San Joaquin College of Law

San Joaquin College of Law
Motto	Lex Justitia (Law Justice)
Established	1969
School type	Private
Dean	Janice L. Pearson
Location	Clovis, CA, US
Enrollment	204
Faculty	10 full-time; 41 adjunct
Bar pass rate	29%
Website	San Joaquin College of Law
SJCL's main building

San Joaquin College of Law (SJCL) is a private, non-profit law school in Clovis, California, US. It was founded in Fresno in 1969 by Fresno County Municipal Court Judge Dan Eymann, U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger, and attorney John Loomis.^[1][2] The school began instruction in 1970.

In 1996, SJCL relocated to the original Clovis High School building, following a multimillion-dollar renovation. The structure was built in 1920,^[3] but had deteriorated to the point where a coyote was living in the basement. The renovation, including a new courtroom, lecture hall, and enlarged library, allowed the Law School to expand, while still maintaining the historic character of the building.^[4][5] There remains no comparable institution for 120 miles (190 km) in any direction in the central San Joaquin Valley.^{[nb 1]}

More than 25% of the total practicing lawyers in the Fresno area are SJCL graduates, including 48% of women and 35% of minority lawyers.^[6]

Accreditation

San Joaquin College of Law is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).^[7] SJCL is approved by the Committee of Bar Examiners^[8] of the State Bar of California. Its most recent bar examination pass rate for first-time takers was 29 percent.

San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review

The San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review (SJALR),^[9] published by SJCL students since 1991,^[10] circulates nationwide.^{[nb 2]} It is the oldest^[11] and one of only three law reviews in the United States focusing on agriculture law.^[12][13][14]

New American Legal Clinic

The New American Legal Clinic (NALC) is a non-profit immigration law clinic that operates out of San Joaquin College of Law.^[15] There is both a classroom and practical component to the clinical course which is offered every fall, spring and summer session. There is a director and legal director as well as clinical staff that instruct and assist the students in completing and filing cases with the Department of Homeland Security/USCIS as well as the immigration courts.^[16] Cases are handled by students and supervised by professors. The NALC Clinic is also recognized as a source of information for media, practitioners, immigrants’ rights groups and collaboratives and agricultural and other industry employers in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California.^[17]

Family Law Mediation Clinic

Students and faculty of San Joaquin College of Law provide alternative dispute resolution services in a free family law mediation clinic.^[18] They meet with husband and wife in the mediation setting to help them negotiate a legal agreement while avoiding the time and expense of going to court. In their role as mediators, they do not represent either party, nor do they represent the parties jointly.^[19]

Notable people

Notable faculty

• Anthony P. Capozzi (1974–1978) Criminal law
• Superior Court Judge Hilary Chittick^[20]
• Superior Court Judge Jonathan B. Conklin^[20]
• Superior Court Judge Kimberly Nystrom-Geist^[20]
• U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Joseph O'Neill (1986–1992)
• U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger (1970–1991)

Notable alumni

• State officials
  • Diana Dooley (J.D. 1995) Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency^[21][22]
• United States Bankruptcy Court Judge
  • W. Richard Lee, Eastern District of California^[22][23]
• United States Magistrate Judge
  • Gary S. Austin, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California^[22][24]
• California Superior Court Judges
  • James Aaron (resignation in lieu of removal), Fresno County^[22][25][26]
  • Brian Alvarez, Fresno County^[22][27][28]
  • Mark Bacciarini, Merced County^[22][29]
  • Glenda Doan (removed), Kings County
  • Eric Helgesen (retired), Riverside County^[22][30][31]
  • Efren N. Iglesia, Monterey County^[22][32][33]
  • Michael J. Jurkovich, Madera County^[22][34]
  • Rosemary T. McGuire, Fresno County^[22][35]
  • Kimberly Nystrom-Geist, Fresno County^[22][36][37]
  • Don Penner, Fresno County^[22][38][39]
  • James Petrucelli, Fresno County^[22][40][41]
  • R. I. "Chip" Putnam (retired), Fresno County^[22][39][42]
  • Angus Saint-Evens (retired), Glenn County^[22][43][44]
  • Houry Sanderson, Fresno County^[22][45][46]
  • Alan Simpson, Fresno County^[22][47][48]
  • Donna Tarter, Kings County^[22][49]
  • Charles Wieland, Madera County^[22][50][51]
• Federal and State Administrative Law Judges
  • Jose Banuelos^[22][52]
  • Catherine Benko^[22][53]
  • Eileen Deimerly^[22][54]
  • James Donabed^[22][55]
  • Sharon Madsen^[22][56][57]
  • Elizabeth Parker^[58][59]
  • Debra Sandoval^[60][61]
  • Geoffrey Sims^[62][63]
  • Nancy Smith (retired)^[22][64]
  • Barbara St. Louis (retired)^[22][65]
  • Georgia York (retired)^[22][39]
  • Duane Young^[66][67]

Notes

1. ↑ The next nearest CBE law school in the California Central Valley is the Humphreys College Laurence Drivon School of Law, located in Stockton, California. See: Law Schools in California Accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE)
2. ↑ SJALR articles have been cited by the California Supreme Court (Gerawan Farming, Inc. v. Lyons (2000), 24 Cal.4th 468 (101 Cal.Rptr.2d 470; 12 P.3d 720), citing "Comment, The Effect of Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc. on Nongeneric Commodities: A Narrow Focus on a Broad Rule", 9 San Joaquin Agr. L.Rev. 95 (1999)); the California Courts of Appeal (County of Humboldt v. McKee (2008), 165 Cal.App.4th 1476, citing Will, "The Land Conservation Act at the 32 Year Mark: Enforcement, Reform, and Innovation", 9 San Joaquin Agr. L.Rev. 1, 8 (1999)); the US District Court for the Eastern District of California (Horne v. USDA, No. CV-F-08-1549 LJO SMS, 2009 WL 4895362 (2009)); the New Mexico Court of Appeals (Jicarilla Apache Nation v. Rio Arriba County Assessor (2004), 135 N.M. 630, 92 P.3d 642), citing Robert Luedeman & Darla Mondou, "Meet the New Meat: Legal Aspects of Ratite Bird Production", 8 San Joaquin Agr. L.Rev. 1 (1998)); the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Overton Distributors Inc. v. Heritage Bank, 179 F.Supp.2d 818 (2002)); and the Minnesota Supreme Court (Anderson v. State Department of Natural Resources (Minn. 2005), 693 N.W.2d 181 Footnote 3, citing Theodore A. Feitshans, "An Analysis of State Pesticide Drift Laws", 9 San Joaquin Agr. L.Rev. 37, 70-78 (1999)).

References

External links

• Official website

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