The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor Speaks At NYCLA Justice Center Event

Hon. Sonia Sotomayor (second from left), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, who became President Barack Obama's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 26, was a speaker on May 7 at the New York County Lawyers' Association (NYCLA) Justice Center screening of clips from a Public Radio International (PRI) documentary series, Against The Odds. The documentary examines young people from some of the toughest streets on both coasts who have managed - despite harsh backgrounds - to become exemplary achievers by transforming their lives with the help of special mentors.Pictured with Judge Sotomayor are (from left to right): Hon. George Bundy Smith, chair of the NYCLA Justice Center, a partner at Chadbourne & Parke and retired judge, New York State Court of Appeals, who moderated a discussion following the screening; Ellis Cose, columnist, contributing editor for Newsweek magazine and writer and executive producer of the PRI series; and James B. Kobak, Jr., NYCLA president elect, president of the NYCLA Foundation and a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.