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University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law is a private, American Bar Association (ABA)-approved
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in the Oak Park neighborhood of the city of
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. It is part of the University of the Pacific and is located on the University's Sacramento campus.


History

The school that eventually became McGeorge began in 1921 when
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graduate and
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executive Verne Adrian McGeorge began teaching law students at night in downtown Sacramento, California. After its formal establishment as a school in 1924, this Sacramento Law School, subsequently renamed in Professor McGeorge's honor as the "McGeorge School of Law," merged with the University of the Pacific in 1966 and came to be known as "Pacific McGeorge." McGeorge became an integral part of the University of the Pacific in 1991. The current dean of McGeorge School of Law is Michael Hunter Schwartz, formerly the dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law at
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from 2013–2017.


Accreditation, memberships, rankings

McGeorge has been approved by the
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(ABA) since 1969. As an ABA approved law school, McGeorge graduates are eligible to sit for the
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in any American jurisdiction.


Memberships

McGeorge joined the
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(AALS) in 1974. It has a chapter of the
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, a national law school honorary society founded for the purposes of encouraging legal scholarship and advancing the ethical standards of the legal profession.


Rankings and bar exam passage rate

In the 2023 U.S. News & World Report law school rankings, McGeorge School of Law was ranked 133. Of the McGeorge alumni who took the California bar for the first time in October 2020, 86% passed, vs. a statewide average of 84% for graduates of ABA-accredited law schools.


Tuition costs

McGeorge's tuition and fees for full-time students during the 2019–2020 academic year cost $56,776 per year, while tuition and fees for part-time students was $42,418-47,824 per year.


Academic programs

McGeorge offers degree programs leading to the award of the J.D. (
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), the LL.M. (
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), the M.P.A. (
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), the M.P.P. (
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) and the J.S.D. (
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) degrees. McGeorge offers both a three-year day division program and four-year evening division program. The first year curriculum at McGeorge consists of 27 units. McGeorge law students must also complete 29 units of upper-level required curriculum. Therefore, 56 units out of the 88 units to graduate are required courses. All students take the same required courses.


Location

The McGeorge School of Law is located on University of the Pacific's Sacramento campus at 3200 Fifth Avenue in the Oak Park area of Sacramento, the capital of California.


Journals and publications

* ''The University of the Pacific Law Review'' (formerly titled "McGeorge Law Review" and "The Pacific Law Journal"). A student-run, scholarly journal publishing four issues annually. Two issues are published each year containing professional articles and student-authored comments or casenotes; one issue contains the Review of Selected California Legislation, or "Greensheets"; and one issue contains a symposium, focusing on a specific, significant legal topic. * ''California Initiative Review.'' An online analysis of
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ballot initiatives and related issues. * ''California Water Law Journal.'' A forum for water law research.


Notable people


Notable alumni

* Greg Aghazarian
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man, 26th District *
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– U.S. Congressman from Nevada * Ronald J. Bath
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, Director of U.S. Air Force Strategic Planning * Scott Baugh – former
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Republican
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, 67th District * Scott Boras – sports agent *
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– Judge,
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* Lloyd Connelly – Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court * Ellen Corbett
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, 10th District * L. Whitney Clayton
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*
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– attorney, radio talk show host, and former television news anchor *
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– US Congressman 1991–2009 * Morrison C. England Jr. – Judge,
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* Noreen Evans
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woman, 7th District * Dayvid Figler – Former Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge, NPR commentator * Edward J. Garcia – Judge,
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* John M. Gerrard – Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court *
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of the
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* Michael A. LillyAttorney General of Hawaii (1984–1985) *
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California State Treasurer and former
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* Steve Martini – attorney and best-selling author of
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– former
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, 6th District * Johnnie B. Rawlinson – Judge,
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* Dana Makoto Sabraw – Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of California * Robert J. Sandoval – Openly Gay Judge Appointed to the California Superior Court. * A. J. Sass - Youth LGBTQIA+ author. * Victor Plata – Olympic athlete in triathlon *
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Notable faculty

* J. Clark Kelso, Federal Receiver overseeing healthcare reform in California's prison system, former Insurance Commissioner, former chief information officer of California. *
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, retired
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of the
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(served from 1988 to 2018), Pacific McGeorge faculty member since 1965.


Present Dean and Dean Emeriti

* Michael Hunter Schwartz, 2017 – present * Francis J. –"Jay" Mootz, 2012–2017 * Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, 2002–2012, Executive Director and CEO of the
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Former
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* Gerald Caplan, 1991–2002 * Gordon D. Schaber, 1957–1991 * John Swann, 1946–1957 * Lawrence Dowrety, 1937 – WWII closure * Gilford Rowland, 1933–1937 * Russell Harris, 1930–1933 * Vern Adrian McGeorge, Founder, 1924–1930


References

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings


External links

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