Chief Justice Rehnquist at Duke
April 13 2002

Duke Law School is proud to welcome The Honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, to Alumni Weekend 2002. The Chief Justice will deliver a lecture in Page Auditorium on Saturday, April 13 at 2:00 p.m. that examines the history of the Supreme Court, looking in particular at the role of the chief justice and the men who have held the position, from John Jay to Harlan Stone to Rehnquist himself.

Chief Justice Rehnquist's lecture is the first in a series of talks sponsored by The Duke Program in Public Law. This series, entitled "Great Lives in the Law," will feature this country's most distinguished jurists, attorneys general and other high public officials, whose insights about great figures in the law, and about their own lives, are intended to deepen understanding of the role of lawyers in this society, and to promote respect for law among law students, lawyers and the public. The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor has accepted an invitation to visit Duke as part of this series in April 2003. In addition, The Honorable Anthony Kennedy is expected to visit the Law School this fall.

Tickets are required for Chief Justice Rehnquist's presentation in Page Auditorium. Tickets are not required for the simultaneous broadcast of the lecture, which is open to the public, to be held in Griffith Film Theater (in the Bryan Center on Duke's West Campus).