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