A Woman’s Place: A Conversation with Former South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Kaye Hearn
As the longest-serving state court judge in South Carolina history and serving as the second female member of the South Carolina Supreme Court from 2009-2023, Justice Kaye Hearn has paved the way for generations of women in the South Carolina legal system.
During Justice Hearn’s time on the Supreme Court, she authored countless opinions on landmark cases that continue to shape South Carolina law. As the high court’s lone female justice, she wrote the majority opinion overturning the state’s 2021 six-week abortion ban, which was reinstated upon her retirement by an all-male South Carolina Supreme Court.
This event featured an evening of conversation and reflections on the past, present, and future of South Carolina’s judicial system with Justice Hearn and Furman Politics and International Affairs faculty.
Event Details
- March 27, 2024
- 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Watkins Room, Trone Student Center
Justice Kaye Hearn
Justice Kaye Hearn served on the South Carolina Supreme Court from 2009 to 2023. The second female member in the court’s history, Hearn previously served as Chief Judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals and led the national Council of Chief Judges as president. Justice Hearn has received the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association’s Jean Galloway Bissell Award, the Woman of Achievement Award from the South Carolina Commission on Women, and the Outstanding Jurist Award from the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Panelists
TERESA COSBY
Teresa Nesbitt Cosby is a professor of political science at Furman University, specializing in constitutional law and racial and ethnic politics. A former law clerk of retired United States Magistrate Judge William M. Catoe, Jr. and an Assistant Deputy Attorney General for the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, Professor Cosby brings a wealth of legal knowledge and experience to this discussion.
GLEN HALVA-NEUBAUER
Glen Halva-Neubauer is the Dana Professor and chair of Politics and International Affairs, focusing on US state and local government and politics. A founder of Furman’s Mock Trial program, an acclaimed member of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA), and a specialist on responses to the 2022 Dobbs decision among Southern state legislatures, Dr. Halva-Neubauer brings tremendous experience and scholarly research to this event.