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Justice and Professor Joseph Raymond Grodin: A memorial and retrospective
Friday, October 3, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Join friends, colleagues, and family for a celebration and retrospective on the life and career of Joseph R. Grodin, a unique figure connecting the UC law SF school and the California Supreme Court, as a former California Supreme Court justice and professor of law at UC Law San Francisco. This event will overview his jurisprudence as a justice on the Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court, his legal scholarship, and the historical and legal significance of the 1986 retention election.
Open entry without registration, and broadcast on Zoom after Justice Kruger’s opening remarks.
Agenda:
Opening Remarks: California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger
Justice Grodin’s Jurisprudence and Legal Scholarship
Professor Catherine Fisk (UC Berkeley Law) Justice Grodin’s legacy on work law
Professor Darien Shanske (UC Davis Law School) Justice Grodin’s annotated California constitution scholarship
Professor David A. Kaiser (UC Law SF) Justice Grodin on the right to happiness in the California constitution
Justice Grodin in California Legal and Political History
Moderator: Sunil Gupta (California Supreme Court)
Professor Reuel Schiller (UC Law SF)
Beth Jay (California Supreme Court) former principal attorney to the Chief Justice
Jake Dear (California Supreme Court) former chief supervising attorney, former chambers attorney to Justice Grodin
Co-sponsored by the California Constitution Center at UC Berkeley Law
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