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The 2024 Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize will be awarded to Keith Wattley J.D. ’99, founder and executive director of UnCommon Law in Oakland, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, on the Santa Clara University campus.
The 2020 Leadership Awards granted by The James Irvine Foundation each year, recognizes leaders in organizations working towards advancing solutions to some of the most critical challenges facing California today.
Keith Wattley (he/him), Founder and Executive Director, received his B.A. in Psychology from Indiana University and his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. He has been advocating for the rights of people in prison and on parole for more than 20 years. Prior to launching UnCommon Law in 2006, Keith was a staff attorney at the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit law firm in Berkeley. At UnCommon Law, he has focused on helping people transform their lives and demonstrate to the parole board that they can safely be released from their life sentences. He has also engaged in impact litigation and individual cases involving unlawful prison and parole conditions, and he has trained hundreds of lawyers, law students and others in advocating for the rights of incarcerated people.
In 2018, Keith was selected as one of the Obama Foundation’s inaugural Fellows, recognizing his unique legal model and vision, and in 2020, he was awarded the James Irvine Foundation’s Leadership Award. Keith has been active on several boards of directors, and is co-chair of the Institutional Review Board (human subjects committee) for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. He was also a member of the Founding Board of Directors for the Prison University Project (San Quentin’s College Program) and a member of the Board of Directors for Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Keith currently teaches a course titled “California Prisons and Discretionary Parole” at UC Berkeley School of Law where he also supervises the Post-Conviction Advocacy Project.
Keith Wattley https://www.uncommonlaw.org/keith-wattley
2024 Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Reception 5:30 – 6:00 pm
Program 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Adobe Lodge
Complimentary parking in the North campus garage. Campus Map Here
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Katharine & George Alexander
The late Katharine Alexander practiced law for 25 years as a public defender for Santa Clara County and taught law courses for several years at San Jose State University. The late George Alexander served as professor of law at Santa Clara University for 34 years and as dean of its School of Law for 15 years. Both Katharine and George dedicated their lives to instilling in students and lawyers a commitment to justice. Their service to humanity serves as a model for other lawyers.