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Education and Career
Education:
1975 J.D., University of California, Hastings College Of The Law
1971 Instructor Life Credential, California Community Colleges
1971 Counselor Life Credential, California Community Colleges
1966 M.S.W., Social Work, Columbia University, New York
1964 B.S., Psychology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Career:
* Employment
Current, Judge, Administrative Office of the Courts, Assigned Judges Program
2004-2005 Mediator, arbitrator, Advanced Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.
1981-Mar 2004 Judge, San Francisco Superior Court, First Asian American woman judge in Northern California
1979-1981 Trustee (elected), Governing Board of San Francisco Community College
1977-1979 Commissioner (appointed), San Francisco Civil Service Commission. First Asian American woman commissioner
1976-1977 Commissioner (appointed), San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
First Asian American woman commissioner
1979-1981 Attorney, San Francisco Public Defenders Office – pro bono
1978-1981 Solo Practitioner, Law Office of Lillian K. Sing, San Francisco
1975-1978 Associate, Simmons, Ungar & Pohlmann Law Offices, San Francisco
1971-1973 Instructor/Counselor, English Language Center, San Francisco
1967-1970 Associate Director, Chinese Newcomers Service Center, San Francisco
1966-1967 Social Worker, Big Brothers, San Francisco
* Legal Activities
2004 Faculty Judge Intensive Advocacy Program. USF School of Law summer program
2003 Lecturer in China on the US Legal System and Judicial Process
2002 Faculty Judge, National Judicial College, lecturer in Russia on Judicial Reform
2000 Legal INCITE, “Gender and Ethnicity in the Courts.”
1999 Lecturer in Cuba on International Society for the Law, Havana University, Cuba
1999 Moderator, “Beyond Racial Preference” National Asian Pacific American
Conference on Law, Harvard Law School
1991 Speaker, “Opportunities and Blocks to Success for minorities in the legal profession,” Harvard Law School
1988 Lecturer on the U.S. Legal System and Judicial Process, Shanghai High People's Court, the Beijing People's Supreme Court, and Chinese Senior Trial Judges' College
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Honors
* Women Who Could Be President Award, the League of Women Voters, 2002
* Asian American Achievement Award, OCA, San Mateo Chapter, 2004
* Outstanding Contribution Award, SF Commission on the Status of Women, 1989
* Women Making History Award from then Congresswoman Barbara Boxer, 1982
* Asian Pacific Leadership Award, University of SF Center for the Pacific Rim, 2004
* Judge Lillian K. Sing Scholarship named by NAAACP and APILO, 2004
2004 Asian American Achievement Award OCA San Mateo Chapter
2004 Asian Pacific Leadership Award, University of San Francisco Center for Pacific Rim
2004 NAAAP & APILO Scholarship named in honor of Judge Lillian Sing
2003 Role Model Award, Chinatown Community Children Center
2002 Women Who Could Be President Award, League of Women Voters
2001 Civil Rights 2001 Award, Organization of Chinese Americans, San Francisco Chapter
1999 Profile of Excellence Award, American Broadcasting Communications
1995 Living Treasure Award, Asian Pacific Democratic Club
1995 “Women of Highest Achievement,” Award, Jordan Winery
1993 Outstanding Jurist Award, S. F. Women Lawyers Alliance
1993 Alumni Seal Award, Occidental College
1991 Certificate of Recognition Award, APA Heritage Month, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
1990 Justice Award, Alice B. Toklas Club, San Francisco
1989 Presiding Judge Award, Lawyers' Club of San Francisco
1989 Trial Judge of the Year Award, S.F. Trial Lawyers Association
1982 Honoree, First Asian American Woman Judge in Northern California, Asian American Bar Association
1982 Women Making History Award, Congresswoman Barbara Boxer
1982 Outstanding Contribution Award, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women
* Legal and Community Achievements
1970 Founding Member, Chinese for Affirmative Action
1975 Founding Member, Wah Mei Bilingual School
1982 Founding Member, Asian American Bar Association
1983 Founding Member, California Asian American Judges Association
1998 Founding Member, Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition
1985-1990 Co-Chair, Asian Pacific American Task Force on University Admissions
1986, 2001 State Chair, California Asian American Judges Association
1985 Associate Justice with the late Justice Stanley Mosk in Soviet Union v. Anatoly Scharansky, Court of International Tribunal, Mock Trial, in San Francisco
1988 Coordinator, Access to Justice Forum, first public judicial forum in San Francisco, second in the State of California
1991 Speaker, “Opportunities and Blocks to Success for Minorities in the Legal Profession,” Harvard Law School
1991 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Labor-Community Breakfast
1996 Keynote Speaker, “Bridge to Global Success,” AT&T, (4A) National Professional Development Conference
2001 Keynote Speaker LEOP Class of 2004, Hastings College of Law
2001 Co-Chair, Mediation Advisory Committee and Superior Court ADR Committee
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Publications
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