Wallace Cites Costs In Growth Of Federal Criminal Authority
November 19, 2009
Clifford Wallace, a senior judge on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, spoke on "The Federalization of Crime" on November 18, 2009, at Pacific McGeorge. more >
Mock Trial Team Looks Sharp At Loyola
November 18, 2009
A Pacific McGeorge team turned in a strong performance in the prestigious Loyola Los Angeles 8th Annual National Civil Trial Competition, held November 12-14, 2009. more >
Hendrix, Narveson Take Pepperdine Brief Honors
November 17, 2009
Luke Hendrix, '10, and Mark Narveson, '10, won the Best Respondents Brief Award at Pepperdine University School of Law's 12th Annual National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition, which was held November 13-15 in Malibu. more >
Strong Showing For Buffalo-Niagara Team
November 17, 2009
A Pacific McGeorge team advanced to the final four of the State University at Buffalo School of Law's 6th Annual Buffalo-Niagara National Mock Trial Tournament, held November 13-16, 2009. more >
Moot Court Teams Fall In SD Quarterfinals
November 13, 2009
Two Pacific McGeorge teams competed in the San Diego National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Tournament, which was held November 5-7 at the University of San Diego School of Law. more >
Jones Named Associate Dean For Faculty Scholarship
November 12, 2009
Professor Ruth Jones has been named Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship at Pacific McGeorge. more >
Citizenship Fair Helps Future Citizens
November 12, 2009
Pacific McGeorge’s inaugural Citizenship Fair exceeded all expectations, helping 290 immigrant attendees with a five-hour program on November 7, 2009. more >
Wong on the Responsibility to Protect
November 10, 2009
Professor Jarrod Wong reconceptualizes the doctrine of the responsibility to protect (R2P). R2P provides that when a government fails to protect its citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing or crimes against humanity (“mass atrocities”), that responsibility shifts to the international community acting through the United Nations. more >
Wagner Delivers Schaber Lecture
November 9, 2009
Benjamin Wagner, President Obama’s nominee for U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of California, delivered the Witkin Schaber Lecture on November 5, 2009, in Sacramento. more >
“Local to Global” Financial Conference a Success
November 5, 2009
Pacific McGeorge's Global Center for Business and Development brought together some of the leading financial experts in the world for a mid-October conference that explored the future of financial regulation. more >
Trial Team Second In San Diego
October 30, 2009
A Pacific McGeorge team finished second in the San Diego Defense Lawyers Mock Trial Competition held October 22-24. more >
Meese Will Speak On National Security Challenges
October 23, 2009
Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese will speak on “National Security Challenges” at 11:45 a.m. more >
Chinn Leads Tang Team To Nationals
October 23, 2009
Diana Chinn, ’10, took top honors as Best Oralist in the Thomas Tang Moot Court Western Regional on October 17, 2009, at Chapman University School of Law in Orange. more >
Professor McCaffrey Argues Before ICJ Again
October 15, 2009
Professor Steve McCaffrey and JSD student Maria Milanes-Murcia spent three weeks in The Hague, Netherlands, as part of a Uruguayan legal team representing that country in a dispute with Argentina before the International Court of Justice. more >
Two Grads Land Ninth Circuit Clerkships
October 13, 2009
Yury Kolesnikov, ’09, and Preston Morgan, ’09, have landed 2010 clerkships with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. more >
First Monday Panel Outlines Key High Court Cases
October 8, 2009
Pacific McGeorge hosted a “First Monday in October” preview of the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2009-2010 Term on October 5, 2009. more >
Moot Court Team Will Travel Often
September 29, 2009
Sixteen students named to Pacific McGeorge’s Moot Court Honors Board will represent the law school in 10 moot court competitions during the 2009-2010 academic year. more >
Malloy: Policies Cause Negative Impact
September 25, 2009
Professor Michael Malloy raised a series of issues about the impact of financing policies and practices on green urban planning on September 24, 2009. more >
Roussos Wins Ninth Circuit Case
September 24, 2009
Professor Athena Roussos won a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision issued on September, 4, 2009, involving an international custody dispute. more >
Kennedy Leads Library Groundbreaking
September 18, 2009
