The Houston Bar Association is joining forces with the Holocaust Museum Houston to celebrate the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Before becoming a judge, RBG was a lawyer and a law professor. Join us on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. at the Museum to see a live reenactment of her last oral argument as an advocate before the United States Supreme Court.
Using an abridged version of the actual oral arguments in Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357 (1979), a cast of lawyers and judges will invite the audience to step back in time to 1978, when RBG made her case before an all-male court, arguing that Missouri’s jury-selection system that allowed women to opt out of jury service violated the Sixth Amendment’s requirement that an impartial jury be drawn from a fair cross-section of the community. The program will begin with an overview of the background and procedural history of the case to set the stage for the oral arguments that will follow. The reenactment will feature a cast of twelve historical figures: nine United States Supreme Court justices and three advocates. A seasoned appellate practitioner will open and close the program and share reflections on the case and the role it played in RBG’s legacy as an advocate for gender equality.
The Houston Bar Association’s reenactment will complement the exhibition Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on view in the Museum’s Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery through July 31, 2022.
This is an in-person event. Admission is free and open to the public.
