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AN IDEAL LOCATION

olden Gate University School of Law is

located in the heart of downtown San ..

the world. With the legal and finanCial districtolloneside

and the bustling South ofMaiketarea on theother,t~e:

school is witbin a few minutes'walk.of restauraI1ts,sbop~

ping, and many attractive downtown plazas. Studel1tswotJf

.. atlawfirms andio judiCial andgbvernment 6fficeslocated

only a few blocks away.

With its year-round mild climate, the Bay Area is one of

the most pleasant places in the world to live and work.

Fromthe pines and redwoods of the East Bay and Marin

hills, across the magnificent bridges spanning the Bay, to

the art.;;deco inspired business and shppping centers of San

Francisco, the Bay Area is filled with natural beauty and

triumphs ofthe builders' arts. Outstanding theater, opera,

ballet, and ffillseums, as well as symphony,chamber, avant

garde; and rock music groups are at home in San Francisco

throughQutthe year. The San Francisco Giants, San

·Prancisco·4gers, Oakland Raiders, Oakland A's, Golden

State Warriors, San Jose Sharks and numerous college

teams provide ample entertainment for serious sports fans. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Calendar ...... 3 Dean's Message ...... 5 The University and the Law School ...... 6 Curriculum Types of Programs ...... 8 Combined Degrees ...... 9 Grading and Academic Regulations ...... 9 International Legal Studies ...... 10 Environmental Law ...... 12 Professional Skills ...... 13 Public Interest ...... 14 Taxation ...... 16 Writing Opportunities ...... 17 Clinical Programs On-Site Clinical Programs ...... 18 Field Placement Clinics ...... 19 Areas of Concentration ...... 20 Courses of Study Required Courses ...... 22 Elective Courses ...... 23 Faculty ...... 24 Adjunct Faculty/Staff ...... 34 Law Career Services ...... 36 Student Services ...... 37 Law Library ...... 38 Student Profile ...... 39 Scholarships and Awards ...... 40 Admissions ...... 42 Tuition and Financial Aid ...... 46 Policies ...... 50 Location ...... 51 Application Instructions ...... 52 J.D. Application ...... 53

2 CALENDAR

Fall Semester 1995 First Year Registration ...... August 15 First Year Orientation ...... August 16-18 General Registration ...... August 18,21 Instruction Begins ...... August 21 Delinquent Registration Fee Begins ...... August 22 Last Day to Add Classes ...... August 25 Visiting Student Registration ...... August 28-29 Labor Day Holiday* ...... September 4 Thanksgiving Holiday* ...... November 23-24 Instruction Ends ...... December 6 Study Period ...... December 7 Examination Period ...... December 8-21 Mid-year Recess* ...... December 22-January 2

Spring Semester 1996 Mid-Year Registration ...... January 3 Mid-Year Orientation ...... J anuary 3-4 General Registration ...... January 5, 8 Instruction Begins ...... January 8 Delinquent Registration Fee Begins ...... J anuary 9 Last Day to Add Classes ...... January 12 Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday ...... January 15 Visiting Student Registration ...... January 16-17 President's Day Holiday* ...... February 19 Mid-Semester Recess ...... March 4-8 Instruction Ends ...... April 30 Study Period ...... May 1-2 Examination Period ...... May 3-16 Commencement ...... May 18

Summer Session 1996 General Registration ...... May 31, June 1 Instruction Begins ...... June 3 Delinquent Registration Fee Begins ...... June 4 Last Day to Add Classes ...... June 7 Independence Day Holiday* ...... July 4 Instruction Ends ...... July 30 Examination Period ...... July 31-August 3

* The Law School and the Law Library will be closed on these days.

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4 DEAN'S MESSAGE

olden Gate University School of Law provides our students with a solid foundation in legal theory and with the skills G necessary for the successful practice of law. In class, students are challenged to view law not merely as rules to be mastered, but also as social policies to be explored and questioned. Through our extensive clinical offerings, our highly respected litigation program, and our comprehensive writing curriculum, students acquire skills in analy­ sis, document drafting, advocacy, trial technique, counseling, interview­ ing, and negotiating. While maintaining rigorous academic standards and demanding a high level of scholarship, the school is supportive of and responsive to student needs. The Law School faculty has a strong and shared commitment to teaching and to being accessible to students. Combining excellent acade­ mic credentials with expertise gained through the practice of law, the

-- _-_ _ _: -cc- -- __ ~_ - _--- <_ -~ faculty is uniquely qualified to bring to the classroom a practical dimen­ Weseakioinstill:lll.our sion often lacking in American legal education. studenlsaSBlfSIU' There is no dichotomy between teaching and research at Golden Gate. Stimulating teaching generates new ideas, which lead to serious reSpOIslbniIYJOJII8 scholarship, often involving faculty-student collaboration, while faculty pJlafal.llJlInd·l8the . scholarship brought to the classroom enriches the learning experience. Through legal scholarship, community involvement, and litigation arising from our clinical programs, faculty have been instrumental in shaping legal doctrines, many of which have expanded individual rights. Faculty members have led in the evolution of the law in such areas as health rights of institutionalized persons, property rights of artists, rent control, environmental protection, alternative dispute resolution, fund­ ing for low income housing, international transactions, criminal law, and immigration policy. The ethic we share at Golden Gate is that lawyering is an honor­ able profession, worthy of the public trust. Accordingly, we seek to instill in our students a sense of responsibility to the profession and to the community. Educated in an atmosphere of open and mutually respectful collegiality, our graduates have the intellectual, emotional, and ethical strength to contribute to the profession and to the community.

k ..~1- {>~- · ~ Anthony 1. Pagano, Dean

5 THE UNIVERSITY & THE LAW SCHOOL

\~IIl'J"O'''BC' of olden Gate University is a private nonprofit institution of baViR,:.claWcicll88t· higher education. It is accredited by the Western Association G of Schools and Colleges. The University is a major center for 011.1·",81'81111'.'111· professional education in the fields of management, business, public --;" -- -.~- ':>-- ---~' -: --,'- 81'18V1R.I~r:a.Dotle administration, and law. oJ,piBib~{Zet" .. The Law School, founded in 1901, is one of the oldest law schools in the western United States. It is fully and separately accredited by the American 'A1JlIe;~h~~iov, ;91 As$qCi~te· .. ' Bar Association, the Association of American Law Schools, and the CQopers~LybIZ4ndi; Committee of Bar Examiners of the State of California. Graduates qualify to take the Bar in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia. The school offers a full-time day program and a part-time evening program leading to the Doctor of Jurisprudence (ID.) degree. Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees in Taxation and in International Legal Studies and combined degrees are also awarded. Students may begin their legal education in August or in January.

Student Body

The student body, which numbers some 800, is a mix of working profession­ als and recent college graduates drawn from more than 100 undergraduate and graduate institutions. Students come from all parts of the country as well as from several foreign nations. They represent a wide spectrum of ethnic, economic, and cultural backgrounds.

Location

Golden Gate is a downtown law school. Hundreds oflaw firms, as well as numerous government agencies, and state and federal courts are located within walking distance of the school. This permits second and third-year students to work while attending school. In this way, students gain practical experience and lawyering skills while making professional contacts, which many maintain throughout their legal careers.

6 7 CURRICULUM

he law is a broad and TYPES OF PROGRAMS Mid-Year Admission Program demanding profession. In The Law School offers a full-time T addition to mastering the rules Full-Time Day Program day and part-time evening Mid-Year of statutory, judicial, and constitu­ The majority of students enroll in Admission Program to students who tiona I law, a good practitioner must the full-time day program, which wish to begin law school in January. be skilled in writing, interviewing, normally takes three years, but can One of the chief advantages of this counseling, negotiating, and oral be completed in two and one-half program is small class size. Since advocacy. Most importantly, if the years. Flexible scheduling allows mid-year admittees form their own attorney is to shape future develop­ full-time day students who have section during their first semester, ment of the law, he/she must under­ completed all first-year courses to classes have only 20 to 45 students. stand the ethical, political, social, and take one evening course per Mid-year students complete two economic policies which underlie the semester. substantive law courses and Writing law. Golden Gate University School and Research during their first of Law bases its curriculum on this Part-Time Evening Program semester. When they return for the multifaceted view of the lawyer. fall semester, they take the remain­ More than 80 years ago, the Law ing first-year required courses with The Law School shapes its curricu­ School's part-time evening program entering first-year students and elec­ lum to meet the diverse career goals was the first in the nation to be tives with second-year students. and intellectual interests of its recognized by the American Bar Students entering in January are not students. Students can choose elec­ Association. Today Golden Gate required to attend law school during tives from a broad range of courses continues its commitment to provid­ the summer; however, those who or may elect to concentrate in one ing legal education to all segments wish to accelerate graduation should of several areas. Specialization of society. plan to attend two eight-week Certificates are awarded in the Students in the four year part­ summer sessions. fields of Environmental Law, time evening program attend class Mid-year students who graduate International Law, Labor and four nights per week during their in December qualify for the winter Employment Law, Litigation, Public first year. Thereafter, they may bar examination, given in most Interest Law, and Real Estate Law. attend three or four nights per week states in late February. Advanced students have an opportu­ and should expect to attend one or nity to earn academic credit while two eight-week summer sessions. Summer Session gaining practical experience by An accelerated program can be The Law School offers an eight­ enrolling in one of Golden Gate's completed in three and one-half week summer session, open to clinical or externship programs. years. Students with work or family students from Golden Gate and commitments which make it impos­ other ABA-approved law schools. sible to attend either full-time day or Most classes are scheduled in the part-time evening can make special evening. The summer session sched­ arrangements for part-time day ule is available from the Law School attendance with the Associate Dean Registrar each February. for Student Services after gaining admission to the Law School.

8 COMBINED DEGREES gain admission to the masters The Law School maintains program. After completing the first records relating to students for vari­ The Law School, in conjunction with semester of law school, the student ous academic purposes. The right to the University's graduate programs applies to the appropriate graduate inspect these records is in accor­ in management, finance, accounting, program, and an individual program dance with the Family Education and public administration, offers one is structured for the student. The Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, of the most extensive combined student begins the combined portion Public Law 93-380, as amended. degrees programs in the nation. of the program in the second year of Information about specific proce­ These programs allow a student to law school. dures is available upon request from pursue simultaneously a law degree the Law Registrar. and a master's degree in a related The Law School reserves the right field, including: GRADING AND ACADEMIC to suspend or dismiss students for REGULATIONS violation of Law School or JD/MBA Accounting The JD degree requires the comple­ University policies or regulations, or JD/MBA Finance tion of 88 units of study. for conduct inimical to the best JD/MBA Health Services Grading of student work in the interests of the Law School or other Management Law School is based on the following students attending the University. JD/MBA Human Resources eight-category letter system with Management numerical equivalents: JD/MBA International Management A 4.0 points JD/MPA Health Services A- 3.5 points JD/MPA International Public B 3.0 points Service B- 2.5 points JD/MPA Public Administration C 2.0 points JD/MA International Relations c- 1.5 points D 1.0 points Each program is individually F 0.0 points designed around the student's area of interest and takes into account All required courses are graded his/her education and occupational by letter grade. In order to graduate, background. As some courses are a student must have an overall grade credited to both the JD degree and point average (GPA) of at least 2.0, the master's degree, up to two and a minimum GPA of 2.05 in semesters of time and expense are required courses. A maximum of 9 saved by pursuing the two degrees units may be taken on a credit/no concurrently. credit basis during a student's law Any student interested in the school career. This limit does not combined degrees program must include clinics, externships, or first apply to, and be accepted by, courses offered solely on a credit/no the Law School. Law students credit basis. normally do not need to take either Students must comply with all the GMAT or GRE examinations to academic standards set forth in the Student Handbook. The standards are subject to change before the beginning of any academic year and are amended from time to time.

9 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES

he International Legal of the International Law Studies Program offers a Commission, and university profes­ Specialization Certificate sor on three continents, Professor within the J. D. degree, and Sucharitkul brings a wealth of T knowledge of private and public an LL.M. in International Legal Studies. Students work with faculty international law to the program. who teach and practice in universities His working relationships with many and law firms throughout the world. international scholars and diplomats Students may choose classes in inter­ have produced a curriculum focused national law and comparative law on multinational issues and have Distinguished Professor Sompong Sucharitkul attracted faculty and students from offered at the Law School in San leads a seminar discussion. Francisco, and may attend one of two throughout the world. Other faculty teaching courses in Golden Gate overseas programs. International Faculty They can participate in the Jessup International Legal Studies are International Law Moot Court Golden Gate is extremely fortunate scholars and practitioners with Competition, attend several interna­ to have Distinguished Professor extensive practice and study in Sompong Sucharitkul as Director of tional conferences held annually at multinational settings here and International Legal Studies and the Law School, and contribute to the abroad. Director of the Center for Advanced Law School's new journal, Annual Each year several international International Legal Studies and the Survey of International and visiting scholars come to the law summer program in Bangkok. The Comparative Law. school to teach, lecture, and partici­ former Ambassador from Thailand pate in conferences. Their visits to the United Nations, Japan, and range from a few days or weeks to a LL.M. In International several European nations, member full semester in residence. At the Legal Studies Golden Gate's Master of Laws Pro­ gram in International Legal Studies is designed to provide in-depth coverage of specialized areas of International Law and Comparative Law with an emphasis on the legal, cultural, sociological, and business activities of the Pacific Rim and the European Economic Community as they interact with other regions of the world.

Specialization Certificate J.D. students may earn a Specialization Certificate in International Law by completing a core curriculum in International and Comparative Law under the guid­ ance of a faculty advisor. They may enroll in courses in the LL.M. Program and have them credited toward their J.D. degree.

The summer program in Thailand allows students to explore a fascinating blend of ancient and modern cultures. .

