Ninth Circuit Judge Carlos T. Bea Wins Graciela Olivarez Award

The Graciela Olivarez Award will be presented to the Honorable Carlos T. Bea at 3:30 p.m. this Friday in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom (reception to follow).

The Notre Dame Hispanic Law Students’ Association’s award commemorates the accomplishments of Graciela Olivarez, Notre Dame Law School’s first female and Latina graduate.

Judge Carlos T. Bea Bea was born in Spain to Cuban parents and played basketball for both the Cuban Olympic team and the Stanford University varsity team before starting a distinguished legal career in San Francisco that led him to his current seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2003.