{"id":45968,"date":"2014-12-16T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=45968"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:20:19","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-justices-give-advice-to-um-law-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/u-s-supreme-court-justices-give-advice-to-um-law-students\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court Justices Give Advice to UM Law Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 United States Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan offered advice Monday (Dec. 15) to law students at the University of Mississippi during a law school event at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The justices told the audience of nearly 1,000 about their days at Harvard Law School, their journey to the nation’s highest legal position and their decisions on some of their most interesting cases.<\/p>\n

“The moment I arrived (at Harvard), I thought, ‘This was where I want to be,'” Kagan said.<\/p>\n

Scalia added that though his time at Harvard wasn’t “warm and fuzzy,” he had a great experience.
\n“I probably learned as much from my classmates as I did from my professors,” he said.<\/p>\n

Although the justices may have differences of opinion, there is no animosity on the court, Scalia said, adding that he and Kagan are good friends.<\/p>\n

“If you can’t disagree on the law without taking it personally, find another day job,” he said.<\/p>\n

This is the first time two Supreme Court justices have visited the Ole Miss campus together, said Matthew Hall, the law school’s senior associate dean.<\/p>\n

“This is one of the branches of the federal government and it’s led by nine people,” Hall said. “Two of them are here at the University of Mississippi. That’s an extraordinary occasion for the university, particularly for the law students who want to hear constitutional law straight from the source.”<\/p>\n