The Remarkable Life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Conversation with Washburn Law Dean Carla Pratt

In this episode, we pay tribute to the groundbreaking and iconic life of the “Notorious RBG,” Justice Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who left an indelible jurisprudential legacy of gender equality, civil rights, voting rights, and dignity for all people. Through her work as a law professor and head of the American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project, her appointment by President Jimmy Carter to the federal bench and her elevation in 1993 to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton, Ginsburg has been referred to as the most important woman lawyer in the history of the Republic. In honoring Justice Ginsburg, we are joined by one the few Black women to lead one of the Nation’s 204 law schools, Howard University School of Law alumna and current Washburn University School of Law Dean Carla Pratt. We discuss Ginsburg’s impact on the Supreme Court as an advocate and a jurist and explore the comparisons between Justice Thurgood Marshall’s work on racial equality and Justice Ginsburg’s work on gender equality.

The host for this episode is Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Discussed in this episode:

ACLU

Affirmative Action

Affordable Care Act/Obamacare

African American law school deans

@AJCGlobal (American Jewish Committee)

Ambassador Delano Lewis

Anti-racist

#BlackJewishUnity week

Brown v. Board of Education

Columbia University Law School

Equal Protection Clause

Equal Rights Act

Gender equality

Georgetown University Law Center Professor Paul Butler

Howard University School of Law

Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Joe Biden

Judge Harry T. Edwards

Judge Paul Watford

Justice Clarence Thomas

Justice Elena Kagan

Justice Thurgood Marshall

Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Lilly Ledbetter

National Public Radio

Notorious RBG

Penn State Dickinson Law of Law

President Barack Obama

Reproductive Rights

Roe v. Wade

Supreme Court of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Title VII

Topeka, Kansas

U.S. Senator Bob Dole

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Voting Rights

Verizon

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