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Our hearts are heavy in the Duke Law community this morning. We continue to mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 and is remembered by our faculty as a path-breaking and inspirational advocate and jurist, a dedicated mentor, and a friend to Duke Law. "Justice Ginsburg has been my inspiration and role model since my first days as a law student and throughout my career," said Duke Law Dean Kerry Abrams. "Surely no single individual had more impact on securing the rights of women in this country than Justice Ginsburg," said Professor Emerita Katharine T. Bartlett. Prof. Lisa Kern Griffin said, "She was a titan and a treasure, brilliant and beloved, among the most consequential Justices ever to serve on the Court, and the advocate most responsible for advancing equal citizenship for women." For Prof. Neil Siegel, Justice Ginsburg, was "my Justice." Siegel, a scholar of constitutional law, clerked for Justice Ginsburg in the U.S. Supreme Court’s October 2003 term, and stayed close to her in the years that followed. "I was … fortunate to have her be present in my life — and in the lives of my daughters," he wrote in a tribute following Justice Ginsburg's death. Link in bio to read the full Duke Law story. Please feel free to share your well-wishes, memories, and words of support here.