Justice Sonia Sotomayor Explains Magna Carta to Students from School Without Walls
Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a special visit to the Young Readers Center to read a book and talk about Magna Carta to 6th grade students from the School Without Walls at Francis Stevens in Washington, D.C. As part of a career/story time collaboration with EverybodyWins!DC, the students and the Justice toured the Lincoln Magna Carta exhibit at the Library of Congress. The program continued in the Young Readers Center, where the Justice joined the students for a conversation about her own life, career, and role at the Supreme Court, pointing out the relationship of Magna Carta to the U.S. Constitution.
Speaker Biography: Justice Sonia Sotomayor earned a B.A. from Princeton University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. She served as Assistant District Attorney in New York County, then litigated international commercial matters in New York City at Pavia & Harcourt. President George H.W. Bush nominated her to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. She served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and was nominated as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama and confirmed in 2009.
For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6767
Видео Justice Sonia Sotomayor Explains Magna Carta to Students from School Without Walls канала Library of Congress
Speaker Biography: Justice Sonia Sotomayor earned a B.A. from Princeton University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. She served as Assistant District Attorney in New York County, then litigated international commercial matters in New York City at Pavia & Harcourt. President George H.W. Bush nominated her to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. She served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and was nominated as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama and confirmed in 2009.
For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6767
Видео Justice Sonia Sotomayor Explains Magna Carta to Students from School Without Walls канала Library of Congress
Показать
Комментарии отсутствуют
Информация о видео
Другие видео канала
Cuéntame! Let's Talk Books with Andrea Beatriz ArangoHow to Access BooksharePre-Concert Conversation with Matthias Maute of Ensemble CapriceOpen Mic with Jayme StoneHow to Use a USB Keyboard with the eReader2024 Kluge Prize Award CeremonySteven Millhauser: 2012 National Book FestivalNational Ambassador for Young People's Literature InaugurationInside Compassion: Edge States, Contemplative Interventions, NeuroscienceTroubleshootingAmbient ASMR of the Library of Congress Main Reading RoomHistorical Novels: 2019 National Book FestivalJonah Solkoff Eskin Memorial Program 2015: A Tribute to Walter Dean MyersA Glimpse of Archeology & Preservation in the Kingdom of BahrainTroubleshootingConversation with Carl ElliottStory Time for Young Readers: National Book Festival EditionLet's Talk Books! with Christina Soontornvat PromoWorking (and Not Working) with BernsteinPreparing for the Next Generation of Crewed Planetary Surface ExplorationCuéntame! Let’s Talk Books with Andrea Beatriz Arango Promo