Carter Does Double Duty At Stanford
November 9, 2006
Professor Linda Carter was a panelist on one subject and conducted a workshop on another topic at the West Coast Conference on Progressive Lawyering on October 28 at the Stanford Law School. more >
First Law Lecture Engages Middle Schoolers
November 7, 2006
Nearly 60 middle school students toured the Pacific McGeorge campus on Saturday, November 4th. more >
Faculty, Students and Alums Help Rebuild Louisiana Justice System
November 7, 2006
Members of the Pacific McGeorge community will spend their winter holiday helping to rebuild the justice system of Louisiana, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. more >
Golf Tourney Debut A Success
October 25, 2006
Seventy-five golfers participated in the inaugural Pacific McGeorge Benefit Golf Tournament sponsored by the Pacific McGeorge Asian Pacific Alumni Association on October 16 at the Empire Ranch Golf Club in Folsom. more >
Richey, Meyer Make Semifinals
October 24, 2006
Katie Richey 3D and Ryan Meyer 3E finished in the top four in the Ninth Annual Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition, held October 19-21 at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu. more >
Students Pitch In
October 20, 2006
Twenty-two students participated in a “Hands-On Sacramento” event, a facelift project at Sacramento High charter school, on September 30. more >
It's Corruption Week
October 20, 2006
As a prelude to the Friday, October 27 symposium on “Rethinking Corruption: An Interdisciplinary Look at a Fundamental Problem,” Pacific McGeorge is sponsoring a series of “Corruption in a Globalized Economy” events open to all members of the law school community. more >
USAID Selects Pacific McGeorge For China Program
October 5, 2006
The University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law has been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). more >
Harris Joins Tenured Faculty
September 14, 2006
Visiting Professor George Harris has accepted an offer from Dean Elizabeth Rindkopf Parker and the rest of the Pacific McGeorge faculty to become a tenured faculty member. more >
International Advocacy Closing Night
September 14, 2006
Dena Coggins 2E was named Top Advocate at the International Advocacy Program’s Closing Night of Oral Arguments on April 5. more >
Gavin Claims Stauffer Award
September 14, 2006
Meghan Gavin won the Stauffer Charitable Trust Award in May for an article that will be published in the upcoming issue of the McGeorge Law Review. more >
Harris Will Speak on Post-9/11 Attorney Responsibilities
September 14, 2006
Professor George Harris will speak on Saturday, January 8 at the Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Convention in San Francisco at a meeting of that group’s National Security Law Section. more >
Chilean Chief Justice Visits Pacific McGeorge
September 14, 2006
Marcos Libedinsky, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Chile, visited the Pacific McGeorge campus on December 16 as part of the law school’s ongoing Chilean initiative. more >
Taylor Serves As Judge
September 14, 2006
Professor Joe Taylor served two weeks (May 10-21) as a judge pro tem duty for the Sacramento Superior Court. more >
Student, Professors Co-Author Article
September 14, 2006
Kathleen Cordova-Lyon 4E co-wrote an article, “Estoppel to Avoid the California Statute of Frauds,” with Professors Phil Wile and Claude Rohwer that appears in the new McGeorge Law Review. more >
Zupancic Wins Primary
September 14, 2006
Lake Oswego attorney Jim Zupancic, ’79, won the Republican primary in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District on May 18. Zupancic will face four-term Democractic incumbent Darlene Hooley in November. more >
Truden Wins
September 14, 2006
Colleen Truden, a 2004 LL.M. graduate of Pacific McGeorge won the Republican primary for the 7th District Attorney race in Colorado on August 10. more >
Schwarzenegger Names Hoch
September 14, 2006
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Andrew Hoch, ’84, as the new administrative director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation on April 26. more >
Ruthe Ashley receives API Heritage Award for Excellence in Public Service
September 14, 2006
The California State Assembly observes May as Asian Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month with the adoption of an Assembly Concurrent Resolution and a special Floor ceremony featuring the presentation of the Inaugural API Heritage Awards. more >
Rohwer Returns From Vietnam
September 14, 2006
Associate Director for International Affairs Claude Rohwer completed his sixth working mission to Vietnam in May. more >
Raising the Bar
September 14, 2006
Five students from the School of Law and Public Service were recently recognized in two separate ceremonies hosted by the Sacramento Bar Association and the Sacramento Federal Bar Association. more >
