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Berkeley Law Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository Faculty Scholarship 1-1-1995 William B. Lockhart and Bernard E. Witkin J esse H. Choper Berkeley L aw Follow this and additional works at : http://scholarship.law.b rk ley. du/facpubs Part of th Law Commons R comm nd d Citation J sse H. Chop r, William B. Lockhart and Bernard E. Witkin, 47 Hastings L.J. 581 (1995), Available at : http://scholarship.law.b rk ley. du/facpubs/1058 This Article is brought to you for fr e and op n acc ss by B rk ley Law Scholarship R pository. It has b n acc pt d for inclusion in Faculty Scholarship by an authoriz d administrator of B rk ley Law Scholarship R pository. For more information, pl ase contact jc ra@law.b rk ley. du. In Memoriam: William B. Lockhart and Bernard E. Witkin by JEssE H. CHOPER* Within a five-day period in late December, the Advisory Com- mittee of the Hastings Law Journal lost two distinguished members- William B. Lockhart at age 89 and Bernard E. Witkin at age 91-two towering figures in the world of law and two dear friends of mine. There were impressive similarities between these two luminaries, not the least of which was their longevity. In many other ways, however, they were strikingly different. Both Bernie and Bill established reputations as renowned legal scholars, but their focus was quiet dissimilar. Bernies monumental 33-volume Summary of CaliforniaLaw was quintessentially practi- cal-summarizing, condensing and codifying virtually all of the states rules of law for the professions lawyers and judges. His genius, as described by Justice Norman Epstein, was his ability to synthesize, analyze and state th