The 2018 Stein Lecture: John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States

When
October 16, 2018, 4:00 to 5:15 pm
Where
Northrop
Carlson Family Stage

84 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States

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John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Marie Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979–1980 and as a law clerk for then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term. He was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1981–1982, Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel’s Office from 1982–1986, and Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1989–1993. From 1986–1989 and 1993–2003, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. President George W. Bush nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his seat September 29, 2005.

Photo: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

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CLE Credits
1.25 Standard CLE credit has been approved; Event Code #263085
Sponsored by

Professor Robert A. Stein, class of 1961, dean of the Law School for 15 years, and former chief operating officer of the American Bar Association, generously endowed this lecture series to enrich the program of the Law School by inviting leaders of the bench and bar and of the governments of the United States and other nations to deliver an annual lecture on a topic of national or international interest. 

Previous Stein Lectures have included:

  • The 2013 Stein Lecture: Former U.S. Vice President Walter F. Mondale ('56)
  • The 2014 Stein Lecture: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (video)
  • The 2015 Stein Lecture: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia 
  • The 2016 Stein Lecture: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (video)
Contact
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