A U.S. Court of International Trade judge who hails from Russell will return to her home state to present a public lecture and speak to students today at the Kansas University School of Law.

Judge Judith M. Barzilay will deliver her talk, “Environmental Protection at the U.S. Court of International Trade: Walking the Tightrope between Protecting the Environment and Complying with our International Agreements,” from 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. at the Stinson Morrison Hecker Lecture Hall, 104 Green Hall. A question-and-answer session will follow the talk.

Barzilay also will lecture to students in the Advanced International Trade Law class.

Barzilay, appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1998, received degrees at Wichita State and Rutgers universities.