| University of Northern California Lorenzo Patiño School of Law |
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| Motto | Excellence and Affordability in Legal Education |
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| Established | 1983 |
| School type | Private Law School |
| Dean | Daniel Wigon |
| Location | Sacramento, CA, US |
| Enrollment | |
| Faculty | 18 (includes adjunct faculty) |
| Bar pass rate | 0% (0/3) (February 2011 1st time takers)[1] |
| Annual tuition | $5,200 (2011: $250/semester unit)[2] |
| Website | UNC Lorenzo Patiño School of Law |
The University of Northern California, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law (UNC) is a private law school located in Sacramento, California. UNC offers a part-time, four-year law program as well as a paralegal program.
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The school was founded in 1983 by Leonard Padilla in association with attorneys Heman Smith and Douglas Nareau as well as law student Danny Brace, Jr., and Judge Lorenzo Patiño.
The school held its first classes in the spring of 1983. The first instructors were Douglas Nareau, John Ewing, Betty Rocker, Heman Smith and Linda Dankman. Nareau and Ewing were featured in the Sacramento Bee as Valedictorians of their respective law schools. Betty Rocker had gained a great deal of notoriety as one of Sacramento's premier criminal defense attorneys and Smith had gained praise for successful litigation that challenged redlining as a loan practice. Lorenzo Patino was one of the early latino judges in the state and was an early supporter of MADD.
The initial class started with an enrollment of 187 students due in large part to a week long new feature done by local news personalities Bob Nathan and Mary Jane Popp. Included in the first class were generals, school deans and many business leaders in the Sacramento community.
UNC is authorized to grant the Juris Doctor (J.D.) law degree and a paralegal certificate by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education[3] and it is registered with the Committee of Bar Examiners[4] of the State Bar of California as an unaccredited law school. As such, students must take and pass the First-year Law Students' Examination, also known as the "Baby Bar", at the end of their first year to receive credit for their law study and eventually qualify to sit for the California Bar Examination. The school is not approved by the American Bar Association.[5]
For the years 1997 through February 2011, 134 Lorenzo Patiño graduates have taken the California Bar Examination as first-time takers; of that number, 12 have passed the examination for a 9% pass rate.[6]
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