The Byron R. White Center is proud to present the Thirteenth Annual John Paul Stevens Lecture on Thursday, October 24. This year's guest jurist will be The Honorable Stephen A. Higginson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. Judge Higginson鈥檚 lecture is entitled, The Nuremberg Trials: Lessons for Law Students, Lawyers, and Judges. He is the first former law clerk to Justice Byron R. White to deliver the Stevens Lecture.听
Each year, this event brings a distinguished jurist to Colorado Law to discuss judging and the state of the judiciary. The Stevens Lecture was inaugurated听 in September 2011 by the event鈥檚 namesake, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Each year, the Lecture presents an opportunity for law students, lawyers, and community members to learn about the jurists鈥� approach to the bench and their career,听 hear their advice for students and advocates, and better understand their legal philosophy.听
The lecture will take place in Wittemyer Courtroom at the Wolf Law Building, 2450 Kittredge Loop Drive, Boulder, CO 80305, from 5-6:30 p.m. Judge Higginson's remarks will be followed by a Q&A with Colorado Law students and a reception in Boettcher Hall from 6:30-7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Register .听
鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 be more excited to welcome Judge Higginson to Colorado Law for the 13th annual Stevens Lecture,鈥� Said Deep Gulasekaram, Director of the Byron White Center. 鈥淛udge Higginson brings with him a wealth of wisdom from his distinguished career as a jurist as well as his years of practice as an Assistant United States Attorney and teaching as a law professor. I am thrilled that our community will be able to learn from him."
Judge Higginson serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was nominated by Barack Obama in 2011, to a seat vacated by Judge Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 31, 2011, and received commission on November 2, 2011. In addition, in February 2021, Chief Justice John G. Roberts of the United States Supreme Court designated Judge Higginson to serve on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. Since August 16, 2023, Judge Higginson has served as the presiding judge of the FISCR. .听听听
Judge Higginson is a graduate of Harvard College, Cambridge University, and Yale Law School.听听
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