Robert Barnes, J.D. ’85

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Robert Barnes, earning his law degree this year, has maintained a record of outstanding academic merit that places him among the top ten students in the UCLA School of Law’s 1985 class. In the past year, he has been honored as a John M. Olin Fellow and a Hortense Fishbaugh Memorial Scholar. The UCLA Law Review, one of the most prestigious legal journals in the nation, has been well served by Barnes’ efforts. As business manager of the Review, he established a detailed program for financial management procedures. Most significantly, his article “Discriminatory Voting and Vote Dilution” has been accepted for publication in the Review. A responsible servant on behalf of the ASUCLA Graduate Students Association, Barnes acted as their nominated representative to the University Policy Commission. Extending his interest into areas of community concern, he has provided estate planning and legal counseling for senior citizens in conjunction with the City of Gardena’s Department of Human Services. Barnes is currently a law clerk to Judge Harry Pregerson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He will soon become an associate with the Los Angeles firm of Irell & Manella.