LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A judicial robe worn by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice will be on permanent display at the University of Louisville's law school.
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law is named after Louisville native Louis D. Brandeis, a who was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Brandeis was born in 1856 and a graduate of Louisville Male High School. Brandeis served as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1916-1939.
On Saturday, a robe worn by Brandeis was dedicated as his descendants participated in the event.
“We have several artifacts of Justice Brandeis’s in our archive collection, but the robe he wore while serving as a justice personifies him in a way that no other item can," Brandeis School of Law Dean Melanie B. Jacobs said in a news release. "Seeing the robe – and knowing its history – is thrilling and brings us closer to him as a person in a way no other artifact does."
According to a news release, the robe was donated by Rick Raushenbush, Brandeis’s great-grandson, on behalf of the family of Walter Raushenbush.
The law school's Class of 2011, led by Dean’s Advisory Board Chair Gulam Zade of Nashville, provided funding for the protective case necessary for the robe's permanent home in the Cox Faculty Lounge.
Brandeis attended Harvard Law School, but he was a stronger supporter of the university and its law school. It was named after him in 1997. Brandeis donated his personal papers, books, pamphlets and library to the school.
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