The annual John Paul Stevens Lecture brings a distinguished jurist to Colorado Law to discuss judging and the state of the judiciary. United States Associate Justice John Paul Stevens delivered the inaugural lecture in September 2011. Since then, the lecture has been given by Associate Justice Sabrina McKenna of the Hawaii Supreme Court (2023); Chief Justice Angela Riley of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma Tribal Court (2022); the Honorable Bernice B. Donald of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2021); former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Zak Yacoob (2020); U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (2019); Judge Carlos F. Lucero, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2018); former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, New York Court of Appeals (2017); Justice Sonia Sotomayor (2016); Justice Antonin Scalia (2014); Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (2013), and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2012). The signature fireside chat format of the lecture presents an opportunity for law students, lawyers, and community members to hear about the jurists’ approach to the bench, career, legal philosophy, and law school advice. The lecture often attracts over 2,000 people to CU Boulder’s Macky Auditorium, and is streamed for a national audience.
Thirteenth annual John Paul Stevens Lecture featuring the Honorable Stephen A. Higginson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
The Byron R. White Center proudly presented the Thirteenth Annual John Paul Stevens Lecture on Thursday, October 24, 2024. This year's guest jurist wasthe Honorable Stephen A. Higginson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. Judge Higginson’s lecture wasentitled, The Nuremberg Trials: Lessons for Law 鶹Ժ, Lawyers, and Judges. He wasthe first former law clerk to Justice Byron R. White to deliver the Stevens Lecture. In conversation with Professor Deep Gulasekaram, Director of the Byron White Center, Judge Higginson discussed his research on the Nuremberg Trials, focusing on their contemporary and continuing relevance for advocates and judges today.