Top Supreme Court Adviser Will Receive the Witkin Medal

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 09 No. 2010 Pg. 07
• Publication year: 2010
• Pages: 07
• Year: 2010
• topic: Business of Law

California Bar Journal 2010.

CBJ - September 2010 #07. Top Supreme Court adviser will receive the Witkin Medal

The California Lawyer
September 2010

Top Supreme Court adviser will receive the Witkin Medal

By Diane Curtis
Staff Writer

Beth Jay

Beth Jay, principal attorney to Chief Justice Ronald George and a respected legal administrator and policy adviser, has been named recipient of the State Bar's 2010 Bernard E. Witkin Medal, which recognizes "those legal giants among us who have altered the landscape of California jurisprudence."

"In her work at the California Supreme Court, Beth Jay has contributed on the highest level of scholarship and judgment to the California courts and legal profession," said State Bar President Howard Miller. "Often, the people who have the critical role she has are not recognized. Beth Jay well deserves to be."

The Witkin Medal, which will be presented to Jay at the State Bar Annual Meeting on Sept. 25 in Monterey, was created in 1993 and named after its first recipient, the preeminent legal scholar and writer. It is conferred on people...