U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may have been small in stature, but she was a “giant of the law,” Pennsylvania Bar Association president David Schwager said of the 87-year-old justice who died Friday evening from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

“She was a champion for justice for so many, regardless of race, gender or disability, and a powerful and steadfast defender of the rule of law,” he said in a statement emailed shortly after her death was announced. “Overcoming great obstacles of prejudice in the early years, she prevailed and had an extraordinary career as a lawyer, a law professor and a judge. Ruth Bader Ginsburg used her life’s work to lift others by passionately advocating for gender equality. She inspired generations of lawyers during her lifetime and she will remain an inspiration for generations to come.”

On Saturday, her colleagues offered a more intimate portrait of the justice, remembering her for everything from her wisdom and graciousness to her sweet tooth at lunch.

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