2011 News Archives

Judicial Council Honors Evans For Court Support
December 21, 2011
State Senator Noreen Evans, '81, received the Stanley Mosk Defender of Justice Award at a Judicial Council of California ceremony on Dec. 10, 2011, in San Francisco.

Students Trim Angel Trees, Fill Food Barrels
December 16, 2011
Although studying doggedly for their fall semester final exams, students found time to bring a little Christmas cheer into the lives of the less fortunate in December.

Chief Justice Names Parker To Judicial Committee
December 14, 2011
Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker added another line to her impressive resume of service to the federal government this fall when Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court of the United States appointed her to the Judicial Conference's Committee on International Judicial Relations.

Bearden Earns International Water Resources J.S.D.
December 08, 2011
Bennett Bearden became the third person to earn a J.S.D. in International Water Resources Law on Dec. 2, 2011, with a successful on-campus defense of his dissertation, "Following the Proper Channels: Tributaries in the Mekong Legal Regime," before a three-judge panel.

Callahan, Scotland Welcome 88 New Counselors
December 02, 2011
Scores of recent law school graduates who passed the State Bar of California's July 2011 examination participated in Pacific McGeorge's 11th annual Swearing-In Ceremony on Dec. 1, 2011, in the Lecture Hall.

Military Law Society Quad Fundraiser A Success
November 28, 2011
The Military Law Society raised more than $4,000 for homeless veterans on Nov. 10, 2011, with an all-day fundraiser in the quad, "The 131,000 Challenge," which featured law school community members doing push-ups and sit-ups for a worthy cause.

Huge Crowd Mobs Third Annual Citizenship Fair
November 22, 2011
A huge crowd of would-be citizens and their families packed Pacific McGeorge’s Third Annual Citizenship Fair on Nov. 19, 2011, for a day-long event to help immigrants on the road to citizenship.

Salcido Talks Wave Energy at Golden Gate Event
November 21, 2011
Professor Rachael Salcido presented her latest scholarship on Nov. 11, 2011, at Golden Gate University's symposium, "Offshore Energy After the BP Spill: Wave, Wind and the Push to Drill."

Law Day Attracts Several Hundred to Campus
November 18, 2011
Pacific McGeorge's 12th annual Law Day attracted more than 225 potential applicants to campus on Nov. 5, 2011.

Law School Hosts Civil Justice Crisis Hearings
November 17, 2011
Pacific McGeorge was the first stop on a tour promoting public "Hearings on California's Civil Justice Crisis" on Nov. 15, 2011.

Mediation Training Attracts Professionals
November 16, 2011
Pacific McGeorge's second annual Executive Mediation Training program attracted a variety of attorneys, business executives, and administrative law judges to campus this fall.

Wong Addresses ASIL Mid-Year Research Forum
November 14, 2011
Professor Jarrod Wong presented a paper, "Transparency and Public Participation in Investor-State Arbitration," on Nov. 5, 2011, at the American Society of International Law's second annual Mid-Year Meeting and Research Forum in Los Angeles.

Trial Team Runner-up In Strong San Francisco Field
November 11, 2011
The Pacific McGeorge Mock Trial Team opened its season in impressive fashion on two fronts in early November while the Moot Court took a writing award in another competition.

Famed Chilean Jurist Speaks On Pinochet Case
November 08, 2011
Famed Chilean Jurist Juan Guzman Tapia speaks on "The Indictment of Pinochet” to students and faculty on Nov. 1, 2011, as part of the Pacific McGeorge Global Center for Business & Development’s 2011-12 International Jurist Series.

Student Bar Association Board Busy On All Fronts
November 07, 2011
Following the September 2011 first-year elections, the Student Bar Association has a full board and is moving forward on many fronts as a hectic fall semester winds down.

Aldana Takes Part In Major Marburg Conference
November 02, 2011
Professor Raquel Aldana presented a paper and participated on the final wrap-up panel at a major conference on "Victims of International Crimes," which was held Oct. 6-8, 2011, at the Philipp University of Marburg in Marburg, Germany.

Hammond, Kim Keep Tang Moot Streak Intact
November 01, 2011
A Pacific McGeorge Moot Court team advanced to the national finals of the Thomas Tang International Moot Court Competition for the third straight year by securing a second-place finish at a regional hosted on Oct. 28-29, 2011, by University of Denver Sturm School of Law.

