An Evening with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Presented by the Spertus Center for Public Dialogue on Issues of the Day, join us for a rare opportunity to hear Justice Ginsburg’s address, titled From Benjamin to Brandeis to Breyer: Is There a Jewish Seat on the U.S. Supreme Court? Her talk will be followed by a question and answer session.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President Clinton and took the oath of office in August 1993. Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court, she served on the bench of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, was a professor at Columbia University School of Law, and served on the law faculty of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She has taught at many other law schools in the United States and abroad.

In 1971, then Professor Ginsburg was instrumental in launching the Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. Throughout the 1970s she litigated a series of cases solidifying a constitutional principle against gender-based discrimination. Her bar association activities have included service on the Board of Editors of the American Bar Association Journal, and as Secretary, Board member, and Executive Committee member of the American Bar Foundation. Justice Ginsburg served on the Council of the American Law Institute, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. She has written widely in the areas of civil procedure, conflict of laws, constitutional law, and comparative law.

Tickets are $30 | $25 for Spertus members

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The Center for Public Dialogue is made possible by philanthropic gifts to support lectures by renowned speakers. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a speaker of the Pritzker Family Endowed Lectures.