it is a great honor for us to be hosting the sidney shainwald public interest featuring house to mccracken in nancy pelosi. [applause] as many of you know, one of the premier events. each one has featured a moment as national leader including supreme court justice sandra day o'connor, former senators and current cabinet members and the late senator ted kidney. that tradition continues. his lecture series was founded by the alumni and a steamed a trustee of new york law school in honor of her late husband to let an incredibly dynamic life. this series provides a unique form for social and intellectual discussion featuring the most prominent leaders in public and judicial service. groundbreaking legal pioneer, a visionary who has made fighting for women's health her unrelenting mission for the last three decades. she received her law degree from new york law school in 1976 launching her legal practice after a successful career as a consumer advocate making her accomplishments the bunch more remarkable. she has litigated on behalf of women over dangers and/or ugly used contraceptive and of pr