Jeffrey L. Bleich
Vice Chair (2006-), Board of Trustees
Member, Board of Trustees (2004-2010)
The California State University
Professional Experience
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California Partner: General civil litigation, with emphasis on complex litigation, appellate practice, media law, communications law, and intellectual property (1992- )
Director, White House Commission on Youth Violence: Appointed by President Clinton to found and direct national effort to reduce youth violence (1999-2000)
University of California, Berkeley, California: Adjunct Lecturer in Law on Constitutional Law and upper-level seminar courses in International Human Rights, Habeas Corpus, and Appellate Advocacy (1993- )
Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, The Hague, The Netherlands: Legal Assistant to Howard M. Houltzmann (1991-92)
U.S. Supreme Court: Law Clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (1990-91)
U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit: Law Clerk to Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva (1989-90)
Education
Certificate of Study, Public & Private International Law, the Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands (1993)
J.D., Order of the Coif, University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, CA (1989)
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, M.A., Public Policy, 1986 John F. Kennedy Fellow
B.A. (magna cum laude) in political science, Amherst College, MA (1983)
Memberships
President, Bar Association of San Francisco (2003)
Chair, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (1998-99)
Chair, U.S. District Court for N.D. Cal. Judicial Conference (2003)
American Law Institute
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Amicus Briefs
Co-Chair, Human Rights Committee, American Bar Association, SIL&P Section
President, Barristers Club of San Francisco (1995)
National Council, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco (1997- )
Executive Committee, American Society of International Law, Criminal Courts
Special Rapporteur, Permanent Court of Arbitration (1992-93)
Barrister, McFettridge American Inns of Court
Board of Directors, Boalt Hall Alumni Association
Bar Memberships
California Bar Association (1989)
District of Columbia Bar Association (1991)
U.S. Supreme Court (1993)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Bar (1990)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Bar (1993)
U .S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Bar (1994)
Selected Honors and Awards
Robert Sproul Award, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (2001)
California Law Review Alumnus of the Year (2000)
James Madison Award, Society of Professional Journalists (1998)
1ABA 20 Young Leaders of the Legal Profession (1996)
Recent Alumnus of the Year, University of California, Berkeley (1996)
Recipient for Munger, Tolles & Olson of ABA Pro Bono Publico Award
and State Bar President's Award (1996)
San Francisco Barrister of the Year (1995)