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy helped break ground for the new Pacific McGeorge Legal Studies Center on September 18, 2009, and praised plans for the $10 million law library expansion, the largest building project ever carried out on the law school’s 13-acre campus. more >
Mock Trial Team Named
September 11, 2009
Twenty students have been named to the 2009-2010 Pacific McGeorge Mock Trial Competition Team, which will represent the law school in national intercollegiate competitions this academic year. more >
Guatemala Program Off To Fine Start
September 1, 2009
Four students participated this summer in Pacific McGeorge’s inaugural Inter-American Program, a new bilingual academic program designed to address the growing legal needs of Latin American countries and the Hispanic community in the United States. more >
ABA Honors 1977 Graduate
August 28, 2009
Dinah Bear,’77, received the 2009 ABA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy on August 2 at the ABA’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago. more >
Kennedy Will Launch LSC Project
August 25, 2009
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States will preside over a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Pacific McGeorge Legal Studies Center on September 18, 2009. more >
New Class Measures Up
August 25, 2009
Pacific McGeorge’s new 340-member class of 2009 boasts strong credentials that rival any of the best and brightest incoming groups of recent years. more >
ABA Recognizes Spurgeon’s Role
August 20, 2009
The American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging recently honored Professor Ned Spurgeon for his leadership role on the occasion of the Commission’s 30 th anniversary. more >
Landsberg Lands in China Again
August 18, 2009
Professor Brian Landsberg made his second trip in three weeks, ninth in the last three years, to China in mid-August. more >
Main and McCaffrey Publish Transnational Litigation Book
August 12, 2009
Professors Thom Main and Steve McCaffrey were thrilled to complete a major project this spring when Oxford University Press published their new book. more >
Jones, Florestal Present At Northwest Workshops
August 3, 2009
Professor Ruth Jones presented a workshop on “Techniques to Improve the Analytical Skills of Students in Large Required Classes,” in late June at the Gonzaga Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Summer 2009 Conference in Spokane, Washington. more >
Malloy, Sims Speak In Athens
July 29, 2009
Professors Michael Malloy and John Sims delivered papers at the 6th International Conference on Law on July 21 at the St. George Lycabettus Hotel in Athens, Greece. The four-day conference, sponsored by the Athens Institute for Education and Research, brought together legal educators from around the world. more >
Paton Teaches in Russia
July 17, 2009
Professor Paul Paton is teaching a course, Law of Armed Conflict Since 9/11, this month in Russia. more >
Kennedy Teaches In Salzburg
July 8, 2009
Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, is co-teaching a course on Fundamental Rights in Europe and the United States in Pacific McGeorge’s Summer Salzburg Program this month for the 20th consecutive year. more >
Global Skills Course Unveiled
July 6, 2009
Pacific McGeorge introduces its new two-year Global Lawyering Skills program this fall, a course that promises to sharpen the research and writing abilities of its students. more >
Carter Continues Work With International Judges
June 26, 2009
Professor Linda Carter remains heavily involved in the activities of Brandeis University's International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life. Earlier this year, she served as co-director of the sixth Brandeis Institute for International Judges' conference held in Trinidad. more >
Students Author Three Comments
June 19, 2009
Three recent (May 2009) graduates wrote comments that were published in Volume 40, Issue 3 of the McGeorge Law Review. more >
Advocacy Teams Success Grows
June 16, 2009
Pacific McGeorge moot court and mock trial teams who have earned a national reputation for excellence in oral advocacy, enjoyed one of their most successful seasons ever during the 2008-09 academic year. more >
New Editors Take Over
June 11, 2009
New incoming editorial boards have been named for the McGeorge Law Review and the Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal. more >
State Bar Honors Pipeline Initiative
June 8, 2009
The State Bar of California honored the Pacific McGeorge Education Pipeline Initiative at its 2nd Annual Diversity Stakeholder Forum on June 5, 2009. more >
Energy and Water Conference Features Weber, McCaffrey
June 4, 2009
Professors Gregory Weber and Steve McCaffrey participated in a major Canadian international water law conference. more >
Ukrainian Lawyers Earn LL.M.s
May 29, 2009
Three young attorneys from the Ukraine returned to their native country in late May 2009 after each earned an LL.M. in Advocacy Practice and Teaching. more >
