Carol Corrigan

Carol Corrigan
Current Court Information:
California Supreme Court
Title:	Justice
Service:
Appointed by:	Arnold Schwarzenegger
Active:	2006-2018
Past post:	California First District Court of Appeal
Past term:	1994-2006
Personal History
Born:	August 16, 1948
Bachelors:	Holy Names College, 1970
Law School:	University of California, Hasting College of Law, 1975
Grad. School:	St. Louis University, 1972

Carol A. Corrigan is an associate justice of the seven member California Supreme Court. She was appointed to the court in the state's Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection on December of 2005 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Justice Corrigan was retained to a full 12 year term in November of 2006. Her current term ends in 2015.

Education

Corrigan earned her undergraduate degree from Holy Names College in 1970. She then enrolled in a clinical psychology doctoral program at St. Louis University where she attended from 1970 until 1972. After two years, she decided to pursue a career in law and enrolled in the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she earned a Juris Doctor in 1975.

Professional career

Following her admission to the bar in 1975 Corrigan served as a Deputy District Attorney, for Alameda County, California. In 1985 she became the Senior Deputy District Attorney for Alameda. In 1987 she was appointed as a Judge to the Oakland, Emeryville Piedmont Judicial District, and was successfully elected in 1988. In 1991 she was appointed to the Superior Court of Alameda County, California, again successfully being elected in 1992. In 1994 she was appointed and elected by voters to the California First District Court of Appeal, Division Three. She was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwartznegger to the California Supreme Court in 2005, a position to which she still serves.

Awards and Associations

Awards

• Jurist of the Year, Judicial Council of California, 2003
• Distinguished Faculty Award, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1997
• Founder’s Medal, Holy Names College

Associations

• Former Chair, Judicial Council of California, Task Force on Jury Instructions
• Former Member, Commission on Future of California’s Courts
• Note and Comment Editor, Hastings College of the Law Journal
• Former Member, Judicial Council of California, 1997-2001
• Board Member, Center for Judicial Education & Research, 1994-1997
• Faculty, California Judicial College, Continuing Judicial Studies Programs, 1989-Present
• Board of Directors, Holy Names College, 1988-Present
• Chair, Holy Names College, 1990-2005
• Chair, Saint Vincent’s Day Home, 1991-Present
• Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law, 1988-1990
• Member, Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, 1985-1989
• Adjunct Professor, U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1984-1987, 1990-1994
• Board Member, President’s Commission on Organized Crime, 1983-1986
• Special Consultant, President’s Task Force on Victims of Violent Crime, 1982
• Adjunct Professor, University of Puget Sound School of Law, 1981
• Adjunct Professor, U.C. Hastings College of Law, 1981-1987, 1989;
• Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1981-Present
• Student Body President, Holy Names College, 1970

Elections

2006

California Supreme Court, Associate Justice 2006 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Carol Corrigan		4,304,376	74.4%
Against retention		1,483,509	25.6%

• Click here (scroll to page 28) for 2006 General Election Results from the California Secretary of State.

1994

California First District Court of Appeal, Associate Justice 1994 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Carol Corrigan		669,213	71.5%
Against retention		267,008	28.5%

• Click here for 1994 General Election Results from the California Secretary of State.

1992

Corrigan ran unopposed in 1992 to retain her seat on the Alameda County Superior Court.

See also

• California
• California Supreme Court

External links

• Carol Corrigan Profile
• Los Angeles Times, "Gov. Names Moderate to High Court", December 10, 2005
• UCTV, "The Supreme Court of California: The Death Penalty and the Appellate Process", January 19, 2009

References