Newsletter cover announcing the oral history of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, October 2025 issue

The latest newsletter from the Historical Society of the D.C. Circuit includes:

  • An article highlighting the Society’s recent publication of an oral history of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was proud of her role as a founder of our Historical Society, and the oral history focuses prominently on her time on the D.C. Circuit;
  • Highlights of a new oral history of John Cruden, an environmental law trailblazer, now published on our website;
  • Announcement of the availability on the Society’s website of a recent Fordham Law Review Article by Judge J. Michelle Childs about the history and significance of the D.C. Circuit.
  • An article looking back at the oral history of Judge George E. MacKinnon, among the earliest oral histories taken by the Society;
  • A call for assistance with a biography underway concerning Judge David Bazelon;
  • Availability of the book Soul of the Court: The Trailblazing Life of Judge William Benson Bryant, Sr., by Tonya Bolden;
  • A call to follow us on social media, including Bluesky, the Society’s latest channel

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