Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar, associate justice of the Supreme Court of California and a Stanford alumnus, will be the 2017 Commencement speaker at Stanford University.

Stanford’s 126th Commencement Weekend, which is scheduled for June 16-18, will also feature a Baccalaureate address by Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund.

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“Justice Cuéllar is the embodiment of the American success story,” said Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne. “Born in Mexico, a naturalized U.S. citizen, Tino has chosen to give back to this country. Over his career, he has been equally devoted to higher education and public service. We hope that our graduates will be inspired by his life and sense of purpose, and how he has used his scholarly achievements to improve the lives of others.”

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Cuéllar currently serves as chair of the board of directors of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He also chairs the California judiciary’s Implementation Task Force on Language Access, which is working to improve court access for California’s millions of limited English speakers. Cuéllar is also on the boards of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the American Law Institute and the American Bar Foundation, and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He and his wife, Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, have two children.