Faculty Clerk at special RBG screening

Clerk of Faculty, second from right, and others at the screening

 

THE Clerk of Faculty, Dr Kirsty Hood, QC, has helped honour one of the world’s major legal figures, the US Supreme Court Associate Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A special screening of RBG, a documentary about Justice Ginsburg, at the Glasgow Film Theatre was followed by a Q&A, hosted by Femspectives, the Glasgow Feminist Film Festival.

Dr Hood was a guest panellist, with fellow lawyer Frances Ross (Clyde & Co), writer Layla-Roxanne Hill, and Lauren Clarke and Kathi Kamleitner of Femspectives.

She said: “I was delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this event.  The film not only describes Justice Ginsburg’s influence as a US Supreme Court judge, but also pays tribute to her earlier work as a litigator before that Court seeking to secure equal rights for all US citizens.  Justice Ginsburg is an inspiration – a very talented and clever jurist, who had herself to overcome prejudice and discrimination as a woman starting out on her legal career at the time when she did.”