Bush Names Dean Parker to Declassification Board
September 14, 2006
President George W. Bush has appointed University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker to a new Public Interest Declassification Board. more >
Justice Robert Puglia — A Justice For All
September 14, 2006
Pacific McGeorge has enjoyed the unqualified support of the Sacramento judiciary over the years and many non-alumni jurists have been the law school’s biggest boosters. more >
PDs Laud Law School Program
September 14, 2006
Pacific McGeorge’s California Parole Advocacy Program was honored by the California Public Defenders Association on April 29 at their annual convention in San Francisco. more >
On-Line Course Offered This Summer
September 14, 2006
Pacific McGeorge offers its first distance-learning course, Mental Disability Law, this summer. more >
Manson Honored At Commencement
September 14, 2006
Craig Manson, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, was named Alumnus of the Year at the 2004 University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law commencement ceremony on May 15. more >
Law Journal Publishes Greensheets
September 14, 2006
Sixteen writers contributed to the new “Greensheets” in the McGeorge Law Review (Volume 35, Issue 3) directed by former Chief Legislation Editor Nathan Powell, 04. more >
Daskas Plays Role in Las Vegas Drama
September 14, 2006
Only 11 years out of law school, Robert Daskas, ’93, played a prominent role in the sensational Ted Binion murder retrial that ended in acquittal on homicide charges against two people charged with killing the eccentric millionaire. more >
Chilean Training Expands Pacific McGeorge's International Presence
September 14, 2006
Pacific McGeorge designed and implemented an innovative, hands-on training program in January and February to help school Chilean prosecutors and public defenders in the arts of trial advocacy, mediation, and negotiation. more >
Graham Finds Unusual Solution to Suit: Buy Defendant
September 14, 2006
Chris Scott Graham, ’84, helped engineer an unusual ending to a lengthy trade-secrets theft lawsuit between between two software companies. more >
Lightbody Wins Internship
September 14, 2006
Sarah Lightbody was one of only 27 candidates nationwide to selected for a National Academy of Sciences internship this summer in Washington, D.C. more >
National Security Law Journal Debuts
September 14, 2006
The new Journal of National Security Law & Policy, which examines the most pressing issue of the 21st century, is out with its debut volume. more >
Kennedy Inn Does It Again
September 14, 2006
A team from the Pacific McGeorge-based Anthony M. Kennedy chapter won first-place honors in program competition at American Inns of Court annual convention in May in Kansas City. more >
Reality Series Features Three
September 14, 2006
Pacific McGeorge is well-represented on the new NBC affiliate Bravo reality TV show, “The Law Firm.” more >
Foley Named To Magistrate Position
September 14, 2006
Las Vegas attorney George Foley Jr., ’80, has been chosen to fill a newly created U.S. Magistrate judge position in Nevada. more >
Professor Brian Landsberg begins work on a book about the history of the Federal Voting Rights Act
September 14, 2006
Two origins of the Voting Rights Act are familiar to us. Most prominent in public consciousness is the March 1965 assault of Alabama state troopers and Dallas County, Alabama deputy sheriffs and their posse on civil rights marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. more >
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appoints Pacific McGeorge alum Gary Winuk, Chief Deputy Director of the Office of Homeland Security
September 14, 2006
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the appointment of Matthew Bettenhausen as director of the Office of Homeland Security. more >
No. 1 seed Washington shatters Pacific's glass slipper
September 14, 2006
The Pac-10 champion Washington Huskies were too fast and too efficient on the offensive end for Pacific and ended the Tigers' Cinderella season with a 97-79 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, March 19. more >
Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration experts see need for more public-private partnerships
September 14, 2006
The 24th Annual Pacific McGeorge International Law Conference, “Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration: The Role of Law, Process, and Lawyers,” held February 18, 19 on campus, featured more than two 20 international water law and environmental law authorities. more >
Government Technology Magazine lists Professor Clark Kelso as One of Nation's Top CIOs
September 14, 2006
Professor J. Clark Kelso has been listed by Government Technology, one of the nation's leading magazines on public sector information technology, as one of the top 25 public sector CIOs in the country. The story, written by Associate Editor Shane Peterson, appears in the March 2005 issue of Government Technology. more >
