If you will study at Columbia Law School, you cannot but
notice that the law school’s entire pride is notorious R.B.G: Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her
portrait hangs prominently in the lobby; it seems that every professor has the
obligation to mention her at least once in class. And almost for sure, there
will be an occasion to listen to her sharing her wisdom on constitutional
matters.
Unfortunately, I did not have the chance to meet R.B.G. I
was too slow to sign up in time to receive one of the tickets, the Law School
distributed this semester. All the more, I was lucky to have the unique chance
to attend a visit of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. On the occasion of the
conferral of the Annual Wolfgang Friedmann Award, Justice Breyer visited the
Law School for almost two days, and presented his views on the relationship
between constitutional law and international law. I attended the Annual
Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Banquet in the chic Club ‘21’, organized by the
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. It was a great opportunity to mingle and
if you were brave enough even to intimately chat with the very friendly, smart,
lively and eloquent Justice Breyer. The food was “American delicious” – you will
soon discover what this means (…the desert was sweet but great…). Interesting
talks with partners of law firms and your fellow classmates and not at least
the emotional and inspiring address by Justice Breyer made this an experience I
will definitely not forget – even though it took place already a month ago, and
exams hindered me from reporting earlier.