10 heart of the visiting scholar program RECENT INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO THE LAW SCHOOL

-,- - ___ -_'= -" ___ ------:- ~~ :-30' _~ _ is the exchange of information about ------how various national legal systems Al~l~~~"'~···· FRMi~' NE'OlliRLMms operate. The American Bar Associa­ }»~ie~i~JIrB~eJi . Ale~i~ Peter Van Fenema tion has sponsored several visits by LIili~rt:;·.:: ,' .. ' 'Vi~l'tesi SecretlltY~CJener!1t ....' '," Ullivetsity.~(BueJloSAll:e$c IM6fur' anonal des Droits International IJisntuteof Air . Eastern European and African deI'Honun'e . : and SpaccLaw scholars studying the American legal LeidenUriiversjty . system. AUSTRIA' Nof_orPeter KOl)umans • ~or~icliiiflopJiijareue:t ~es8(};~E~COFerrari Minister forFQreignAifllirs .....~ D . . ent Offntematiortal . Kingdolllof tl1~:Netherllmds Overseas Programs 'Augsllll!gtrn\versity LaW: . SchoOl, .•.. DePartment of{llterriationai'" Law Golden Gate sponsors an overseas Unive~iij6fshlsbur~~, -, ------, MimicbUiliVeiSity Law Schaql . _> -0 _-----_ summer school program. It focuses Ulli~e*itt., BlitGAIDA HONBKONG . . ". ,Pabln Mendes on Pacific Rim studies and is located cleLebn' .~tho~.·~.· at Chulalongkorn University in .. 1..", .. "..:. ~idenIJniyersitY ...... '. A!torney 8i~oJPlSelor.at Law Bangkok, Thailand. With permis­ -'------"<------PtofessorPeterMtllIlD~ . . ..•...... 8$. .Jor.' KENYA DepartIncnH}f International sion, students can also take courses .. l3U!gaQalfIumaniiarlanLaw ...... '.. ' ...... " '.' Law and RelatiQns . in one of the more than fifty other -~ -,-~- ,-, -'- ~- '" ---- - lmtes,WiUle ){atei Nnster~am Vlliverslty overseas summer programs spon­ CANAD~~·" Viceftesid~111 MorUnivetSity sored by American Bar Association­ ptQt~ol'C~iherin!!A. B~Wll approved law schools. University ot Chlgary. Albertll PtotessOr(:hioma Kanu Agomo Golden Gate awards a limited ProfessorSoqgeUJ!Oh University of~gos number of fellowships to graduates CHlNJ\,PEQPLE'S Fl,llbfighl8chQ]M .. to spend a "fourth year" of study at REl'PBLICOF DepartmenH)f Law SWITZERLAND the University of Paris (Nanterre), JntlgeLucjllOqiang Inha Un.i-versity .Professl)r PietJich SeliliuJler specializing in international and SJtmghailIighPeQple's Court UniversityofZunch comparative law studies. Graduates P.G; Lit1I;Dh-ettol: who spend a semester studying at R . . Centre for the University of Paris (N anterre) P'!teSSJJiC~"JQjJltellg . atiOn .' ...... ' may earn a Diploma of European &ooi:;P9\\9Jllj¥er,;ity . J •... Datlf~!lh.devShan~ Law, while those spending a full year 'fllinlQl'igUlliY~f,litY qh.anlberof)udges;Hi~Co~ -; -~ -- -, -- ~ ------: - -: - - plus internship period can qualify for a Diplome d'Etudes Superieures ari~o;l;~~&NO~lIC.·MEXitO· Specialisees (DESS) degree. COMMUNITY" .' .·it~f~siif!Jtme,~~Varga~ ....• UniYIl~i!y:of SallDiegQ'" .•..... Faculty exchanges are also ScboolofLaw . . conducted with the University of ·A..Q,Adede . Paris, and the University of ·})eputylJrrector for Amsterdam. In addition, through ResearchilndStudies faculty contacts, students are ~Yi.. J611Js(Jn .• ·..•...... PUncipal LegalOfticer assisted in finding overseas summer employment. Students have worked in Belgium, France, Italy, and several Pacific Rim countries. The Law School hosts the annual Human Rights. The Law School, Several students have interned with Regional Meeting of the American together with the International Law UNIDROIT in Rome. Society of International Law and Student Association, also sponsors Annual Fulbright Symposium, which an International Speakers Forum. brings together a distinguished panel In 1994, the Law School published Competitions and Special of experts on international law as the first issue of a new journal in the Programs well as Fulbright Scholars from field of international and compara­ Each year the school enters teams in around the world. In 1995 the tive law, Annual Survey of Interna­ the Jessup International Law Moot symposium focused on Current tional and Comparative Law. Court Competition. In recent years Developments in International Students are invited to assist in the the Golden Gate team has received Trade Cooperation and the writing, translation, and editing of numerous awards. Protection of the Environment and articles and reviews.

11 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

nvironmentallaw is a dynamic, challenging field that exerts increasing influ­ E ence with each passing year. Environmental lawyers must respond to a critical and ever­ growing number of legal, social, economic, and scientific issues. Today, environmental concerns affect virtually every legal sphere - from real estate transactions to corporate law to labor negotiations. No busi­ ness transactions should be entered into without taking into account envi­ ronmental issues and concerns.

Students at Golden Gate Law School may earn a Specialization Certificate in Environmental Law through a Second-year student Jerry Szmyd (/) reviews a current case with Environmental Law and Justice rich, exciting, and varied course of Clinic Graduate Fellow Karren Moore-Jordan, Class of 1993, and Clinic Co-Director Professor Alan Ramo. study that goes beyond the confines of conventional curricula. The the disproportionate impact that Environmental Law Program pro­ environmental policy has on disad­ Third-year st~"entl)flvid Btileyargue~ vides students with broad academic vantaged communities and commu­ beloretheC.atiIQrni,aElierlJyComl1liS~ion ' training and the practical skills nities of color. Golden Gate offers a tegardinO'thenelt~!~ra ,1lt1lpOsedne". needed to be successful practitioners. seminar on Race, Poverty and the Jlo\\fer .PlanunfhecpredOmihantlY~frJcan ' In addition to basic classes, Environment. Moreover, the Law 'AlDeJi~aJ(H~n~rsPoint neiDhlJorh",Odin including Environmental Law; School was one of the first schools to sanfran.ciscO,"lna·sftmmerclerK.$bip(1 Environmental Law: Introduction establish an Environmental Law and mi~ht~evers~ea(:tualargumentsileL to Pollution Control; Environmental Justice Clinic. Students participating aIQne~rgue~ta hearing myself.fifthe' Crimes and Civil Sanctions; and in this pathbreaking clinic directly EnVifdnrne'ntarta\VandJust!rieell~jci'we Hazardous Waste and Toxic represent environmental organiza­ eaQIt '~cted ltsatf()\ij~ys undetfacuttyi Substances Regulation, an advanced tions and community groups in low­ superylsion,"''Saf~ Briley; '~'" ,';.,< seminar is offered in International income and minority communities Otherp.aseBtMt{:llnicsttld~Il!S7NI\f~,·· ' Environmental Law. Also, since where environmental problems are WQrk~t1, Orrl/lCI~~e~ppeiiliI1Q,to~etiislcJe California is at the forefront of many most severe. In addition to being apeJn:litan9Win~e~yeSSiVepOU\ltio:n environmental issues with its laws funded by the Law School, the from a WOQ(f~rQ~~~tt;f(lCility;rle~mJati!lg frequently setting national trends, Environmental Law and Justice ago()dtl~igbb6f"gr~ement t~~uttn~ Golden Gate offers a special semi­ Clinic has received grants from the P.()UutIQnJrI}010iIJ~ffn~rles;aOd')itlgatiilg nar in California Environmental and U.S. Department of Education, the vjQ[atiQnsQft~e 91;~n\&ater~~tf(o!Yl,a Natural Resources Law. Students Corporation for National Service, NavafB;lseuischargiflg wastewat~rjnt{) may also participate in the National the U.S. Environmental Protection Sao frap~i~~o~aY:~'fnth.e.CliQi~.wehave Environmental Law Moot Court Agency, the American Bar Associa­ 1he'opportuniWWtake eveMhingweare competition, and, through the active, tion, As You Sow Foundation, The leaminoillIaw Sc;hDOlandhoneou(skinS:" student-run Environmental Law Rose Foundation, and the San in actual cases;" added Briley. Society, become involved in a vari­ Francisco Foundation. ety of environmentally-related activ­ Through the Environmental Law ities, including organizing symposia Clinic, students can gain hands-on few blocks from the Law School, for on environmental issues. experience practicing environmental state and county environmental The Law School has been in the law while attending law school. agencies, and for national and local forefront of legal education in the Students may work in the regional environmental organizations, many rapidly emerging field of "environ­ office of the Environmental of which are headquartered in the mental justice" - which focuses on Protection Agency, located just a San Francisco Bay Area.

12 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

LITIGATION Trial Advocacy, Civil Litigation: The COMPETITIONS Pre-Trial Phase, and Lawyering he image of the lawyer in Skills: Interviewing, Counseling, and Students with a serious career inter­ the courtroom is a dramatic Negotiating, students can choose est in litigation are afforded an one. Becoming a litigator, from a wide array of advanced opportunity to develop their skills persuading a jury, and courses including Mock Trial, through trial advocacy competitions. T Golden Gate participates in a num­ advocating a client's cause appeal to Advanced Mock Trial, Appellate many law students. In the past, Advocacy, Alternative Dispute ber of major competitions each year, lawyers learned the art of litigation as Resolution, International Dispute including the National Mock Trial part of their on-the-job training after Resolution, The Courtroom as Competition, the Association of Trial completing law school. Theater, and special litigation Lawyers of America Competition, courses in Criminal Litigation, and the American Bar Association'S Today, the legal system can no Federal Court Litigation, and Criminal Justice Trial Competition. longer afford new lawyers the Managing Litigation with The Law School has an outstand­ luxury of learning on the job. New Computers. Courses are taught ing record of success in these compe­ law school graduates need to be primarily by full-time faculty with an titions, including winning the 1994 prepared for the challenges that face average enrollment of only twenty ATLA Western Regional Compe­ them in the courtroom before they students per section. tition, four regional championships step into it. This preparation must Students also have the opportu­ and being semi-finalists in six others. come from the training they receive nity, through clinical offerings, to Golden Gate also fields teams in in law school. assist in actual litigation while work­ many appellate competitions, includ­ The litigation curriculum at ing at public agencies, federal and ing the Jessup International Law Golden Gate University is one of state prosecutors' offices, and Moot Court Competition, the ABA the most comprehensive in the coun­ federal and state public defender National Appellate Advocacy try. After taking the basic courses in offices. Competition, the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, the Roger Traynor Moot Court Competition, the National Moot Court Competition, and the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. In last year's National Moot Court Competition, the Law School advanced to the quarterfinal round of the California/Hawaii division. Golden Gate also has been successful in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition with the Law School's most recent team winning "Best Brief" for the Western Region.

- - --- ·lllti'tISJ!D!e~lt cUrlU~ 1'~1.95' .. · Professor Bernie Segal discusses trial techniques with students in the Moot Courtroom. }5t.UOlplete«;tlliiltIDD ·.&001'.".

13 PuBLIC INTEREST

t Golden Gate, an integral part of a well­ rounded legal education A involves service to the community. In addition to the many courses and clinics in the curriculum which focus on public interest law, the following programs are offered:

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW PROGRAM The Public Interest Law Program prepares students to represent the public interest as attorneys for legal aid offices, community organiza­ tions, and public interest law firms, and as private attorneys providing pro bono services. Students who complete the requirements are designated Public Interest Law Scholars upon graduation and receive a Specialization Certificate. Alumnus Marc Van Der Hout confers with a staff member in his public interest law office. A student in the Public Interest Law Program must take 14 units of complete a minimum ISO-hour approved elective courses. These Public Interest Practicum, which o '\~lb":IJlt'lhat~81IdllaalJJJII'I'S' courses can be taken either at provides intensive experience in Golden Gate or at any law school various types of public interest prac­ .~::~::c.~it;~,~; participating in the Public Interest tice. Law Consortium, including Hastings JutijJc•.• II_~IIIDllnlkt: . College of the Law, the University Public Interest Work Study - ~----~~:--,-,~--~---- - .,- ~------, -:... ------~- ~-~ ---- of California, Davis, and the Program University of Santa Clara Law This program permits students to School. Each student must complete gain valuable work experience with 25 hours of work with the Public government agencies and public Interest Clearinghouse and interest organizations. When these ------~ -0: __------~ -,'. --- ~- .- ~- _~>~-, -- ,,-- -- agencies are unable to pay students for their services, the Law School MardY:mJ)eAPlq~t; '77 provides work study matching funds, fuhlii;.lnteresOtltomey enabling students to be paid for jobs for which they would otherwise have to volunteer.

14 Public Interest Loan Assistance Program As an affirmation of its commitment to public interest law, the Law School offers a Public Interest Loan Assistance Program (PILAP), which provides grants to law school gradu­ ates who choose careers in public interest law. The grants are awarded on the basis of financial need to help graduates repay educational loans.

Public Interest Clinic Students may obtain course credit for working in public interest organi­ zations through the Law School's Public Interest Clinic. For more information about the clinic, see the description under Clinical Programs on page 19.

Students enjoying a break between classes.

15 TAXATION

olden Gate has offered an LL.M. Program in Taxation since 1978. This G Program of advanced studies in the field of taxation is intended for attorneys who wish to specialize. The Program leads to the graduate degree of LL.M. in Taxation.

The presence of this Program in the Law School affords an excellent opportunity for J.D. students concentrating in taxation or wanting to explore particular aspects of tax law. With permission of the Associate Dean for Student Services, J.D. students may elect courses in the LL.M. Program and receive credit toward their J.D. degrees. Last year, over 30 different advanced tax courses were offered through the LL.M. Program, provid­ ing a broad range of alternatives. In recent years, increasing numbers of Golden Gate J.D. students have chosen to continue their formal education by applying to the LL.M. in Taxation Program. A separate application is required upon completion of the J.D. degree for either full-time or part-time graduate studies.