Washington, Lewis and Clark Share TYLA Regional Title
September 14, 2006
Teams from the University of Washington and Lewis and Clark Law School were the co-champions of the National Trial Competition Region 12 event co-hosted by the law school and UC Davis on February 10-12 in Sacramento. more >
Professor Malloy's Banking Law and Regulation Treatise Published
September 14, 2006
The 2005 Cumulative Supplement No. 1 to Professor Michael Malloy’s three-volume treatise, Banking Law and Regulation, was published by Aspen in mid-January. more >
Greco Special Prosecutor at Impeachment Trial
September 14, 2006
Washoe County Chief Deputy District Attorney Dan Greco, ’86, was the special prosecutor at an impeachment trial that ended with Nevada Controller Kathy Augustine retaining her office. more >
Remke Named Presiding State Judge
September 14, 2006
The California Supreme Court has named Hearing Judge Joann M. Remke,’91, as presiding judge of the State Bar of California Court. more >
Appellate Advocacy Final Four 2005
September 14, 2006
Rachel Julagay won the Top Oral Advocate at the Appellate Advocacy Program’s Final Four Competition on March 29. more >
It's Full Steam Ahead For Globalizing Initiative
September 14, 2006
The Pacific McGeorge initiative to globalize the curriculum is taking major steps forward this summer. more >
Raft Trip A Wet Success
September 13, 2006
The annual “Beyond McGeorge” white-water raft trip brought out the teamwork skills in 40 Pacific McGeorge students just before the start of the fall semester. more >
Best-credentialed Class Sets New Standard
August 11, 2006
At Wednesday evening’s Orientation Ceremonies, Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker welcomed a stellar incoming class. more >
Another Bitar-Sweet Victory
July 27, 2006
John Bitar, ’99, successfully defended his Southern California Alumni Chapter poker title by defeating Patrick Lin. more >
Pingree Busy At Baltimore Conference
July 27, 2006
Professor Greg Pingree participated in two panels at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, which took place July 6-9 in Baltimore. more >
Gevurtz Speaks In Europe
July 26, 2006
Professor Frank Gevurtz presented a lecture on comparative corporate law and governance on June 30 at the ICN School of Management in Nancy, France. more >
Myers Blankets The Midwest
July 25, 2006
Professor John Myers did a two-hour video conference sponsored by the Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center on July 13. more >
Malloy Will Assist House of Lords
July 21, 2006
Professor Michael P. Malloy has been asked to submit written evidence in a wide-ranging inquiry by the Economic Affairs Committee of the United Kingdom House of Lords into the impact of economic sanctions. more >
Miller Wins Major Victory
July 14, 2006
Duane Miller, ’73, won a major environmental legal victory in mid-June. A San Francisco jury ordered three chemical manufacturers to pay the city of Modesto $178 million (including $175 million in punitive damages) for contaminating its water with suspected carcinogens. more >
National Security Workshop Held
June 29, 2006
Pacific McGeorge hosted a national security workshop on June 23, 24 at Squaw Valley on June 23-24 that brought together 25 citizen leaders and national security experts from northern California. more >
Vitiello, Kelso Speak At Stanford Conference
June 23, 2006
Professors Michael Vitiello and Clark Kelso were panelists at a California correctional and sentencing reform conference on May 5 at Stanford Law School. more >
State Extends CalPAP Contract
June 23, 2006
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has exercised its option to continue Pacific McGeorge’s administration of the California Parole Advocacy Program. more >
Manson Keynote Speaker
June 23, 2006
Professor Craig Manson, ’81, was the keynote speaker on June 12 at a policy conference sponsored by the California Water Law & Policy Reporter in San Francisco. more >
Professor Miller Says Good-bye To Colleagues
June 22, 2006
Professor David Miller was honored for his 25 years of distinguished service to the Pacific McGeorge faculty at a retirement party on June 15 at the Sutter Club. more >
Pacific McGeorge Wins State Grant
June 22, 2006
State Treasurer Phil Angelides announced that the California Educational Facilities Authority has awarded a grant of $250,000 to Pacific McGeorge to support its outreach initiative that seeks to boost college attendance among disadvantaged students. more >
Business Luncheon Honors Dean
June 16, 2006
Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker was honored for her exemplary career achievements at the 11th annual Women Who Mean Business luncheon on June 16 at the Sacramento Hyatt Regency Hotel. more >
Malloy, Scully Meet With European Alumni
June 15, 2006