It Was Really An Open Book Final
May 27, 2009
One of the more unusual final exams for a law school course took place late this spring when Law and Literature class students presented a staged reading of Sophocles’ Antigone. more >
Water Organization Honors Student
May 22, 2009
Maria Milanes-Murcia, who received her LL.M. in International Water Resources in December and is working on her JSD, was honored recently by the American Water Resources Association. more >
Damrell Inspires Class of 2009
May 19, 2009
Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. delivered the commencement address as Pacific McGeorge presented 254 J.D. and 51 LL.M. degrees at a ceremony marking the conclusion of its 85 th academic year. more >
Order of the Coif Inducts 26
May 15, 2009
Twenty-six Class of 2009 graduates, 15 women and 11 men, were inducted into the Pacific McGeorge Chapter of the Order of the Coif on May 15, 2009, at an on-campus luncheon honoring the law school’s top students. more >
Galves: It's E for Evidence
May 14, 2009
Professor Fred Galves is the co-author of an interactive casebook, Evidence: AContemporary Approach, the first American evidence casebook to both published in both hard copy and electronic formats. more >
Greensheets 2008 Review Available
May 12, 2009
The McGeorge Law Review’s annual “Greensheets” edition is out with a Review of Selected 2008 California Legislation. more >
McCaffrey Argues Before ICJ
May 7, 2009
Professor Steve McCaffrey, one of the world’s foremost authorities on water law, represented Nicaragua this spring in a case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. more >
Cobain Case Confounds Students
April 29, 2009
Pacific McGeorge students in this spring’s Trial Advocacy course got a chance to try a fictional case based on the controversial 1994 suicide of rock star Kurt Cobain. more >
New Book Offers E-Choice
April 24, 2009
Property: A Contemporary Approach, an interactive casebook written by Professors Ray Coletta and John Sprankling, has been published. It is the first American property casebook to be published in both hard copy and electronic formats. more >
Pingree Takes Teaching Awards
April 21, 2009
The Class of 2009 has honored Professor Greg Pingree with “Best Professor” awards from both the Day and Evening Divisions. more >
Slocum on Ambiguity
April 19, 2009
Professor Brian Slocum brings linguistic expertise to his analysis of the central role of ambiguity in the judicial review of federal administrative agencies’ statutory interpretations. more >
Street Law Wraps Up In Court and On Court
April 16, 2009
Professor Fred Galves wrapped up the third year of his Street Law International course the weekend of April 11-12, 2009, with an on-campus mock trial for participating high school students and an awards banquet at Arco Arena. more >
Meyer Wins Bankruptcy Award
April 14, 2009
Pacific McGeorge student Brent Meyer, ’09, was one of only six law students nationwide to receive a Distinguished Law Student award from the American College of Bankruptcy Conference on March 28 in Washington, D.C. more >
Kennedy Returns To Salzburg
April 10, 2009
Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will co-teach a course on Fundamental Rights in Europe and the United States in Pacific McGeorge’s Summer Salzburg Program for the 20 th consecutive year in July 2009. more >
Drabble Wins Final Four Event
April 6, 2009
Cody Drabble won the Top Oral Advocate Award on April 2, 2009, at the Appellate & International Advocacy Final Four competition. more >
Governor Names Five Alumni to Superior Court of California
March 30, 2009
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed 23 judges to the Superior Court of California on March 26, 2009, including five Pacific McGeorge graduates. more >
Holland, Morgan Win National Title
March 23, 2009
Allysia Holland, ’09, and Preston Morgan, ’09, won the national title on March 21 in the championship round of the prestigious 18th Annual Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C. more >
Supreme Court Justices make McGeorge a Regular Stop
March 13, 2009
Justice Kathryn Werdegar of the California Supreme Court paid a visit to Pacific McGeorge on March 12, 2009, becoming the second state high court member to speak at the campus in the past few weeks. more >
Niagara Team Takes Second
March 5, 2009
Pacific McGeorge finished second against stiff competition and walked off with several team awards at the Niagara International Moot Court Competition, held February 26-28, 2009 in Toronto, Canada. more >
Students Win Federal Jury Trial
March 4, 2009
Pacific McGeorge students successfully prosecuted a woman who was convicted of assaulting a federal officer on February 24, 2009 in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. more >