Golden Gate's LL.M in Taxation Program was the 1994-95 home for exchange students and schol­ ars (above) from law schools and universities throughout the People's Republic of China. During the 1995-96 academic year, the LL.M. in Taxation Program will host a Fulbright Scholar from the University of Salzburg, Austria.

16 WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

ecause good writing skills Various elective courses foster the tunities. The Law Review, which is are essential to all areas of development of writing abilities. In produced by students, selects legal practice, the Law seminars, students prepare substan­ members by academic standing or School offers a broad tial research papers under close on the basis of a writing competition. B faculty supervision. A student with a Each year, the Law Review publishes range of writing opportunities. Students must complete a compre­ particular interest can enroll in three issues: a survey of cases from hensive program that includes three Selected Legal Problems and under­ the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; required courses. First-year students take an independent research paper. a Women's Law Forum; and a Notes take Writing and Research, second­ To further sharpen writing skills, and Comments issue which focuses year students take Appellate students may also take one of the on current legal issues, such as the Advocacy, and third-year full-time many Special Problems courses or First Amendment, civil rights, and students and fourth-year part-time the Advanced Writing Workshop. intellectual property. The Caveat is students take Solving Legal The Golden Gate University Law the award-winning publication of the Problems. Review and the Caveat student news­ Student Bar Association. paper provide further writing oppor-

Professor Larry Jones explains a legal theory to his class.

17 CLINICAL PROGRAMS

linical programs are an ON-SITE CLINICAL PROGRAMS provides assistance to low income integral part of the curricu­ and minority clients who would not Environmental Law and Justice lum at Golden Gate. otherwise have legal representation. Clinic Through both on-site and A weekly clinic seminar emphasizes C Working under the supervision of both substantive employment law field placement clinics, students work under close faculty supervision in Professors Alan Ramo, Anne Eng, topics and practical skills training. selected law offices, government and Clifford Rechtschaffen, students The Women's Employment Rights agencies, and judges' chambers while in this in-house clinic provide direct Clinic has received funding from a earning academic credit. Clinic representation to community groups private charitable trust, the U.S. participants gain valuable practical and environmental organizations in Department of Education, the experience and apply the knowledge low-income and minority communi­ Corporation for National Service, gained in class to actual legal' c,ases. ties on environment-related prob­ the California State Bar Foundation, A seminar component is required of lems. and The Impact Fund. all clinics. Women's Employment Rights Clinic Constitutional Law Clinic Working under the supervision of As part of the Western Center Professors Marci Seville and Marfa for Constitutional Rights, the Blanco, students in the Women's Constitutional Law Clinic has devel­ InIlU"I1.rate._i~19~~!fhe\Volll~n's Employment Rights Clinic represent oped a national reputation for inno­ Em»tOYD1Q~'ltiiJ~tsCfinlCl1a,served clients in various types of employ­ vative and successful work on cases 11U~dr~~!,~tC!l'nfS!J~OWOU'dother~ ment disputes, including unemploy­ involving issues of civil rights and wiseb,ve~,!i""edt~rOllg~croacks' in ment insurance appeals, race and sex civil liberties. Students work under thel'uatiJst8Dt·;······./····· •.•. discrimination, sexual harassment, the supervision of Professor Mort Cli.~iqGf~~~~terellP:": Whi!~ey and wage and hour claims. The Cohen, concentrating on the health Gabriel·H!~~H~eftr!ght,~~~crjlres.her '. clinic operates as a law office and rights of institutionalized persons. exp~ri~nct)~Wl1ilee~rOlJ!~das·rI.student in t~euI~iyJa§' . ··a~1Ypr()al."Pneof .mt~i~{lJ~VlasrIY·lleni~dunem- 'ploym)iiiEi .liJter.stlewas laid J)ft.... ' ...... • JUylJo·a~s~tsandCl ',floto . Sim1iI~,/c.outdnot afford :tolli . @rfIg~tfdrner l~kltlS'orself* fl~rself~ata

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18 FIELD PLACEMENT CLINICS Criminal Law Students registered in the Criminal Law Clinic assist prosecuting attor­ neys or public defenders in criminal cases in both trial and appellate courts. Professors Bernie Segal and Susan Rutberg supervise the Criminal Law Clinic ..

Disability Rights Clinic At the offices of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, stu­ dents work on projects and cases which involve the rights of disabled persons, including issues of access, discrimination, and benefits. Professor Elaine Andersson super­ vises the Disability Rights Clinic. Students in clinics are actively involved in representing clients.

Environmental Law Government Clinic law clerks for attorneys specializing Students interested in careers in Students seeking placement as legal in landlord-tenant issues. environmental law are placed in externs in government offices work Public Interest government agencies, such as the under the supervision of Professor United States Environmental Marc Stickgold and Assistant Dean Professor Marc Stickgold and Protection Agency or the U.S. Susan Schechter. Both California Assistant Dean Susan Schechter Forest Service, or private environ­ and federal government positions supervise the Public Interest Clinic, mental organizations, such as the are available. Typical of the offices through which students are placed Sierra Club or the Natural where students work are the San with public and private agencies. Resources Defense Fund. Students Francisco City Attorney; California The clinic participants assist in may also be placed with law firms Attorney General; Department of representing people and groups engaged in environmental practice. Insurance, State of California; U.S. concerned with legal issues affecting The Environmental Law Clinic is Attorneys' Office; and SEC. the public interest which, depending supervised by Professor Clifford on the interest of the individual Rechtschaffen .. Judicial Externships student, may include AIDS advo­ cacy, juvenile issues, housing, entitle­ Under the supervision of Professor Family Law Clinic ments, disability rights, legal issues Edith Lavin, students selected for affecting the elderly, or immigration. The Family Law Clinic provides the Judicial Externship Program students with broad exposure to work in judges' chambers. Students' many aspects of family law practice, placements are at all levels of state Real Estate including marital dissolution, and federal courts with a full range Under the supervision of Professor custody, visitation, support, and of judicial assignments, including Roger Bernhardt, this clinic explores adoption. The seminar component courts handling civil trials, family practitioners' perspectives on vari­ of the Family Law Clinic is and juvenile law, bankruptcy, law ous real estate specialities covered conducted by Adjunct Professor and motion, criminal law, and appel­ substantively in other courses, such Carol Levine, and the field place­ late matters. as Land Use, Real Estate Finance, ments are under the supervision of a and Federal Income Taxation. The full-time faculty member. Landlord-Tenant primary focus is on issues raised with Under the supervision of Professor the process of acquisition, disposi­ Myron Moskovitz, students work as tion, financing, deVelopment, and operation of real estate.

19 AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

he Law School offers many areas within the ENTERTAINMENT LAW/ INTELLECTUAL general curriculum for students who want to PROPERTY focus on a particular area of the law. To gain Students examine how the law protects commercial technology T valuable practical experience in specialty areas, and artistic creations in the following courses: students may also select clinical placements and perform Art and the Law Literature and the Law legally related work with law firms, legal agencies, and Copyright Law Multi-Media Law courts. Entertainment Law Patent Law Film and the Law Sports Law Intellectual Property

CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL LAW Advisors: Professors Thomas M. Goetzl, and Leslie Minkus. A number of Golden Gate's top students practice business law with the outstanding corporate firms of San Francisco. Courses include: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Alternative Dispute Resolution Employment Discrimination The Law School's Environmental Law and Justice Clinic lets Anti-Trust Employment Law students build on courses in land use, natural resources, and Bankruptcy Law Federal Income Taxation water law. Students may earn a Specialization Certificate in Business Planning Government Clinic Environmental Law. Courses include: Commercial Finance Insurance Law Administrative Law Freedom of Information Act Contracts Labor Law California Environmental and Seminar Corporate Finance and Negotiable Instruments Natural Resources Law Hazardous Waste and Toxic Acquisitions Partnership and Partnership Environmental Crimes and Substances Regulation Corporate Income Taxation Taxation Civil Sanctions International Environmental Corporations Products Liability Environmental Law Law Seminar Debtors' Rights and Creditors' Sales Environmental Law and Land Use Regulation Remedies Securities Regulation Justice Clinic Local Government and Advisors: Professors J. Lani Bader, and Janice E. Kosel. Environmental Law: Finance Introduction to Pollution Public Natural Resources and Control Land Law Environmental Law Clinic Race, Poverty, and the CRIMINAL LAW Environmental Law Moot Environment Externships for students in this specialty area have been at the Court Competition Water Law United States Attorney's office; district attorney and public Environmental Practice defender offices throughout the San Francisco Bay Area; the Advisor: Professor Clifford Rechtschaffen. office of the Federal Public Defender; and the First District Appellate Project. Courses include:

Criminal Law Lawyering Skills: Interviewing, FAMILY LAW Criminal Law Clinic Counseling, and Negotiating Criminal Litigation Mock Trial In addition to the wide ran~e of family law courses, the Law Criminal Procedure I and II Special Problems in Criminal School offers a Family Law Clinic, which provides the practical Domestic Violence Seminar Law experience of working with a family law firm. Courses include: Evidence Trial Advocacy Advisors: Professors Robert Calhoun, Susan Rutberg, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Federal Income Taxation Bernard L. Segal. Children and the Law Health Law Community Property Law and the Mental Health Domestic Violence Seminar System Estate and Gift Taxation Sexual Orientation and the Estate Planning Seminar Law Family Law Wills and Trusts Family Law Clinic Women and the Law Advisor: Professor Judith G. McKelvey

20 INTERNATIONAL LAW PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTIREAL ESTATE The Law School offers a broad range of international and com­ Several faculty members have extensive experience and nation­ parative law courses. Students may earn a Specialization al reputations in the areas of real property, real estate financing, Certificate in International Law and may continue their studies landlord-tenant law, environmental law, and urban planning. after graduation by enrolling in the Law School's LL.M. in Students may earn a Specialization Certificate in Real Estate International Legal Studies Program. Courses include: Law. Courses include: Admiralty and Maritime Law World Trade Law Administrative Law Property I and II Anti-Trust International Environmental Construction Law Public Natural Resources and Asian/Pacific Trade Seminar Law Environmental Law Land Law Comparative Legal Systems International Human Rights Federal Income Taxation Real Estate Clinic Conflict of Laws Seminar Landlord-Tenant Clinic Real Estate Development European Law Seminar International Law Land Use Regulation Real Estate Finance Immigration Law International Organizations Local Government and Real Estate Litigation Seminar International Business Jessup International Law Moot Finance Real Estate Practice Seminar Transactions Court Competition Partnership and Partnership Special Problems in Property International Dispute Jurisprudence Taxation Water Law Resolution Law of the Sea International Economic and Advisors: Professors Roger Bernhardt, Allan Cadgene, Thomas M. Goetzl and Myron Moskovitz. Advisors: Distinguished Professor Sompong Sucharitkul, and Adjunct Professor Joel Marsh. PUBLIC INTEREST AND HUMAN ISSUES The Law School is a founding member school of the Public LABOR!EMPLOYMENT LAW Interest Clearinghouse. Students enrolling in the Public Interest Students in this specialty area have worked at the National Law Program may, upon graduation, earn a Specialization Labor Relations Board, the California Deparment of Industrial Certificate in Public Interest Law. Courses include: Relations, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the National Employment Law Center. Students may earn Administrative Law International Human Rights a Specialization Certificate in Labor/Employment Law. AIDS and the Law Seminar Courses include: Art and the Law Judicial Externships Constitutional Law I and II Labor Law Administrative Law Federal Court Litigation Constitutional Law Clinic Landlord-Tenant Clinic Alternative Dispute Government Clinic Criminal Law Clinic Law and the Mental Health Resolution Immigration Law Debtors' Rights and Creditors' System Disability Rights Clinic Labor Law Remedies Legislation Seminar Disability Rights Seminar Sports Law Disability Rights Clinic Products Liability Employment Discrimination Women's Employment Rights Disability Rights Seminar Public Interest Clinic Employment Law Clinic Employment Discrimination Race and Civil Rights Seminar Entertainment Law Workers' Compensation Employment Law Race, Poverty, and the Frederick Douglas Moot Court Environment Advisors: Professors Allan Brotsky, Markita Cooper, and Maria Competition Sexual Orientation and the Ontiveros. Freedom of Information Act Law Seminar Street Law Government Clinic Water Law LITIGATIONIDISPUTE RESOLUTION Health Law Women and the Law The Law School has one of the largest offerings of dispute reso­ Housing Law Seminar Women's Employment Rights lution courses of any ABA-accredited law school. Courses Immigration Law Clinic include clinical experiences, simulation programs, and extracur­ Advisors: Professors Mort Cohen, Joan Howarth, and Marc ricular competitions. Students may earn a Specialization Stickgold. Certificate in Litigation. Courses include: Advanced Mock Trial Counseling, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Negotiating Appellate Advocacy Managing Litigation with Civil Litigation: Pre-Trial Phase Computers Conflict of Laws Mock Trial Courtroom as Theater Moot Court Competitions Criminal Litigation Remedies Evidence Small Law Firm Practice: Federal Court Litigation Economics and International Dispute Management Resolution Special Problems in Evidence Landlord-Tenant Clinic Trial Advocacy Lawyering Skills: Interviewing, Advisors: Professors J. Lani Bader, Marc Stickgold, and Bernard L. Segal.

