Santa Clara University School of Law
The Santa Clara University School of Law (Santa Clara Law) is the law school of Santa Clara University, a Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley region. The School of Law was founded in 1911. The Jesuit affiliation of the university is manifested in a concern with ethics, social justice, and community service.
Santa Clara Law offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) law degree. It also offers several joint degree programs, including J.D./Master of Business Administration (J.D./M.B.A.) and J.D./Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) offered in conjunction with Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, ranked 10th in graduate programs on the U.S. News & World Report graduate schools rankings.[4] In addition, the School offers Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees in Intellectual Property Law, in U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers, and in International and Comparative Law. Santa Clara Law also features specialized curricular programs in High Tech and Intellectual Property law, International Law, and Public Interest and Social Justice law. The School offers more summer study abroad programs than any law school in the United States, with 13 different programs in 17 countries.[5]
History
Santa Clara University School of Law was founded in 1911. The school is part of Santa Clara University (founded 1851), the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California and the oldest Catholic university in the American West. It was approved by the American Bar Association in 1937.[6] It joined the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1940.[7]
Rankings
Law school rankings of Santa Clara Law include:
- Number 7 for diversity among law schools (first in California with the USC Law School)[8]
- Number 84 overall among law schools in the United States and 53 for the part-time program[1]
- Princeton Review "Best 170 Law Schools" (2008) - Number 22 overall among law schools for average starting salary[9]
- The Census Group Composition ranking, which scores law schools based on selectivity, salary, placement and yield, ranks Santa Clara Law at Number 64[10]
- Hylton Rankings, which scores programs based on their U.S. News & World Report peer assessment ratings provided by law professors and by the mean LSAT scores of each law school, ranked Santa Clara Law at Number 78 overall[11]
- Listed Number 13 overall for mid-career median salary (at $188,000 a year) in Forbes' list of Best Law Schools for Getting Rich[12]
- Listed as "B-" in the January 2011 "Best Public Interest Law Schools" listing by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students.[13]
- Listed as an "A" in the March 2011 "Diversity Honor Roll" by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students[14]
Bar passage rates
Based on a 2001-2007 6 year average, 71.9% of Santa Clara University Law graduates passed the California State Bar.[15]
Post-graduation employment
Based on a 2001-2007 6 year average, 92.5% of Santa Clara University Law graduates were employed 9 months after graduation.[15]
According to the American Bar Association's "Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools," 94.5 percent of Santa Clara students were employed nine months after graduation, with 77 percent of graduates employed in the private sector and 21 percent employed in the public sector.[16]
According to the Princeton Review, the average starting salary for Santa Clara Law graduates is $114,679.[17] According to Forbe's magazine, mid-career median salary is currently $188,000 a year.[18]
Students
The top feeder schools into Santa Clara Law in order are UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, and Santa Clara University.[19]
The top five feeder states in order are California, Texas, Arizona, Washington, and Illinois.[19] In 2010, 4,973 people applied to the School of Law and 329 matriculated.[20] Over 44 percent of the applicants were from outside California, including applicants from all 50 states and 55 foreign countries.[20]
The LSAT scores were 162 for the 75th percentile and 158 for the 25th percentile. The GPA for entering students were 3.55 for the 75th percentile and 3.12 for the 25th percentile.[20]
Santa Clara Law has a chapter of the Order of the Coif, a national law school honorary society founded for the purposes of encouraging legal scholarship and advancing the ethical standards of the legal profession.[21]
Statement of Purpose
"Santa Clara University School of Law will excel in preparing its students to meet the challenges of a legal profession that is increasingly global, technologically sophisticated, and culturally diverse. In fulfilling this vision, the Law School is dedicated to educating lawyers of competence, conscience and compassion. (Adopted in principle by faculty on 2/4/00)" --Santa Clara University website
The School of Law is thus dedicated to:
- The training of lawyers with uncompromising standards of excellence in service to their clients and to society;
- An emphasis on ethical considerations in the legal process;
- Full participation of the legal academic community in the larger University community;
- A diverse community of men and women devoted to freedom of inquiry and freedom of expression;
- Excellence in teaching and scholarly research;
- A balance of the rigorous and the humane in student-teacher relationships;
- A curriculum addressing the fundamental demands of law practice and the evolving needs of society; and
- Endeavors outside the University that reflect high moral standards and professional excellence.
