thank you chief judge katzmann. i also want to welcome everyone who is here in person in courtroom 1703 and watching remotely. tonight's turnout which approaches 650 people across four courtrooms is a record for this 80-year-old courthouse. the part of that no doubt is because we have an absolutely world class panel, but it also speaks, i think, to the giant to whom we're paying tribute tonight. it's been 25 years since he retired and nearly 24 years since he died, but thurgood marshall the lawyer, thurgood marshall the justice, still awes and inspires us. thanks to his brilliant and courage and vision in so many areas civil rights and civil liberties under the law and procedure and employment to name just a few our world in 2016 is a more just world. our panelists tonight have one thing in common, each of us had the great good fortune to spend a year clerking for justice marshall who by the time we got to know him was already very much a living legend. including ralph winter who unfortunately was not able to attend

[applause] our chief judge -- chief judge robert katzmann. [applause] our chief judge will bring this to a close. >> thank you all, moderator, judge leval. what an extraordinary job judge leval did. [applause] >> and the extraordinary panel, chief justice roberts, chief judge garland, judge newman, judge randolph, judge glenn, professor wedgewood, fred davis. what a remarkable memorable discussion. henry friendly has come to life again. what a portrait you all painted. this is something that will live with all of us for a very long time. it's going to be memorialized on tapes. it will be in our learning center. generations of lawyers would get to learn what henry friendly was all about, thanks to you. this program i also should say owes much to our staff from all parts of our forward operation. it is really a team effort and what you think all those who made this afternoon logistically possible. judge wesley, our circuit executive karen milton and routine of chris cooper, janet kitsch, scott, aisha parts, jerry, joseph jones, christian, micah

[ applause ] >> thank you, judge wesley, thank you chief katzmann and i want to thank everyone who is here and in courtroom number 1703. tonight's turnout, which encompasses 650 people is a record for this 80-year-old courthouse. part of that is because we have a world-class panel. but it also speaks, i think, to the giant to whom we're paying tribute tonight. it's been 25 years since he retired and nearly 24 years since he died. but thurgood marshall, the lawyer, thurgood marshall the justice still inspires us. he was transformational. thanks to his brilliance and courage and vision in so many areas, civil rights and civil liberties, our role in 2016. our panelists tonight have one thing in common. each of us have had good fortune to spend a year clerking for judge marshall who was already a living legend by the time we got to meet him, including ralph winter who unfortunately was unable to attend tonight because of an illness. ralph, as you heard, was his very first clerk on the second circuit and sheryll cashin clerked for him in his final year in october term 1990. in between, gre