21 COURSES OF STUDY

REQUIRED COURSES

Required First-Year Courses Civil Procedure I and II (3-3) Constitutional Law I (3) Contracts (6) Criminal Law (3) Property I (4) Torts (4) Writing and Research (3)

Other Required Courses Appellate Advocacy (1) Constitutional Law II (3) Corporations (4) Criminal Procedure I (3) Evidence (4) Professional Responsibility (2) Property II (2) Solving Legal Problems (2) Wills and Trusts (4)

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22 ELECTIVE COURSES Environmental Law Moot Court Law Review (1 to 4) Competition (1 or 2) Lawyering Skills: Interviewing, Administrative Law (3) Environmental Practice (2) Counseling and Negotiating (2 or 3) Admiralty and Maritime Law (2) Estate and Gift Taxation (2) Legislation Seminar (1-1) Advanced Legal Research (2) Estate Planning Seminar (2) Literature and the Law (2) Advanced Mock Trial (2) European Law Seminar (2) Local Government and Finance Advanced Writing Workshop (1) Family Law (3) (2 or 3) AIDS and the Law (2) Family Law Clinic (2) Managing Litigation with Air and Space Law (2) Federal Court Litigation (3) Computors (2) Alternative Dispute Resolution (3) Federal Income Taxation (3 or 4) Mass Media Law (3) Anti-Trust (3) Film and the Law (2) Mock Trial (2) Art and the Law (2) Frederick Douglas Moot Court Moot Court Competitions (1) Asian/Pacific Trade Seminar (2) Competition (2) Multi-Media Law (2) Bankruptcy Law (3) Freedom of Information Act Negotiable Instruments (2) Business Planning (2 or 3) Seminar (2) Partnership and Partnership California Environmental and Government Clinic (2 or 3) Taxation (3) Natural Resources Law (2) Hazardous Waste and Toxic Patent Law (2) Children and the Law (3) Substances Regulation (2 or 3) Privacy, Defamation, and Other Civil Litigation: Pre-Trial Phase (3) Health Law (2) Relational Torts (3) Commercial Finance (2 or 3) Housing Law Seminar(2) Products Liability (3) Community Property (2) Immigration Law (3) Public Interest Clinic (2 or 3) Comparative Legal Systems (3) Immigration and Refugee Policy Public Natural Resources and Land Conflict of Laws (3) Seminar (2) Law (3) Constitutional Law Clinic (3) Insurance Law (3) Race and Civil Rights Seminar (2) Construction Law (2) Intellectual Property (3) Race, Poverty and the Copyright Law (2) International Business Environment (2) Corporate Finance and Transactions (2) Real Estate Clinic (2 or 3) Acquisitions (3) International Dispute Resolution (2) Real Estate Development (3) Corporate Income Taxation (3) International Economic and World Real Estate Finance (3) Courtroom as Theater (1) Trade Law (3) Real Estate Litigation Seminar (2) Criminal Law Clinic (2) International Environmental Law Real Estate Practice Seminar (2) Criminal Litigation (3) Seminar (3) Remedies (3) Criminal Procedure II (3) International Human Rights Sales (2) Debtors' Rights and Creditors' Seminar (2) Securities Regulation (3) Remedies (2) International Law (3) Selected Legal Problems (lor 2) Disability Rights Clinic (2 or 3) International Organizations (2) Sexual Orientation and the Law Disability Rights Seminar (2) Jessup International Law Moot Court (2 or 3) Domestic Violence Seminar (2) Competition (2) Small Law Firm Practice: Economics Employment Discrimination (3) Judicial Externships (Part-time; 1 to 3 and Management (2) Employment Law (3) per semester) Special Problems (2) Entertainment Law (2) Judicial Externships (Full-time; 10 to Sports Law (2) Environmental Crimes and Civil 13 per semester, 6 per summer ses­ Street Law (1 to 3) Sanctions (2) sion) Trial Advocacy (3) Environmental Law (3) Judicial Externship Seminar (2) Water Law (3) Environmental Law and Justice Jurisprudence (2) Women and the Law (2) Clinic (6) Labor Law (3) Women's Employment Rights Environmental Law: Introduction to Landlord-Tenant Law Clinic (3) Clinic (6) Pollution Control (3) Land Use Regulation (3) Workers' Compensation (2) Environmental Law Clinic (2 or 3) Law and the Mental Health System (2) Law of the Sea Seminar (2)

23 FACULTY

Elaine Andersson Visiting Associate Professor of Law B.A., Hofstra University; J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley Professor Andersson began her teaching career with the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa. She contin­ ued it at UC Berkeley, where, while attending law school, she co-directed the Moot Court program and taught Writing and Research. Professor Andersson practiced environmental, general business, and real estate law with the San Francisco law firm Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro before coming to Golden Gate in 1988, when she was named as Associate Dean for Student Services. In 1992, Professor Andersson joined the full-time faculty of the Law School. She has addressed the Association of American Law Schools on the necessity of including disability law in the law school curriculum; the National Association for Law Placement on the accommodation of students and attorneys with disabilities in the hiring process; and the Society of American Law Teachers on the conflict between traditional contract doctrine and the Americans with Disabilities Act. In the spring of 1994, Professor Andersson lectured on American disabil­ ity law at the University of Paris X, France. She was instrumental in establishing an exchange program between the University of Paris X and Golden Gate. Professor Andersson is also the co-editor of a forth­ coming casebook on disability law. She is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Contracts; Disability Rights Clinic; Disability Rights Seminar; Property I and II; Real Estate Clinic.

Barbara M. Anscher Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; J.D. (Order of the Coif), Stanford Law School Professor Anscher joined the Golden Gate law faculty after spending two years as a Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School. Before entering teaching, she practiced law with the firm of Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum in San Francisco, specializing in real estate and commercial transactions. She is the co-author of "Avoiding the Equitable Mortgage Trap," which appeared in the Real Property Law Reporter, and of several Supplements to The Law of Property Owners Associations. While attending law school, Professor Anscher worked as an extern for Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the Federal District Court. She is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Appellate Advocacy; Sales; Solving Legal Problems; Writing and Research.

Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus A.B., University of Hawaii; J.D., University of Chicago The 1990 recipient of the American Arbitration Association's award for excellence in training, Professor Bader has spoken extensively at arbitration conferences and participates in the design and implementation of commercial arbitration training programs. After practicing with the New York law firm of Sherman & Sterling and the San Francisco firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, he joined the Golden Gate law faculty in 1968 and subsequently served as Dean for five years. Professor Bader is a member of the Large Complex Case Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and specializes in the arbi­ tration and mediation of complex commercial cases. Professor Bader is one of the principal arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association's Teaching Programs, and lectures and writes extensively in the field of arbitration and mediation. In addition to his work in arbitration, Professor Bader has been active in matters involving securities regulation and the law of corporations. He is a member of the California and New York Bars. Courses: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Finance; Corporations; Sales.

Brent Bernao Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law B.S., University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; J.D., University of San Diego; M.L.l.S., University of California, Berkeley Introduced to the field of Law Librarianship while working toward his J.D. at the University of San Diego, Professor Bernau went on to recieve his Master's of Library and Information Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been Director of the Law Library since 1992. He oversees and teaches the computer-assisted legal research (LEXIS and Westlaw) component of the Writing and Research program. Prior to becoming the Director, he was the Associate Director and Head of Public Services at the University of San Diego Legal Research Center for four years. Professor Bernau began his professional career here at the Golden Gate University Law Library in 1986. He is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries and the Northern California Association of Law Libraries.

24 Roger Bernhardt Professor of Law A.B., A.M., J.D. (Order of the Coif), University of Chicago Professor Bernhardt is the leading authority on real property law in California. He is the editor of the California Real Property Law Reporter. His casebook, California Real Estate Finance, functions as a companion volume to his California Mortgage and Deed of Trust Practice, regarded as the Bible of California mortgage law. Professor Bernhardt's Real Property in a Nutshell and The Black Letter Law of Real Property are among the most widely used law student texts in the United States. His most recent· publications are Bernhardt's California Real Estate Laws and Deskbook of Federal Real Estate Laws. A founding member and director of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of California, Professor Bernhardt is also a member of American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American Law Institute. He is a member of the California and New York Bars. Courses: Commercial Finance; Property; Real Estate Clinic; Real Estate Finance; Sales.

Maria Blanco Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Supervising Clinical Attorney, Women's Employment Rights Clinic B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining the faculty of Golden Gate University, Professor Blanco was a civil rights attorney with the public interest law firm of Equal Rights Advocates for seven years. While at Equal Rights Advocates, she specialized in gender discrimination law and was responsible for several landmark class action lawsuits. Professor Blanco successfully litigated Castrejon v. Tortilleria la Mejor, which established that undocu­ mented workers in the United States were covered by Title VII and federal labor laws. In a case of first impression, Doe v. Petaluma Unified School District, she brought a Title IX lawsuit on behalf of a junior high school student who was forced to change schools because of sexual harassment by her peers. Professor Blanco is also the Chair of the Bay Area Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services and has focused much of her work on the legal and social rights of immigrants. Course: Women's Employment Rights Clinic.

Allan Brotsky Professor of Law, Emeritus B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; LL.B., Columbia University

Professor Brotsky, the recipient of the 1991 National Lawyers Guild Achievement Award, practiced law in San Francisco for 32 years with the firm of Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan & Brotsky. Prior to joining the Golden Gate law faculty in 1979, Professor Brotsky taught at the University of Puget Sound School of Law. He is an arbitrator for the San Francisco Judicial Arbitration Program and the American Arbitration Association, and has served as a Judge Pro Tempore for the San Francisco Superior and Municipal Courts. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and of the California and New York Bars. Courses: Admiralty; Trial Advocacy.

Lecturer B.A., University of Portland; J.D. Santa Clara University Before joining the Golden Gate law faculty, Professor Burton practiced bankruptcy law for 14 years, most recently with Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean in Oakland and Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin in San Francisco. She has testified before the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee on homestead exemption policy, and co-wrote "Limitations on Use of the California Homestead Exemption in Bankruptcy Cases," published in the California Bankruptcy Journal. Formerly she was Law Clerk to Hon. Robert Woodward, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California. Before embarking on her career in bankruptcy law, Professor Burton was a Deputy District Attorney for Sacramento County, where she handled criminal trials and appeals. She has taught at Hastings College of the Law and Mills College, as well as at the Stanford Law School Advocacy Skills Workshop and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). She is a native Californian and a member of the California Bar. Courses: Solving Legal Problems; Writing and Research.

25 Allan H. Cadgene Professor of Law B.A., Stanford University; J.D., Yale University A specialist in tax law, Professor Cadgene also has an avid interest in real estate development and the visual arts. He has lectured on tax incentives for rehabilitation to the National Society for Historic Preservation, on how to negotiate U.D.A.G. grants for the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Economic Development, and on the tax consequences of real estate workouts. He also serves as advisor to a number of nonprofit arts organizations. Professor Cadgene also teaches in the LL.M. Tax Program. He is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Corporate Income Tax; Federal Income Taxation; Partnership and the Taxation of Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Taxation; Property II.

Professor of Law A.B., University of Rochester; LL.B., Yale University Professor Calhoun, a criminal law expert, created and directed the First District Appellate Project, a non­ profit corporation which administers the appointed criminal counsel system for the California Court of Appeals. He is the co-author of California Speedy Trial Law and has published "A New Approach to the Fourth Amendment After Proposition S." Professor Calhoun served in the Peace Corps in Turkey, and, upon graduation from law school, clerked for the U.S. District Court. He then joined the staff of the Alameda County Public Defender's Office and taught at Hastings College of the Law before joining the Golden Gate law faculty. He has served as an ad hoc Small Claims Court Judge for the San Francisco Municipal Court and is a member of the Delay Reduction Design Team of the First District Court of Appeals. Professor Calhoun is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Criminal Procedure I & II; Evidence; Trial Advocacy.

Mort P. Cohen Professor of Law B.S., New York University; LL.B., Brooklyn Law School; LL.M., Harvard University Professor Cohen heads the Constitutional Law Clinic and specializes in the medical rights of institutional­ ized persons. Recently, he won a state-wide action declaring unconstitutional a statute which denied legally competent elderly people in nursing homes a right to informed consent in medical decisions. Previously, he won a state-wide class action prohibiting the forced drugging of mental patients and obtained an injunction against the workplace arrests of migrants without search warrants. He co-chaired a committee of the Federal District Court, which studied methods of reducing costs and delays in federal litigation. He serves as a consultant to the California Mental Health Association, Administrative Law Judge for the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, member of the Board of Directors for the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, and member of the ACLU Legal Committee. He is the author of numerous books, manuals, and articles on civil and criminal procedure, as well as on health law issues, including a book on the ethical and legal problems for mental health professionals in treating issues regarding AIDS. Prior to joining the Golden Gate law faculty, Professor Cohen served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, as the director of the Student Clinic for the New York Legal Aid Society, and as the director of South Brooklyn Legal Services. He has taught at Wayne State University Law School and at the University of Connecticut's School of Law. Professor Cohen is a member of the California, New York, and Michigan Bars. Courses: Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law Clinic; Criminal Law; Health Law.

Markita D. Cooper Associate Professor of Law A.B., Stanford University; J.D., University of Virginia Law School Professor Cooper entered law teaching after a diversified career in private practice in the areas of business law and commercial litigation. After graduating from law school, she practiced corporate and securities law with the San Francisco firm of Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro. She then moved to the Palo Alto firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati, where she continued the practice of corporate and securities law, focusing on start-up and emerging technology companies. She later returned to San Francisco to practice with the firm of Alexander, Millner & McGee, where she represented private and public sector clients in commercial litigation, with emphasis on employment law disputes. In 1994, Professor Cooper was named as a Kellogg National Fellow and is pursuing the three year Kellogg fellowship in addition to her teaching and research. Professor Cooper has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Urban League and as Chair and Vice Chair of the State Bar of California's Committee on Ethnic Minority Relations. She is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Corporations; Employment Law; Privacy, Defamation and Other Relational Torts; Torts.

