Jed Scully
Professor of Law
Director, Intellectual Property Concentration
B.A., J.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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Tel: 916.739.7140
Following graduation from UCLA's law school, Professor Jed Scully began his legal career as a dean and administrator of UCLA's international programs. He served as counsel for five years with an entertainment law firm. In 1968, he was appointed jointly to the faculty of the UCLA School of Law and as legal counsel to UCLA’s chancellor. In 1970, Professor Scully was appointed a vice president of Loyola Marymount University, where he taught copyright, intellectual property and advocacy. In 1973, he became the director of the Loyola Law Clinics. In 1975, Mayor Tom Bradley appointed Professor Scully as the chair of Project Heavy, the youth services agency for the City of Los Angeles. Professor Scully joined the faculty at Pacific McGeorge in 1979 and continued teaching, writing and practicing copyright and entertainment law, intellectual property, trial and appellate practice and clinical teaching. He has served as director of the Intellectual Property Concentration since 2002. His scholarly and writing interests include copyright and global intellectual property, advocacy and dispute resolution. Professor Scully helped found the Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court and continues to serve as a Master of the bench and member of the executive committee. Scully's professional and community service includes service as chair of the University of the Pacific's Academic Council, service on numerous bar and practice committees, as a MCLE lecturer in intellectual property and as a judge pro tem for the Sacramento Superior Courts for 20 years.
Courses: Copyright | Judicial Arbitration Practice | Negotiations and Settlement Seminar | Advanced Intellectual Property Law Seminar
Recent Publications: "The Virtual Professorship: Intellectual Property Ownership of Academic Work in a Digital Era," 35 McGeorge Law Review 212 (No.2 2004); "State Ownership of Intellectual Property" (2000)
Curriculum Vitae:
Education: UCLA, BA, 1953; UCLA School of Law, JD, 1961
Academic and Administrative Experience:
2001: Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property Concentration.
1979 to date: Professor, McGeorge School of Law, teaching trial and practice advocacy, arbitration, negotiation, intellectual property and copyright and clinical practice.
1970 to 1979: Associate Professor and Acting Professor, Loyola Law School; 1970 to 1973: Vice President for Student Affairs Loyola Marymount University; 1973 to 1979: Director, Loyola Law Clinics.
1963 to 1970: Dean of Foreign Students, UCLA, responsible for 4000 international faculty, exchange scholars and students. Executive Director, International Student Center. 1966-1970: Campus Advocate at UCLA serving as legal advisor to the Chancellor. 1968-1970: Lecturer in Law, UCLA School of Law.
1961 to 1963: Assistant Dean of Students University of California, Berkeley and at UCLA.
Military Service:
1953-1982: USAF and Air National Guard, last served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air for California. (Brigadier General)
Professional Qualifications:
Member, State Bar of California and of the bars of the several federal courts in California since 1962; Supreme Court of the United States and Court of Military Appeals since 1966.
Professional and Academic Service:
Judge pro tem, Sacramento Superior court since 1982.
Arbitrator, Sacramento Superior Court, since 1989.
Founding member, Secretary/Treasurer and Master of the Bench, Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court since 1986.
Founder and President of GREYLAW (1975-78); legal services to the elderly in Los Angeles. Chair of Board of Project HEAVY, youth gangs and diversion program for City of Los Angeles 1976-78; chair and board member of numerous Los Angeles, Sacramento and State Bar committees and projects including the Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation, the Willowbrook Community Health Center and the Compton Indian Center.
Vice President, West Coast Athletic Conference, 1971-73.
Evaluator and evaluation team chair for the Western Association for Schools and Colleges from 1968 to date. Evaluator for the Legal Services Corporation.
Member of Academic Council, University of the Pacific 1985-97. Chair, 1993-94. Vice-chair Presidential Search 1994-95. Member and chair of numerous university level committees, including budget & planning and promotion and tenure.
Coach and Advisor, ATLA Competition Teams 1990-98 Coach and Advisor, ABA Client Counseling Competition Teams 1973 to date. Member ABA Competitions Committee for Client counseling 1997-2000, Chair 2000-2001.
