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Legal experts talked about the legal impact of national elections on the future makeup of the Supreme Court and the notion of “activist” judges. Renee Chenault-Fattah moderated. they also re…

The Philadelphia Bar Association invited Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to speak about women in the law at its quarterly luncheon. Bar members also presen…

Following the presentation of the 1998 Sandra Day O’Connor award to U.S. District Court Judge Anita Brody, former American Bar Association president Ms. Ramo talked about the legal professio…

Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawerence Summers discussed the causes of the global economic crisis, how to keep the problems from deeply affecting the U.S. economy, and future financial systems.…

Jeffery Toobin spoke about recent high profile cases and media coverage of them. He examined the conflicting goals of journalists and the attorneys involved in the cases and how both sides t…

Participants examined the Smith Act trials of the 1950s which dealt with the government’s prosecution of U.S. citizens who were also members of the Communist Party. The panelists consisted o…

Sol Linowitz, Honorary Chairman for the Academy For Educational Development, spoke about reform within the legal profession.

Justice O’Connor took part in the annual ceremony sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association for the award in her honor. She spoke on the history of women in the legal profession and the …

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun spoke before the Philadelphia Bar Association to mark the 200th anniversary of the writing of the Bill of Rights. Justice Blackmun discussed the rol…

Panelists discussed problems in the current education system and ways to make improvements.

Attorney General Richard Thornburgh addressed the Philadelphia Bar Association annual meeting.