Justice for All: Courts and the Community Opens Learning Center

Justice For All: Courts and the Community, a civic education initiative aimed to increase public understanding of the federal courts of the Second Circuit, opened a learning center on Monday, December 10, at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse. The center is open to the public and welcomes teachers and their classes to schedule visits and participate in its programs. Posing for a photo in the mock courtroom were, from left: Chief Judge Dora Irizarry, Eastern District of New York; John Bowne High School students Yousof Abdelreheem and Ashley Santacruz; Chief Judge Robert Katzmann, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Senior Judge Victor Marrero, Southern District of New York; Chief Judge Colleen McMahon, Southern District of New York; Veronica Thomas, teacher at John Bowne High School, and Deborah Nettle Ford, assistant principal at John Bowne. Below, attendants of the event.