review articles and in lay magazines. He has long written a column entitled, "A Criminal Waste of Space," and recently published his second book, "A Criminal Waste of Time" (American Lawyer Media Publications). He writes regularly for the Orange County Lawyer magazine. The California Newspaper Publishers' Association named Bedsworth's "A Criminal Waste of Space" best work in the field of 'Columns, Commentary, and Criticism' in a paper of under 10,000 circulation for 2004. Other activities He became a Director on the Board of National Conference of Christians and Jews and Fair Share 502 and was voted by the Hispanic Bar Association as Judge of the Year in 1997. He spent several years as a goal judge for the National Hockey League at all Anaheim Ducks home games and some road playoff games, and he became the subject of a story in ESPN The Magazine entitled "Justice of the Crease". See also Supreme Court of California California Court of Appeal References External links A CRIMINAL WASTE OF SPACE Criminal Waste of Space The Bedsworth Pygmy Hippo Jailbreak Rule, A modest proposal for the emendation of CALJIC 2.92 William W. Bedsworth, Associate Justice California Judicial System Appellate Case Information System A Criminal Waste of Time by William W. Bedsworth 1947 births Living people People from Long Beach, California Loyola Marymount University alumni UC Berkeley School of Law alumni Judges of the California Courts of Appeal 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges