50th anniversary celebration:
The NCSC seal at Legacy Circle.
CCJ members form a procession to start the ceremony.
A procession of CCJ members takes place before the ceremony.
NCSC President Mary McQueen welcomes guests.
Congresswoman Elaine Luria, Virginia’s 2nd District, addresses the crowd.
Texas Chief Justice and Chair of NCSC Board Nathan Hecht talks about the significance of NCSC’s seal and history.
Congresswoman Elaine Luria presents NCSC President Mary McQueen with a U.S. flag that has flown at the U.S. Capitol to fly at NCSC Headquarters.
Colonial Williamsburg’s Fife and Drum Corps plays for the ceremony.
More than 150 court leaders and current and former NCSC staff members attended the ceremony.
A flag raising of the U.S. flag, Virginia State flag, and NCSC flag culminates the event.
Members of CCJ gather at NCSC’s Legacy Circle with NCSC President Mary McQueen and Congresswoman Elaine Luria.
Members of COSCA gather at NCSC’s Legacy Circle with NCSC President Mary McQueen.
NCSC’s first president, Ed McConnell, passed away in 2015. To recognize his contributions to the Center, NCSC President Mary McQueen showcased a pair of his shoes during a CCJ/COSCA luncheon presentation where two other former presidents – Larry Sipes and Roger Warren -- and McQueen shared stories of NCSC’s history.
NCSC President Mary McQueen keeps a pair of each of her predecessor’s shoes in her office as symbol of the big shoes to fill as NCSC president. This pair belonged to NCSC’s first president, Ed McConnell.
From left, Roger Warren, NCSC President Emeritus; Christy Warren; and former North Dakota Chief Justice Gerald Vande Walle.
CCJ President and Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and COSCA President and Administrative Office of the Kentucky Courts Director Laurie Dudgeon with Dave Byers, director of the Arizona Administrative Office of the Courts, who received the with Kenneth R. Palmer Distinguished Service Award. The CCJ/COSCA annual conference recognized NCSC’s 50th anniversary during an education session and luncheon with three NCSC presidents.
CCJ President and Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and COSCA President and Administrative Office of the Kentucky Courts Director Laurie Dudgeon with David Slayton, administrative director of the Texas Office of Court Administration, who received the Mary C. McQueen Award. The CCJ/COSCA annual conference recognized NCSC’s 50th anniversary during an education session and luncheon with three NCSC presidents.
Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald of Hawaii with a lei he brought to honor one of his predecessors, Chief Justice William Richardson, for whom a board room is named at NCSC headquarters.
NCSC over the years:
1988: Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist, center, with William Spong Jr., a U.S. Senator from Virginia and former dean of William & Mary’s Law School, and then-Chief Justice of Alabama C.C. Torbert, Jr. at the annual CCJ/COSCA meeting.
2014: Judge Jennifer Bailey of Dade County, Florida and Sheri Carter of Los Angeles Superior Court Central District, participate in one of the first meetings of CCJ’s Civil Justice Initiative meetings in Arlington, VA.
2015: Several chief justices participate in A Conversation with the Chiefs, part of that year’s Fall Events in Washington, D.C.
1983: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor attendsthe annual National Association of Women Judges conference.
2009: The first women judges from Egypt visit the United States as part of an NCSC program.
2005: The William H. Rehnquist Award presentation at the U.S. Supreme Court, with California Judge Len Edwards (center) receiving the award. Left, William Vickery, then-California state court administrator and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, retired.
2011: Attendees await the opening of CTC 2011 in Denver.
2012: Attorneys Ted Olson, left, and David Boies present at an NCSC press briefing in Washington, D.C. on state-court funding.
2010: President Mary McQueen, former NCSC President Roger Warren, and then-Texas Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson.
2003: Chief Judge of the New York Courts Judith Kaye, who served as president of CCJ and chair of NCSC’s Board 2002–2003 presents at an NCSC event.
2011: NCSC’s Board of Directors
2015: Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. addresses guests of NCSC’s annual William H. Rehnquist Award dinner.
1971: Members of the Conference of Chief Justices gathered in Denver, discussing among many things, the formation of the National Center for State Courts.
President Nixon, Justice Clark and Attorney General Mitchell, March 11, 1971.
1977: Ed McConnell, NCSC’s first president, proudly stands at the future site of NCSC headquarters in Williamsburg, Va.
1977: The latest in cutting edge technology was on display at this NACA meeting.
2012: ICM’s class of 2013 Fellows candidates spent three weeks in a residential phase in Williamsburg as part of their intensive program.
1982: Linda Caviness became the first woman to serve on NCSC’s management team (pictured here in 1987). Front row: Jim James, Ed McConnell, Keith Bumstead. Second row: Geoff Gallas, Harvey Solomon, Caviness, David Steelman, Alex Aikman.
2011: Mass. Justice James McHugh, winner of the 2011 Rehnquist Award, with Mass. CJ Margaret Marshall and SC CJ Jean Toal, at the U.S. Supreme Court in November.
2012: NCSC’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel Rob Baldwin introduces judges and court leaders from Afghanistan to the American court structure.
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