Judicial Council Honors Adjunct Professor Robie
October 31, 2011
Justice Ronald B. Robie, '67, the longest-serving adjunct professor at Pacific McGeorge, was named a recipient of the Judicial Council of California's highest honor for a state jurist on Oct. 28, 2011.

Pacific McGeorge Hosts ASCL Conference
October 27, 2011
Pacific McGeorge played host to the annual meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law Oct. 20 through 22, 2011. Professor Frank Gevurtz, the director of the law school's Global Center for Business & Development, organized the event that brought together more than 70 faculty members from ABA law schools and abroad.

Women’s Caucus Event Raises Charity Funds
October 26, 2011
The 34th Annual Women's Caucus Wine Tasting and Auction on Sept. 30, 2011, raised more than $11,000 for charity. The club will donate $10,000 from the proceeds to the St. John's Women's Shelter and establish a $1,000 direct scholarship for a Pacific McGeorge student.

Pocar Lecture Explores European Harmonization
October 25, 2011
Judge Fausto Pocar of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia spoke to students on Oct. 20, 2011, as part of the Pacific McGeorge International Jurist Series that brings leading judges from around the world to campus.

State Bar Honors Blubaugh’s Pro Bono Work
October 20, 2011
Ron Blubaugh, ’75, received a major award on Sept. 16, 2011, at the State Bar of California’s 84th Annual Meeting in Long Beach. A retired state administrative law judge, he received the 2011 President’s Pro Bono Service Award for providing Sacramento-area homeless with free legal services. Blubaugh was one of only five individuals statewide to earn the honor while four law firms were cited.

LL.M. Students Come From 23 Countries
October 19, 2011
Pacific McGeorge, which annually attracts students from all over the world, boasts one of its largest contingents of graduate and international students on campus this semester with 49 LL.M. and J.D. exchange students coming from 23 different countries.

Malloy Returns To UN Forum in Switzerland
October 14, 2011
Professor Michael Malloy spoke at the 72nd plenary session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s Committee on Housing and Land Management on October 3-4, 2011, in Geneva, Switzerland.

CalPERS CEO Delivers Witkin Schaber Lecture
October 13, 2011
Anne Stausboll, the CEO of the embattled California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), delivered the annual Witkin Schaber Lecture on Oct. 11, 2011, at the Sutter Club in downtown Sacramento.

Eglet Scores Huge Win In Second Hepatitis C Trial
October 11, 2011
Robert Eglet, ’88, landed another big financial blow to drug companies in the Las Vegas hepatitis C lawsuits when a Clark County District Court jury awarded three plaintiffs $162.5 million in punitive damages on Oct. 10, 2011.

Three Alumni Speak At Cancer Legal Workshop
October 10, 2011
A Breast Cancer Legal Advocacy Workshop sponsored by the Pacific McGeorge Capital Center for Public Law & Policy on October 8, 2011, examined the legal issues surrounding one of the deadliest forms of cancer, a disease that strikes one in eight American women.

Moot Court Team Starts Its Season This Month
October 04, 2011
Coming off its best year ever under the direction of Professor Ed Telfeyan, '75, the Pacific McGeorge Moot Court Competition Team embarks upon a difficult fall schedule later this month to start its 2011-2012 season.

Wong Presents Paper In Return To Cambridge
September 30, 2011
Professor Jarrod Wong presented his article, “Arbitrating in the Ether of Intent,” on Sept. 7, 2011, at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Legal Scholars at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

Roe, Truong, Scharg Score Major Clinic Victory
September 26, 2011
Students in the Elder and Health Law Clinic won an impressive victory when an administrative law judge ruled that their client was entitled to an expensive medical procedure previously denied him under his coverage.

Kennedy Dedicates New Legal Studies Center
September 19, 2011
Pacific McGeorge celebrated the grand opening of its $10 million Legal Studies Center on Saturday, September 17, 2011, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States taking part in a ribbon-cutting reception that attracted more than 250 alumni, faculty and Sacramento legal community leaders.

