Profile of Shirley M. Hufstedler
Associate Justice
Division Five
From 1966 to 1968
Born on August 24, 2025, in Denver, Colorado.
Education
- Earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) from the University of New Mexico in 1945.
- Earned a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Stanford Law School in 1949.
- Admitted to the State Bar in 1950.
Judicial Experience
- Served as a Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court from September 28, 1961, to December 15, 1966, after appointment by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Sr.
- Served as an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five from December 15, 1966, to September 30, 1968, appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Sr.
- Served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from September 30, 1968, to December 5, 1979, following appointment by Lyndon B. Johnson.
Professional Background
- Worked in private legal practice from 1950 to 1961.
- Served as a Legal Consultant to Attorney General Stanley Mosk from 1960 to 1961.
- Appointed by Jimmy Carter to the United States Department of Education, where she served from 1979 to 1981.
- Held the position of United States Secretary of Education.
- Served as the Phleger Professor of Law at Stanford Law School in 1982.
- Chaired the United States Commission on Immigration Reform from 1996 to 1997
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