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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at the University of Vermont on October 20.

Sotomayor encouraged students to persevere in fighting for their beliefs, even in difficult times.

She described her dissenting opinions as a way to inspire action from the public and lawmakers.

The justice emphasized that law is not absolute but exists in a "gray area" requiring interpretation.

As a U.S. Supreme Court justice whose views of late are often heard in dissenting opinions, Sonia Sotomayor is accustomed to fighting for lost causes.

The third woman and first Hispanic person on the court, Sotomayor said lawyers representing civil rights cases, for instance, often lose.

The key, she told a crowd Oct. 20 at the University of Vermont, is to keep trying.

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