Client Counselors Take Third Place
February 17, 2009
Sean DeBurgh, ’09, and Catherine Mattesich, ’10, took third place in the ABA Region 9 Client Counseling Competition held February 7 and 8 in Seattle, Washington. more >
Students Author Four Comments
February 12, 2009
Four students authored comments that appear in the latest edition (Volume 40, Issue 1) of the McGeorge Law Review. more >
Pacific McGeorge Wins Major Event
February 5, 2009
Allysia Holland and Preston Morgan made Pacific McGeorge’s first trip to the prestigious Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition a memorable one, taking first place in the West Regional on February 7, 2009 in San Francisco. more >
TYLA Team Does It Again
February 2, 2009
Pacific McGeorge will be sending a team to the national finals of the most prestigious mock trial event in the country for the second year in a row and third time in the last four years. more >
Malloy, Wong Present Papers
January 21, 2009
Pacific McGeorge faculty were busy at the January 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools in San Diego. more >
Roussos Practices
January 9, 2009
Professor Athena Roussos argued a case before the California Supreme Court on January 8, 2009. more >
Women Lawyers Honor Parker
December 22, 2008
The Women Lawyers of Sacramento honored Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker with the Frances Newell Carr Award on December 18, 2008. more >
Trials By Fire
December 19, 2008
Pacific McGeorge has one of the strongest Trial Advocacy courses in the country -- no wonder it’s the most popular elective on campus. more >
Street Law Heads Into Third Year
December 19, 2008
Professor Fred Galves is excited about his Street Law International class, which is heading into its third year next semester. more >
Good News Concerning Financial Aid For Law Schools
December 17, 2008
In response to the turmoil that has engulfed financial markets worldwide, the U.S. Education and Treasury Departments have announced new steps to assure funding for federal student loans. more >
95 New Attorneys Sworn-In
December 4, 2008
An overflow crowd of family and friends looked on as 95 Pacific McGeorge graduates were sworn into membership in the State Bar of California and the federal bar on December 2, 2008 in the Lecture Hall. more >
Students File Amicus Letter Brief
December 2, 2008
The Pacific McGeorge chapter of Lambda Law Students Association spearheaded an effort to file an Amicus Curiae letter brief in the California Supreme Court in support of the exercise of original jurisdiction in the cases challenging Proposition 8, the California voter initiative that curtailed the right of same-sex couples to marry. more >
Busy Season For Mock Trial Team
November 25, 2008
The Pacific McGeorge Mock Trial Competition Team entered a record five events this fall. Although it won no first-place trophies, the team accorded itself well against some of the best competition in the country. more >
Paskey Honored In Demjanjuk Case
November 20, 2008
Professor Steve Paskey received the Assistant Attorney General’s Human Rights Law Enforcement Award on November 18, 2008 for his role as the lead attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in the deportation proceedings against John Demjanjuk, a former guard at a Nazi extermination camp. more >
Bowen Discusses Election
November 17, 2008
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen spoke on campus on November 13, 2008 at a forum co-sponsored by the Pacific McGeorge student chapter of the American Constitution Society. more >
Entertainment Team Wins Award
November 7, 2008
A moot court competition team returned home with some hardware from last month’s 11th Annual National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition at the Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu. more >
ALI Elects Carter and Cherry
November 5, 2008
Professors Linda Carter and Miriam Cherry were elected to the prestigious American Law Institute in October. more >
Ninth Circuit Visit Features Violent Video Game Battle
October 29, 2008
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held its first-ever special sitting on October 29, 2008 at Pacific McGeorge and heard arguments on a violent video game case that holds national interest. more >
Forum Examines Propositions
October 28, 2008
Pacific McGeorge student authors presented the law school’s annual California Initiative Forum on Monday, October 27. more >
Landers Patent Book Out
October 24, 2008
Professor Amy Landers’ treatise, Understanding Patent Law, has been published by LexisNexis. more >
Galves Wants Virtual Justice
October 15, 2008
Professor Fred Galves’ article, “ Virtual Justice as Reality: Making the Resolution of E-Commerce Disputes More Convenient, Legitimate, Efficient, and Secure,” will be the lead article in The University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy’s Spring 2009 edition. more >
