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Two Supreme Court Justices; four former White House Counsel; a former Solicitor General; Pulitzer Prize- winning authors; a NYT Supreme Court Correspondent; and a host of local and national legal luminaries—these have been the guest speakers for the Northern District Court Historical Society.

Our topics are as varied as:

  • Breaking the Glass Bar: Trailblazing Women of the Northern District
  • Impact Litigation in the Bay Area
  • War Crimes: From the 1945 San Francisco U.N. Conference to Today
  • California’s War of Extermination Against American Indians: Legislation & Litigation
  • The Voting Rights Act at 60
  • The Civil Rights Act at 60
  • Anti-Asian Hate: A Case Study of Law, Politics, and Practice
  • and Recovery and Restitution of Art Stolen by the Nazis

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