Country's First Latina Justice Has Candid Talk with Young People

Justice Sotomayor talked with students, answering all their questions. This kind of involvement will help young people, especially immigrants, become interested in law, politics, community service, etc. - - Donna Poisl

by Dahleen Glanton

Dressed in a black skirt and jacket and sitting, legs crossed, in a leather wingback chair on an auditorium stage Monday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor looked nothing like the staid image of a U.S. Supreme Court judge most people are used to.

Sotomayor visited the University of Chicago Law School to do something she said is as important as the decisions she renders from the bench engage in lively conversation with young people. That included a rare opportunity to ask any question they wanted and have her as a guest professor during a class.
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