U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will discuss #probono service with @ABAesq president at a special event held at #GeorgetownLaw. Follow this thread for updates.
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Justice Kagan on her time at
@Harvard_Law: "I can't claim credit, but my predecessor put in a mandatory#probono requirement for students. What we discovered, is that students really went for it and did it." "The real challenge was to create the opportunities."Show this thread -
Justice Kagan continues by saying that the decisions made by
#SCOTUS cannot all be perceived as partisan. It often comes down judicial philosophy. "We all, every single one of us, should think about it that way."Show this thread -
"Echo chambers are boring places, and you tend not to learn that much in them. If nothing else, when you listen to people with different views, at least learn how to defend your point better." "Who knows, you may even learn that you're wrong." - Justice Kagan
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"I've always thought that too many people in law school are on a track. They don't think hard enough about what they really want to do." "You should try to find a path that fills you with a kind of pride and a sense of passion and urgency about your work." - Justice Kagan
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Justice Kagan on her promise to go hunting if she was confirmed: "When I was going through the confirmation process, in addition to hearings, you spend a lot of time going office to office talking to senators." "I can't tell you how many of them brought up....guns or hunting."
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An Idaho senator was talking to me about how important gun culture was for people in his state. I said: "I grew up in the middle of NYC, this isn't what we did on weekends." "But, if you invite me to your ranch, I'd love to go hunting with you." "A look of horror washed over him"
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"So I said..I'll make you a promise, if I get confirmed, I'll ask Justice Scalia to take me hunting." "When I told Scalia, he cracked up!" "He took me to his club and taugh me to shoot, and taught me gun safety." ... "I actually quite liked it." 0 Justice Kagan
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"We're not all Justice Ginsburg!" -- Justice Kagan makes the crowd erupt in laughter when she tells an anecdote about someone approaching her and mistaking her for
#SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Show this thread -
Justice Kagan on life tenure for
#SCOTUS justices: The reason for it is that it makes the justices independent. That's really important. "But what the proposals for shorter terms are trying to do is take the 'high stakes' out of the confirmation process."Show this thread -
Justice Kagan's advice to law students: "Do something that fills your life with purpose and meaning." "Don't plan too much." "Be alert to serendipity in your life."
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