ACS at UCLA Law Presents: Speaker Event with Judge David Herriford

Please join ACS at UCLA Law for a conversation with Judge David V. Herriford of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. We will discuss his journey to the judiciary and career pathways after law school.

Judge Herriford brings a unique vantage point on the criminal legal system to this discussion: prior to his appointment to the bench in 2010, he began his career in civil litigation in San Francisco, served for five years as a Deputy District Attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, and spent twenty years running his own criminal defense practice in Los Angeles. Since joining the court, he has served as a supervising judge and site judge at the Metropolitan Courthouse and currently presides over felony jury trials at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. He earned both his B.A. and J.D. from Stanford University.

Drawing on his decades of experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and trial judge, Judge Herriford will discuss how law students can navigate post-graduate opportunities as a court clerk, the various pathways to the state bench, and what he looks for in the courtroom and in judicial externs. The second half of the event will be open to student Q&A.

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