HISPANIC NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to Speak at HNBA 35th Annual Convention
The HNBA is pleased to announce that Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will be speaking at the 35th Annual Convention on Thursday, September 9th. Justice O'Connor attended Stanford University, where she received her B.A. in economics in 1950. She continued at the Stanford Law School for her LL.B., serving on the Stanford Law Review.
In 1969 she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate by Republican Arizona Governor Jack Richard Williams and was subsequently re-elected as a Republican to two two-year terms. In 1973, she was elected majority leader. In 1975, she was elected judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court (Arizona) and served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals by Democratic Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt.
On July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan - who had pledged during his 1980 presidential campaign to appoint the first woman to the Court - nominated O'Connor as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, to replace the retiring Potter Stewart. As if in anticipation of her arrival, the Court abandoned its formal use of "Mr. Justice" as the form of address, opting for the simpler and gender-neutral, "Justice." As of August 2009, she continues to hear cases and has rendered over a dozen opinions in federal appellate courts across the country, filling in as a substitute judge when vacations or vacancies leave their three-member panels understaffed.
We are honored to have Justice O'Connor be part of this important gathering. Don't miss the opportunity to meet Justice O'Connor and other distinguished panelists and attendees.
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