Professor Reynoso Receives Minority Corporate Counsel Association Lifetime Achievement Award

Professor Cruz Reynoso will be honored with the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) Lifetime Achievement Award at the MCCA Diversity Gala on July 25 at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

"For more than 50 years Justice Reynoso has blazed a trail for diversity" said Joseph K. West, President and CEO of MCCA. "His remarkable career has demonstrated genuine courage, wisdom, inspiration, and commitment to positive change that manifests itself in diverse leadership, which our organization has sought to recognize since its inception.  MCCA is honored to recognize Justice Reynoso with the Lifetime Achievement Award."

A member of the UC Davis School of Law faculty since 2001, Professor Reynoso is an internationally known civil rights leader, the first Latino to sit on the California Supreme Court, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.  He has been awarded the UC Davis Medal, the university's highest honor, and the Law School has established the Cruz & Jeannene Reynoso Scholarship for Legal Access to help students with financial needs.