Esteemed Students,

You may have learned that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday (Friday, September 18).  In my view, this is a tremendous loss to the legal community, of which you are now a part, and to our nation.  Justice Ginsburg was known as “the face of the Trump resistance” and the “Notorious RBG.”  She was a trailblazer in the field of civil rights, particularly for women’s rights, for which she fought tirelessly as an attorney and as a judge.

RBG would want you to earn extra credit as a result of her passing.  If you would like to earn up to four extra points on your midterm exam in either Intro (1101) or Civil Procedure (1103), please read this or another article about Justice Ginsburg and post a reflection on it and Justice Ginsburg’s life here on OpenLab.  Please write at least 150 words and should identify the article or other source you read including its title, author, and publication where you read it (such as New York Times).  You may write positive or negative things about RBG–though I am a tremendous fan, you don’t need to be in order to earn extra credit.  Please check “RBG” as the category.

She would also want to be the subject of your “Law in Culture” review.   Tonight (Saturday, Sept. 19) at 10pm, CNN is showing “RBG,” an excellent documentary on Justice Ginsburg’s life, for free.  I saw it, and it’s excellent!  Here is a link to information about it, including clips and where to find it.  (For whatever it helps, CNN is channel 78 on my television, in Brooklyn with Spectrum cable.)  In the link, scroll down for other interesting tidbits like RBG’s workout routine, her “#MeToo” moment, and why some people have tattoed her picture on their bodies.  If you watch the documentary and would like to write your Law in Culture review on it instead of something you named previously, that’s totally fine, just let me know.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, see you Monday,

Prof. C.