This year, Cornell Law School hosted Justice Sandra Day O’Connor as its Distinguished Jurist in Residence. As part of her visit, Justice O’Connor agreed to do a sit-down interview with Erin Wiley, Co-President of the Cornell Chapter of Ms. JD.
I have come to realize that role models and mentors play important parts in the lives of aspiring female lawyers.
I knew that I wanted to study law when, in 2000, I attended a presentation by Louise Arbour, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and now United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.