While donning their robes, Maryland judges from the District, Circuit, Appellate, Supreme, and Federal courts will read aloud to third grade students from books that are culturally diverse and include the themes of justice, fairness, and the law. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s children’s book, Turning Pages: My Life Story, is the featured book to be read for the program. Students will also be given a copy of The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy.

Reading & Robes is an initiative of the National Judicial College. In Maryland, the program is made possible through a grant from the Maryland Bar Foundation and the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Education Fund. Other partners include the Maryland State Bar Association, the Harry A. Cole Judicial Council, the Montgomery County Bar Foundation, the ABA National Conference of Specialized Court Judges, and the Maryland Judiciary Administrative Office of the Courts.

1. Mary E. Rodman Elementary School 
   3510 W Mulberry St, Baltimore, MD 21229
2. Matthew A. Henson Elementary School
   1600 N Payson St, Baltimore, MD 21217
3. Annapolis Elementary School
   180 Green St, Annapolis, MD 21401
4. Rolling Terraces Elementary
   705 Bayfield St, Takoma Park, MD 20912
5. Greencastle Elementary
   13611 Robey Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20904
6. Twinbrook Elementary School
   5911 Ridgway Ave, Rockville, MD 20851
7. Lake Arbor Elementary School
   10205 Lake Arbor Way, Mitchellville, MD 20721
8. J.P. Ryon Elementary School 
   12140 Vivian Adams Dr, Waldorf, MD 20601