Mock Trial Team Faces Four Fall Competitions
September 16, 2011
Professor Cary Bricker will lead a strong blend of rookie second-year students and veteran third-year students into four intercollegiate mock trial competitions this fall.

Amodei Wins U.S. House Of Representatives Seat
September 14, 2011
Mark Amodei, '83, won election to the U.S. House of Representatives on September 13, 2011, with an easy victory in a special election to fill a vacant House seat in Nevada's Congressional District 2.

USAID China Contract Will Run Through April
September 13, 2011
The three-month modification allots another $200,000 in funding to the multi-million dollar teaching program first signed in 2006 and begun the following year. China has embarked on a major overhaul of its legal system, adopting new laws addressing a wide range of modern issues. Pacific McGeorge has assisted China in creating skills-based legal education programs that focus on the application of law in practice, working with numerous Chinese law schools over the last five years to teach young law professors American advocacy skills.

Civil Rights Era Book Talk Opens Grand Salon
September 09, 2011
Retired Judge Gordon A. Martin Jr., a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice during the climatic days of the 1960s civil rights movement, delivered the inaugural lecture in the Pacific McGeorge Legal Studies Center's Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Grand Salon on Sept. 8.

Myers Tackles His Cause in Tiny Colusa County
September 08, 2011
Distinguished Professor and Scholar John Myers is nationally recognized for his expertise in child abuse and neglect, and his prolific scholarship in the area has had a profound impact on a heightened awareness of the problem in American society. His vast body of work in the field, both in articles, books, and in hundreds of presentations throughout the country, has been an important resource to countless judges, attorneys, social workers and policemen.

Israel's Supreme Court Cites McCaffrey Article
September 06, 2011
A law review article written by Professor Steve McCaffrey was cited by the Supreme Court of Israel in a decision issued by that nation’s high court this summer.

Mediation Clinic Cited In Ninth Circuit Award
September 02, 2011
Pacific McGeorge's nascent Mediation Clinic, now only in its second year of operation, is already making an impact on federal court caseloads.

American Member of ICJ Speaks to Students
September 01, 2011
Judge Joan Donoghue, the only American on the 15-member International Court of Justice, visited Pacific McGeorge on Aug. 31 to speak with students and to address a meeting of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

New Legal Studies Center Brightens Law Campus
August 31, 2011
The beautiful new Legal Studies Center at Pacific McGeorge opened on Aug. 15, the first day of classes for students in the fall semester. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy will headline a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, September 17, 2011, at 5 p.m. to mark the official grand opening.

Faculty, Staff Members Receive Major Awards
August 26, 2011
Professor Thomas Main became the first two-time winner of the Sprankling Faculty Scholarship Award on Aug. 19, 2011, at the annual Pacific McGeorge Faculty Dinner at the Sutter Club.

Carter’s Article Cited In 6th Circuit Decision
August 23, 2011
A federal appeals court today threw out a death sentence for Marvin Gabrion, who was convicted in the brutal 1997 killing of a woman whose handcuffed and chained body, weighted with cinder blocks, was found in a lake in a national forest. A Western Michigan jury concluded that Gabrion deserved death for his crime: he had killed a woman, along with her infant child, while awaiting trial for raping the mother. The infant’s body was never found.

Iraqi Delegation Meets with Faculty Members
August 22, 2011
A dozen law professors and retired judges from Iraq were on campus on Aug. 17 to discuss intellectual property law and experiential learning at American law schools with members of the Pacific McGeorge faculty.

Guatemala Program Sizzles in the Summer
August 19, 2011
In only its third year of existence, the Pacific McGeorge Inter-American Program attracted nearly 40 students to its summer home in Antigua, Guatemala. Seattle University School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law co-sponsored a selection of three-week courses from May 23 to June 11 and eight students stayed on to serve exciting externships.

Three More Alums Argued Before Supreme Court
August 18, 2011
In the Summer 2011 Pacific Law magazine, 15 Pacific McGeorge alumni were cited for having presented oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. But thanks to alert readers, three more alums with that distinction have been revealed.

Matsui Fellows Make Big Summer Splash In D.C.
August 16, 2011
Four students served internships in Washington, D.C. this summer under Pacific McGeorge's four-year-old Matsui Fellowship program.

