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September(27+29,(2013( Hon. Ruth I. Abrams Class of 1956 “… it was clear one judge didn’t want me in the courtroom [even though I was the Assistant DA in Middlesex County]. He said I could not be in the courtroom without a hat and white gloves. The white hat and gloves were an excuse. Do you know how dirty the old Middlesex County courthouse was?” Honorable Ruth I. Abrams (Ret.)

Justice, First Female Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court Harvard Class of 1956 (A.B., 1953)

Hon. Cynthia G. Aaron '84 Hon. Sharon V. Burrell '82 Hon. Mary Grace Diehl '77 Hon. Justice Arden '70 Hon. Zoe A. Bush '79 Hon. Raya S. Dreben '54 Hon. Christine M. Arguello '80 Hon. V. Buthelezi-Khampepe '82 Hon. Fernande R. V. Duffly '78 Hon. Deborah A. Batts '72 Hon. Diane O. Campbell '76 Hon. Antoinette L. Dupont '54 Hon. Carol Berkman '67 Hon. Yvonne E. Campos '88 Hon. Jacquelyn P. Eckert '94 Hon. Marie-France Bich '80 Hon. Susan L. Carney '77 Hon. Maryanne E. Elliott '90 Hon. '93 Hon. Denise Jefferson Casper '94 Hon. Christine C. Ewell '86 Hon. Catherine C. Blake '75 Hon. Shelley C. Chapman '81 Hon. Gail Ruderman Feuer '84 Hon. Karen J. Brandt '79 Hon. Dorothy Chin-Brandt '75 Hon. Dale S. Fischer '80 Hon. F. S. Brenneman '53 Hon. Cynthia J. Cohen '75 Hon. Fern Fisher '78 Hon. Eileen M. Brewer '87 Hon. Laura A. Cordero '88 Hon. Lisa A. Foster '84 Hon. Carol S. Brosnahan '59 Hon. Jacqueline Scott Corley '91 Hon. Beth Labson Freeman '79 Hon. Kimberly S. Budd '91 Hon. Susan J. Craighed '93 Hon. Stephanie A. Gallagher '97 Hon. Claudia E. Buechter '94

HLS Alumnae in the Judiciary Hon. Gail A. Garinger '72 Hon. Faith Shapiro Hochberg '75 Hon. Leila R. Kern '84 Hon. Julia Dobbs Gibbs '75 Hon. Anne B. Holton '83 Hon. '62 Hon. '59 Hon. Claire I-Hon Hsiao '04 Hon. Shannon J. Kilgore '86 Hon. Marilyn Dolan Go '77 Hon. Constance D. Hunt '76 Hon. Lucy H. Koh '93 Hon. Adrianna M. Goodland '91 Hon. Justice Margaret Insaidoo '97 Hon. Irene A. Lamb '88 Hon. Beatriz M. Gordon '96 Hon. Justice Nasira W. Iqbal '86 Hon. Barbara A. Lenk '79 Hon. Mary E. Greene '76 Hon. Iva Ivanisevic '10 Hon. E. Chouteau Levine '90 Hon. Helena R. Gweon '92 Hon. '79 Hon. Wilma A. Lewis '81 Hon. Juat-Jong Han '89 Hon. '96 Hon. Ying-Yi Liu '97 Hon. Sydney Hanlon '75 Hon. Marie Oliver Jackson '72 Hon. Debra A. Livingston '84 Hon. Lisa White Hardwick '85 Hon. '86 Hon. Elaine Lu '94 Hon. Lisa Kay Hemmer '80 Hon. Victoria S. Kaufman '89 Hon. Ingiridur Ludviksdottir '03 Hon. Emily C. Hewitt '78 Hon. Jane Kelly '91

HLS Alumnae in the Judiciary Hon. Maria Cristina Mattioli '94 Hon. Pamela M. Parker '82 Hon. Janet L. Sanders '82 Hon. Maureen D. McGee '86 Hon. Sherry L.C. Peterson '90 Hon. Patti B. Saris '76 Hon. Colleen McMahon '76 Hon. Cornelia T. L. Pillard '87 Hon. Carol A. Schapira '72 Hon. G. Mensah-Datsa '05 Hon. Katherine M. Polk '93 Hon. Lis Sejr '82 Hon. Marla J. Miller '80 Hon. '76 Hon. Stephanie K. Seymour '65 Hon. Patricia A. Millett '88 Hon. Tynia D. Richard '90 Hon. Carol Sherman '71 Hon. Eva W. Minnetian '87 Hon. Andrea Rocanelli '89 Hon. Arlene R. Silverman '67 Hon. Susan Oki Mollway '81 Hon. Judith W. Rogers '64 Hon. Gabriele M. Smith-Lukasser '91 Hon. '73 Hon. Allyne R. Ross '70 Hon. Lurana S. Snow '75 Hon. Margaret M. Morrow '74 Hon. Jane R. Roth '65 Hon. Hisako Soda '03 Hon. Mary V. M . Newbury '75 Hon. Barbara M. J. Rothstein '66 Hon. E. Susan Speier Garsh '73 Hon. Priscilla Gin Orida '72 Hon. Joan R. Salzman '82 Hon. Freda M. Steel '78

