U.S. Ninth Circuit Judge to Speak at Fireside Tuesday
Ashley Henderson ·
November 04, 2008
J. Clifford Wallace, former Chief Judge for the United States Court
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, will address the Southern Virginia
University campus community at a fireside on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.
in the Ballroom.
Judge Wallace was sworn in as a United States District Judge for the
Southern District of California in October 1970. He was then elevated
to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in July
1972 and took senior status in April 1996. As Chief Judge he developed
innovative procedures for handling the needs of a large circuit. These
procedures included developing the first federal appellate long-range
plan with a mechanism to set annual strategic goals, writing the
mission statement for the Judicial Council and creating a cooperative
education program for capital habeas corpus.
Justice Wallace
graduated from San Diego State College in 1952 with a degree in
economics and a minor in political science. He then went on to earn his
law degree in 1955 from the University of California at Berkeley.