AALS Opening Plenary Session

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Session Type: AALS Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside

Room: Grand Ballroom A

Floor: First Floor

AALS President Wendy Perdue welcomes Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa for an interactive conversation.

Justice Cameron is a leading voice for human rights and the rule of law. An anti-apartheid activist, he was appointed in 1994 to the High Court of South Africa by President Nelson Mandela, and in 2009 was elevated to the Constitutional Court. Winner of numerous awards and honors, Justice Cameron has spent his entire career seeking to build a more just society for all of South Africa’s citizens.