The Maryland Judiciary is set to host a ceremony on October 17 to officially rename the state's public law library as the Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library. This renaming pays tribute to Justice Thurgood Marshall, a prominent Maryland lawyer who argued significant cases before the United States Supreme Court and became its first African-American justice.
Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera of the Maryland Court of Appeals will preside over the event at the Courts of Appeal Building in Annapolis, which houses both the library and the state's highest courts. The library is accessible to the public and offers resources aimed at enhancing legal knowledge.
The decision to rename the library was approved by the Maryland General Assembly earlier this year and subsequently signed into law by Governor Larry Hogan.
The ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, at the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building located at 361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401. Key figures expected to attend include retired Chief Judge Robert M. Bell, Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller Jr., House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones, Senator Douglas J.J. Peters, Delegate Ronald L. Watson, Professor Larry Gibson from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, and Steven Anderson, Director of the newly named library.
Media representatives planning to cover this event are encouraged to contact the Maryland Judiciary's Government Relations and Public Affairs via email for further information.