BU Law BHM | “Enhancing the Legitimacy of Courts in a Pluralistic Society” | Honorable Bernice B. Donald
“Enhancing the Legitimacy of Courts in a Pluralistic Society”
Lecture by the Honorable Bernice B. Donald, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Tuesday, February 22 at 12:45pm ET
Open to the BU community, in-person only
THE HONORABLE BERNICE B. DONALD was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by President Barack Hussein Obama on December 1, 2010 and re- nominated in January 2011. She was confirmed 96-2 by the Senate on September 6, 2011, becoming the first African American woman to serve as a judge on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Prior to joining the Court of Appeals, Judge Donald was appointed in 1995 by President William Jefferson Clinton to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, where she was the first African American woman to serve on that court.
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