. >> i hope you join me in thanking caroline frederickson and all the ac staff now doing everything to make this such a great convention. it is not often one getion to introduce a living legend. and among those in our shared profession, the law, there's no legend greater than that of our next speaker. i had the wonderful experience for serve exampling for many years on the georgetown faculty with justice geinsberg's late husband, marty and a special pleasure for me to introduce because of her personal dprendship and because of her early and long-standing support of acs. justice geinsberg spoke at acs's first convention right here in this room and now she honors acs at its tenth annual convention. acs has no better friend and all the members and friends of acs are grateful to you. before she took the bench, justice geinsberg had a profound impact on the shape of american law. the first woman to become a tenured law professor at colombia and at the director of the women's rights project at the aclu and won landmark decisions including read voimplt read and she represented the appellate a