Law and Democracy: The United States at 250 with The Honorable David S. Tatel
Please join us for a conversation with The Honorable Judge David Tatel as part of the Rockefeller Center's celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Please join us for the Rockefeller Center's Thurlow M. Gordon 1906 Lecture with retired Circuit Court Judge David Tatel. Judge Tatel is the author of Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice and will join us as part of the Rockefeller Center's celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Earning a reputation as one of the most respected jurists in the country, Judge Tatel served for nearly 30 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He will reflect upon that court's unique relationship with the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as cases that shaped his understanding of the law and where he sees it heading today in the U.S.
Prior to his 1994 appointment by President Clinton, Judge Tatel had a deeply impactful career as a civil rights attorney, founding the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and heading the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Carter ... all while trying to minimize his quickly-developing blindness from retinitis pigmentosa.
Judge Tatel will share his vision of "blind justice" - what it means to experience equal justice under the law, the courts as the impartial arbiter of law in a democratic society, and what it has been like literally to be a blind judge coming to terms with disability and the push-pull of independence and dependence.
Please register for in person or virtual attendance .
The Thurlow M. Gordon 1906 Lecture was established in honor of Thurlow Gordon, Class of 1906, in 1976 to bring "recognized authorities in some field of law" to campus for audience and discussion.