Swedish Dean Explores Ties to Pacific McGeorge
August 15, 2011
Dean Christina Moëll of Lund University Faculty of Law visited Pacific McGeorge in mid-August to explore potential academic ties between the venerable Swedish law school and the University of the Pacific.

Sims Teaches Foreign Relations Law in Russia
August 03, 2011
Professor John Sims taught this summer at the 17th Annual St. Petersburg Summer Law Institute in Russia.

Eight Alumni Serve as County Bar Presidents
August 02, 2011
Pacific McGeorge is proud of its reputation for turning out graduates who take an active role in their communities as evidenced by the eight alumni who are serving, or have recently completed their service, as county bar association presidents this year.

Malloy’s Financial Advice Resonates in Europe
July 21, 2011
Professor Michael Malloy took center stage on July 19, 2011, at the 8th Annual International Law Conference in Athens, and his presentation echoed loudly when European leaders announced a sweeping expansion of the role of their European Financial Stability Facility rescue fund to help nation states such as Greece.

Pacific McGeorge Hosts Historic Redistricting
July 15, 2011
The historic redrawing of California's congressional, state senate, and state assembly district lines is unfolding this summer on the Pacific McGeorge campus.

Justice Kennedy Teaching Again in Salzburg Program
July 12, 2011
Anthony M. Kennedy, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is co-teaching a course on Fundamental Rights in Pacific McGeorge's Summer International Legal Studies program for the 24th consecutive year.

Legal Writing Conference Receives Rave Reviews
July 01, 2011
Pacific McGeorge played host to the 2011 Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference from June 23 to 25, receiving rave reviews from the 130 attendees who came from law schools all over the United States and Canada.

Seven New Grads Land Nevada Judicial Clerkships
June 29, 2011
Pacific McGeorge has long had a major alumni presence in the Nevada justice system, but it is something of a coup for seven graduates from one class (2011) to land judicial clerkships in that neighboring state.

White House Honors Young Graduate
June 24, 2011
Lan Diep, a December 2009 Pacific graduate, is already making a difference for an underserved community dealing with the complexities of the American justice system. For efforts first recognized in The New York Times, he was honored on June 10, 2011, by the White House Champions of Change program.

Greensheets Edition Examines State Legislation
June 24, 2011
The annual "Greensheets" edition of the McGeorge Law Review has been published with a Review of Selected 2010 California Legislation.

71 Graduates Sworn Into State Bar of California
June 16, 2011
Seventy-one Pacific McGeorge School of Law graduates passed the February 2011 bar exam and were sworn into the State Bar of California this month. Many of the new attorneys attended a law school reception on June 3, following an induction ceremony at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in downtown Sacramento.

Book Drive a Huge Success at Pacific McGeorge
June 10, 2011
The Pacific McGeorge chapter of a national honor society collected more than 1,500 donated books in the final weeks of the spring semester to outfit two libraries as part of the nationwide African Book Project whose mission is to improve literacy rates in that continent.

Museum Reception Caps Off Busy Alumni Season
June 08, 2011
The McGeorge Alumni Association held scores of chapter events during the past year, culminating in a Sacramento Chapter reception on May 24 at the Crocker Art Museum.

Legal Studies Center Project Nears Completion
June 06, 2011
Pacific McGeorge School of Law students, faculty and staff participated in a concrete-signing party on April 29, marking another milestone in the construction of the new Legal Studies Center that will house the Gordon D. Schaber Law Library.

Smith, Vanderlinde Shine in Inter-American Debut
June 02, 2011
Erin Smith, '12, and Brooke Vanderlinde, '12, put on at stellar performance at the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition, held May 22-27, 2011, at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C.

Two New Graduates Boast Law School Pedigrees
June 01, 2011
Pacific McGeorge School of Law attracts some of the best and brightest students from all over the country, and its reputation in legal education circles is impeccable. Two of the leading academic performers in the Class of 2011 prove the latter point.

Pacific McGeorge Students Ride The Justice Bus
May 26, 2011
Eleven Pacific McGeorge students traveled to Redding the weekend of March 25-26, 2011, to conduct a two-day clinic for low-income rural clients in a trip sponsored by San Francisco-based OneJustice, a public interest law firm.

