Vaughn Walker: The Private Law Office

Vaughn Walker, Retired Chief U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1989-2011
Peter Keane, Professor of Law UC Hastings; Dean Emeritus Golden Gate Law School - Moderator

Having delivered rulings on such controversial cases as the NSA warrantless wiretapping, the Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation copyright infringement case, and most recently the constitutional challenge of California’s Proposition 8, Judge Vaughn R. Walker is one of the most influential judges of our time. As the debates around the government's terrorist surveillance programs and Prop 8 continue after recent rulings of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding Judge Walker’s rulings, the former judge will discuss issues and challenges facing the legal profession and courts.

Location: SF Club Office
Time: 11:30 a.m. check-in, noon program
Cost: $20 standard, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID)
Also know: Part of the Geschke Family Series on the U.S. Constitution in the 21st Century