26 Michael D. DeVito Professor of Law A.B., University of California, Berkeley; LL.B. (Order of the Coif), Hastings College of the Law; LL.M., Harvard University While in law school, Professor DeVito was Research and Development Editor of the Hastings Law Journal. Prior to joining the Golden Gate law faculty, he taught for five years at Emory University Law School, where he played a founding role in the creation of the Council on Legal Educational Opportunity (CLEO). He was President of the Georgia ACLU and served on the National Board of the ACLU. Professor DeVito was a trustee of the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) and has been a member of the Minority Affairs Committee of the LSAC. Professor DeVito was instrumental in establishing Golden Gate's Conditional Admissions Program and directed it for two years. Courses: Administrative Law; Constitutional Law; Mass Media; Privacy, Defamation, and Other Relational Torts.

Anne Lee Eng Staff Attorney, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic B.S. w., Rutgers University; J.D., Columbia University After graduating from law school, Professor Eng practiced energy and environmental law with the San Francisco firm of Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe and then with McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen. In 1991, she began working as a public interest environmental attorney and joined the Natural Heritage Institute, a non-profit organization, where she developed an environmental regulatory program for a Native American tribe. She currently works as a part-time project attorney at Earth Island Institute and also serves as a member of the Commission on San Francisco Environment, which advises the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on local environmental policies and programs. She is a member of the California Bar. Course: Environmental Law and Justice Clinic.

Rodney O.Fong Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Director, Academic Assistance Program B.A., J.D., University of San Francisco Professor Fong practiced family law for ten years prior to spending four years on the faculty of John F. Kennedy University School of Law teaching Wills and Trusts, Family Law Practice, Legal Writing and Analysis, and directing the Academic Support Program. He has also taught exam writing at Hastings College of the Law. Professor Fong is the co-author of Law School ABC's, a book designed to teach students legal analysis and writing skills. He has lectured extensively on law school studying and exam writing skills, and essay writing for the California Bar Exam. In addition, Professor Fong has served as chairperson of Community Educational Services, a member of the Board of Directors of the Battered Women's Alternatives and Northeast Community Federal Credit Union, and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Street Law Program. He was the 1987 recipient of the Asian American Bar Association's Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. Professor Fong is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Examination Writing Workshop; Legal Methods; Wills and Trusts.

Catherine Glaze Lecturer A.B., Stanford University; J.D., Stanford Law School After ten years as a commercial litigator, including five with the firm of Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum in San Francisco and two as a solo practitioner, Professor Glaze joined the full-time law faculty. She had taught previously at Golden Gate as an adjunct professor. Professor Glaze is a member of the California and Connecticut Bars. Courses: Appellate Advocacy; Writing and Research.

27 Thomas M. Goetzl Professor of Law A.B., University of California, Berkeley; J.D. (Order of the Coif), Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley Professor Goetzl drafted the California Art Preservation Act, which grants significant rights to visual artists. This Act was the model on which the Federal Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 was based. A frequent speaker around the country on artists' rights, he serves on the Board of Directors for the California Lawyers for the Arts. His most recent article, "California Art Legislation Goes Federal: Progress in the Protection of Artists' Rights," appeared in the Hastings Communications/ Entertainment Law Journal. He has written numerous articles on law and the arts, including "Copyright and the Visual Artist's Display Right: A New Doctrinal Analysis," for the Columbia-VLA Journal of Art and the Law. Professor Goetzl has taught law at Willamette University, Memphis State University, the University of San Francisco, McGeorge School of Law, and the University of New Mexico. He is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and a Judge Pro Tempore for the Berkeley-Albany Municipal Court and the Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville Municipal Court. He is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Art and the Law; Property; Remedies.

Joan W. Howarth Professor of Law A.B., Smith College; J.D. (Order of the Coif), University of Southern California Professor Howarth joined the law faculty in 1990, following a successful career as a Deputy State Public Defender and then as a civil liberties litigator for the ACLU Foundation of Southern California. Her ACLU practice emphasized criminal justice and feminist issues. She has won landmark appeals in both the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court, and has written amicus curiae briefs for the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the national ACLU and Amnesty International. Her schol­ arly publications include "Deciding to Kill: Revealing the Gender in the Task Handed to Capital Jurors," 1994 Wisconsin Law Review 1346; an essay about her experience representing men on death row, "Feminism, Lawyering, and Death Row," published in the Southern California Review of Law and Women's Studies; and a chapter on the rights of gay prisoners, "Prisons Within Prisons," published in Prisoners and the Law. She was a Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School and a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Davis. Courses: Constitutional Law; Sexual Orientation and the Law; Torts; Women and the Law.

Margaret A. Hughes Associate Dean for Student Services and Adjunct Professor of Law B.A., Northwestern University; J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley Before joining the staff of the Law School, Dean Hughes was with the San Francisco firm of Morrison & Foerster, where she supervised legal assistants who provided litigation support in a major sex discrimina­ tion case. Prior to that she clerked with the Nevada Supreme Court and practiced as an associate with Feldman, Waldman & Kline, and Steefel, Levitt & Weiss in San Francisco. Dean Hughes is a member of the California and Nevada Bars. Course: Literature and the Law.

Professor of Law B.A., Washington State University; J.D., Stanford University After graduating from Washington State University, Phi Beta Kappa, Professor Jones attended Stanford Law School. Following law school, he taught for two years in Greece and then joined the Golden Gate law faculty. Professor Jones has completed a revision of his casebook, Cases and Materials on Conflict of Laws. He is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Conflict of Laws; Contracts; Products Liability; Torts.

Marci L. Kelly Associate Dean and Director, LL.M. in Taxation Program B.A., Vassar College; J.D., University of Virginia; LL.M. (Taxation), New York University Professor Kelly began her teaching career at the University of Puget Sound, where she taught for six years. She has been a visiting professor at Notre Dame University Law School, University of Washington School of Business, and University of San Francisco Law School. Before teaching, she practiced tax law in New York City and clerked for a judge at the U.S. Tax Court. She is the author of several articles and book chapters, including "Calling a Spade a Club: The Failure of Matrimonial Tax Reform," published in The Tax Lawyer, and "Financing Higher Education: Federal Income Tax Consequences," published in The Journal of College and University Law. Professor Kelly directs the LL.M. in Taxation Program. Courses: Federal Income Taxation; Wills and Trusts.

28 Janice E. Kosel Professor of Law AB., University of California, Berkeley; J.D. (Order of the Coif), Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley Professor Kosel is the author of Bankruptcy: Do It Yourself and Chapter 13: The Federal Plan to Repay Your Debts, two self-help manuals for consumers. She has contributed a chapter entitled, "Property Disposition in Antenuptial, Postnuptial and Property Settlement Agreements" for a Matthew Bender trea­ tise on the distribution of marital property. Her book Just in Case deals with the legal problems surround­ ing aging and incapacity. Upon graduation from law school, Professor Kosel practiced with the San Francisco law firm of Orrick, Herrington, Rowley & Sutcliffe, where she specialized in corporate and municipal finance. She has served on the Uniform Commercial Code Committee and the Family Law Specialization Exam Writing Committee of the California State Bar. In addition, she has served as a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Relocation Committee of the San Francisco Senior Center and as a member of the Board of Directors of Legal Assistance for Seniors. She is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Commercial Finance; Community Property; Contracts; Sales.

Susan G. Kupfer Associate Professor of Law AB., Mount Holyoke College; J.D., Boston University After graduation from law school, Professor Kupfer practiced as a litigator with the Boston law firm of Tyler & Reynolds. She was then appointed Assistant Dean and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where she directed and taught in the Clinical Program. In conjunction with her Harvard appointment, she also served as a staff attorney with Greater Boston Legal Services and taught courses on lawyering skills, public interest litigation, trial advocacy, and legal ethics. Professor Kupfer has taught law at Hastings College, Boston University, Northeastern University, and Antioch University. She served as Executive Director and Legal Counsel to the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct from 1986 to 1987. She was actively involved in the Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union serving as a board member and cooperat­ ing attorney. She is a member of the Massachusetts and California Bars. Courses: Civil Procedure; Federal Court Litigation; Jurisprudence; Lawyering Skills: Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating.

Edith V. Lavin Associate Professor of Law B.A, University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Hastings College of the Law Professor Lavin joined the full-time law faculty of Golden Gate Law School after teaching Insurance Law as a Visiting Professor and instructing in the Legal Writing and Research Program. She has been a practic­ ing attorney in the Bay Area since 1981, specializing in product and government tort litigation and insur­ ance law. Professor Lavin is the director of the Appellate Advocacy Program and administers the Clinical/Judicial Externship Program. She is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Appellate Advocacy; Insurance Law; Solving Legal Problems; Writing and Research.

Professor of Law, Emeritus AB., Cornell University; J.D., University of Chicago While in law school, Professor Levy was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. Prior to join­ ing the faculty at Golden Gate, Professor Levy worked at California Indian Legal Services and later California Rural Legal Assistance. Professor Levy served as Acting Dean of the Law School in 1981-82. He has taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of San Diego Law School, and has been a consul­ tant to the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, the Hawaiian Coalition of Native Claims, and the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii. An expert in the area of tort law, Professor Levy founded and co-edited the California Tort Reporter, a monthly review of cases geared to the practicing bar, and the periodical Federal Litigator. He also co-edited a six-volume treatise, California Torts. He is a member of the California and New York bars. Course: Torts.

29 Judith G. McKelvey Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus B.S., J.D., University of Wisconsin A member of the law faculty since 1968, Professor McKelvey served as dean from 1974 to 1981. Formerly an attorney for the Federal Communications Commission, she is the author of the landlord-tenant chapter of the California Attorney's Damages Guide and of various articles published in San Francisco Lawyer. In 1984, Professor McKelvey was elected President of the Bar Association of San Francisco, becoming only the second woman to lead the Association. She is a former member of the State Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission and the Mandatory Legal Education Committee of the State Bar. Recently, she served as President of the Board of Directors of Legal Services for Children, Inc. and as co-chair of the Executive Committee of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. She was a co-founder and first presi­ dent of California Women Lawyers. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the California and Wisconsin Bars. Courses: Family Law; Land Use; Property.

Leslie A. Minkus Professor of Law A.B., University of California, Berkeley; LL.B., Stanford University After leaving Stanford, where he was Article and Book Review Editor of the Stanford Law Review, Professor Minkus practiced entertainment law with the Beverly Hills firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, served as Mid-Atlantic Regional Counsel to the Office of Economic Opportunity, directed the California Rural Legal Assistance Senior Citizens' Project, and clerked for the California Supreme Court. Since join­ ing the Golden Gate law faculty, he has been chair of the Ethics Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco and served as a member of the California State Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. He has published "The Sale of a Law Practice: Toward a Professionally Responsible Approach" in the Golden Gate University Law Review and is a participating author in a treatise on California tort law and a treatise on California attorney practice. Professor Minkus has taught law at Syracuse University and the University of Santa Clara. He is an arbitrator for the New York Stock Exchange and is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Community Property; Corporations; Negotiable Instruments; Professional Responsibility.

Myron Moskovitz Professor of Law B.S., LL.B. (Order of the Coif), Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley Professor Moskovitz is a leading authority on landlord-tenant law and appellate practice. Judges, lawyers, and law students throughout the nation use his books, which include Winning An Appeal, California Eviction Defense Manual, Cases and Problems in Criminal Procedure, and Cases and Problems in Criminal Law. After law school, Professor Moskovitz clerked for the California Supreme Court, served as Directing Attorney of the California Rural Legal Assistance, Chief Attorney of the National Housing Law Project, and Director of Litigation of the San Mateo County Legal Aid Society. He was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to serve as Chairman of the California Commission of Housing and Community Development. He was elected by the citizens of Berkeley to serve as a School Board Director. Professor Moskovitz has served as a consultant to the California Judicial Council and was appointed by the Board of Governors of the State Bar to the State Bar Committee on Appellate Courts. He is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Appellate Advocacy; Civil Procedure; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure I & II; Landlord­ Tenant Law Clinic.

Maria L. Ontiveros Associate Professor of Law A.B., University of California, Berkeley; J.D. (cum laude), Harvard Law School; M.I.L.R., Cornell University; J.S.D., Stanford Law School Professor Ontiveros has a diverse background in the areas of labor and employment law. After graduation from law school, she worked for the United Auto Workers and taught arbitration at the New York State School of Industrial & Labor Relations Extension. She then entered private practice in the labor and employment department of the San Francisco firm of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe and subse­ quently worked for Raychem, a Fortune 500 hightech company in Menlo Park. During her two years as a Spaeth Fellow in Stanford's J.S.D. program, she taught Employment Discrimination and wrote an article entitled, "The Myths of Market Forces, Mothers and Private Employment: The Parental Leave Veto," which was published in the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Her essay, "Three Perspectives on Workplace Harassment of Women of Color" appeared in the Golden Gate University Law Review. Her forthcoming article, "To Help Those Most in Need: Undocumented Workers' Rights and Renedres Under Title VII," will appear in the N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change. She is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Employment Discrimination; Evidence; Labor Law.

30 David B. Oppenheimer Associate Professor of Law B.A., University Without Walls, Berkeley; J.D., Harvard Law School Professor Oppenheimer specializes in discrimination law, civil trial law, and civil rights history. Following his graduation from law school, he clerked for Chief Justice Rose Bird of the California Supreme Court. He then worked as a civil rights prosecutor for the State of California, where he founded and directed an employment discrimination clinic at the University of California's Boalt Hall School of Law. He then moved to the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he helped establish a civil rights clinic. Professor Oppenheimer serves on the Board of Directors and the Legal Committee of the ACLU of Northern California. He has published eight law review articles in the field of discrimination law. Professor Oppenheimer is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Civil Procedure; Employment Discrimination Law; Torts.

