Justice O'Connor to deliver annual Pedrick Lecture

<p>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (ret.) will give the Fourteenth Annual Willard H. Pedrick Lecture at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, in the Great Hall of Armstrong Hall at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.</p><separator></separator><p>Free tickets are available at <a href="http://pedrick2010.eventbrite.com/">http://pedrick2010.eventbrite.com/<… O'Connor will speak on judicial independence and the importance of merit selection processes for judges.</p><separator></separator><p>The lecture is hosted by the Pedrick family, and was established in 1997 in memory of the founding dean of the College of Law. The annual lecture brings to the law school outstanding legal scholars, jurists or practitioners to enrich the intellectual life of the College and the community.</p><separator></separator><p>Previous lecturers and their titles at the time were:</p><separator></separator><p>2008-09: The Honorable Harry T. Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit</p><separator></separator><p>2007-08: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer</p><separator></separator><p>2006-07: Martin D. Ginsburg, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center</p><separator></separator><p>2005-06: Sir Neil MacCormick, Regius Professor of Law, University of Edinburgh</p><separator></separator><p>2004-05: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit</p><separator></separator><p>2003-04: Frederick Schauer, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University</p><separator></separator><div>2002-03: Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University<br /><br />2001-02: Ronald Dworkin, Frank H. Sommer Professor of Law, New York University Law School</div><div><br />2000-01: Yale Kamisar, Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor of Law, University of Michigan</div><div><br />1999-2000: Martha A. Field, Langdell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School</div><div><br />1998-99: Andrew D. Hurwitz, Esquire, Osborn Maledon, P.A.</div><div><br />1997-98: Kathleen M. Sullivan, Stanley Morrison Professor, Stanford University</div><div><br />1996-97: Robert Post, Professor, University of California Berkeley, and Benjamin Barber, Professor, Rutgers University<br /><br /><br />Judy Nichols, <a href="mailto:Judith.Nichols@asu.edu"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Judith.Nichols@asu.edu</span></a><br />(480) 727-7895<span style="font-family: Tahoma; color: black; font-size: 9pt;" lang="EN"><br />Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law</span></div></p>