The Honorable Judge Tanya Bransford ’80 of Hennepin County District Court, on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on court proceedings, her path to and experiences at Gustavus (including her formative experience in the political science department’s Washington., DC, semester program), her path to law school influenced by a Gustavus January Term, working in private practice, becoming and serving as a judge, approaching sentencing decisions, her current specialization in juvenile court and effecting positive changes in the juvenile detention system, her reactions to the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson, the inspiring story of her father James Bransford, and her pitch for Gustavus.