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Annual Timeline

2008

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (ret.)


In 2008, Justice O'Connor was retired as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court but continued to serve as a visiting judge at U.S. Circuit Courts around the country.

Justice O'Connor gave 14 speeches or interviews during the year.

 January

 February

2
Award
Receives 2008 Gold Medal Award from The New York State Bar Association
10
Award
Receives Ford’s Theatre Lincoln Medal from Ford’s Theatre Society
24
Op ed / Magazine article
27
Award
Receives 2008 Reagan Distinguished American Award from Jonathan Club

 March

18
Post-Retirement Opinion
26
Event
Turns 78 years old
26
Award
Receives Harry F. Byrd Class of 1935 Public Service Award from The Virginia Military Institute

 April

10
Award
Receives 2008 Trustees Council of Penn Women Beacon Award from Trustees Council of Penn Women
17
Award
Receives Wallace Stegner Award from The Center of the American West at University of Colorado

 May

5
Post-Retirement Opinion
5
Post-Retirement Opinion
18
Honorary Degree
Receives honorary Doctor of Laws from Gettysburg College

 June

 
Coverage - Law review article
30
Post-Retirement Opinion

 July

18
Speech / Law review article

 August

 September

8
Coverage - Book
18
Op ed / Newspaper article

 October

1
Event
Friends of O'Connor House organization officially formed
15
Honorary Degree
Receives honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
30
Award
Receives 2008 Wickersham Award from The Friends of the Law Library of Congress

 November

6
Panel discussion
20
Post-Retirement Opinion

 December

12
Honorary Degree
Receives honorary Doctor of Media and Governance, honoris causa from Keio University at Tokyo