Law Day 2016: Paulette Brown

Roberta Shaffer interviewed Paulette Brown Brown about her distinguished legal career as well as the significance of the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Miranda v. Arizona.
Speaker Biography: Paulette Brown became the first African-American woman to lead the American Bar Association (ABA) in August 2015. She is partner and co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the international law firm, Locke Lord LLP. She has held many positions throughout her career including in-house counsel to a number of 500 Fortune companies and as a municipal court judge. In private practice, she has specialized in all aspects of labor and employment and commercial litigation.
Speaker Biography: Roberta I. Shaffer is the Law Librarian of Congress. Shaffer has had a distinguished career as a practicing librarian in various settings and as a library-science educator. She held positions at the George Washington University Law School, the Catholic University of America, the University of Texas and the University of Maryland.
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