Building the Bench

On this episode, we continue our ongoing series on advocacy in action turning to efforts to increase diversity in the federal courts and beyond. With the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings beginning this week on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the next Justice of the Supreme Court, we spoke with two experienced and accomplished attorneys who speak to the importance of the nomination and what that means for Black women, the judiciary, and efforts like Alliance for Justice’s Building the Bench program.  Attorneys for this episode  Kimberly Humphrey  Natalie Ossenfort  Tim Mooney  Shownotes  Introducing Kimberly Humphrey  Why this topic is important and timely and a brief intro to our Building the bench efforts  Introducing our guests  Thoughts on lack of representation in the legal profession  The landscape  The courts specifically  Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination  AFJ/Building the Bench  Other efforts  Concluding thoughts  Links to full interviews  Kisha Brown  Jocelyn Cuttino   Resources  Jocelyn Cuttino on LinkedIn  Kisha Brown on Justis Connection  AFJ’s Building the Bench  Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination resources