HLS Alumnae in the Judiciary Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong '82 Hon. Catharina M. J. Van Santvliet '89 Hon. '82 Hon. Ronit Z. Walker '92 Hon. Danaya Tangdhanakanond '99 Hon. Jennifer L. Walker Elrod '92 Hon. Anna C. Terwiel '74 Hon. Zita L. Weinshienk '58 Hon. Valerie Pik-Yuen Thean '95 Hon. Kimba M. Wood '69 Hon. Cheryl R. Tompkin-Vincent '81 Hon. Wilhelmina Marie Wright '89 Hon. Amy M. Totenberg '77 Hon. Ann C. Yahner '79 Hon. Tucker '86 Hon. Gloria G. Ybarra '78 Hon. Judge M. E. Turpel-Lafond '93 Hon. Laurie D. Zelon '77 Hon. Geertje van Erp Taalman Hon. Rya W. Zobel '56 Kip Nieuwenkamp '61

HLS Alumnae in the Judiciary 2003 Honorable Frederica S. Brenneman

Judge Trial Referee, Connecticut Superior Court Class of 1953 Radcliffe College (A.B., 1947) Judge, Connecticut Juvenile Court (1967-1978); Judge, Connecticut Superior Court (1978-1997); , Connecticut Legislature’s Judiciary Committee (1967) St. Joseph’s College (Hon. Doctor of Humane Letters, 2000); Law/Boston (Hon. Doctor of Law, 2011) Honorable Frederica Brenneman

Honorable Sondra Miller (Ret.)

Judge, Appellate Division, Supreme Court of the State of , Second Department Harvard Law School Class of 1953 Wellesley College (B.A., 1950) Judge, Family Court, Westchester County (1983-1986); Judge, New York State Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit (1986) 1988 Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court Class of 1959 Cornell University (B.A., 1954) ACLU General Counsel (1973-1980); Law Clerk, Honorable Edmund L. Palmieri, United States District Court, Southern District of New York (1959-1961) Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg Harvard ’57-58

1998 Honorable Antoinette L. Dupont

Judge Trial Referee, Connecticut Appellate Court Harvard Law School Class of 1954 Brown University (B.A., 1950) Judge, Connecticut Court of Common Pleas (1977-1978); Judge, Superior Court of the State of Connecticut (1978-1983); Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division (1983); Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court (1983-1999), Chief Judge (1984-1997) Honorable Carol Berkman (Ret.)

Justice, New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, First Judicial District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1967 Cornell University (B.A., 1963) Judge, New York County, Criminal Court (1979-1982) Honorable Arlene R. Silverman (Ret.)

Justice, New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, First Judicial District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1967 (LL.B.) Douglass College of Rutgers University (A.B., 1964) Judge, New York County, Criminal Court (1984-1998) Honorable Kimba M. Wood

Senior Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1969 Connecticut College (B.A., 1965) London School of Economics (M.Sc., 1966) Honorable Kimba M. Wood Honorable (Ret.)

Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Class of 1971 Yale University (M.A., 1971) Barnard College (B.A., 1967) Law Clerk, Honorable Luther Swygert United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, (1971-1972) Dean Vorenberg and Honorable Nancy Gertner

1986 Honorable Nancy Gertner Honorable Deborah A. Batts

Senior Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1972 Radcliffe College (A.B., 1969) Law Clerk, Honorable Lawrence Pierce, United States District Court, Southern District of New York (1972-1973)

Honorable Deborah A. Batts Honorable Karen Nelson Moore

Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Harvard Law School Class of 1973 Radcliffe College (A.B., 1970) Law Clerk, Honorable Harry Blackman, United States Supreme Court (1974-1975) Honorable Malcolm Wilkey, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1973-1974) Honorable Faith S. Hochberg

Judge, United States District Court, District of Harvard Law School Class of 1975 (B.A., 1972) Law Clerk, Honorable Spottswood Robinson, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (1975 - 1976) Honorable Reena Raggi

Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Harvard Law School Class of 1976 Wellesley College (B.A., 1973) Law Clerk, Honorable Thomas E. Fairchild, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (1976-1977); Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (1987-2002)

2008 Honorable Patti B. Saris

Chief U.S. District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Harvard Law School Class of 1976 Radcliffe College (A.B., 1973) Law Clerk, Honorable Robert Bracher, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1976-1977) Honorable Patti B. Saris Honorable Susan Laura Carney

Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Harvard Law School Class of 1977 (A.B., 1973) Law Clerk, Honorable Levin H. Campbell, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1977-1978) Honorable Marilyn Dolan Go

Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1977 Radcliffe College (B.A., 1973) Law Clerk, Honorable William Marutani, Court of Common Pleas, City of Philadelphia (1977-1978) Honorable Fern A. Fisher Deputy Chief Administrative Judge, Courts and Director of New York State Access to Justice Program Harvard Law School Class of 1978 Howard University (B.S., 1975) Housing Court Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York and Kings Counties (1989-1990); Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York (1990-1993); Supreme Court Justice, New York County (1993-2007; 2008-present); Administrative Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York (1994-2009) Honorable Fernande R.V. Duffly

Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Harvard Law School Class of 1978 University of Connecticut (B.A., 1985) Honorable Fernande R.V. Duffly Honorable Christine L. Miniman

Judge, Appellate Division, New Jersey Superior Court Harvard Law School Class of 1978 Farleigh Dickinson University (B.A., 1975) Law Clerk, Honorable Leonard I. Garth, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (1978-1979); Judge, Civil Division, New Jersey Superior Court; Judge, Family Division, New Jersey Superior Court Honorable Christine M. Arguello

District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado Harvard Law School Class of 1980 University of Colorado (1977) Honorable Christine M. Arguello(( Honorable Shelley C. Chapman

Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1981 Cornell University (B.A., 1978) Honorable Joan R. Salzman

Deputy Commissioner and Supervising Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings of the City of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1982 Yale University (B.A., 1979) Law Clerk, Honorable José A. Cabranes, United States District Court, District of Connecticut Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong

Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1982 Harvard University (A.B., 1978) Law Clerk, Honorable A. David Mazzone, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts 1998 2003 Honorable Laura Taylor Swain

Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York Harvard Law School Class of 1982 Harvard-Radcliffe College (B.A., 1979) Law Clerk, Honorable , United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1982-1983); United States Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of New York (1996-2000) Honorable Cynthia Aaron

Associate Justice, California Fourth District Court of Appeal Harvard Law School Class of 1984 Stanford University (A.B., 1979) Honorable Leila R. Kern (Ret.)

Superior Court Judge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harvard Law School Class of 1984 Barnard College (B.A.) Honorable Debra A. Livingston

Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Harvard Law School Class of 1984 Princeton University (B.A., 1980) Law Clerk, Honorable J. Edward Lumbard, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1984-1985) Honorable Elena Kagan

Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court Harvard Law School Class of 1986 Princeton University (A.B., 1981) Dean of Harvard Law School (2003-2009); Associate Counsel to President Clinton (1995-1996); Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) (1997-1999); Law Clerk, Honorable , United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit (1986-1987); Law Clerk, Justice , United States Supreme Court (1987) Honorable Elena Kagan ’85-86 2006 2008 Honorable Elena Kagan 2008

Honorable Elena Kagan Honorable Elena Kagan

Ginsburg also opened up about and Elena Kagan, the two other women currently on the Supreme Court, praising them for their work. "The women are not shrinking violets," Ginsburg said. "They more than hold their own."

The Huffington Post, August 1, 2013

Honorable Yvonne Esperanza Campos

Judge, Superior Court of the State of California Harvard Law School Class of 1988 Stanford University (A.B., 1985) Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright

Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court Harvard Law School Class of 1989 Yale University (1986) Law Clerk, Honorable Damon J. Keith, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Honorable Wilhelmina M. Wright 2011 Hon. Ruth I. Abrams Class of 1956

“The atmosphere [at HLS] was not friendly to women, but it was challenging. My feeling of being an outsider later helped me as a woman prosecutor. I learned how to handle myself in a hostile situation, when the police were yelling, the judges and opposing counsel unfriendly.” Hon. Ruth I. Abrams Class of 1956

“All the dean said was that we would be lucky to get any job in law, even as a secretary. I don’t think Harvard was ready to admit women even though it was 1950. [Harvard was] the last national law school to admit women.” Women&Transforming&Our&Communi1es&and&the&World& A(Special(Thank&You&to(Everyone( Who(Helped(“Sprinkle”(Images( Throughout(Celebra4on(60( Women&Transforming&Our& Communi1es&and&the&World&

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