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School Website
NALP
Region
Southwest
State
California
Dean
Mary Elizabeth Magill
Enrollment
571
Student/Faculty Ratio
7.8
Talking Points
  • Smallest student body of any of the T14
  • Notable Alumni: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Justice William Rehnquist, Katharine Weymouth (publisher of Washington Post), Anthony Romero (executive director of the ACLU), Ronald Kenneth Noble (Secretary General of Interpol), Fred von Lohmann (Sr. Copyright Counsel, Google), Amanda Brown (author of Legally Blonde)

Recent Headlines from Above the Law

 

Is your law school one of the best in the world? Now you can find out!

Thursday, May 9, 2013 / 12:04 PM

Legal Eagle Wedding Watch returns after a winter hiatus. Let’s check out three noteworthy couples from the colder months.

Monday, Apr 15, 2013 / 2:49 PM

Hint: it’s not Harvard or Stanford or Yale….

Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 / 10:30 AM

Which elite law schools have failed to provide employment transparency data that’s required by the ABA?

Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 / 1:29 PM

Where can you learn the law and party like a rock star at the same time? Let’s find out!

Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 / 6:20 PM

How do 1Ls and 3Ls view law school? Quite differently, as it turns out.

Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 / 3:38 PM

* A Charleston School of Law student leader was arrested for stalking. I’m not sure how else Charleston Law students are supposed to get jobs. [Fitsnews]

* I think this is a very poor reading of the history of the Second Amendment that is making the rounds. Sure, having weapons really helped slaveholders, but that’s not “the reason” the Second Amendment was ratified. The founders had better reasons… reasons that have nothing at all to do with the time we live in, but that’s a different story. [Truthout]

* By the way, you saw that Obama nominated a black lawyer for something, right? Since the Republicans in Congress are so concerned about Obama’s record on diverse appointments, I’m sure Todd Jones will be confirmed super quickly. [Daily Beast]

* Should pet owners be allowed to recover for “sentimental value”? A Texas case might answer that question. I’m looking forward to the companion case in Arkansas where pet owners try to recover from loss of consortium. [Adjunct Law Prof Blog]

* I’d be shocked if this Manti Te’o thing doesn’t end up with somebody suing someone for something. [New York Daily News]

* There’s going to be a law and robots conference at Stanford in April. Because we all know how much robots love law. [The Volokh Conspiracy]

Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 / 4:40 PM

The school-by-school breakdown of the California bar exam results is out. Let’s take a look!

Friday, Jan 4, 2013 / 2:45 PM

The BCS schools square off over their law schools.

Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 / 2:26 PM

Are law firms using the wrong criteria when it comes to hiring associates?

Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 / 1:36 PM

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