Intersecting Identities; Gender, race, and the Politics of Supreme Court Nominations

Intersecting Identities:
Gender, Race, and the Politics of Supreme Court Nominations

Thursday, March 3, 2022
6:00-7:00 p.m. Eastern
Virtual Event
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To mark the historic nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, please join NYU Law’s Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network; Law Alumni of Color Association; Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law; Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging; American Constitution Society; Black Allied Law Students Association; Women of Color Collective; and Law Women for a panel discussion on Judge Jackson’s pending nomination and confirmation.

The dynamic panel of experts will address questions including: Why are diversity and representation so central to the current nomination conversation? How do jurists’ identities and backgrounds inform their work on the bench? What other measures of diversity on the Court should we be talking about? How have critics used gender and race to distract from conversations about potential nominees’ qualifications? And how might Judge Jackson’s confirmation shift the overall dynamics on the Court in years to come?
 

  • Melissa Murray (Welcome Remarks), Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, NYU Law

  • Alicia Menendez (Moderator), Journalist; Anchor, American Voices with Alicia Menendez

  • Debo Adegbile ’94, Partner, WilmerHale; Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

  • Aimee Allison, Founder and President, She the People

  • Tiffany Gardner ’01, CEO, ReflectUS

 

This event is free and open to the public; kindly register via Zoom. Attendees will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and password after registering. Please visit the NYU Law calendar listing for additional information

Sarah Croft