Dean and Professor of Law B.S., Fordham University; J.D., University of Michigan After receiving his J.D. with distinction from the University of Michigan, Dean Pagano practiced law in San Francisco, with the firm of Morrison & Foerster and then as assistant house counsel with Crown Zellerbach Corporation. He joined the Golden Gate law faculty in 1970 and has served as Dean since 1988. He has taught law at the University of San Francisco, the University of Idaho, and the University of San Diego. Dean Pagano wrote the chapter "Characterization and Division of Community Property" for the two-volume treatise Valuation and Distribution of Marital Property. He wrote the chapter "Taxation of Damages" for the California Attorney's Damages Guide. Dean Pagano is a member of the Board of Directors of Public Interest Clearinghouse and of the Blum Foundation. He is a member of the American Law Institute and of the California Bar. Course: Wills and Trusts.

Alan Ramo Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic B.A., Stanford University; J.D. Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; M.J., University of California, Berkeley Professor Ramo began the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic in January, 1994, after nine years as Legal Director with Citizens For A Better Environment. He specialized in toxics in the urban environment and won a landmark case enforcing SF Bay Area air pollution plans in the San Francisco Federal District court. He also wrote an amicus curiae brief before the California Supreme Court on behalf of environmen­ tal groups in a case establishing local air districts' authority to control toxic emissions. He previously worked in a community law office in San Jose, California, practicing criminal, housing, and labor law. Professor Ramo served as an advisory member of two Cal-EPA committees, including the environmental justice working group in Cal-EPA's comparative risk project. He is a member of the advisory board of the Impact Fund, which funds progressive litigaxtion, and a founder of the Western States Legal Foundation, specializing in nuclear issues. He taught as an adjunct at the University of San Francisco on environmental advocacy. He is a member of the California Bar. Course: Environmental Law and Justice Clinic.

Clifford Rechtschaffen Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic A.B., Princeton University; J.D., Yale Law School Professor Rechtschaffen directs Golden Gate's Environmental Law program and is Co-Director of the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic. He recently completed a chapter on Enforcement of Hazardous Waste Management Requirements in California Environmental Law and Land Use Practice, and was appointed to the Advisory Board of Lead Safe California, where he is helping a statewide committee draft comprehensive legislation to deal with lead-contaminated housing. While practicing environmental law with the California Attorney General's Office, Professor Rechtschaffen worked on cases involving toxic air pollutants, wetlands, the California Environmental Quality Act, and clean up of hazardous waste sites. He was one of the State's lead attorneys responsible for implementation and enforcement of Proposition 65, California's landmark toxics initiative. Professor Rechtschaffen has lectured at numerous professional seminars on environmental law and has taught courses on environmental policy at Stanford University. Following graduation from law school, he clerked for Federal District Court Judge Thelton E. Henderson. Professor Rechtschaffen was a Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellow for the Legal Aid Society of Marin County. He is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Environmental Law; Environmental Law: Introduction to Pollution Control; Public Natrual Resources and Land Law; Environmental Practice; California Environmental and Natural Resources Law; Environmental Law Clinic.

31 Susan Rutberg Associate Professor of Law B.S., Cornell University; J.D., Golden Gate University Professor Rutberg came to teaching after a successful career as a criminal lawyer. She has worked as an attorney with the Bayview Hunter's Point Community Defender, the San Francisco Public Defender, and the First District Appellate Project. Her prior teaching experience includes supervising clinical programs at the University of San Francisco Law School, City University of New York Law School, and the University of Santa Clara Law School, and teaching skills courses at Santa Clara, Golden Gate and New College of California. Professor Rutberg, a certified criminal law specialist from 1984-1994, is a member of the California Bar. Courses: Criminal Law; Criminal Law Clinic; Criminal Litigation; Lawyering Skills: Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating; Trial Advocacy.

Bernard L. Segal Professor of Law B.S., Temple University; M.A., J.D., University of Pennsylvania Professor Segal has distinguished himself as a trial lawyer and enjoys national renown as a teacher in trial advocacy programs for lawyers. In addition to teaching trial advocacy at Golden Gate and directing the Law School's mock trial competition programs, he has taught frequently at the Hastings College of Trial Advocacy and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) program at the University of Colorado, as well as for NITA regional programs and state bar and continuing legal education programs from Hawaii to New York. He served as counsel for Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald in the famous Green Beret murder case that was the subject of the book and movie Fatal Vision. He is the author of The Defense Manual for Consensual Crimes and co-author of The National Defense Manual in Criminal Cases. He has taught law at the University of Pennsylvania, Loyola University of Los Angeles, Tel Aviv University, and Holborn College of Law in London. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. Courses: Criminal Litigation; Mock Trial; Civil Litigation: The Pre-Trial Phase; Trial Advocacy.

Marci Seville Associate Professor of Law and Director, Women's Employment Rights Clinic B.A., New York University; J.D., Rutgers Law School Before joining the Golden Gate law faculty, Professor Seville practiced labor law for ten years as house counsel for the California School Employees Association. She previously worked for the California Department of Industrial Relations and served as counsel to the California Industrial Welfare Commission. She also spent several years in private practice with an emphasis on employment discrimina­ tion litigation. Professor Seville taught labor law at New College Law School and helped establish the San Francisco General Hospital Occupational Health Clinic in the early 1980s. Professor Seville is a member of the California and New York Bars. Course: Women's Employment Rights Clinic

Marc Stickgold Professor of Law B.S., University of Illinois; J.D., Northwestern University Professor Stickgold was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice in Wisconsin and later Assistant Dean and Director of the Legal Writing Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. He was co-founder and partner of a community law firm in Detroit and was the Director of the Law Reform Project for Detroit Neighborhood Legal Services. After directing the Clinical Litigation Program at Wayne State Law School, he joined the Golden Gate law faculty. Professor Stickgold has been a consul­ tant and trainer for the Legal Services Corporation. His publications include articles on law school clinical education, police surveillance of political activity, and Justice William O. Douglas. He is a member of the Academic Committee for the Public Interest Clearinghouse. Professor Stickgold is a member of the California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan Bars. Courses: Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law; Government Clinic; Public Interest Clinic.

32 Sompong Sucharitkul Distinguished Professor of International and Comparative Law, and Director, LL.M. in International Legal Studies Program B.A. (Honours), B.C.L., M.A., D.Phil., and D.C.L., Oxford University, England; Docteur en Droit, University of Paris, France; LL.M., Harvard; Diploma, Hague Academy of International Law For fifteen years, Professor Sucharitkul served as Thailand's Ambassador to Japan, Italy, Greece, Israel, France, Portugal, and the Benelux countries, as well as the European Economic Community and UNESCO. He represented Thailand in the U.N. General Assembly for nearly three decades and was Chairman of Thailand's delegation to the Third U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea. He has been a member of the International Law Commission and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (Thai National Group), and is currently a member of the Commercial Arbitration Centre at Cairo, and the Regional Centre for Arbitration at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as well as a member of the Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, World Bank, Washington, D.C. In addition, he has served as an elected member of the Institute of International Law (Geneva), a Corresponding Collaborator of UNIDROIT (Rome), and Vice President of the International Academy of Human Rights (Paris). Professor Sucharitkul has taught international law at universities in Thailand, Singapore, the Netherlands, and throughout the United States. Professor Sucharitkul directs Golden Gate's Center for Advanced International Legal Studies and the summer program in Bangkok. Courses: Air and Space Law; Asian Pacific Trade Seminar; Comparative Legal Systems; Current International Legal Problems; European Economic Community Law; International Human Rights; International Law; International Organizations.

Jon H. Sylvester Professor of Law B.A., Stanford University; M.l., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Harvard University. After receiving a B.A. from Stanford University in 1973, Professor Sylvester earned an M.J. from UC Berkeley, where he was a New York Times Fellow. He worked as a television news writer, reporter and producer from 1975-78, then attended Harvard Law School, where he earned his J.D. in 1981. He then practiced for three years with the Washington, D.C. offices of two major New York-based law firms. Professor Sylvester was a tenured member of the law faculties at Texas Southern University and Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) before joining Golden Gate's law faculty as a tenured member. Professor Sylvester has taught at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, and spent the 1992-93 year teaching and traveling in Africa as a Fulbright Scholar. His latest publication, entitled "Sub­ Saharan Africa; Economic Stagnation, Political Disintegration, and the Specter of Recolonization," appears in the June, 1994 issue of the Loyola (Los Angeles) Law Review. Courses: Contracts; International Organizations.

John Pasley Wilson Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus A.B., Princeton University; LL.B., Harvard Law School Professor Wilson served as Dean of the Law School from 1982 to 1988. He was a Visiting Professor at the Harvard Law School of Public Health in the fall of 1988. After graduating from law school, he served as Assistant Dean at Harvard Law School and Associate Dean at Boston University School of Law, where he was also the Director of the Legal Studies Institute and Acting Director of the Center for Law and Health Sciences. He has written a book, The Rights of Adolescents in the Mental Health System, and arti­ cles on the legal protections available to fetal research subjects. Professor Wilson is a member of the Institutional Review Board of the Pacific Campus of the California Pacific Medical Center and chair of the Advisory Committee of the Street Law Project. He is an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers and a member of the New Jersey and Massachusetts Bars. Courses: Criminal Law; Health Law; Mental Health and the Law; Privacy, Defamation, and Other Relational Torts; Torts.

Michael A. Zamperini Associate Professor and Director, Writing and Research A.B., J.D. (Honors), George Washington University Professor Zamperini joined the full-time law faculty of Golden Gate in 1989 after having taught part­ time in the writing and research program. He has been a practicing attorney since 1973, most recently with the firm of Barry and Tong, where he was responsible for case management for commercial and construction litigation. He is a member of the California and Virginia Bars. Courses: Remedies; Sexual Orientation and the Law; Wills and Trusts; Writing and Research.

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Hughes-Oldenburg Land Use Regulation; Legislation Appellate Advocacy Technical Services Librarian Clinic; Water Law Elizabeth Ann McCracken Michael Banister Admissions Assistant B.A. and M.A., Hollins College Randall Thompson B.A., San Francisco State University B.A., University of California, Davis Ph.D., University of North Carolina, B.A., Sonoma State University M.A., University of Washington Chapel Hill M.B.A., University of California, M.L.S., University of California, Bob McElroy M.L.LS., University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Finanical Aid Technician Berkeley J.D., Hastings College of the Law J.D., Golden Gate University Roxanne Metz Joyce C. Mcleau LL.M. (Tax), Golden Gate University Deputy Attorney General, State of Administrative Assistant Systems Administration Visiting Assistant Professor, LL.M. in California B.A., Arizona State University B.A., Mary Washington College Taxation Program, Golden Gate Juliet B. Haley M.L.LS., University of California, University Julie Moreno B.A., University of California, Berkeley Law School Finanical Aid Director Berkeley Federal Income Taxation J.D., Golden Gate University A.B., A.M., Stanford University Mark A. Torres-Gil Deputy Attorney General, State of Matthew P. Pachkowski STAFF B.A., Pomona College California Assistant Dean for Admissions J.D., University of California, Berkeley Monica Fong April Madison-Ramsey B.A., Harvard University Assistant General Counsel, State Bar of Adminis trative Assistant B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison Erika M. Pardo B.S., Golden Gate University California J.D., University of Wisconsin Professional Responsibility Law Career Counselor Civil Motions Attorney, U.S. Court of Dolores Hanson B.A., University of California, Los Christine Tour-Sarkissian Appeals, Ninth Circuit Processing Assistant B.A., University of San Francisco Angeles Leslie Rose J.D., University of California, Berkeley Georgiane Lansing J.D., Golden Gate University B.S., Boston University Acquisitions Assistant Real Estate Litigation Craig A. Reynolds J.D., Golden Gate University Senior Administrative Assistant Daniel McLean Hon. Rebecca Westerfield Deputy Public Defender, State of Serials Assistant B.A., University of California, Berkeley B.A., J.D., University of Kentucky California Mohamed Nasralla Arbitrator, Judicial Arbitration & Susan Schechter Mark D. Segelmau Circulation Assistant Mediation Services Assistant Dean for Career Services B.A., Brandeis University B.A., California State University, Chico Alternative Dispute Resolution B.A., Washington University J.D., Hastings College of the Law J.D., Golden Gate University J.D., University of Pittsburgh Mary Ann Wolcott Civil Central Staff Attorney, California David Walden-Berg B.A., Marygrove College Terri Shultis Supreme Court Cataloging Assistant J.D., University of Toledo Law Systems Administrator B.A., University of Kansas Law Review B.M., M.M., University of Wisconsin, Edgar R. Worth Madison Ann Wasilewski Administrative Staff Reserve/Stacks Assistant B.A., University of California, Los Floreuce Spiuks B.A., University of California, Berkeley Angeles Laurel Anderson Financial Aid Counselor J.D., University of San Diego Administrative Assistant B.A., Illinois State University Small Law Firm Practice B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara Sharon L. Styles Assistant Registrar Phoebe Burns Career Services Assistant Susan Worth Writing and Research B.A., University of Indiana, Senior Development Officer Edward Baskauskas Bloomington B.A., California State University, Chico A.B., Harvard University Richard H. Corbin J.D., Golden Gate University Program Coordinator, LL.M. in Donna Cole Taxation Program B.A., Barnard College B.A., University of Washington J.D., University of Michigan John Douovan Christopher J. Collins Registrar B.A., Holy Cross College B.A., B.S., State University of New York J.D., Albany Law School at New Paltz

35 LAW CAREER SERVICES

aw Career Services supports students in planning their legal careers and in obtain­ L ing employment during and after law school. Through individual and group counseling, education about basic career search issues, on­ campus attorney visits, and an exten­ sive job resource library, Law Career Services exposes students to the range of possibilities available to those with a law degree.