Campus
Over the last century, the Santa Clara University campus, located along El Camino Real in Santa Clara, has expanded to more than 104 acres (0.4 km2; 0.2 sq mi). Amid its many Mission Style academic and residential buildings are the historic mission gardens, rose garden, and palm trees. The campus benefits from the area's mediterranean climate, with more than 300 days of sun a year.
Until 1939, the school inhabited present-day St. Joseph's Hall at the center of campus. Under the tenure of Dean Edwin Owens, Bergin Hall was constructed and became home to the school in 1939. The new building was built using monies collected through Santa Clara football's successful appearances in the Sugar Bowl and named after Thomas Bergin, Santa Clara's first graduate, a California legal pioneer, and an early donor to the School of Law.
The Edwin Heafey Law Library was constructed in 1963 and in 1973, the same year that Bannan Hall, which included space for the Law School on the ground floor, was built, Heafey was expanded to include more space for library materials. The library was renovated and expanded again in 1988 and there are plans for a third expansion in the near future.
The newest building serving the School of Law is Loyola Hall, formerly a research and development commercial building directly adjacent to the Santa Clara campus. This new property, leased by the university, provides space for many of the school's centers as well as some faculty offices. Dean Polden, upon opening the structure, announced that it is a temporary space and hinted that the university may seek money to build a new facility for the Law School.
Publications
Notable Current Faculty
- David D. Friedman - author of The Machinery of Freedom, son of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman
- Brad Joondeph - Constitutional law scholar; picked as one of the "23 Law Profs to Take Before You Die" by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students[22]
- Tyler Ochoa - Intellectual Property scholar
- Kathleen (Cookie) Ridolfi - Director of the Northern California Innocence Project, member of the Camden 28.
- Catherine Sandoval - Commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission[23]
- Stephanie Wildman - Social Justice scholar, Director of the Center for Social Justice and Public Interest[24]
- Gerald F. Uelmen - former Dean; Criminal Law/Procedure; member of the defense team for the O.J. Simpson murder case; picked as one of the "23 Law Profs to Take Before You Die" by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students[22]
Notable Alumni
- Leon Panetta (1963) - current Secretary of Defense; former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton
- Zoe Lofgren (1975) - U.S. Representative for California's 16th congressional district
- Mike Dillon (1984) - General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Sun Microsystems
- Tom Dunlap (1979) - former General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Intel
- Edward Panelli (1955) - former Justice of the Supreme Court of California
- Rodney Moore (1985) - President of the National Bar Association
- Phyllis Jean Hamilton (1976) - Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- Dorian Daley (1986) - General Counsel for Oracle Corporation
- W. David Carey III (1981) - President and CEO of Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.
- William Dallas (1987) - Founder and Owner of Dallas Capital
- Carrie Dwyer (1976) - Executive Vice President of Corporate oversight at Charles Schwab
- Elizabeth Harris (1986) - Senior Corporate Counsel for Safeway Inc.
- Bonnie MacNaughton (1982) - Senior Attorney at Microsoft
- Howard Peters (1978) - Peters, Verny, Jones, Schmitt & Aston LLP; American Chemical Society National Board of Directors
- Elizabeth Birch (1985) - former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC); former Director of litigation for Apple Computer and General Counsel for its Claris subsidiary
- Scott Shipman (1999) - Associate General Counsel, Global Privacy Leader for eBay
- Gordon Yamate (1980) - Vice President and General Counsel of Knight Ridder, Inc.
- John Cruden (1974) - Chief of the Environmental Enforcement Section for the U.S. Department of Justice
- Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson (1979) - Judge on Guam’s Superior Court
- Benjamin J. Cruz (1975) - Attorney General on Guam’s Superior Court
- Thomas Romig (1980) - Dean of the Washburn University School of Law
- Alfred Delucchi (1960) - Alameda County Judge; Presided over Scott Peterson trial.
