King Hall Students Meet with Justice Ginsburg

King Hall students in the UCDC Law Program met with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for a special question-and-answer session on October 27. Justice Ginsburg spoke to a group of undergraduate and law students in a discussion moderated by Jess Bravin, Supreme Court correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, and then met with 16 UCDC law students for a more intimate discussion of legal issues.

Justice Ginsburg spoke on a variety of topics. Speaking to the larger group of students, she talked about her motivation for going to law school and the difficulties she faced as a female in entering the legal job market. During the small group session, she pulled out a pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution and walked the students through an exercise demonstrating her belief in a "living Constitution."

Justice Ginsburg is the fourth Supreme Court justice to meet UCDC students. UC Davis School of Law students previously have met with Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Stephen Breyer.

The UCDC Law Program is a uniquely collaborative semester-long externship in Washington, D.C., combining a weekly seminar with a full-time field placement to offer law students an unparalleled opportunity to learn how federal statutes, regulations, and policies are made, changed, and understood in the nation's capital.