Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg '59

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Dean David Leebron (left) and her former clerk, Professor Gillian Metzger (right).

On September 12, 2003 Columbia Law School hosted a celebration in honor of the 10th anniversary of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States.

The celebration included a set of panels with world-renowned legal experts, as well as a lunchtime address by Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Columbia Law School was honored to host the celebrations for its distinguished alumna Justice Ginsburg -- a 1959 graduate of the Law School.

Following is the program, and accompanying web videos of the morning and afternoon panels.*

September 12, 2003

10:00a.m.
Welcome David W. Leebron, Dean, Columbia Law School

The Relationship of United States Constitutional Law and Foreign Constitutional Law

Participants: Justice Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court of Israel
Honorable Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, formerly of the Supreme Court of Canada
President Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias, European Court of Justice
Justice Stephen G. Breyer, United States Supreme Court

View web video:
rtsp://media.cc.columbia.edu/law/ginsburg_anniversary/Ginsburg030912a.rm

Noon
Justice Stephen G. Breyer, United States Supreme Court

2:00 p.m.
Justice Ginsburg's Contributions to Supreme Court Jurisprudence

Moderator: Professor Michael Dorf, Columbia Law School
Participants: Professor Henry Monaghan, Columbia Law School
Professor Deborah Jones Merritt, The Ohio State University
Professor Sam Bagenstos, Harvard Law School
David Shapiro, Harvard Law School

View web video:
rtsp://media.cc.columbia.edu/law/ginsburg_anniversary/Ginsburg030912b.rm

4:00 p.m.
Concluding Remarks

Professor Herma Hill Kay, Boalt Hall, University of California School of Law

View web video:
rtsp://media.cc.columbia.edu/law/ginsburg_anniversary/Ginsburg030912b2.rm

* Please note that we do not have transcripts of the events.

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