Professors Michael Malloy and Jed Scully spoke at the 8th Annual Pacific McGeorge International Reunion Conference of the law school’s European Alumni Chapter, held May 19, 20 in Copenhagen, Denmark. more >
ABA President Calls on Legal Profession to Lead
June 7, 2006
Michael Greco, the president of the American Bar Association, gave the keynote address at the commencement ceremony marking Pacific McGeorge's 82nd academic year on May 13 in Sacramento. more >
Kelso Manages State's Technology
May 31, 2006
In the business world, chief information officers are the top judges of which technologies are worth spending money on. J. Clark Kelso fulfills that role for the entire state of California. more >
Galves Wins Two University Awards
May 31, 2006
Professor Fred Galves, a national leader in the use of technology in the classroom, received two faculty awards from the University of the Pacific in May. more >
Landers Lands Book Contract
May 30, 2006
Professor Amy Landers has received a contract from LexisNexis to write UnderstandingPatent Law, another in that publisher’s series of soft-bound books that provide approximately 400-600 pages of supplementary material for law students and professors. more >
Gevurtz Honored At Pacific Graduation
May 24, 2006
Professor Frank Gevurtz shared the stage with actor Clint Eastwood, jazz icon Dave Brubeck and astronaut Jose Hernandez at the University of the Pacific’s graduation ceremony on May 20 in Stockton. more >
Fladager Named Alumna of the Year
May 23, 2006
Birgit Fladager, ’86, was honored as Alumna of the Year at the Pacific McGeorge commencement ceremony on May 13 at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium. more >
McCaffrey Goes To Africa Again
May 19, 2006
Professor Steve McCaffrey traveled to Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, on May 2 for the 14th annual meeting of the Nile River Basin Council of Ministers. more >
Taylor Named To Davis Police Committee
May 18, 2006
Professor Joe Taylor has been appointed to Davis’ three-person Police Advisory Committee that will review citizen complaint investigations and provide recommendations to the city manager on Police Department policies and training. more >
Initiative Review Looks At June Ballot Measures
May 18, 2006
Pacific McGeorge released its latest edition of the California Initiative Review on May 18. more >
Pacific McGeorge Grads Receive Degrees
May 17, 2006
Michael Greco, the president of the American Bar Association, gave the keynote address at the commencement ceremony marking Pacific McGeorge’s 82nd academic year on May 13 in Sacramento. more >
Coif Chapter Inducts 28 New Members
May 17, 2006
James Heiting, the president of the State Bar of California, spoke on May 12 as Pacific McGeorge inducted 28 new members into the Order of the Coif at its 24 th Annual Congratulatory Luncheon. more >
Rohwer Returns To Vietnam
May 15, 2006
Professor Emeritus Claude Rohwer leaves in late-May on his eighth trip to Hanoi to work on drafting Vietnamese commercial Laws. more >
Team Reaches Semis In Chicago
May 15, 2006
Richard Ilharreguy 2D, Lauren Kromer 3D, Alexandra McConnell 3D and Kristi Seargeant 4E reached the semifinals of the 16th annual National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, held April 6-8 at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. more >
Malloy Examines Ireland's Economics
May 8, 2006
Professor Michael Malloy spoke at the Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Law Teachers on April 8 in Cork. more >
Jones: Terror Trials Will Continue
April 26, 2006
Pacific McGeorge faculty made several media appearances in the wake of the April 25 th verdicts in the federal trials of the Lodi terrorist suspects. more >
Badgley Takes International Honors
April 5, 2006
Cori Badgley won the International Advocacy’s Closing Night Competition on April 4. more >
Pacific McGeorge's International Law Program Ranked One of Nation's Top 20
April 3, 2006
The University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law has been ranked among the nation’s Top 20 International Law programs in the 2007 US News & World Report annual guide to “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” published March 31. more >
Three Share Frantz Prize
March 22, 2006
Donmarc Dimaranan, Chad Johnson and Ben Sandel shared first place and each won a $1,000 scholarship in the Benjamin Frantz First Year Mock Trial Competition that concluded on March 11. more >
Scholars Debate Sentencing System
March 19, 2006
A 2005 Supreme Court decision that changed a key part of the federal sentencing system drew a panel of distinguished legal scholars from around the country to Pacific McGeorge on March 10. more >
Dean Parker Attends Inaugural Declassification Board Meeting
March 7, 2006
Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker attended the first meeting of the new Public Interest Declassification Board, held February 25 in Washington, D.C. more >
