Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, who was first selected to serve in the DC courts by President Clinton in 1995, now serves as the Chief Judge of the DC Court of Appeals. She was awarded the ABA’s “Herman Sweatt’s Champion of Justice” award and the Women’s Bar Association of DC’s “2014 Star of the Bar Award.” During a summer that shone a harsh light on systemic racism, Chief Judge Blackburne-Rigsby challenged judges and court staff to continuously question programs and procedures to ensure they are treating the community fairly, noting that “our courts have played an important role throughout history in overturning discrimination and unjust laws. Our courts [. . .] continue to play an important role in ensuring access to justice and fairness for all who come before our courts.”