Black History Month Closing Celebration
Commemorating Hon. Jane Bolin YLS ’31 and Honoring Black Women Judges of Past and Present

Yale Law School

This program celebrated the legacy of Hon. Jane Bolin’s trailblazing career as the first Black woman judge in the United States and the Black woman judges that followed.

Featuring:

Hon. Leslie Abrams Gardner, YLS ’02
U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Dr. Jacqueline McLeod
Professor of History and Africana Studies, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Hon. Dianne T. Renwick
Associate Justice, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department

Hon. Angela C. Robinson, YLS ’89
Retired Judge, Superior Court of the State of Connecticut

Hon. Rowan Wilson
Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals

This event was co-hosted by the Society’s Young Lawyers Committee, the Yale Black Law Students Association, and Yale Law Women.

Watch the Program Video