Event Lectures and Symposia Center Court: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Supreme Court

Date and Location

  • When: Friday, October 4, 2024

    5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EDT

  • This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External. It will be available for viewing afterwards in the Library's Event Videos collection.

  • Where: Online Only

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A panel of distinguished legal experts will discuss Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, from varying perspectives, from clerking for the justice to arguing in front of her. The event is cosponsored with the Supreme Court Historical Society.

 

Featuring

  • Kimberly Atkins Stohr (moderator)

    Senior opinion writer, Boston Globe, cohost of "Sisters in Law" podcast and host of "Justice by Design" podcast

  • Neomi Rao

    Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, 2001

  • Julie Rose O’Sullivan

    Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor, Georgetown Law School, and former clerk to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 1985-1986

  • Joan Biskupic

    Senior Supreme Court analyst, CNN, and author of "Sandra Day O’Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice"

  • Theodore Olson

    Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and former solicitor general of the United States, 2001-2004