Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941)

This site holds the cremated remains of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who served on the Court from 1916-39. His support for the Law School, now named in his honor, is reflected in his gift of papers including more than 250,000 items. He became famous for the cross-disciplinary Brandeis brief method of arguing socially significant cases, is remembered for an early commitment to donated legal services, opposed the growing bigness of American institutions, and wrote that “the right to be let alone” is fundamental. The remains of his wife, Alice Goldmark Brandeis, were placed here in 1945.

Louisville, Kentucky · United States