Janet Reno: "The Legal Profession as Problem Solvers and Peacemakers"

Janet Reno

Document Type

Metadata Only

Date

3-11-2002

Venue

Webb University Center - North and South Cafeteria

Lecture Series

President's Lecture Series

Description

Janet Reno, a former United States Attorney General, reflects on her life as a public servant and shares her thoughts and ideas on the most important lessons she has learned.

Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1993 until 2001. President Bill Clinton nominated Reno on February 11, 1993, and the Senate confirmed her the following month. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second-longest serving Attorney General in U.S. history, after William Wirt.

Reno was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After leaving to attend Cornell University and Harvard Law School, she returned to Miami where she started her career at private law firms. Her first foray into government was as a staff member for the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives. She then worked for the Dade County State Attorney's Office before returning to private practice. She was elected to the Office of State Attorney five times.

Media Type

VHS

Run Time

62:00 min

Comments

A 1/2" VHS copy of this lecture is available in the Special Collections & University Archives Department of Old Dominion University Perry Library. Call #: LD4331.A57 2002c

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