Edith House Lectures

A Fireside Chat with Supreme Court Justices McMillian and Warren, 2/1/2021

The Women's Law Student Association is hosting the 38th Annual Edith House Lecture featuring Georgia Supreme Court Justices Carla Wong McMillian and Sarah Hawkins Warren. Watch a recording of this House Lecture.

Rising Through the Ranks, Audrey Boone Tillman, Aflac Inc., 3/19/2019

The 37th Annual Edith House Lecture will be presented by Audrey Boone Tillman. Tillman currently serves as executive vice president and general counsel of Aflac Incorporated. Tillman received her bachelor’s from the University of North...

A Conversation with Sally Q. Yates, 3/23/2018

Reflections on My Journey as a Mother and a Judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. District Court, 3/2/2017

Judge Jackson spoke on the challenges and rewards of being a parent and a judge.

The Voice of a Woman Lawyer: Why It Matters and How to Use It, Stacey Godfrey Evans, Georgia House of Representatives, 4/18/2016

Evans spoke on the importance of using the Woman Lawyer Voice in the practice of law and politics.

Long Pants or Short Skirts: Fitting In, Fighting Back or Finding Your Own Way, Kelly Caffarelli, The Home Depot Foundation, 4/2/2015

It’s Time to Try Defying Gravity – One Woman’s Thoughts on Having it All, Teresa Wynn Roseborough, The Home Depot, 4/9/2014

The Home Depot executive spoke about women's career challenges in general and her career challenges and successes.

Why the Constitution Matters and Why Women Should Care, Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3/20/2013

Winning or Winning with Integrity? A Lawyer's Role in the Corporate World, Leslie M. Turner, Coca-Cola North America, 3/21/2012

Turner described the leadership attributes that enable lawyers to serve as counselors to their corporate business clients.

Women and the Law: We've Come a Long Way ... Maybe, Carol W. Hunstein, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, 3/9/2011

Hunstein shared her insights on being a woman in the judiciary and, more generally, on being a woman in the field of law.

Wise Women? What Women Bring to the Bench and How to Talk About It Like Gentlemen, Dahlia Lithwick, Slate magazine, 3/25/2010

Lithwick addressed the status of women and judging.

Are We Our Mother's Law Students?: Women's Law School Experiences and an Agenda for Action, Felice J. Batlan, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 3/2/2009

Batlan discussed the gender dimensions of the law school experience.

Freedom and Justice for Some: Federal Judicial Review for Guantanamo Bay Prisoners, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Former U.S. Secretary of Education, 3/19/2008

Hufstedler spoke out against the lack of availability of federal judicial review for prisoners incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay.

Some Leaders Are Born Women, Sarah Weddington, University of Texas at Austin, 3/23/2006

Honing the ability to write, to make a rational argument and to excel at preparation, all pave the way for lawyers to step into leadership roles according to Weddington,

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Photograph of American attorney, law professor, Carter administration staffer, and former Texas state representative Sarah Weddington, best known for representing "Jane Roe" in the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. She delivered the...

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Photograph of American attorney, law professor, Carter administration staffer, and former Texas state representative Sarah Weddington, best known for representing "Jane Roe" in the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. She delivered the...

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Photograph of American attorney, law professor, Carter administration staffer, and former Texas state representative Sarah Weddington, best known for representing "Jane Roe" in the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. She delivered the...

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Photograph of American attorney, law professor, Carter administration staffer, and former Texas state representative Sarah Weddington, best known for representing "Jane Roe" in the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. She delivered the...

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Photograph of American attorney, law professor, Carter administration staffer, and former Texas state representative Sarah Weddington, best known for representing "Jane Roe" in the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. She delivered the...

Using Legal Strategies to Promote Women’s Reproductive Rights: Achievements and Challenges, Kathy Hall-Martinez, Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 3/3/2003

"The legal system fails women," Hall- Martinez said, noting that governments often take women's issues lightly because they are underrepresented in positions of power.

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Photograph (front side) of Kelly Dawn Askin, a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, speaking in Hirsch Hall at the University of Georgia School of Law, where she delivered "Securing Justice for Women in...

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Photograph (back side) of Kelly Dawn Askin, a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, speaking in Hirsch Hall at the University of Georgia School of Law, where she delivered "Securing Justice for Women in...

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Photograph (front side) of Judge Susan Oki Mollway of the United States District Court of Hawaii. She delivered "Getting Confirmed as a Federal Judge" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 6, 1999...

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Photograph (back side) of Judge Susan Oki Mollway of the United States District Court of Hawaii. She delivered "Getting Confirmed as a Federal Judge" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on October 6, 1999...

