Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
And the First Woman President of Ireland to Deliver:
The Annual Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law
Lecture followed by the unveiling of a portrait of Justice Ginsburg

What: Annual Justice Ginsburg Lecture Series on Women and the Law
Where: House of the Association, 42 West 44 th Street
When: Wednesday, September 21, 2005

6:00 p.m. – Buffet Reception
7:00 p.m. – Welcome by Bettina B. Plevan , President, New York City Bar
7:15 p.m. – Lecture delivered by the Hon. Mary Robinson
8:30 p.m. – Portrait Ceremony for Justice Ginsburg

Please join us on September 21 when the Association will mark the fifth anniversary of the Annual Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law. The City Bar established this lecture in Justice Ginsburg’s name in order to celebrate her groundbreaking contributions to the advancement of women’s rights and her achievements as a lawyer, law professor and judge. Since its inception a truly stellar group of women have delivered the lecture, including Kathleen Sullivan, Madeleine Albright, Lani Guinier and Roxanne Conlin.

This year the lecture will be delivered by the Hon. Mary Robinson, executive director of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, and the former president of Ireland (1990-1997) and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002).

Justice Ginsburg became Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993. While a professor at Columbia Law School in the 1970s, Justice Ginsburg brought a series of ground-breaking cases for the ACLU that established the foundation for the gender discrimination law that protects women’s rights today. Each year we have been honored by her presence and involvement in the lecture. Justice Ginsburg and Ms. Robinson will engage in a discussion moderated by Alice Henkin, of the Aspen Institute, after the lecture. Following the dialogue, Justice Ginsburg’s portrait will be unveiled.

About the Association
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public.