The Citation Award
Created in 1961, the Citation Award recognizes Berkeley Law graduates who have made exceptional contributions to the school, the bar, the bench, legal scholarship, the state, the nation, and the world.
The Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award
The Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award honors the lifelong contributions and accomplishments of an exemplary Berkeley Law Faculty Member.
The Young Alumni Award
The Young Alumni Award is given to an alumnus/a who has graduated in the past 15 years and has made significant contributions to his or her community through professional, charitable or other public service activities, extraordinary service to the law school and other achievements.
The Judge D. Lowell and Barbara Jensen Public Service Award
The Jensen Public Service Award is given to a prominent Berkeley Law graduate who has demonstrated outstanding dedication to public service in the legal profession. This award was incorporated into the Alumni Awards Ceremony in 2019.
2023 |
Leo J. Pircher ’57, Citation Award |
2022 |
Joel S. Sanders ’82, Citation Award |
2020 |
Arthur J. Shartsis ’71 and Mary Jo Christensen Shartsis ’72 (1942-2021), Citation Award |
2019 |
Holly J. Fujie ’78, Citation Award |
2018 |
Noel W. Nellis ’66, Citation Award |
2017 | Theodore Lee ’59, Citation Award Ann O’ Leary ’05, Young Alumna Award Stephen D. Sugarman, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award |
2015 | Ambassador John Phillips ’69, Citation Award Michele A. Roberts ’80, Citation Award Tirien Steinbach ’99, Young Alumna Award Eleanor Swift, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Jules Bonjour ’66, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2014 | Theodore Olson ’65, Citation Award Roxanna Altholz ’99, Young Alumna Award Pamela Samuelson, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Thomas Orloff ’69, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2012 | Centennnial Gala held in lieu of Awards Dinner – Awards not given Judge Charles Breyer ’66, Jensen Award for Public Service (2013) Sanford Svetcov ’64, Jensen Award for Public Service (2012) |
2011 | Jess S. Jackson (1930 – 2011) ’55, Citation Award E. Patricia Herron ’64, Citation Award Mitchell Zuklie ’96, Young Alumnus Award Kathleen Vanden Heuvel ’86, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Penelope Cooper ’64, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2010 | Irving Tragen ’45, Citation Award Nan Joesten ’97, Young Alumna Award Edward Halbach, Jr., Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Judge Kathryn Mickle Werdegar ’62, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2009 | Stuart Gordon ’65, Citation Award Richard Buxbaum ’53, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Laura Parsky ’95, Young Alumna Award |
2008 | Dale Minami ’71, Citation Award Mallun Yen ’95, Young Alumna Award Melvin Eisenberg, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Judge J. Clifford Wallace ’55, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2007 | Werner Wolfen ’53, Citation Award Kathi Pugh ’90, Young Alumna Award Sandy Kadish, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Governor Pete Wilson ’62, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2006 | Michael E. Tigar ’66, Citation Award Jon S. Tigar ’89, Young Alumnus Award I. Michael Heyman, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Judge Henry Ramsey ’63, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2005 | David R. Andrews ’71, Citation Award Jesse H. Choper, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Judge Lloyd D. George ’71, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2004 | Robert C. Berring ’74, Citation Award Judge Thelton Henderson ’62, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2003 | Elizabeth Cabraser ’78, Citation Award Henry Ramsey Jr. ’63, Citation Award Herma Hill Kay, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Judge Robert Puglia ’58, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2002 | Kathryn Mickle Werdegar ’62, Citation Award Mark Lemley ’91, Young Alumnus Award Edwin Meese III ’58, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2001 | Larry Sonsini ’66, Citation Award Joanne Garvey ’61, Jensen Award for Public Service |
2000 | Thelton Henderson ’62 ,Citation Award Judge Harry Low ’55, Jensen Award for Public Service |
1999 | David Frohnmayer ’67, Citation Award Judge Clinton White ’48, Jensen Award for Public Service |
1998 | Joanne Garvey ’61, Citation Award Paula E. Boggs ’84, Young Alumna Award Judge Stanley Golde ’52, Jensen Award for Public Service |
1997 | Babette Barton ’54 |
1996 | Jerome Falk, Jr. ’65 Jeffrey L. Bleich ’89, Young Alumnus Award |
1995 | Forrest Plant ’49 |
1994 | Cruz Reynoso ’58 |
1993 | Richard Clarke ’55 Jami Floyd ’89, Young Alumna Award |
1992 | Raoul Magana ’35 James O’Brien ’35 |
1991 | Allen Broussard ’53 |
1990 | Hans Linde ’50 |
1989 | Harry Pregerson ’50 J. Clifford Wallace ’55 |
1988 | Neil Goldschmidt ’67 |
1987 | Louis Heilbron ’31 Sam Kagel ’48 |
1986 | Richard Lamm ’61 Peter Wilson ’62 |
1985 | Vernon Goodin ’40 Mildred Lillie ’38 |
1984 | Robert Bridges ’33 William Edlund ’53 |
1983 | D. Lowell Jensen ’52 Robert Raven ’52 |
1982 | Wakefield Taylor ’37 Edwin Meese, III ’58 |
1981 | Martin Gang ’27 William Orrick, Jr. ’41 |
1980 | George Johnson ’29 Marcus Mattson ’30 |
1979 | G. William Miller ’52 |
1978 | Frank Newman ’41 |
1977 | William Godward ’37 |
1976 | Richard Jennings ’39 Stefan Riesenfeld ’37 Arthur Sherry ’32 |
1975 | John Doar ’49 |
1974 | John Goldberg ’17 |
1973 | Matthew Tobriner ’32 |
1972 | Adrian Kragen ’34 |
1971 | Bernard Witkin ’28 |
1970 | Phillip Ehrlich ’13 |
1969 | Alfonso Zirpoli ’28 |
1968 | Edward Barrett, Jr. ’41 |
1967 | Stanley Barnes ’25 |
1966 | Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong ’15 W. Warren Ferrier, Jr. ’14 |
1965 | Dean Rusk ’40 Herman Selvin ’27 |
1964 | Walter Gordon ’22 Herman Phleger ’14 |
1963 | Raymond Peters ’27 Homer Crotty ’22 |
1962 |
Warren Olney, III ’27 |
1961 | Earl Warren ’14 Roger Traynor ’27 |