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DESCRIPTION:What does it take to become a judge\, and what does judging act
 ually look like  \nin practice? How do judges navigate the relationship be
 tween law and  \npolitics\, and what role does advocacy play in shaping ou
 tcomes in the legal  \nsystem?\n\nIn this panel discussion\, Judge Cathari
 ne Easterly will offer an inside look  \nat the American judicial system\,
  drawing on her experience on the D.C. Court  \nof Appeals. The conversati
 on will demystify how judges are selected\, and  \nexamine the importance 
 of legal advocacy and access to counsel in criminal  \nand civil cases. It
  will also consider the extent to which politics shapes  \njudicial decisi
 on-making and how courts interact with the other branches of  \ngovernment
 . Along the way\, the discussion will offer a glimpse into the  \neveryday
  work of judges and the thousands of legal professionals working to  \nuph
 old and apply the law. A Q&A will follow. \n\nThe Honorable Catharine Frie
 nd Easterly is an Associate Judge in the District  \nof Columbia Court of 
 Appeals\, to which she was appointed in 2011 by President  \nBarack Obama.
  She received her B.A.\, cum laude with Distinction in History\,  \nfrom Y
 ale College\, and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of  \nLa
 w.\n\nAfter graduating from law school\, Judge Easterly worked as an appel
 late  \npublic defender\, first at the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County\
 , New York\,  \nand then at the Office of the Appellate Defender in New Yo
 rk City. She then  \njoined the New York firm Stillman and Friedman\, P.C.
  as an associate. In  \n2003\, Judge Easterly joined the Special Litigatio
 n Division of the Public  \nDefender Service for the District of Columbia\
 , where she worked until her  \nappointment to the Court of Appeals.
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LOCATION:104 Kirby Hall of Civil Rights
SUMMARY:Daniel L. Golden '34 Lecture Series - Between Law and Politics: The
  Role of  \nthe Judiciary in American Democracy
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