John M. Ferren, senior judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, will discuss his new book, Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge, at 11 a.m. Nov. 10 in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309.
Rutledge was a WUSTL faculty member and dean of the School of Law.
In 1943, he became Franklin D. Roosevelt’s eighth and last appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In six years there, Rutledge was a champion of civil liberties and authored 171 opinions.
A former student remembered that Rutledge made everyone in his classes understand that the law’s ultimate goal is to produce fairness instead of advantage in its application.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information, call Ann Nicholson at 935-6430.