Biography
Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit); former Dean and Professor of Law, University of Southern California Law Center; Former Chair, Ninth Circuit Standing Committee on ADR; Chair Emerita, Board of Directors of Western Justice Center; Co-Chair, Sino-American Conference on Mediation and Arbitration, Beijing, China, 1992; Winner ABA Dispute Resolution Section D’Alemberte/Raven Award, April 2000; Bernard E. Witkin Award from State Bar of California, Sept. 2000; Pasadena Bar Association Judge of the Year Award, Oct. 2002.
2005 Thurgood Marshall Career Achievement Award - Chicago.
2006 Harry Sheldon Award, Pasadena Human Relations Commission.
2009 Project Peace, Lifetime Achievement Award.
2009 Los Angeles County Bar Association Outstanding Jurist Award.
2009 Inner City Law Center Humanitarian Award.
2010 ADR Lifetime Achievement Award, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
2010 Earl Johnson Equal Justice Award, Western Center on Law & Poverty.
2012 Leadership Award, National Association of Women Lawyers.
2013 UCLA Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the Year Award.
2017 Lady Justice Award for Public Service, National Association of Women Judges.