The Law Career Services Office is open to all Golden Gate law students and graduates. The goal of Career Services is to provide all Assistant Dean for Career Services Susan Schechter (second from right) advises students about students with the tools to approach writing resumes. the current job market and to make career choices and changes through­ about basic career search issues. and graduates to meet with attor­ out their legal careers. Materials recently published include neys throughout the Bay Area, The office's resource library lists pieces on cover letters and resumes, California and across the country. and local government internship Law Career Services actively opportunities. participates in the National Faculty actively participate in the Association for Law Placement, career planning process, serving on National Association for Public panels, producing publications, talk­ Interest Law, Bay Area Legal ing with students about their legal Recruitment Association, Bar specialties, and serving on the Association of San Francisco, and Faculty Career Services Committee. minority and specialty bar associa­ Law School graduates often provide tions to promote employment possi­ employment and training opportuni­ bilities and resource development. ties. Law Career Services coordinates '. ;"Jhe·.yar~~r.~el'ViveS~ffl~tJS;o~;n~.c on-campus programs including the Wt~!~aVlt41r1!'i"Jf':""~~i~d~f~·ff~~!e job interview program and work­ eoJtectiiln'carid·ottrerresaum_iil.njtile . shops on specific areas of law prac­ ~o'~~~ist9~~ntftl~t~]~~~r ..... <. • Richard Rosenberg, J.D. '66, is the Chairman tice. Student groups often work with pr'RC!'fJor·,j,!bill.!!F)f!fw' of the Board and CEO of Bank of America. the office to present panels and to . • . allcor:I!inQ!~:fQ' current employment positions, programs. 'bOoYJlill;Xhe summer associate and school year In cooperation with the Queen's "'u~nYM~ij!ielra~~~ti~s¢' clerkships, judicial externships, and Bench Employment Committee, :' :.lnUI~liJual'tlnjHl(

36 STUDENT SERVICES

Housing and Transportation Student Services First-year students are able to Students at Golden Gate live in The University Office of Student practice their skills by attending the many Bay Area communities. Services offers health and accident Program's practice exam and review BART and San Francisco MUNI insurance information. The Law sessions. The practice exams are stations and the San Francisco School Associate Dean for Student written by their course professors. Transbay bus terminal, which serves Services is available for short-term Each student's essay is reviewed by a Berkeley, Oakland, Marin, and the personal and academic counseling Teaching Assistant under the super­ peninsula, are a block from the and provides referrals for long-term vision of the course professor and school. Nearby Marin ferries and counseling and other support Program Director. Teaching CAL Train commuter service make services. Assistants are also available to meet public transportation to Golden All University facilities are readily individually with students during Gate one of the easiest commutes in accessible to disabled students. their office hours. the Bay Area. The University's To comply with various federal For second and third-year Student Services Office maintains a laws, Golden Gate University main­ students, various workshops focus list of available apartments and tains a Drug Abuse Awareness and on maintaining and strengthening houses to share. Prevention program. Information the student's skills. Bar exam prepa­ regarding these laws may be obtained ration workshops also concentrate on the techniques and skills required Bookstore from Golden Gate University's Office of Faculty and Staff Human for the bar examinations. The Golden Gate University Resources/EEO. In addition, the Bookstore stocks all required text­ Law School presents regular Student Groups books and some 20,000 reference programs on substance abuse and its titles for scholars and professionals Student groups at Golden Gate are impact on the legal profession. in its Professional Reference very active and provide a variety of Section. It has extensive Law, opportunities for student involve­ Taxation, and Real Estate collec­ Academic Assistance Program ment. Under the auspices of the tions and is the primary outlet for The Academic Assistance Program Student Bar Association, student Continuing Education of the Bar is designed to enhance the student's groups offer mutual support, spon­ (CEB) materials. The bookstore performance in law school. The sor speaker series and social events, accepts MasterCard, American Program is open to all students, and and perform community service. Express, and Visa. students are encouraged to partici­ These groups include: pate. Since all students learn differ­ American Bar Association, Student Lounges ently and absorb concepts at various Law Student Division rates, students can utilize the Asian and Pacific American Law The Law Student Lounge, a program by tailoring their participa­ Students Association comfortable place to relax and tion to their personal requirements. Association of Trial Lawyers of socialize, is located on the second An essential component of the America floor of the main building. The program are the various workshops. Black Law Students Association Student Bar Association offices are Chi Phi Delta Law Fraternity In the Law School ABC's work­ adjacent to the lounge, where every Environmental Law Society shops, students are introduced to the law student is assigned a mail folder Federalist Society methodology of law school learning to receive in-house notices and International Law Association and the lawyering skills which they student correspondence. Snacks, Jewish Law Students Association will acquire. Some of the topics sandwiches, coffee, and soft drinks Latino Law Students Association covered in the Law School ABC's Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual are available near the Law Student workshops include reading cases, Law Students Lounge. understanding the dynamics of a National Lawyers Guild class, organizing the course materi­ Parents in Law School Group Athletics/Recreation als, managing time, studying for Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity Private health clubs and extensive exams, analyzing a problem, writing Phi Delta Phi Law Fraternity Public Interest Law Foundation YMCA facilities are located within essay exams, taking multiple choice easy walking distance of the Law Sports and Entertainment Law exams, and diagnosing their own Association School. performance. Women's Law Association

37 LAW LIBRARY

comprehensive program students complete training in the use law library up-to-date and efficiently to acquire effective legal of the Lexis and Westlaw legal data­ operating. research skills is critical bases, and specialized training is The law library houses over to the education of a available to advanced students. 200,000 volumes, including a A A service-oriented and knowl­ comprehensive collection of case law lawyer. The law library is both a study place and a learning laboratory edgeable staff is available to further from all jurisdictions, statutes of all for future attorneys. At Golden Gate, patrons' understanding of legal the states, and the major digests, students learn how to use the litera­ research methods and to answer encyclopedias, periodicals and trea­ ture of the law library which houses specific questions. Professional tises dealing with American law. The the largest law collection in the San librarians provide individual refer­ law library has a strong tax collec­ Francisco financial district. ence assistance to students and tion and is concentrating on building faculty every day, as well as evenings its holdings in international law, The law library also offers computer­ and weekends. Several staff particularly for selected Pacific Rim assisted legal research services, a members and assistants work behind countries. This builds on the exten­ computer lab and a very strong the scenes to carry out the many sive collection of English, Canadian microforms collection. First-year tasks necessary to keep a modern and Commonwealth materials already in place. In addition to collection and general study areas, and the Lexis and Westlaw labs, the law library has a computer lab equipped with word processing and spreadsheet applica­ tions, access to CD-ROM databases, and Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, an interactive educa­ tional tool. There is also a group study room and an interactive video viewing area. A faculty library is maintained near the faculty offices. The law library is open seven days per week, on a schedule of 88.5 hours, during the regular school year. Hours are extended during finals and shortened during the summer and on holidays. It is expected that the library's catalog and circulation system will be fully automated by fall 1995. The law library is a selective depository for both federal and California state documents. It is a member of the Research Libraries Information Network, a national consortium for the online exchange of bibliographic information and interlibrary loan. It is a charter member of the Consortium of Academic Law Libraries of San Francisco, whose goals include rais­ ing service levels through the sharing of resources of member schools.

38 STUDENT PROFILE

tudents at Golden Claremont McKenna College Occidental College University of Detroit Claremont Pomona College Ohio University University of Florida Gate come from a Clark University Ohio State University University of Hawaii very broad range of Colgate University Oklahoma State University University of Idaho undergraduate College of Holy Cross Olivet College University of Illinois S College of Notre Dame Oregon State University University of Iowa colleges and universities. The College of William and Mary Pennsylvania State University University of Kansas law class that entered in the Colorado College Pepperdine University University of Kentucky fall 1994 semester had a Colorado State University Philippine Normal University University of Maryland median LSAT score of 154 Columbia University Pitzer College University of Massachusetts Concordia University Point Lorna College University of Miami and a GPA of 3.10. Of the Cornell University Princeton University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor students admitted, 34% were Dartmouth College Pomona College University of Michigan, Dearborn minority students, and 51% De Pauw University Portland State University University of Minnesota were women. The institutions Dominican College Purdue University University of Mississippi Duke University Randolph-Macon College University of Missouri represented by Golden Gate's Earlham College Reed College University of Montana current students include: Eastern Michigan University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Nebraska Eastern Tennessee State University Rider College University of Nevada Reno Adelphi University Eastern Washington University Ripon College University of Nevada Las Vegas Albertus Magnus College Evergreen State College Rollins College University of New Hampshire American University Florida State University Rutgers University University of New Mexico Amherst College Fordham University St. John's University University of North Carolina Antioch College Franklin and Marshall College St. Lawrence University University of Notre Dame Arizona State University George Washington University St. Mary's College - Moraga University of Oklahoma Austin College Georgetown University Santa Clara University University of Oregon Bard College Golden Gate University Siena College University of the Pacific Baylor University Gonzaga University Simon Fraser University University of Pennsylvania Berklee College of Music Grinnell College Southern Methodist University University of the Philippines Boston College Gustavus Adolphus College Southern Oregon State College University of Pittsburgh Boston University Hamilton College Southwestern University University of Puget Sound Bowling Green State University Hampshire College Spelman College University of Redlands Brandeis University Harvard University Stanford University University of Rhode Island Brigham Young University Hofstra University State University of New York University of San Diego Brown University Howard University Albany University of San Francisco Bryn Mawr College Hunter College State University of New York University of South Carolina California Institute of Technology Illinois State University Binghamton University of Southern California California Lutheran University Indiana University State University of New York University of Southern Florida California Polytechnic State Iowa State University Stony Brook University of Tampa University Pomona Ithaca College Stonehill College University of Texas California Polytechnic State Johns Hopkins University Suffolk University University of Toronto University San Luis Obispo Kent State University Syracuse University University of Utah California State University Chico Lake Forest College Temple University University of Vermont California State University Fresno Lehigh University Texas A&M University University of Washington California State University Lewis and Clark College Trenton State College University of Wisconsin Fullerton Loyola University Chicago Trinity College Ursinus College California State University Loyola University New Orleans Trinity University Valparaiso University Hayward Loyola Marymount University Tufts University Vanderbilt University California State University Lycoming College Tulane University Vassar College Humboldt Manhattan College Tuskegee University Villanova University California State University Long Marquette University Union College Virginia Commonwealth Beach Marymount College United States Military Academy University California State University Los Massachusetts Institute of United States Naval Academy Virginia Military Institute Angeles Technology University of Arizona Washington and Lee University California State University McGill University University of Arkansas Washington State University Northridge Menlo College University of British Columbia Washington University California State University Michigan State University University of California Berkeley Wayland Baptist Union Sacramento Middlebury College University of California Davis Wayne State University California State University Mills College University of California Irvine Weber State University San Diego Molloy College University of California Wellesley College California State University Monmouth College Los Angeles Wells College San Francisco Mount Holyoke College University of California Riverside Wesleyan University California State University Mount St. Mary's College University of California San Diego Westminster College San Jose Morningside College University of California West Virginia University California State University National Chung Hsing University San Francisco Western Washington University Sonoma National Taiwan University University of California Whittier College California State University New York University Santa Barbara Widener University Stanislaus North Texas State University University of California Santa Cruz Willamette University Carnegie Mellon University Northeastern University University of Chicago Williams College Case Western Reserve University Northwestern University University of Cincinnati Yale University Catholic University of America Northern Arizona University University of Colorado York University Chatham College Northern Illinois University University of Connecticut City University of New York Oberlin College University of Denver

39 SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

he Law School awards a Many alumni and local law firms and number of full-tuition and businesses have supported this fund, partial-tuition scholarships the primary objective of which is to each year on the basis of assist minority students. T The Diana Richmond Endowed academic achievement and financial need. Awards are made to both Scholarship Fund for African­ entering and continuing students. Americans was funded with a major gift by Diana Richmond, a 1973 graduate of the Law School and an ENTERING STUDENTS established family practice lawyer in In order to attract a highly qualified San Francisco. student body, the Law School awards many scholarships based CONTINUING STUDENTS solely on merit. These Merit Scholarships are granted to entering All continuing students are automat­ students based upon undergraduate ically considered for Merit and graduate school achievement, Scholarships and other grants and LSAT score, and demonstrated lead­ loans based on academic achieve­ ership qualities. There is no formal ment and financial need. To be application for the Merit Scholar­ considered for a scholarship or loan ships. As awards are made on a that is awarded based on financial rolling basis, students are encour­ need, a student must apply for aged to take the LSAT by December campus-based financial aid during 1995 and apply early to guarantee the preceding spring semester. consideration. Last year, over 40 The following funds provide entering students received Merit scholarships and financial aid to Scholarships, ranging in amount continuing law students. from $7,500 to full tuition; timely The Leon A. and Esther R Blum applicants who applied before Foundation Loan and Scholarship March 1, who scored above the 85th Program provides financial aid to percentile on the LSAT, and who worthy students attending accredited had strong undergraduate records law schools in the City and County received a Merit Scholarship award. of San Francisco. In addition to Merit Scholarships, The Lawrence Cowen Memorial all eligible applicants are automati­ Scholarship Fund, created by a cally considered for the following bequest from one of the Law scholarships offered only to entering School's earliest graduates, provides The Phillip Burton Endowed students: scholarships to meritorious students. Law Scholarships, named in memory The Anne Marie Bourgeois The Lawyers' Club of San of the former U.S. Congressman and Memorial Endowed Law Francisco offers an annual award, 1953 Law School graduate, is Scholarship was established in rotated among the seven Bay Area awarded on the basis of academic memory of Anne Marie Bourgeois, a accredited law schools in memory of merit, commitment to community 1989 graduate of the Law School. It its founder, Allen E. Spivock. The service, and financial need. is awarded to one or more women grant is based on scholarship and The Kevin J. Connell, J.D. entering law school with prior expe­ need. Memorial Endowed Scholarship rience in the legal field. Continuing students may apply for Fund is being established in memory The Louis Garcia Memorial the following special scholarships. of third-year law student Kevin J. Endowed Scholarship Fund was The Frederick W. Bradley Connell who died in spring 1995. established in memory of Judge Endowed Scholarship, named for a The scholarship will be awarded Louis Garcia, a 1952 graduate of the 1966 graduate of the Law School, is annually to a student in good acade­ Law School and the first Latino awarded solely on the basis of finan­ mic standing with demonstrated judge to serve in San Francisco. cial need. financial need with preference given

