October 2010 Issue

Cover Story

Family Ties

It’s ironic that being a parent was what made law school easier for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. For a woman in 1950s America, motherhood was held out as the reason that she shouldn’t even have been there.

“I think my life was more balanced,” says Justice Ginsburg of her years as a student at Harvard and Columbia law schools. “I was less apprehensive than my classmates because there was something going on that was more important, frankly, than the law.”

In an interview at the U.S. Supreme Court in August, Justice Ginsburg talked about her career as a lawyer and judge; about marriage to her late husband, Martin; and about the changes that women have seen in law and parenthood.

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Feature Section

By Dawn’s Light

A 3L comes to understand the ‘general republic.’

The Immune Response

The Supreme Court may tell families with autistic children whether they can sue vaccine makers.

Grave Encounters

Al Snyder’s son died a Marine, but his funeral has become a First Amendment issue.