Angel Tree Project Wins Phi Delta Phi Award
May 25, 2011
The Pacific McGeorge chapter of the Phi Delta Phi honors fraternity received a national award for its annual Angel Tree project that collects free holiday gifts for needy children.

Frantz Event A Key Component Of Trial Team
May 24, 2011
The Ben Frantz First-Year Mock Trial Competition continues to play a major role in developing talent for Pacific McGeorge’s nationally ranked mock trial intercollegiate team

Moot Court Team Celebrates Its Best Season Ever
May 23, 2011
Pacific McGeorge celebrated arguably its best season ever in moot court competition during the 2010-11 academic year, bringing home hardware from seven national and international events.

Ethics Initiative Picks Up Steam Under Paton
May 20, 2011
Pacific McGeorge's Ethics Across the Professions Initiative was in high gear in the spring semester.

Pacific McGeorge Celebrates 87th Academic Year
May 17, 2011
Pacific McGeorge awarded 313 Juris Doctorate degrees and 28 advanced law degrees to culminate its 87th academic year on May 14, 2011, at Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium.

Trio Of Valedictorians Headline 2011 Coif Class
May 16, 2011
Day Division valedictorian Andrew Redner and Evening Division co-valedictorians Louinda Lacey and Adam Cate headline a group of 31 new members of the Pacific McGeorge chapter of the Order of the Coif.

Center Hands Out Certificates, Commendations
May 13, 2011
The Capital Center for Public Law & Policy held its second annual student recognition luncheon on May 10, 2011, honoring students who earned the Capital Certificate and the Capital Commendation for Public Service.

Manning Finishes Whirlwind Law School Career
May 12, 2011
Lauren Manning, '11, will be among the honors graduates at the Pacific McGeorge commencement this month after completing a whirlwind senior year that included a prestigious fall semester externship with the California Supreme Court.

McQuillan Named Trial Advocate Of The Year
May 11, 2011
Nikole McQuillan, '11, received the Pacific McGeorge Student Trial Advocate of the Year given by the American Board of Trial Advocates on April 28, 2011.

Red Paperclip Project Produces Excellent Results
May 05, 2011
For the second year in a row, Professor Gregory Weber used the "One Red Paperclip" project as a way to spice up his Alternative Dispute Resolution class. The results were impressive.

Advocacy Awards Ceremony Honors Sands
May 04, 2011
Michael Sands, former director of the Center for Legal Advocacy at Pacific McGeorge, was honored for his role in building the nationally ranked program on April 28, 2011, at the Advocacy Awards Ceremony.

Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Wins State Award
May 03, 2011
Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep, an Educational Pipeline school and partner with the University of the Pacific and Pacific McGeorge, will be honored this month as a California Distinguished School 2011 by the California Department of Education.

Giovannettone Claims First-Year Moot Trophy
May 02, 2011
Justin Giovannettone was crowned the top overall advocate at the championship round of the 3rd Annual Pacific McGeorge First-Year Moot Court Competition on April 12, 2011.

Four Students Published In McGeorge Law Review
April 28, 2011
Four student comments appear in the latest edition (Volume 42, Issue 2) of the McGeorge Law Review.

New "Globe" Features Four Student Comments
April 27, 2011
Four students who will graduate next month wrote comments that appear in the forthcoming Volume 23, Issue 2 of the Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal.

Booth, Collins, Radcliffe Compete At The Hague
April 26, 2011
Pacific McGeorge wrapped up a highly successful moot court season with an appearance in the 7th Annual International Criminal Court Moot Competition, which was held April 10-15, 2011, in The Hague, Netherlands.

California's Chief Justice Speaks To Students
April 25, 2011
The California Supreme Court's new leader, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, spoke to students at Pacific McGeorge on April 21, 2011.

Pacific McGeorge Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker to Step Down Next Year
April 22, 2011
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker announced today her decision to step down as Dean of University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, effective June 30, 2012. She has been dean of Pacific McGeorge since 2002.

Rugby Club Scores With New Room In Library
April 21, 2011
The McGeorge Alumni Rugby Club became the first organization to put its name on a room in the new Legal Studies Center that houses the Gordon D. Schaber, raising a significant amount of money to stake its claim to a corner of the stacks section.

