Golden Gate University School of Law (informally referred to as GGU School of Law , GGU Law and Golden Gate Law ) is one of the professional graduate schools of Golden Gate University. Located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, California, GGU is a California non-profit public benefit corporation. US News and World Report lists GGU School of Law as one of the nation's 73 most diverse accredited law schools in its 2009 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools."
History
GGU Law was founded in 1901 as the YMCA Evening Law School, a component of the San Francisco Central YMCA Evening College. Like other YMCA Law Schools across the nation, it was established to provide people who worked full-time the opportunity to attend law school at night. The first graduating class in June 1905 had four students. For the purpose of conferring the LL.B degree under authority of law the school was incorporated as the Young Men's Christian Association Law College on June 1, 1910. The Law College's graduates enjoyed the diploma privilege from 1915 to its abolition in 1917. The YMCA Golden Gate School of Law along with the rest of the local "Y"'s educational programs was formally incorporated separately from the San Francisco Central YMCA in 1923, as Golden Gate College . The school moved to its present location at 536 Mission Street in the South of Market neighborhood in December 1964 with the rest of the college joining it two years later. It elevated to university status and became Golden Gate University in 1972, with Golden Gate University School of Law as its law school. Following the national trend, the school replaced the Bachelor of Laws with the Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1967. Golden Gate University as a whole consists of an undergraduate institution along with several graduate schools and programs.
About the Law School
Golden Gate University School of Law has a history of developing programs to meet the demands of law students, the community, and the legal profession. The Public Interest Scholars Program encourages students to use their legal education to serve their communities. In addition, the Law School's on-site Women's Employment Rights Clinic and Environmental Law & Justice Clinic provide opportunities for students to work with real clients who may not otherwise have access to legal counsel.
In the 1980s, the Law School developed a graduate legal program in Taxation and in the 1990s with graduate programs in Environmental Law, International Legal Studies Program, and U.S. Legal Studies.
In 1998, the Law School continued its tradition of providing a practical legal education by establishing the Honors Lawyering Program through which students participate in two full-time, semester-long legal apprenticeships.
Programs
The university offers doctoral (J.D.) and post-doctoral (L.L.M, S.J.D.) programs in intellectual property, environmental law, taxation, United States Legal Studies , and international law. Certificates of Specialization are available in Business Law, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Public Interest Law, and Real Estate Law. Students may also earn combined degrees: J.D./M.B.A. with Golden Gate University's Ageno School of Business or J.D./Ph.D. with the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.
Accreditation
Golden Gate University School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association since August 1956 and the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California (1940). It is also a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Graduates qualify to take the bar exam in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia. Additionally, Golden Gate University has been fully accredited on an institution-wide basis by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) since 1959.(It had been accredited by what is now the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools from 1950.)
Golden Gate University Law Library
According to their website, Golden Gate University's Law Library houses the largest legal collection in San Francisco's financial district - more than 373,000 volumes, microforms and electronic resources. There are, however, only two libraries in the district. The library's holdings include comprehensive series of case law, statutes, digests, encyclopedias, periodicals, and treatises dealing with American law, a strong tax collection, a growing microforms collection, a government documents collection, and a growing body of work in environmental law, law and literature, and international law. It was recently expanded to include part of the ground floor of the main building.
Distinctions
- In its 2009 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools," US News and World Report lists Golden Gate University School of Law as one of the nation's 73 most diverse accredited law schools.
Notable events
- Golden Gate University School of Law was northern California's first evening law school.
- Golden Gate University School of Law was northern California's third law school.
- Classes continued in tents when the YMCA building was destroyed after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
- In 1973, Judith McKelvey was appointed Dean; she was the second woman in the United States to be named dean of a law school.
- In 2004, Frederic White was appointed Dean; he was the first African-American dean of an ABA-accredited Law School in California.
- In 2009, Drucilla Stender Ramey became the second woman dean of the School of Law.
Notable alumni
- Peter Corroon, (JD), Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah
- Hon. Jesse Carter (Class of 1913), former California Supreme Court Justice
- Hon. Gail Dekreon (JD 81), San Francisco Superior Court
- Hon. Philip M. Pro (JD 72), US District Court, District of Nevada
- Hon. Sandra M. Snyder (JD 76), US Magistrate, Fresno, California
- Hon. Marilyn J. Teeter (JD 77), US Immigration Court of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Hon. Carol A. King (JD 84), US Immigration Court of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Hon. Morgan Christen (JD 86) Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
- Hon. Elaine Andrews (JD 76) Superior Court Judge, Alaska
- Mark S. Anderson (JD 89), Vice President and General Counsel, Dolby Laboratories
- Charles R. Conradi (JD 78), Treasurer and Vice President—Tax, Clorox
- Robert “Buzz” Hines (JD 85), Chair, Environmental Law Division, Farella, Braun + Martel LLP
- Ted C. Lindquist III (JD 95), Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Steven Adair MacDonald (JD 97), Principal, Steven Adair MacDonald & Associates, PC
- Dave Roberson (JD 78), Senior Vice President and General Manager, Hewlett-Packard
- Richard Rosenberg (JD 66), Former Chairman and CEO, Bank of America
- Marc Van Der Hout (JD 77), Founding Member, Van DerHout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP
- Michael R. Ward (JD 96), Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Amy M. Wollman (JD 94), Senior Counsel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
- Joan Blades (JD 80), Co-founder, MoveOn.org
- Phillip Burton (LL.B 52), former US Congressman
- Peter Fowler (JD 84), Senior Counsel, US Patent & Trademark Office
- Bill Hirsh (JD 86), Executive Director, AIDS Legal Referral Panel
- Jan. M. Lecklikner (JD 78), Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco
- Hon. John L. Baxter (JD 94), Salt Lake City Justice Court Judge, Salt Lake City, UT
- Joseph J. Webb (attended 1902-1904), Active proponent for the establishment and first President of the State Bar of California
Notable faculty
- Professor Clifford Rechtschaffen, former Fulbright Scholar currently on leave as assistant to California Attorney General Jerry Brown on climate change issues
- Professor Bernard Segal, renowned trial advocate and criminal litigation attorney
- Professor Roger Berhardt, author of leading textbooks on California real property law
- Professor Susan Rutberg, criminal defense attorney whose work has resulted in the exoneration of the wrongfully accused
- Professor and Dean Emeritus Peter Keane, internationally known legal news analyst and former member of the San Francisco Police Commission
References
see Reg. No. C0061552, Office of the Secretary of State; Cal. Civ. Code § 650(10) (Deering 1909) San Francisco YMCA: 100 years by the Golden Gate, 1853-1953 Drury, Clifford Merrill A.H. Clark & Co. 1963 pp. 139 see Cal. Code Civ.P. § 280b, as amended by 1915 Cal. Stat. pp. 660 (repealed 1917)
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