- Eugene Hyman (1977) - Superior Court Judge of Santa Clara County; created the Juvenile Delinquency Court for the Domestic Violence and Family Violence programs, the first of its kind in the US
- Arturo Jaramillo (1975) - head of Regulation and Licensing Department, State of California
- Eileen Kato (1980) - former president of the Washington State District and Municipal Judges Association, the first judge of color to head the organization; former senior trial attorney with the Department of the Treasury
- Mary Jo Levinger (1973) - Superior Court Judge of Santa Clara County
- Peter McCloskey (1980) and Alan Tieger (1975) - Senior Trial Attorneys at International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
- Douglas Moylan (1991) - Judge on the Supreme Court of Guam. First elected Attorney General of Guam.
- Rolanda Pierre-Dixon (1980) - SCC Assistant District Attorney
- Eugene Premo (1962) - Associate Justice, California Sixth District Court of Appeal
- Murlene Randle (1980) - Director of the Office of Criminal Justice for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom
- David Sandino (1984) - Chief Counsel for the California Department of Water Resources
- Hae-Suk Suh (1987) - Proportional Representative in Korea’s National Assembly
- Jason Weiss (1992) - FBI computer forensics agent
- Jean High Wetenkamp (1976) - Superior Court Judge of Santa Clara County
- James Wright (1949) - former Judge for the SCC Superior Court
- Kyong-Whan "Kenny" Ahn (1985) - Director of the Public Law and Human Rights Law Center of the Faculty of Law at Seoul National University
Law School Deans
- James Campbell - 1911 to 1918
- Lawrence E. O'Keefe, SJ - 1919 to 1920
- Clarence Coolidge - 1920 to 1933
- Edwin J. Owens - 1933 to 1953
- Byron J. Snow - 1953 to 1955
- Warren P. McKenney - 1955 to 1959
- Leo Huard - 1959 to 1969
- George Strong (acting) - 1970
- George Alexander - 1970 to 1985
- Richard Rykoff (acting) - 1985 to 1986
- Gerald Uelmen - 1986 to 1994
- Mack Player - 1994 to 2003
- Donald J. Polden - 2003 to present
Centers and institutes
Centers and institutes based at Santa Clara Law include:[25]
- BroadBand Institute of California
- Center for Social Justice and Public Service
- Death Penalty College
- High Tech Law Institute
- Institute of International and Comparative Law
- Institute of Recovery and Redress
- Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center
- Northern California Innocence Project
References
- ^ a b c d "U.S. News & World Report, "Best Law Schools: Santa Clara University"". http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/school-of-law-03012. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ^ a b Santa Clara University School of Law Official ABA Data
- ^ Financial Aid - Home Page - Santa Clara Law
- ^ Business - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report
- ^ Santa Clara Law Center for Global Law & Policy
- ^ "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". ABA website. http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/aba_approved_law_schools/by_year_approved.html. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ^ AALS Member Schools
- ^ Law - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report - Most Diverse
- ^ Reprinted in The National Jurist - January 2008 issue
- ^ University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne College and University Rankings Site
- ^ Microsoft Word - HYLTON RANKINGS 2007 _2_.doc
- ^ Best Law Schools for Getting Rich - Forbes
- ^ Weyenberg, Michelle (January 2011), "Best Law Schools for Public Interest", The National Jurist (San Diego, California: Cypress Magazines) 20 (4): 24–28, http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0111/index.php#/24
- ^ Larsen, Rebecca (March 2011), "Most Diverse Law Schools (Diversity Honor Roll)", The National Jurist (San Diego, California: Cypress Magazines) 20 (6): 30–37, http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0311/#/32
- ^ a b "Internet Legal Research Group: Santa Clara University, 2009 profile". http://www.ilrg.com/rankings/law/view.php/79. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ http://officialguide.lsac.org/SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/ABA_LawSchoolData/ABA4851.pdf
- ^ The Princeton Review - Law -Santa Clara University School of Law - Employment Statistics
- ^ The Best Law Schools For Getting Rich - Forbes
- ^ a b About Santa Clara Law - Fast Facts
- ^ a b c Santa Clara Law Admissions - Class Profile 2010
- ^ Order of the Coif member schools
- ^ a b Weyenberg, Michelle (March 2011), "23 Law Profs to Take Before You Die", The National Jurist (San Diego, California: Cypress Magazines) 20 (6): 22–29, http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0311/#/22
- ^ Santa Clara University Law Professor Catherine Sandoval Named Commissioner of CPUC
- ^ Faculty Profile - Stephanie Wildman - Santa Clara Law
- ^ Santa Clara Law - Centers, Clinics & Programs
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