Intended Audience
The 2023 Judge William O.E. Sterling Constitution Day Lecture will be delivered by journalist Nina Totenberg on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 in the Dodge Performing Arts Center. NPR’s Award-Winning Legal Affairs Correspondent is famous for her Supreme Court coverage and is the author of Dinners With Ruth (2022).
Nina Totenberg shines a light on the inner workings of our nation's highest court and helps audiences understand the impact of headline-making judicial cases on America’s future.
One of the country’s most respected journalists and a doyenne of the Supreme Court, Nina is National Public Radio’s award-winning legal affairs correspondent. With more than 40 years’ experience at NPR, her reports are regularly featured on NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.
Nina has won every major journalism award in broadcasting and holds the distinction of being the first radio journalist to have won the National Press Foundation’s “Broadcaster of the Year” award.
Referred to as “the crème de la crème” of NPR by Newsweek, Nina shares her seasoned reflections on the Supreme Court, top legal issues affecting everyday Americans, and the important cases being considered by the court. In-depth and wildly thought-provoking, her deep experience and nuanced perspective provides audiences insight into today’s judicial headlines like no one else can.
A tribute and testament to her nearly 50-year friendship with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Nina’s memoir, Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships, will be published by Simon & Schuster in September of 2022.
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The event is free and open to the public but registration will be required. Visit Eventbrite to reserve a ticket.