Photo of Case Western Reserve University student Makela Hayford giving a speech outdoors in front of the Supreme Court building
Makela Hayford, a third-year law student, spoke at a rally in support of Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Lydia Abraham, President of the Black Law Students Association at the School of Law, comments on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson guarded on questions about Supreme Court, opens up on new memoir in City Club of Cleveland forum
cleveland.comLydia Abraham, president of the Black Law Students Association at the School of Law, said that Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation gave Black students a new height to which to aspire. “She’s already broken that barrier for the rest of us,” said Abraham. “For Black law students watching her, and all Black people in general, there’s just another goal that you can aspire to achieve by watching her already having done so.”