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| Sturgis East and West students pose for a picture at Faneuil Hall |
On September 17, 2013, I joined my fellow Sturgis students from East and West to visit Faneuil Hall in Boston for the James Otis Lecture Series. This program was presented to us by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), who created the lecture series. Every year, James Otis Lecture Series' are held throughout the country on Constitution Day. James Otis, a great American lawyer, played a central role in the birth of the American Revolution and in the foundation of our Constitution. On Constitution Day, the ABOTA’s goal is “to have the lecture series inspire us all to remember that one person, armed with courage and reason, can accomplish much in free society.”
We arrived in Boston in the morning and spent time enjoying a walk around Faneuil Hall Marketplace. We then entered the Faneuil Hall Meeting House to listen to the lecture, which was about Lelia Robinson and her quest for equality. Lelia Robinson was a true pioneer and female leader in the legal world who dared to challenge the social convention. More than 200 students and teachers from across the Commonwealth sat down to hear the story of Lelia's success.
During the talk, we heard from various distinguished speakers such as the Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and the Dean of Harvard Law School. Each of the speakers gave us an insight into the progress women have made in law during the course of our nation’s history. We learned about each speaker’s experiences in the law profession and what we can do to be a voice of change, becoming "James Otis Scholars" in the process. Overall, I had a wonderful time at the 6th Annual James Otis Lecture and was fortunate to attend and hear from such brilliant speakers.
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