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Saint Joseph College Presents the 2012 McAuley Lecture "Empathy in Judging," featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Linda Greenhouse
Ms. Greenhouse, who will speak on the topic, “Empathy in Judging,” is a renowned journalist who covered the U.S. Supreme Court for the New York Times from 1978 - 2008. She is currently the Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and the Joseph M. Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
During her career at the Times, Ms. Greenhouse was honored as a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism (1998). In 2004 she received the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her biography of Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Becoming Justice Blackmun, was published by Henry Holt & Co. in 2005.
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Ms. Greenhouse is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, where she serves on the council, and is one of two non-lawyer honorary members of the American Law Institute, which in 2002 awarded her its Henry J. Friendly Medal. In 2009, Ms. Greenhouse was elected to the Harvard University Board of Overseers. For two academic years, 2004 and 2005, she was a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, lecturing and teaching at colleges and universities throughout the country and is currently a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Senate. She also lectures frequently to law school and judicial audiences and has been awarded nine honorary degrees.
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Ms. Greenhouse is a 1968 graduate of Radcliffe College (Harvard), where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School (1978), which she attended on a Ford Foundation fellowship.
About the McAuley Lecture:
Established in 1951, the McAuley Lecture series features distinguished scholars and researchers who reflect the educational mission of Saint Joseph College and the compassionate service of the Sisters of Mercy. The lecture series is named in honor of Catherine McAuley who founded the Sisters of Mercy in the mid-19th century to serve and advocate on behalf of Ireland's poor citizens, with a special emphasis on women and children.
