Minnesota Law Hosts The 2023 Robert A. Stein ’61 Lecture with Justice Amy Coney Barrett

October 20, 2023

The University of Minnesota Law School was pleased to host Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for the 2023 Robert A. Stein ’61 Lecture held on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus at Northrop on Monday, October 16. Justice Barrett and Professor Robert Stein ’61 discussed a wide range of topics in front of a sold-out audience including law students, alumni, distinguished members of the Minnesota judiciary, the Board of Regents, and other prominent guests. University of Minnesota Interim President Jeffrey Ettinger welcomed the audience and Interim Dean William McGeveran, the Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett Professor of Law, introduced Professor Stein and Justice Barrett. The conversation between Professor Stein and Justice Barrett included a discussion about her first experiences as a new justice on the Court, some of her memories of her time spent clerking for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, the potential of the Court adopting a code of ethics, and much more.

A full recap of the 2023 Robert A. Stein ’61 will be published in the Fall 2023 edition of Minnesota Law magazine. A video of the lecture will be published on the Law School’s website on the Lecture Series page. The Stein Lecture was covered by local and national media. See some of the coverage below.

Robert A. Stein ’61 is the Everett Fraser Professor of Law and Distinguished Global Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School. He served as dean of the Law School for 15 years and is the former chief operating officer of the American Bar Association. Professor Robert A. and Mrs. Stein generously endowed this lecture series to enrich the program of the Law School by inviting leaders of the bench and bar and of the governments of the United States and other nations to deliver an annual lecture on a topic of national or international interest. Previous Stein Lectures are listed below.