Bernard E. Witkin Medal
2011 Bernard E. Witkin Medal recipient:
The 2011 recipient of the Bernard E. Witkin Medal is Presiding Justice Joan Dempsey Klein of the Second District California Court of Appeal, Third Division.
The Bernard E. Witkin Medal, established in 1993, honors attorneys, judges and legal scholars whose lifetime body of work has altered the legal landscape. The medal is named after its first winner, a notable legal scholar who died in 1995 at the age of 91.