MY NAME IS LISA FAIRFAX. I AM A PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF LAW. PRIOR TO MY ACADEMIC CAREER, I WORKED AT A LARGE LAW FIRM. BUT BEFORE THAT, I WAS ROOMMATES AND A VERY DIFFERENT AT HARVARD OF JAZZ -- JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, WHO I AM HONORED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TODAY. KANJI AND -- KETANJI AND I MET DURING OUR FIRST DAYS OF COLLEGE. SHE IS THE FRIEND THAT MAKE SURE WE ALL BELONG TO. A WOMAN OF DEEP FAITH AND IN YIELDING LOVE FOR FAMILY, KETANJ I DIVIDES FRIENDSHIP. AS OUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS NEW DUTCH GROUP, SHE BECAME THE ROCK FOR US ALL. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE THE SAME AGE, SHE IS THE ROLE MODEL. YOU CAN DO IT. HERE IS HOW. SHE SHOWED US HOW BY THE POWER OF HER EXAMPLE OF HARD WORK, PREPARATION, AND EXCELLENCE THAT TRANSFORMED THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE INTO THE ACHIEVABLE. WE POURED OUR SOULS INTO OUR STUDIES, GRADUATING WITH HONORS AND THEN DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN WHEN WE MERGE WITH THE LAW SCHOOL WITH HONORS. WE BECAME SISTERS AND SAW EACH OTHER'S FAMILIES AT OUR OWN. WE BOTH MET THEIR HUSBANDS AS STUDENTS AND WERE THERE WITH EACH OTHER WHEN WE WALKED DOWN THE AISLE, STARTED OUR LEGAL CAREERS AND LIVES AS WORKING MOTHERS. MY HUSBAND, ROGER FAIRFAX, AS DESCRIBED KETANJJI'S IMPECCABLE CREDENTIALS. HE ALSO NOTES HER AS ONE OF OUR CHILDREN'S MOST FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. OUR ROOMMATE, NINA SIMMONS HAS DESCRIBED KETANJI'S UNWAVERING WORK ETHIC. SHE PUTS HER HEAD DOWN AND GET IT DONE, EVEN, AND PERHAPS ESPECIALLY, WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING. OUR OTHER COLLEGE ROOMMATE HAS DESCRIBED KETANJI AS A COALITION BUILDER. WE KNEW EARLY ON SHE COULD BE ANYTHING SHE CHOSE TO BE, BUT ALSO THAT SHE SEEMED DESTINED TO BE A JUDGE BECAUSE OF HER ABILITY TO SEE ALL SIDES. OUR GROUP OF FRIENDS ALSO KNOWS THAT THERE IS MORE TO KETANJI BEYOND HER BRILLIANT MIND. THERE IS HER SENSE OF HUMOR, GIFT OF STORYTELLING, HEART OF GOLD THAT SHOWS FROM THE FIRST COAT YOU MAKE FOR ADVICE TO THE FIRST KNOCK YOU HEAR ON THE DOOR AFTER LEARNING YOUR DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. SHE IS ALWAYS THERE. ABOVE ALL, KETANJI IS HUMBLE ENOUGH NOT TO PRETEND SHE KNOWS HOW TO HAVE IT ALL, BUT SHE DOES KNOW HOW TO GIVE IT ALL. WHAT SHE GIVES TO HER FAMILY, HER FRIENDS, SHE ALSO GIVES TO THE LAW AND THIS COUNTRY. A TESTAMENT OF HER CHARACTER IS ALL THE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUND STAND BENEATH -- BELIEFS WHO UNDERSTAND THAT ESSENCE OF KETANJI. WE HAVE SEEN THAT FROM ENDORSEMENTS. WE WILL SEE IT IN THE HISTORY SHE WILL MAKE. SHE IS HONORED AND HUMBLED BY THIS MOMENT. NOT FOR WHAT IT MEANS FOR HER, BUT FOR WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR AMAZING COUNTRY. CONFIRMATION OF THE IDEA THAT AMERICA IS A PLACE IN WHICH ALL OF US COULD GET A SENSE OF BELONGING AND CAN REACH OUR. POTENTIAL. WHILE CHALLENGING, I WOULD SUMMARIZE NEARLY 30 YEARS OF PROJECT IN THIS WAY -- HIGHLIGHTING HER FAITH IN GOD AND COUNTRY, HER INTELLECTUAL BRILLIANCE, HER GOODNESS AND GRACE, AND A WORK ETHIC THAT MAKES HER PERFECTLY SUITED FOR THE SERIOUS TASK OF SERVING ON THE SUPREME COURT. IT IS WITH LOVE, PRIDE, GRATITUDE FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO SERVE INTRODUCE TO YOU MY FRIEND AND EXEMPLARY OF AMERICA'S PROMISE, JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON. 