Federal Appellate Judge Visiting UC As Part Of 'Judge-in-Residence' Program

Students at the UC College of Law will have an extended opportunity for interaction with one of the nation’s highest-ranking judges when the college’s Judge-in-Residence program welcomes Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Judge Daughtrey will be at the UC College of Law from April 6-8. Her three days at the college will have her participating in at least seven different classes, meeting with multiple groups of students and faculty, and taking part in other college activities.

Additionally, on April 9 at the college, she will be a judge in the Rendigs National Products Liability Moot Court Competition.

Highlights of Judge Daughtrey’s visit will include a session on April 7 when she will hear three sets of advocacy oral arguments from first-year students in the Law & Lawyering classes, and a session later that same day from 3-4 p.m. in Room 118 of the College of Law where she will be discussing some of the most interesting cases of her career.

Among the most notable cases she has been involved with have been a series of affirmative action decisions and Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft, the case about the right of public and press access to deportation hearings.

Judge Daughtrey, a native of Covington, Ky., has often been a trendsetter in her career. Her list of firsts includes the first woman on the faculty at Vanderbilt Law School, the first woman assistant US Attorney in Nashville, and the first woman on the Tennessee Supreme Court. In 2003, she was one of five women honored by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession with its Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award.

Questions about the Judge-in-Residence program can be directed to the program coordinator, UC Invited Professor of Law Marianna Brown Bettman, at 513-556-0958.