“Women Judges: Women’s Role in Justice”
The Fifth Holly Burgess Public Policy Forum
Celebrating National Constitution Day
Monday, September 30, 2019
7:00 p.m. (refreshments at 6:30 p.m.)
 Columbia Public Library, Friends Room

Panel

Judge Ann Covington
Judge Ellen Roper
Judge Christine Carpenter
Judge Casey Clevenger

Moderator: David Lile, KFRU

Event sponsors:
American Association of University Women – Columbia Branch (AAUW)
League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County (LWV)
Daniel Boone Regional Library (Columbia Public Library

Now retired, Ann Covington was the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. Ellen Roper was Circuit Court Judge for 28 years and served as a special judge on the Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Christine Carpenter served on the 13th Judicial Circuit Court for 18 years and has been a leader in both Missouri and the U.S. in the field of recovery courts. Casey Clevenger oversees four treatment courts in Boone and two courts in Callaway County.

This forum honors the memory of Holly Burgess, a member of both LWV and AAUW, who was particularly interested in public policy issues.

The event is free and open to the public.
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League of Women Voters
Columbia-Boone County