Faculty
Omar Dajani, Assistant Professor of Law
Omar M. Dajani's legal, political, and diplomatic skills have placed him squarely in the center of one of the world's most troubled regions: the Middle East. As Political Advisor to United Nations Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larson from 2001 to 2003, Professor Dajani was intimately involved in a range of U.N. initiatives to foster peace in the region. Proficient in Arabic, he played a lead role in marshalling and organizing international efforts to support Palestinian legal and political reforms, and represented the U.N. in donor groups supporting Palestinian elections, the development of rule of law, and civil society mobilization. Prior to joining the U.N., Professor Dajani was Senior Legal Advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team, where he gained unique experience in preparing and negotiating complex agreements covering a variety of contested matters including borders, security, law enforcement, trade and financial issues in peace talks with Israel.
George A. Gould, Professor of Law
Professor Gould is one of the leading American experts on water law. He was in private practice in Denver before beginning his academic career at the University of Wyoming Law School. He was the associate dean from 1975 to 1982 before coming to Pacific McGeorge. Professor Gould co-authored Cases and Materials on Water Law, a casebook used in many law schools throughout the country. He also wrote State Water Law in the West: Implications for Energy Development. Professor Gould is a frequent speaker at public policy conferences in Water Laws and Public Lands. He is a past president of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and the editor of that group's water law newsletter.
Stephen C. McCaffrey, Distinguished Professor and Scholar
Professor McCaffrey served 10 years on the International Law Commission and is one of the few Americans to ever chair that United Nations body. He is currently a consultant to the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework, a 10-nation project to forge consensus on the utilization of the Nile's water resources. He is the co-author of a new casebook, International Environmental Law and Policy.
Gregory Pingree, Assistant Professor of Law
Professor Pingree's scholarly interests are interdisciplinary. He has published and spoken on religious politics in nineteenth-century America, on parody and the First Amendment, and he is currently writing on identity, censorship, and the First Amendment. His most recent publication was part of the 2003 Chicago-Kent Law Review Symposium Issue on "Law and Cultural Conflict," 78 Chi-Kent L.Rev. 807. Professor Pingree served as executive editor of The Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law and clerked for the Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Rachel Salcido, Associate Professor of Law
Rachael Salcido brings broad expertise in environmental law issues to Pacific McGeorge. Among Professor Salcido's areas of specialization with Pillsbury Winthrop LLP in San Francisco was environmental regulatory compliance, including compliance with the federal Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, California's Prop. 65, California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, California Regional and State Water Resources Control Board orders, and Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund regulations. She has also been involved in obtaining, revising, and transferring environmental permits, submerged and tidelands leases, and related projects.
Jed Scully, Professor of Law
Professor Scully's community service includes service as a judge pro tem of the Sacramento Superior and municipal Courts since 1984. He served as consultant to the Inns of Court School of Law in London in 1991 and as a Visiting Professor there in 1995. Scully has served for 25 years on various Bar practice committees.
John G. Sprankling, Associate Dean; Distinguished Professor and Scholar
Dean Sprankling began his legal career with Miller, Starr & Regalia, one of the nation's largest property law firms, where he practiced for 14 years, ultimately serving as both its managing partner and the chairman of its environmental law department. He has published articles in a number of leading law journals, including the University of Chicago Law Review, and the Stanford Journal of International Law. Dean Sprankling is the author of two books: The Law of Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Substances in a Nutshell (with Professor Gregory S. Weber) and Understanding Property Law. He has also taught at Stanford Law School and Hastings College of the Law.
Gregory S. Weber, Professor of Law
Professor Weber is a senior mediator with the Center for Collaborative Policy, a joint project of California State University, Sacramento, and Pacific McGeorge. He is currently helping to facilitate a 65-member public advisory committee that is working with the California Department of Water Resources in updating the California Water Plan. As an environmental law and dispute resolution advisor, he has worked on forest disputes in Mexico for the World Wildlife Fund and in Canada for the Forest Stewardship Council. Professor Weber clerked for Justice Edmond Burke, Alaska Supreme Court. He practiced for two years with Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, a leading firm regarding California water resources. Professor Weber was a co-founder, along with Professor George Gould, of the California Water Law and Policy Reporter. His credits include water law articles published in the Santa Clara Law Review, the Pacific Law Journal, the Natural Resources Journal, and the Arizona State Law Journal. He is also co-author of the Law of Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Substances in a Nutshell.
Barry A. Feinstein, Adjunct Professor of Law
Senior Lecturer in International Law, School of Law, Netanya Academic College. B.A., LL.B., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; LL.M., J.S.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall).
Judge Ronald B. Robie, Adjunct Professor of Law
Judge of the Superior Court, County of Sacramento. B.A., M.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge. Judge Robie is a former Director of the Department of Water Resources of the State of California.
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