This afternoon, members of the Senior class visited to Federal Courthouse for a meeting with the Honorable Douglas Ginsburg, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Chief Judge Ginsburg talked with the students about the workings of the federal judiciary and especially the types of cases that are brought in the D.C. Circuit.

Judge Ginsburg has served on the Court since 1986.  He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 23 of that year and confirmed by the Senate on October 8.  He has served as Chief Judge since 2001.

Few judges would have been more well-suited to talk to the students.  Among the entries on his resume: Professor (1975-1983) and Lecturer (1988-1989) at Harvard Law School; Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia University (1987-1988);  Visiting Senior Lecturer and Charles J. Merriam Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School (1990, 1992, 1994); and Distinguished Professor of Law at George Mason University Law School (1988-1993).

He has also served as Law Clerk for the Honorable Carl McGowan in the District of Columbia Circuit (1973-1974) and the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1974-1975).

He later served as Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General (1983-1984) and Assistant Attorney General (1985-1986).  Both appointments were in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.