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Goodwin Liu is an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, having been appointed in 2011 and retained in 2014 and 2022. He previously served as a Professor of Law and Associate Dean at UC Berkeley School of Law, and continues to teach constitutional law as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, and Stanford Law School. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Law Institute, and the American Philosophical Society. Liu was elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2023 and has served on several prestigious boards including the James Irvine Foundation and the California Commission on Access to Justice. Liu has a strong background in education law, state and local government, and diversity in the legal profession. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University and Oxford University, respectively, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. His career includes clerking for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and working in litigation at O'Melveny & Myers.
California Supreme Court • California
Justice Liu has served on the California Supreme Court since his appointment in 2011, with subsequent retention in 2014 and 2022.
UC Berkeley School of Law • Berkeley, California
He was an Associate Dean and is now a Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, specializing in constitutional law.
Applied for under 'Department of Law', 'Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law', 'Department of Constitutional Law', 'Department of Japanese Legal Studies', and 'Department of Human Rights'.