Ames Judges
| Year | Judges |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Hon. Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Massachusett Hon. Joan L. Larsen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| 2023 | Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Goodwin Liu, Supreme Court of California Hon. Rachel Kovner, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York |
| 2022 | Hon. Sri Srinivasan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Britt Grant, U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit Rowan Wilson, New York Court of Appeals |
| 2021 | Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Supreme Court of California Hon. Judith W. Rogers ’64, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| 2020 | Hon. Elena Kagan ’86, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Kimberly S. Budd '91, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Consuelo Maria Callahan, United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals |
| 2019 | Hon. Merrick Garland ’77, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Michelle Friedland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Hon. Amul Thapar, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| 2018 | Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit Hon. Susan Carney, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit |
| 2017 | Hon. John G. Roberts '79, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Debra Ann Livingston '84, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit Hon. Carl E. Stewart, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit |
| 2016 | Hon. John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice (Ret.), U.S. Supreme Court Hon. David J. Barron ’94, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit Hon. Alison J. Nathan, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| 2015 | Hon. Elena Kagan ’86, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Debra Ann Livingston ’84, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit Hon. Robert L. Wilkins ’89, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit |
| 2014 | Hon. Antonin Scalia '60, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Adalberto Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit Hon. Patricia Millett '88, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit |
| 2013 | Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’56-’58, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Merrick B. Garland ’77, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Ilana Diamond Rovner, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit |
| 2012 | Hon. David Souter '61, '66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Mark Wolf '71, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts Hon. Reena Raggi '76, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| 2011 | Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Frank Easterbrook, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit Hon. Peter Rubin '88, Massachusetts Court of Appeals |
| 2010 | Hon. John G. Roberts '79, Jr. Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Julia Smith Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Sixth Circuit Hon. Diana E. Murphy, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eighth Circuit |
| 2009 | Hon. Richard A. Posner '62, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit Hon. Barrington D. Parker, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit |
| 2008 | Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Marsha Siegal Berzon, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Frank Hull, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit |
| 2007 | Hon. Antonin Scalia LL.B '60, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Carlos Lucero, U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit Hon. Debra Livingston '84, U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit |
| 2006 | Hon. Anthony Kennedy '61, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Diana Gribbon Motz, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit Hon. Merrick B. Garland '74, U.S. Court of Appeals District for The Columbia Circuit |
| 2005 | Hon. David Souter '61, '66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Emilio M. Garza, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit Hon. Ilana Diamond Rovner, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit |
| 2004 | Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg '56-'58, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Richard Paez, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Reena Raggi '76, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit |
| 2003 | Hon. Douglas Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Karen Nelson Moore, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Sixth Circuit Hon. Fortunato Benevides, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit |
| 2002 | Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Diarmuid O’Scannlain '69, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Ann Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit |
| 2001 | Hon. Michael Boudin, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit Court of Appeals Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Stephanie K. Seymour '65, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Tenth Circuit |
| 2000 | Hon. David Souter '61, '66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Frank Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit Hon. Judith W. Rogers LL.B '64, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit |
| 1999 Fall | Hon. Jon O. Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit Hon. William A. Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Margaret Marshall, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court |
| 1999 Spring | Hon. Stephen G. Breyer ’64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Laurence H. Silberman ’61, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| 1998 | Hon. David Souter '66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Phylllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Hon. Bruce M. Selya ’58, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
| 1997 | Hon. Anthony Kennedy '61, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Mary M. Schroeder, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit |
| 1995 | Hon. Stephen Breyer '64, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Stephen F. Williams '61, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Rosemary Barkett, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit |
| 1994 | Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg '56-'58, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Sam J. Ervin III LL.B '51, Chief Judge, The U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit |
| 1993 | Hon. David Souter '66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit Hon. Kimba M. Wood '69, U.S. District Court, Southern District New York |
| 1992 | Hon. Antonin Scalia '60, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Michael Boudin '64, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit |
| 1991 | Hon. David Souter '66, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Patrick Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Tenth Circuit |
| 1990 | Hon. Cynthia Holcomb Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Frank Easterbrook, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit Hon. Kenneth Starr, Solicitor General of The United States |
| 1989 | Hon. Anthony Kennedy '61, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. John T. Noonan, Jr. '54, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Constance Baker Motley, U.S. District Court, Southern District New York |
| 1988 | Hon. Lewis F. Powell LL.M '32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Juan Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit |
| 1987 | Hon. Antonin Scalia '60, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Dorothy Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit Hon. Sam Ervin III '51, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit |
| 1986 | Hon. Harry Blackmun '32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit Hon. Richard A. Posner '62, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit |
| 1985 | Hon. William H. Rehnquist, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. R. Lanier Anderson III '61, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Eleventh Circuit Hon. Dolores K. Sloviter, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit |
| 1984 | Hon. William J. Brennan '31, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Stephen G. Breyer '64 U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit |
| 1983 | Hon. Harry Blackmun '32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Stephanie Seymour '65, Court of Appeals for The Tenth Circuit Hon. Harry T. Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit |
| 1982 | Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg '56-'58, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Hon. John J. Gibbons '50, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit |
| 1981 | Hon. Henry J. Friendly '27, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit Hon. Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Nathaniel Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Sixth Circuit |
| 1980 | Hon. Harry Blackmun '32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit Hon. Robert Keeton, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts |
| 1979 | Hon. Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Phyllis Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit Hon. Louis Pollak, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| 1978 | Hon. Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Irving L. Goldberg '29, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fifth Circuit Hon. Vincent L. McKusick '50, Chief Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| 1977 | Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. J. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Edward F. Hennessey, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court |
| 1976 | Hon. John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Carl E. McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia Circuit Hon. Gerhard Alden Gesell, U. S. District Court for The District of Columbia |
| 1975 | Hon. Lewis F. Powell, Jr., L.L.M. '32, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Irving Kaufman, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Second Circuit Hon. Constance Baker Motley, U.S. District Court, Southern District New York |
| 1974 | Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Hon. Henry J. Friendly '27, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit Hon. Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals for The Fourth Circuit |