Marijuana And The Law Proves A Timely Topic
April 20, 2011
The McGeorge Law Review's symposium on marijuana and the law, which was held on April 15, 2011, attracted a large crowd of interested attorneys and members of the general public to campus.

Sprankling, Carter Win Major University Awards
April 19, 2011
Two popular members of the Pacific McGeorge faculty, Professor John Sprankling and Professor Linda Carter, have been chosen for prestigious awards by the University of the Pacific.

Federal Defender Clinic Exceeds All Expectations
April 18, 2011
In only its second year of operation, Pacific McGeorge's Federal Defender Clinic has represented clients in more than 80 cases in U.S. District Court during the academic year and won some impressive victories.

U.S. Armed Forces Appeals Court Hears Case
April 14, 2011
The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces held a special sitting at Pacific McGeorge on April 6, 2011, and two law students were able to participate in this special hearing.

Ethics Symposium Peers Into Future Law Practice
April 12, 2011
A Capital Center for Public Law & Policy symposium on April 8, 2011, took an in-depth look at the dramatic changes taking place in the delivery of legal practice worldwide.

Pacific McGeorge Teams Go Crazy In Chicago
April 12, 2011
Two Pacific McGeorge teams turned in a spectacular performance at the national championship round of the 32nd Annual ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition held April 7-9, 2011, in Chicago.

Team Takes Top Honors In Traynor Competition
April 07, 2011
For the third time in the last five years, Pacific McGeorge won a first-place award at the Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court competition, which was held April 2-3, 2011, at the University of San Francisco.

Jessup Team Turns In A Strong Performance
April 06, 2011
Pacific McGeorge's entry in the 52nd Annual Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition took a fourth-place prize for memorials and finished eighth overall in the 24-team Pacific Super Regional held February 25-27, 2011, in Portland, Oregon.

Women's Caucus Event A Boon For Local Charity
April 04, 2011
The Women's Caucus presented a check for more than $12,000 collected at its 33rd Annual Live and Silent Auction last fall to the St. John's Shelter on March 31, 2011.

Wells Wins Global Lawyering Skills II Final Four
April 01, 2011
Michelle Wells captured the Top Oral Advocate Award at the Pacific McGeorge Global Lawyering Skills Final Four competition on March 31, 2011, before a distinguished panel of jurists in the courtroom.

AAJ Mock Trial Team Advances To Semifinals
March 30, 2011
Steven Redd, April Matsinger, Sydne Christianson, and Vanessa Hunter advanced to the semifinals of the American Association of Justice regional competition that was held March 4-6 in Seattle.

Neal Named Editor-in-Chief Of 'The Globe' Board
March 28, 2011
Micaela Neal will serve as editor-in-chief of the Volume 25 board of editors for the Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal, Volume 24 editor-in-chief Matthew Pinkerton announced this month.

Hamilton To Lead McGeorge Law Review Board
March 24, 2011
Brian Hamilton has been chosen as the editor-in-chief of the incoming Volume 43 board of editors.

Human Rights Confab Attracts Global Attention
March 23, 2011
Pacific McGeorge's human rights symposium, held on March 11 and 12, 2011, played to a packed house at the law school's international building, Northwest Hall.

Pacific McGeorge Mentors Hit A Grand Slam
March 22, 2011
An afterschool law-themed academic mentoring program for high school students begun by Pacific McGeorge students is in its second semester of service on the nearby Sacramento Charter High School campus.

Levine's 25th Anniversary Celebration A Big Hit
March 18, 2011
Professor Larry Levine, one of Pacific McGeorge's most popular faculty members, celebrated his 25th anniversary in legal academia in style on February 25, 2011, as more than 280 colleagues, former students and friends gathered for a celebration on campus.

Northern California Clinicians Event A Success
March 14, 2011
Clinical education faculty members from ABA-accredited law schools gathered at Pacific McGeorge on February 26, 2011, for the annual Northern California Clinicians Conference.

Osborn Serves As Distinguished Author/Advocate
March 14, 2011
John Osborn, the author of The Paper Chase, a 1970 novel that was turned into an award-winning movie and a television series, served as Pacific McGeorge's first distinguished author/advocate in residence last month and delivered the 40th Annual Lou Ashe Symposium on February 16, 2011.

