Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Leonard Edwards ’63 received the 2004 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence from the National Center for State Courts. NCSC President Mary Campbell McQueen calls him “one of the most effective and progressive trial judges in America.” In fact, under Edwards the juvenile dependency court in Santa Clara County was named a “national model” be the National Council of Juvenile and Family Courts Judges. Edwards has also received the Judicial Council’s Distinguished Service Award, and in 1966 the California Wellness Foundation declared him the recipient of the California Peace Prize Award.
