The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society

07/24/2024

FINALLY EXONERATED! 80 years ago, 256 Black sailors at Port Chicago were unjustly sentenced when they refused to go back to unsafe working conditions after an explosion killed hundreds. These sentences dramatically changed their lives. Just last week, the Navy exonerated them. Watch our program about the tragedy and its aftermath to learn more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbiXDaJRMQc&feature=youtu.be

07/23/2024

The NJCHS is so excited to be welcoming new members with awesome swag while here at the Ninth Circuit Conference! But you can still join us from anywhere -- Become a member! https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/pQVgHU8Bu51I_Jw2GxDF7g

If you're at the Conference, be sure to come by and meet our new Executive Director Johanna!

07/19/2024

If you saw our Artificial Intelligence program over Zoom, we know the sound wasn't perfect . . . so now you can watch it with closed captioning and won't miss a word of the panel's insights!

AI, like any other technology, has “the potential to become both a tool and a weapon.” Come hear Brad Smith of Microsoft and Mariano Florentino (Tino) Cuélla...

07/12/2024

Don't miss these candid and insightful reflections from Chief Judge Mary Murguia, Judge Consuelo Callahan, and Judge Kim Wardlaw. Watch the recording of our recent program to hear about their experiences as vanguard women in the law and as some of the first Latina judges in their roles.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/LpF8nAB-mhY

07/10/2024

Congratulations to NJCHS Board member and friend Judge M. Margaret McKeown for being the recipient of the 2024 Lewis F. Powell Jr. Award for Professionalism and Ethics! You most certainly deserve this award for your "exemplary service in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence." The Award will be presented at the American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence event on October 26, 2024, at the Supreme Court of the United States.

Get to know Judge McKeown better and hear about her incredible career by watching her Oral History video:

Since 1987, the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society has been collecting the oral histories of judges and lawyers who have made significant contribution...

06/26/2024

DATE CHANGE: "One Fighting Irishman" film screening & discussion at the SF Public Library will now be held on SEPT. 21st! Learn more: https://sfpl.org/events/2024/06/29/postponed-film-one-fighting-irishman

The documentary features Wayne Collins, a lawyer who heroically defended the rights of numerous Japanese Americans during WWII, from Fred Korematsu to "Tokyo Rose" to 5,000 Japanese Americans who were wrongly induced to renounce their US Citizenship. Come see a film screening of the documentary and hear from the filmmaker Sharon Yamato, attorney Wayne Merrill Collins, biographer Charles Wollenberg, and Tule Lake survivor Hiroshi Shimizu.

06/14/2024

Wayne Collins was a hero -- a lawyer who defended the rights of numerous Japanese Americans during WWII -- from Fred Korematsu to "Tokyo Rose" to 5,000 Japanese Americans who were wrongly induced to renounce their US Citizenship. Come to the San Francisco Public Library on June 29th for a film screening of the documentary about Collins, "One Fighting Irishman," and hear from the filmmaker Sharon Yamato, attorney Wayne Merrill Collins, biographer Charles Wollenberg, and Tule Lake survivor Hiroshi Shimizu.

Learn more! https://sfpl.org/events/2024/06/29/film-one-fighting-irishman

05/30/2024

The NJCHS mourns the tragic loss of Judge Larry Hicks (District of Nevada) whose life and whose thoughts shared with us during his oral history were inspirational to all.

Watch the full oral history video: https://youtu.be/IorQebxOv94

05/28/2024

Join us in Seattle or Virtually on June 26 to hear from three amazing Ninth Circuit Judges: Chief Judge Mary Murguia, Judge Consuelo Callahan, and Judge Kim Wardlaw.

These outstanding jurists were vanguard women in the law and also some of the first Latina women judges in their various roles in the judiciary.
Introduction by Judge Ana de Alba, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Learn more and register here! https://www.njchs.org/trailblazing-women-in-the-judiciary-challenges-and-insights/

05/20/2024

Sports betting, gambling boat raids, tribal gaming, and more -- this new double issue of Western Legal History has it all!
Explore articles & book reviews here: https://www.njchs.org/current-issues/

05/07/2024

Civil Rights ... how far have we come in the 60 yrs since the Civil Rights Act passed, and what next? Judge Thelton Henderson (Ret.), the first Black attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, shares his front seat view on history and today. Also with Justice Teri Jackson, US Attorney Ismail {Izzy) Ramsey, and Judge William Alsup. May 16th in SF and virtually. Reserve your FREE space now: https://ndhistoricialsociety.ticketleap.com/civilrights/

04/30/2024

Will the U.S. Supreme Court take California's "Pruneyard Principle" nationwide? Join our friends at the California Supreme Court Historical Society on May 29 to hear Mitchell Keiter speak on "Free Speech and the Internet" as he presents a history of the Pruneyard case and discusses the arguments for and against its application to social media.
https://my.cschs.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=10