Previous Commencement Speakers

2012               San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi

2011               The Honorable Vaughn R. Walker

2010               Tony West, U. S. Department of Justice

2009               Congresswoman Jackie Speier ‘76

2008               Former Mayor Willie Brown ‘58

2007               The Honorable Carol A. Corrigan ‘75

2006               Chief Justice Karla Gray of the Montana Supreme Court

2005               District Attorney Kamala Harris ‘89      

2004               The Honorable Mary Murphy Schroeder, Chief Judge Appeals

2003               The Honorable Marvin R. Baxter, Assoc. Justice Supreme Court ‘66

2002               Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of U.S. Department of Agriculture ‘76

2001               Chief Justice Jeffrey L. Amestoy of the Vermont Supreme Court ‘72

2000               Sheila James Kuehl, California State Assemblymember

1999               Joseph W. Cotchett ‘64

1998               The Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat, U.S. Circuit Judge

1997               Attorney General Janet Reno

1996               The Honorable Melvin Brunetti, U. S. Court of Appeals ‘64  

1995               Nancy Pelosi, Member of Congress

1994               Robert T. Matsui, U.S. Representative, 5^th District ‘66

1993               Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative, 35^th District

1992               Art Buchwald, Journalist, Author

1991               Dianne Feinstein, Former Mayor of San Francisco

1990               Justice Joyce L. Kennard, Supreme Court of California

1989               Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, National Rainbow Coalition