Spring Semester Classes Have A Foreign Flavor
March 10, 2011
Forty-two graduate and international law students are studying on the Pacific McGeorge campus this spring along with three visiting scholars.

Pacific McGeorge Takes Third in Niagara Moot
March 09, 2011
Pacific McGeorge finished third in the 44th Annual Niagara International Moot Court Competition, which was held February 24-26, 2011, in Toronto, Canada.

Student Prosecutors Impress U.S. Attorney’s Office
March 07, 2011
The six Pacific McGeorge students working for the U.S. Attorney's Office Misdemeanor Unit this academic year are racking up impressive victories in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, which have been drawing media attention.

Coderniz, McQuillan Team Falls To Stanford
March 03, 2011
Nikole McQuillan and Diane Coderniz reached the finals of a recent National Trial Competition regional before falling to a Stanford by a single point of the judges.

Yelpaala Urges African Leaders To Seek Solutions
March 02, 2011
Professor Kojo Yelpaala spoke on "The Impact of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and the Biodiversity Convention on Human Health and Food Security," to a large audience of students, faculty and government officials on February 18, 2011, at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana.

Two NAAC Moot Court Teams Strike Gold
March 01, 2011
Two Pacific McGeorge teams were named regional champions at the 2011 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition.

Calvert Explores Expansion Of Familial Rights
February 24, 2011
Clay Calvert, '91, the Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida, is teaching Constitutional Law at his legal alma mater this spring as a visiting professor.

Paton Named To Prestigious ABA Commission
February 17, 2011
Professor Paul Paton, director of Pacific McGeorge's Ethics Across the Professions Initiative, has been selected as reporter to the American Bar Association's Ethics 20/20 Commission.

Braniff, Pattas Shine At Lefkowitz Competition
February 14, 2011
The Pacific McGeorge team won the Best Oralist Award and took second place overall in the Saul Lefkowitz IP Moot Court West Regional competition, which was held February 12, 2011, at the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

McCaffrey Takes On Two Cases In The Hague
February 11, 2011
Professor Steve McCaffrey, a veteran counsel at International Court of Justice cases, returned to The Hague, Netherlands, last month to participate in two new disputes.

Moon Wins Phi Delta Phi Balfour Scholarship
February 09, 2011
Second-year Evening student Andrea Moon, a member of the Pacific McGeorge chapter of the Phi Delta Phi honors fraternity, has been named a winner of the 2010 Balfour Foundation Scholarship given by the legal society.

Moot Court Team Earns Trip to The Hague
February 01, 2011
A Pacific McGeorge team placed second in the North American regional of the International Criminal Court (ICC) moot court competition held at Pace University in White Plains, New York on January 28-30, 2011, and advances to the championship finals in The Hague.

Best Law Teachers Book May Include Bricker
January 20, 2011
Professor Cary Bricker has been selected for inclusion in an upcoming book, What the Best Law Teachers Do, which will be published by Harvard University Press in 2012.

Eskridge, Ferejohn Discuss 'A New Constitution'
January 14, 2011
Nationally prominent Yale law professor William Eskridge and New York University law professor John Ferejohn discussed their new book, A Republic of Statutes: The New American Constitution, at an on-campus forum on January 12, 2011.

Faculty Takes AALS Annual Meeting By Storm
January 11, 2011
More than 40 Pacific McGeorge faculty members and administrators attended the Association of American Law Schools’ 2011 Annual Meeting, which was held January 5-8, 2011 in San Francisco, and many served as presenters, speakers and panelists at the event.

Desmond, Pitcher Prove Tough Adversaries
January 07, 2011
Cammy Desmond, '09, and Jinnifer Pitcher, '07, recently had an unusual legal experience for a pair of young attorneys at a civil law firm. The Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe associates co-chaired a four-day civil rights jury trial in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California.

Dajani: Defensible Borders Not Israel's Answer
January 06, 2011
Professor Omar Dajani's article, "The Myth of Defensible Borders: How a Regional Security Initiative Can Promote Middle East Peace," was the leading piece the first week of January 2011 on the Foreign Affairs magazine website.