February 3, 2022, 12:00 PM PST
75 minutes
Virtual
CLE credit available
Join Berkeley Judicial Institute as Heather Rosmarin. She is the founder of the InterAmerican Clean Energy Institute and interviews Mary Beth O’Connor about her book From Junkie To Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma And Addiction.
Her memoir was published on January 24, 2023.
The publisher’s website:
Judge O’Connor’s debut memoir is heartwarming, disturbing, and triumphant. It takes the reader on a wild ride from the rock-bottom of intravenous drug addiction to finally the hallowed halls where Judge O’Connor rose to the top of her career as a federal judge.
Source:
She attended Berkeley Law six years after her recovery. After working at a large Silicon Valley firm, she then represented the federal government in class actions. Mary Beth was appointed as a federal Administrative Law Judge in 2014. She retired from that position in 2020.
Find out more about Judge O’Connor and her story here.
https://junkietojudge.com/writer
Materials:
Chapter 40, Junkie to Judge
Commentary: I was not lucky to be a judge in the aftermath of meth addition. It was white privilege