the entire eight years, i also ran the White House Council on women and girls. And so theres a special place in my heart for women in the white house, where women in history or women as leaders our country, and how important it is to tell that story wherever it is and bring out that rich history. I was struck last night by the photo of the first steak dinner that we saw and how it was just a bunch of men gathered in the blue there and how things are now, but how we should uncover the stories because there were clearly women behind all those men standing in that picture as. There are women throughout history and through what were doing. And so that how we will the panel that we will have this morning to discuss this. And so let me introduce our panels. We have as our moderator, greta bronner, who is a host for cspa