Strong Showing At NAAC Finals
March 1, 2006
Pacific McGeorge advanced to the semifinal round of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, held April 6-8 in Chicago, the law school’s best showing at the prestigious annual event since 1996. more >
Carter, Weber Work With African Judiciary
February 27, 2006
Professors Linda Carter and Gregory Weber served as rapporteurs and program consultants at the Brandeis Institute for International Judges “Complementarity and Cooperation: Challenges for International Justice” conference held January 3-6 in Dakar and M’bodiene, Senegal. more >
Mock Trial Team In Top 8
February 13, 2006
A Pacific McGeorge mock trial team placed in the top eight teams in the country in the finals of the Texas Young Lawyers National Trial Competition on March 22-25 in Dallas, Texas. more >
Young Lawyers Provide Idealism — Consortium Provides Expertise
February 6, 2006
When Julie Anne Davies started her law career in the '80s as a business litigator at a Los Angeles mega-firm, she set aside her ambition — to work in a small practice serving Spanish-speaking clients. more >
'Don't ask, don't tell' policy open to First Amendment challenge
January 26, 2006
Like a bad coin that is finally removed from circulation, we hope to be on the verge of saying "good riddance" to the mean-spirited and discriminatory Solomon Amendment, a truly dismal piece of congressional legislation. more >
Distinguished Professor Geoffrey Hazard to be Featured Speaker
January 25, 2006
Professor Geoffrey Hazard will be the featured speaker at the Pacific McGeorge International Board of Advisors dinner, Thursday, February 23, 2006. more >
Renowned Practitioners and Law Professors To Teach International Law Courses This Spring
January 13, 2006
During the spring semester, Pacific McGeorge is pleased to offer an exciting line-up of special international law courses. more >
Dean seeks community connections
November 30, 2005
When Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker became the dean of McGeorge School of Law almost four years ago, the former national security lawyer saw a problem that seemed to cry out for a national solution. more >
Craig Manson Returns to Pacific McGeorge. Hear Craig's interview on NPR
November 16, 2005
On Thursday, February 16, 2006, Craig Manson will speak at the "California and the Future of Environmental Law Conference", at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall." Craig will join Professors Vikram Amar of Hastings and Ann Carlson of UCLA in a panel on "Federalism Issues". more >
Students Provide In-Depth Analysis of Pending Ballot Measures in Initiative Forum
October 25, 2005
On Nov. 3, Pacific McGeorge students who participated in the California Initiative Review (CIR) will present their reports in an Initiative Forum. more >
2002 Graduate Tells What It's Like To Defend Terror Suspect
October 19, 2005
Wazhma Mojaddidi, ’02, was pursuing a quiet law practice in northern California and working as an adjunct professor in Pacific McGeorge’s Appellate Advocacy Program a year ago. more >
Kristi Seargeant Returns from New Orleans
September 28, 2005
Kristi Seargeant isn’t just a supermom, she’s a superheroine — and a pretty good law student to boot. more >
Justice Kennedy featured in New Yorker
September 12, 2005
Justice Anthony Kennedy, Long Term Professor at Pacific McGeorge's Summer Program in Salzburg, Austria, Featured in New Yorker magazine. more >
Law Students and Faculty Offer to Help New Orleans
September 2, 2005
An Offer to Help All Law Students and Law Faculty at Tulane University and the University of Loyola, New Orleans from Pacific McGeorge. more >
Once again, Pacific McGeorge student Erich Shiners takes top honors in writing competition
August 24, 2005
Erich Shiners, a law student at Pacific McGeorge, is the winner of the 2005 Competition for Outstanding Student Papers in the Area of Labor and Employment Law. more >
Child Protection in America: Past, Present, and Future written by Distinguished Professor John Myers published by Oxford University Press (2005)
August 10, 2005
Child abuse and neglect are intractable social problems exacting a terrible toll on children and tearing the social fabric. more >
Maggie Baingana Speaks at Sacramento High School
April 18, 2005
Maggie Baingana, the Rwandan attorney who earned an LL.M.(master’s) degree in Government Law & Policy last year at Pacific McGeorge, returned to California this month with Rwanda President Paul Kagame. more >
Saving the Case? Prosecutor Birgit Fladager brings Laci to life, tears to jurors — and Geragos a tough new foe
October 18, 2004
As courtroom theater, it was devastating: First, chief deputy D.A. Birgit Fladager, the new lead prosecutor in the Scott Peterson trial, played a home video of Laci Peterson for the jury. more >
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