Arts & Culture

2315 Durant Ave,Berkeley CA 94704

12 January, 2022

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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Talk by Berkeley Law Professor Amanda Tyler Many of us recall exactly where we were when we heard that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had lost her decade’s long battle with cancer. More than a year later, her loss is still deeply felt by those who revered her. Fortunately, Berkeley Law Professor Amanda Tyler helped Justice Ginsburg to crystallize her legal legacy in the final year of her life. Together they produced Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union, an inspiring new book that they finished just three weeks before the Justice died. It includes what Justice Ginsburg felt were her most important legal writings and speeches and fascinating reminiscences of her private and professional life. Professor Tyler, who clerked for Justice Ginsburg from 1999 to 2000 and maintained a close relationship with her, will be our Arts & Culture speaker on Wednesday, January 12, at 7 p.m. (Note that this date is the second Wednesday of the month, not our usual first Wednesday.) This event is free and open to the public. The City Club requires all attendees to show proof of vaccination and wear masks. Please pre-register so we can arrange adequate safe seating. In her illustrated talk, Professor Tyler will explain how she and the Justice selected the contents of the book. They hoped to show how she devoted her legal career not only to achieving gender equality but also to creating “a more perfect union.” Professor Tyler also will share what she learned from her mentor, the woman whose fans christened her the Notorious RBG and wore buttons declaring “There’s no truth without Ruth!” Every Halloween, mini-Ruth Bader Ginsburgs are seen trick-or-treating across the country. “The Justice did not seek out the limelight,” Professor Tyler says. “She was incredibly reserved and shy. She was pretty bowled over that little girl looked up to an octogenarian because she was smart. ‘This is progress!’ she said.” The new book has another important link to Berkeley Law: It began to take shape in October 2019 when Justice Ginsburg came to the law school to deliver the first annual Herma Kay Hill Memorial Lecture. Dean Hill, a dear friend of Justice Ginsburg, was the second female faculty member at Berkeley Law and the first woman to lead it. Professor Tyler, officially the Shannon Cecil Turner Professor of Law, teaches and writes about the Supreme Court, the federal courts, constitutional law, and civil procedure. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles as well as two other books: Habeas Corpus in Wartime: From the Tower of London to Guantanamo Bay and Habeas Corpus: A Very Short Introduction. She graduated with honors from Stanford University, where she majored in Public Policy and played Division I Women’s Soccer. She earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Before she joined the faculty of Berkeley Law in 2012, Professor Tyler taught at George Washington University Law School and was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, and the University of Virginia School of Law. Email: [email protected]