Professor Reynoso Honored with HBNF Lifetime Leadership Award

The Hispanic National Bar Foundation (HNBF) will honor Professor Cruz Reynoso with the 2010 HNBF Lifetime Leadership Award during its Annual Awards Dinner to be held in Washington D.C. on Thursday, July 8, 2010.  The accolade celebrates Professor Reynoso's commitment to education, the legal profession, and the Latino community. 

Internationally known as a civil rights champion, Professor Reynoso's career has included work as a lawyer, community organizer, law professor, legal services program director, appellate court justice, and state Supreme Court justice. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, and has been member of the UC Davis School of Law faculty since 2001.