| 2021 |
Congresswoman and UC Law SF alumna Jackie Speier ‘76 |
| 2020 |
Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, California Supreme Court |
| 2019 |
Willie Lewis Brown Jr., Former Mayor of San Francisco |
| 2018 |
Joseph W. Cotchett, Litigation Trial Lawyers Hall of Famer and UC Law SF Alumnus, Class of 1964 |
| 2017 |
Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| 2016 |
The Honorable Nancy Gertner, Judge, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts |
| 2015 |
George Takei, Actor, Author and Social Justice Activist |
| 2014 |
Janet Napolitano, President, University of California |
| 2013 |
The Honorable Edward J. Davila, Judge, United States District Court, Northern Distict of California, Class of 1979 |
| 2012 |
Jeff Adachi, The Public Defender of the City and County of San Francisco, Class of 1985 |
| 2011 |
The Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California |
| 2010 |
Assistant Attorney General Tony West, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice |
| 2009 |
Congresswoman Jackie Speier, U.S. House of Representatives, Class of 1976 |
| 2008 |
The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr., Former Mayor of San Francisco, Class of 1958 |
| 2007 |
The Honorable Carol A. Corrigan, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, Class of 1975 |
| 2006 |
The Honorable Karla M. Gray, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana, Class of 1976 |
| 2005 |
The Honorable Kamala D. Harris, District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, Class of 1989 |
| 2004 |
The Honorable Mary Murphy Schroeder, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit |
| 2003 |
The Honorable Marvin R. Baxter, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California, Class of 1966 |
| 2002 |
The Honorable Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Class of 1976 |
| 2001 |
The Honorable Jeffery L. Amestoy, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Vermont, Class of 1972 |
| 2000 |
Sheila James Kuehl, Member, California State Assembly |
| 1999 |
Joseph W. Cotchett, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, Class of 1964 |
| 1998 |
The Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit |
| 1997 |
The Honorable Janet F. Reno, Attorney General of the United States |
| 1996 |
The Honorable Melvin Brunetti, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Class of 1964 |
| 1995 |
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1994 |
Congressman Robert T. Matsui, U.S. House of Representatives, Class of 1966 |
| 1993 |
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1992 |
Art Buchwald, Journalist, Author |
| 1991 |
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, Former Mayor, City of San Francisco |
| 1990 |
Justice Joyce L. Kennard, Justice, Supreme Court of California |
| 1989 |
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Founder, National Rainbow Coalition |
| 1988 |
Arthur R. Miller, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard Law School |
| 1987 |
Robert D. Raven, President-Elect, American Bar Association |
| 1986 |
The Honorable Rose Elizabeth Bird, Chief Justice, California Supreme Court, Class of 1978 |
| 1985 |
Peter V. Ueberroth, Commissioner of Baseball |
| 1984 |
Eva Jefferson Paterson, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law |
| 1983 |
Robin Williams, Comedian, Actor |
| 1982 |
The Honorable Joseph R. Grodin, Associate Justice, State of California Court of Appeals |
| 1981 |
The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr., Speaker of the California State Assembly, Class of 1958 |
| 1980 |
Irving Younger, Samuel S. Leibowitz Professor of Trial Techniques, Cornell Law School |
| 1979 |
Gene Roddenberry, Creator and Producer of “Star Trek” |
| 1974 |
Marvin J. Anderson, Chancellor & Dean of UC Law SF College of the Law |
| 1973 |
The Honorable Alfred P. Murrah, Director of the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C., and Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals |
| 1972 |
Congressman Paul N. McCloskey, U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1971 |
Dr. Charles S. Rhyne, President, World Peace Through Law Center, and American Bar Foundation |
| 1970 |
The Honorable Shirley M. Hufstedler, U.S. Secretary of Education, Justice, United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit |
| 1969 |
Charles J. Hitch, President, University of California |
| 1968 |
The Honorable William O. Douglas, Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
| 1967 |
Robert B. McKay, Dean, New York University Law Center |
| 1966 |
Allen F. Smith, Vice-President, University of Michigan |
| 1965 |
The Honorable Archibald Cox, Solicitor General of the United States |
| 1964 |
The Honorable Stanley Mosk, Attorney General of California |
| 1887 |
The Honorable T.H. Rearden, Justice, California Superior Court |
| 1886 |
Warren Olney, Attorney and Founder of the Sierra Club |
| 1885 |
Arthur Rodgers |
| 1881 |
Samuel M. Wilson |