Owens Puts O.J. Away
October 7, 2008
Prosecutor Chris Owens, ’81, played a key role in the latest O.J. Simpson trial that ended on October 3 with the for mer football star’s conviction on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges. more >
Kelso Celebrates Milestone
October 1, 2008
Charles Kelso was the youngest law professor in the country when he started teaching at the University of Indiana at age 22 in 1951. Fifty-seven years later, he’s still going strong at Pacific McGeorge as, perhaps, the oldest full-time law professor at an ABA-accredited law school. more >
Doar Delivers Witkin Schaber Lecture
September 26, 2008
John Doar, who led the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division during the turbulent early 1960s, delivered the Gordon D. Schaber Lecture on September 23, 2008 at Pacific McGeorge. more >
The Supreme Clerk Visits Pacific McGeorge
September 24, 2008
Major General William K. Suter, the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States visited Pacific McGeorge on Constitution Day, September 17, 2008. more >
Davies' Scholarship Honored
September 23, 2008
Professor Julie Davies received the John G. Sprankling Faculty Scholarship Award on September 19 at the annual Pacific McGeorge Faculty Dinner at the Sutter Club. more >
Malloy Shares Cyber Crime Secrets in Africa
September 15, 2008
Distinguished Professor and Scholar Michael P. Malloy is in Kampala, Uganda, for two weeks this month, conducting an advanced training seminar in Cyber Crime. more >
New Journal Features Student Articles
September 11, 2008
The new McGeorge Law Review (Volume 39, Issue 4) contains two contributions from current students, three from recent graduates and a book review co-authored by Professor Charles Kelso. more >
Buccola, Galloway, Lopes Honored
August 29, 2008
Three Pacific McGeorge graduates were singled out for a major honor in the 2008 edition of Northern California Super Lawyers magazine. more >
Sprankling Delivers Seminar
August 27, 2008
Professor John Sprankling conducted a long-distance seminar on “Rethinking Subsurfaace Property Rights” on August 21 as part of the World Resources Institute’s Carbon Capture and Sequestration Regulatory Project more >
China USAID Program Continues
August 20, 2008
Under the auspices of its USAID China grant program, Pacific McGeorge conducted its second workshop on experiential legal education in China, held from July 21 to August 7 in Hangzhou. more >
Environmental Organization Honors Gould
August 18, 2008
Professor George Gould, who retired from the Pacific McGeorge faculty three months ago, was honored in July at the 54 th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute in Aspen, Colorado. more >
Kelso: "Show Me The Money"
August 15, 2008
Pacific McGeorge Professor Clark Kelso, acting in his role as overseer of the California prison healthcare system, asked a federal judge on August 13 to hold Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Controller John Chiang in contempt of court. more >
Gevurtz Article Inspires Lawsuit
August 14, 2008
A 20-year-old article by Professor Frank Gevurtz may have inspired a legal battle in a federal court that involves a major international scandal. more >
Florestal Wins Ross Essay Contest
August 7, 2008
Professor Marjorie Florestal was named the winner of the 2008 Ross Essay Contest sponsored by the ABA Journal Board of Editors. more >
Telfeyan's Show A Hit In Indiana
July 31, 2008
Professor Ed Telfeyan’s “Grammar Bee” has been a welcomed staple of his Legal Process classes for seven years at Pacific McGeorge so he decided to share his showmanship secrets with colleagues recently at the Legal Writing Institute Conference. more >
Three Named To Superior Court Bench
July 28, 2008
Three of the 30 new judges named by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Superior Court on July 21 are Pacific McGeorge alumni. more >
Wall Street Journal Features Kelso
July 25, 2008
Professor Clark Kelso's efforts to upgrade the prison health-care system in California were the subject of a lengthy article in The Wall Street Journal on July 21. more >
London Students See The Sights
July 11, 2008
Thirty law students not only picked up some course units this summer in Pacific McGeorge's Summer England International Legal Studies, they got a real taste of London thanks to the organizing efforts of Professor Michael Malloy. more >
Medina Examines Stem Cell Policy
July 2, 2008
Johanne Medina, ’08, wrote an important article as a third-year student that has been published in the latest edition of the Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal. more >
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