“I think it’s fantastic that there’s such a diversity of women justices now,” said Kenai attorney Kristine Schmidt. “Each of the women on the court now come from different backgrounds and different experiences. I think it’s really important.”
When she’s sworn in this summer, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ketanji Brown Jackson is President Joe Biden’s pick to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left when Justice Stephen Breyer retires. Brewster, for her part, decided she wanted to be a public defender when she was in law school. She said she had a professor who steered her toward the field. Kenai attorney Kristine Schmidt hopes Jackson can make it to Alaska. Schmidt, a Kenai Peninsula Bar Association member, goes to the conference every year.
Schmidt said it’s amazing that a former public defender is joining the highest court in the land. Like Brewster, she said it’s a job that’s often misunderstood.
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