The Crisis in Child Support, Gladys Kessler, 4/3/1984 - Edith House Lecture Series image 2

Photograph (back side) of Gladys Kessler, superior court judge, District of Columbia, who delivered "The Crisis in Child Support" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on April 3, 1984. Established in 1983...

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Photograph of an unidentified woman, presumably a legal scholar or practitioner who delivered an Edith House lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law sometime between 1950 and 2000.

"Getting Confirmed as a Federal Judge", Susan Oki Mollway, United States District Court of Hawaii, 5/15/1999 - image 1

Photograph (front side) of Judge Susan Oki Mollway of the United States District Court of Hawaii spoke to people. She delivered "Getting Confirmed as a Federal Judge" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on...

"Getting Confirmed as a Federal Judge", Susan Oki Mollway, United States District Court of Hawaii, 5/15/1999 - image 2

Photograph (back side) of Judge Susan Oki Mollway of the United States District Court of Hawaii speaking to a group of people. She delivered "Getting Confirmed as a Federal Judge" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of Georgia...

John A. Sibley Lecture, April 7, 1999

Photograph (front side) of Israeli supreme court justice Dalia Dorner, who delivered the 89th John A. Sibley Lecture, "Does Israel Have A Constitution?" at the University of Georgia School of Law on April 7, 1999.

John A. Sibley Lecture, April 7, 1999

Photograph (back side) of Israeli supreme court justice Dalia Dorner, who delivered the 89th John A. Sibley Lecture, "Does Israel Have A Constitution?" at the University of Georgia School of Law on April 7, 1999. Transcribed from back...

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Production halftone screens of Georgia Court of Appeals judge Dorothy Toth Beasley, who delivered an Edith House lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on March 1, 1995.

"Private Practice/Public Service - Reminiscences About the Women's Rights Movement", Brooksley Born, 3/9/1994 - Edith House Lecture Series image 1

Photograph (front side) of international trade lawyer and public official Brooksley Born, who delivered "Private Practice/Public Service - Reminiscences About the Women's Rights Movement" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of...

"Private Practice/Public Service - Reminiscences About the Women's Rights Movement", Brooksley Born, 3/9/1994 - Edith House Lecture Series image 2

Photograph (back side) of international trade lawyer and public official Brooksley Born, who delivered "Private Practice/Public Service - Reminiscences About the Women's Rights Movement" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of...

"The First Amendment and Sexual Harassment at School and at Work", Mary E. Becker, 11/2/1995 - Edith House Lecture Series image 1

Photograph (front side) of University of Chicago law professor Mary E. Becker, who delivered "The First Amendment and Sexual Harassment at School and at Work" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on November...

"The First Amendment and Sexual Harassment at School and at Work", Mary E. Becker, 11/2/1995 - Edith House Lecture Series image 2

Photograph (back side) of University of Chicago law professor Mary E. Becker, who delivered "The First Amendment and Sexual Harassment at School and at Work" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on November...

"The Crisis in Child Support", Gladys Kessler, 4/3/1984 - Edith House Lecture Series image 1

Photograph (front side) of Gladys Kessler, superior court judge, District of Columbia, who delivered "The Crisis in Child Support" as an Edith House Lecture at the University of Georgia School of Law on April 3, 1984. Established in 1983...

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Photograph (front side) of Carolyn Mackie and Antonia Handler Chayes. Chayes, an educator, lawyer specializing in international politics, and former undersecretary of the Air Force, delivered "Beyond Negotiation: Alternative Dispute...

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Photograph (back side) of Carolyn Mackie and Antonia Handler Chayes. Chayes, an educator, lawyer specializing in international politics, and former undersecretary of the Air Force, delivered the address "Beyond Negotiation: Alternative...

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Professional studio portrait of Edith House (front side), most likely taken in the middle of her career. House was co-valedictorian of the University of Georgia School of Law's Class of 1925 and one of the school's first female graduates...

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Professional studio portrait of Edith House (back side), most likely taken in the middle of her career. House was co-valedictorian of the University of Georgia School of Law's Class of 1925 and one of the school's first female graduates...

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Photograph of Edith House (front side). House was co-valedictorian of the University of Georgia School of Law's Class of 1925, and one of the school's first female graduates. She practiced law for nearly forty years, retiring from her...

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Photograph of Edith House, taken from page 123 of the 1925 University of Georgia Pandora yearbook. House was co-valedictorian of the University of Georgia School of Law's Class of 1925, and one of the school's first female graduates. She...

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Photograph of Edith House (probably taken from a yearbook). House was co-valedictorian of the University of Georgia School of Law's Class of 1925 and one of the school's first female graduates. She practiced law for nearly forty years...