40 to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Helen A. and John A. GOifinkel Endowed Scholarship, named in memory of former Professor and Dean John Gorfinkel is awarded annually on the basis of ' need and academic achievement. The Richard W. Johnson Memorial Endowed Scholarship was created and funded by class­ mates and friends of Richard Johnson, a 1965 graduate of the Law School. This scholarship is awarded to a student at the start of his or her third year who has shown great academic improvement since start­ ing law school. longtime bon vivant and raconteur AWARDS The Paul S. Jordan Endowed who resided in Siskiyou County, Top-ranked students in each class Law Scholarship was created to California. This is a need-based are named to the Dean's List each recognize the outstanding contribu­ scholarship, and preference is given semester. Students earning the high­ tions made over the years by Paul to students who live in Northern est grades in selected classes receive Jordan, a long-time Law School California. American Jurisprudence Awards faculty member, Dean of the Law The Catherine Sherburne­ from the Lawyers Coop/Bancroft School from 1944 to 1959, and Thompson Endowed Scholarship Whitney Publishing Company. University Trustee. Preference is Fund is named in memory of a 1956 Second-year students who excel in given to a student who demonstrates graduate of the Law School and its Appellate Advocacy are given scholastic excellence and financial first female faculty member. This awards for Best Brief and for need. fund provides assistance to part-time women students in their third or Outstanding Oral Argument. The Masud Mehran Endowed Students with distinguished acad­ Fellowship is named for Masud fourth year. The Professor James B. Smith emic records graduate with honors Mehran, member of the University or with highest honors. In addition, Memorial Endowed Scholarship is Board of Trustees since 1986. The graduating students are eligible for a given to part-time women students fellowship will be awarded annually number of honors and awards. The with significant financial need or to to one student in good academic J. Lani Bader Awardfor Academic older students of either sex. standing with demonstrated financial Excellence is given to one of the top­ The San Francisco Rotary Club need. Preference will be given to ranked students in the graduating Brad Swope Scholarship is offered individuals displaying entrepreneur­ class; the Paul S. Jordan to a full-time or part-time law student ial spirit and initiative. Achievement Award, named for who demonstrates academic excel­ The Joseph R. Rensch Endowed Trustee and former Law School lence, leadership potential, contribu­ Scholarship is awarded to an upper Dean Paul Jordan, is awarded to the tions to the law school and the legal division student on the basis of need law student who has made a distin­ community, and financial need. academic achievement, and a poten-' guished contribution to the Law tial for business leadership. The Michael A. ZamperinilW. School; the Rose Elizabeth Bird The San Francisco Legal Clay Burchell Scholarship is Award is given for professionalism Auxiliary annually awards a scholar­ awarded to a lesbian/gay student and integrity. Achievement Awards ship, based on academic achieve­ who is beginning his or her final fall are given in various fields, including ment and financial need, to a student semester of law school. This scholar­ Corporate and Commercial Law who is a graduate of a Bay Area ship is awarded based on overall Criminal Law, Environmental L~w high school and who plans to prac­ academic achievement and academic Family Law, International Law, ' tice in the Bay Area. performance in the Writing and Labor and Employment Law, The Louie Sbarbaro Endowed Research courses. An essay is Litigation, Public Interest, Real Scholarship Fund is named for a required with the application. Estate Law, and Taxation.

41 ADMISSIONS

olden Gate University Application Form, Fee, and 1995-96 are June 12, 1995, School of Law seeks Deadlines September 30, 1995, December 2, 1995, and February 10, 1996. students from diverse The application form is in the back Applicants must have taken the backgrounds with the of this Bulletin. The deadline to G LSAT within three years of the date potential to succeed in law school submit applications for the fall 1996 of application. Detailed information and become active members of the full-time day program is April 15, . about the test is in the Law Services legal community. In evaluating an 1996. The deadline for the fall 1996 Registration Information Book 1995- application for admission, the part-time evening program is June 1, 96. Golden Gate University does not Admissions Committee considers a 1996. For the fall entering classes, mail this information. However, candidate's academic achievement the LSAT must be taken by applicants can obtain this informa­ and performance on the Law School February 1996. The deadline to tion at any local college, university Admissions Test (LSAT), as well as apply for Mid-Year Admission begin­ or law school. the candidate's personal statement. ning in January 1996 is November Beyond the numbers, the Admissions 15, 1995; the LSAT must be taken by Committee considers a myriad of September 1995. Students who wish Law School Data Assembly other factors such as graduate stud­ to apply for the January 1997 session Service ies, work experience during and after are encouraged to take the June The Law School requires participa­ college, community activities, and 1996 LSAT and must have taken the tion in the Law School Data other life experiences. LSAT by October 1996. Assembly Service (LSD AS), which Each application must be accom­ collects and analyzes academic and ApPLYING TO THE panied by a nonrefundable $40 test records of law school applicants. LAW SCHOOL processing fee. Checks or money Applicants should submit transcripts orders should be made payable to of all college work to LSDAS as Pre-Law Requirements Golden Gate University. The early as possible. College seniors, Applicants must hold a baccalaure­ student's name and social security including those attending Canadian ate degree or its equivalent from an number should appear on the front schools, should not wait for fall accredited college or university at of the check. grades before submitting transcripts. the time of registration for Law For information regarding LSD AS, School classes. No specific under­ Fee Waivers applicants should write to the Law graduate major or course of study is Applicants with financial hardship School Admission Service, Box required. Candidates are encour­ may request a waiver of the applica­ 2000, Newtown, PA 18940, or tele­ aged to take a well-rounded study tion fee. These applicants must phone (215) 968-1001. program, including courses from the include with their application a letter humanities and the sciences. formally requesting a fee waiver Personal Statement Because the study and practice of which details the financial hardship Because admissions decisions are law require an ability to think and involved; supporting documentation not based solely on quantifiable communicate clearly, applicants such as a current undergraduate factors, the personal statement is the should take undergraduate courses financial aid award, income tax candidate's opportunity to address in which their writing is edited vigor­ return, unemployment compensa­ the Admissions Committee. ously and their analytical reasoning tion, disability, or social security Personal statements are writing skills are challenged. verifying current financial hardship samples and thus should be well For additional information on should be included. written, grammatically correct, and preparing for a legal education, organized. A strong personal state­ ment answers these questions: Why candidates should read The Official Law School Admissions Test Guide to U.S. Law Schools, do you want to study law? What in All applicants for admission as published by the Law School your background leads you to degree candidates must take the Admissions Council. believe you will be successful in law LSAT, which is administered by the school and in a legal career? What Law School Admission Service. The special skills, attributes, and experi­ test is given four times each year at ences will you bring to the law test sites throughout the United school community? What other States and abroad; LSAT dates for pertinent matters should the

42 admission, personal statement, and LSDAS report. Applications may be considered before letters of recom­ m'endation are received. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all documents are received by the Admissions Office in a timely manner. Admission decisions are made on an on-going basis, and, as seats are limited, it is advantageous to apply early. If an applicant indicates that he/she plans to retake the LSAT, the Admissions Office will not consider the application complete until the subsequent LSAT score is received. Upon written request from the applicant, consideration of an appli­ cation may also be delayed until receipt of additional materials, but committee consider in weighing your applicant's file if provided. If letters such delay is not encouraged, When application? Not everyone needs to are provided, they should be detailed an applicant's file is complete, it is address every question, but analyz­ evaluations from individuals who forwarded to the Admissions ing these questions helps the appli­ know the applicant's academic Committee. cant produce a cogent personal ability or can assess potential for The Admissions Office thoroughly statement. In recent years, an success in law school. considers each application, Every increasing number of people who attempt is made to notify the appli­ have been out of school for some Interviews and Visits cant of a decision as soon as possi­ time have matriculated at the Law The volume of applications received ble. Admissions decisions are final. School. Returning students often by the Admissions Office precludes There is no appeal process. discuss their experiences raising granting personal interviews for Because the Admissions Office families and/or working in diverse admission purposes. Applicants may, receives a large number of applica­ disciplines, such as law enforcement, however, arrange appointments with tions, the Law School requests that social agencies, medicine, and busi­ the Admissions staff to discuss their applicants who wish to inquire about ness. Resumes, along with the questions about the Law School. the status of their applications tele­ personal statement, are stongly Such meetings will not be considered phone between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. encouraged. part of the application process. on weekdays. The Admissions The statement should be in essay Golden Gate's faculty holds a Office number is (415) 442-6630, and form rather than resume form and well-earned reputation for high­ the e-mail address is should be no longer than four pages quality classroom teaching. For that "[email protected]". in length, double-spaced and typed. reason, the Law School encourages The Law School communicates Applicants should not submit books, applicants to visit classes. Any appli­ with applicants primarily by mail. tape recordings, plays, theses, disser­ cant who wishes to visit the Law Therefore, it is imperative that tations, or other such materials in School, or attend a first-year class, applicants keep the Admissions lieu of, or in addition to, the should call the Admissions Office at Office informed of their current personal statement. These materials (415) 442-6630. mailing address. Students should will not be evaluated by the immediately notify the Admissions Admissions Committee, and will be The Application Process Office in writing of any address promptly returned to the applicant. No decision can be made until the changes, Such notices should include application and all supporting docu­ the student's full name, Social Letters of Recommendation ments have been received by the Security number, current and former Written recommendations are not Law School. A complete application address, and current and former required but will be placed in the file consists of an application for telephone numbers.

43 Acceptance Deposits ment, an improved LSAT score, Information for Special Admissions Upon notification of admission to graduate transcripts, or other Consideration" section of the appli­ the Law School, a nonrefundable evidence of increased likelihood cation. deposit of $100 is required of all of success in law school. The Conditional Admit Program applicants and must be paid when is designed to provide students with a head start by introducing them to due, subject to cancellation of the SPECIAL ADMISSIONS the learning and studying skills admission offer. Each admitted SITUATIONS applicant will be requested to recon­ necessary to succeed in law school. firm his/her intent to matriculate Conditional Admit Program In the program, students are intro­ during the summer, at which time a The Law School offers a free, three­ duced to the legal system and devel­ second nonrefundable deposit will week program for minority, educa­ opment of the law. Students work to be required. Both deposits will be tionally disadvantaged, and ESL acquire skills in briefing cases, credited toward the initial tuition applicants who do not meet tradi­ participating in class discussion, note taking, outlining courses, legal payment. tional entrance requirements but who may possess the skills necessary analysis, exam preparation, and Reapplication for a career in law. Through the exam writing. Application files, including all regular admissions process, the supporting documents, are retained Admissions Committee will recom­ International Students by the Law School for two years. A mend the admission of certain International students follow the new application form and fee will be students contingent upon participa­ same basic application procedures as required to reactivate the file. In tion in this program. Special empha­ domestic students. However, inter­ general, a reapplication should be sis is placed on the applicant's national applicants whose native supported by a new personal state- remarks on the "Optional language is not English must take both the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). To register for the LSAT, contact the Law School Admission Service (see address in the Law School Data Assembly Service section of this Bulletin). To register for TOEFL, write to TOEFLITSE Services, P.O. Box 6161, Princeton, NJ 08541-6161, or call (609) 921-9000. International applicants need not register with the LSDAS if they have completed their undergraduate study outside the United States or Canada. However, such applicants must register with a qualified agency for an independent evaluation of their undergraduate work. Many international applicants to Golden Gate have utilized the services of the International Education Research Foundation Inc. Credentials Evaluation Service, P.O. Box 66940, Los Angeles, CA 90066, (310) 390- 6276. The Admissions Office requires a complete subject break­ down as part of any credentials eval­ uation report. A report of basic

44 equivalency is insufficient. International students must indi­ cate on the application their visa status. The Admissions Office will send the appropriate immigration documents to the applicant to facili­ tate matriculation in the United States. International applicants should be familiar with immigration laws regarding study in the United States before making application.

Transfer With Advanced Standing Students who have successfully completed at least one full year at another ABA-approved law school, and are in the top third of their class, may apply to transfer with advanced standing to the Law School. The applicant must submit: 1) Application for admission to the J.D. Program; 2) $40 application fee; Visiting Students afforded regular Golden Gate 3) Personal statement; 4) A copy of Students who have successfully University students. the LSDAS report sent directly from completed at least one year of study Any student attending an ABA­ the law school previously attended; at another ABA-approved law approved law school who only 5) Letter of recommendation from a school may apply to attend the Law wishes to take one or more elective law professor; 6) Official law school School as a visiting student. A visit­ courses or Summer Session electives transcripts; 7) Letter of good stand­ ing student is defined as anyone who at Golden Gate University need not ing from the previously attended law wishes to attend Golden Gate apply for visiting status but should school. University for one or more semes­ contact the Law School Registrar's The deadline for transfer applica­ ters, but who anticipates receiving a Office, (415) 442-6620. tions is June 1, 1996. However, the degree from the home law school. Law School recognizes that some The deadline for visitor applica­ Special Students materials may be delayed by tions is June 1, 1996. Visiting Members of the Bar, students or processing at the applicant's home students must provide the following: graduates of ABA-approved law law school. Applicants need not re­ 1) Application for admission to the schools, and other persons satisfying register with Law Services. Transfer J.D. Program; 2) Nonrefundable $40 the requirements for admission may applications are generally consid­ application fee; 3) Official law apply to audit courses at the Law ered in the latter part of July. An school transcript; 4) Personal state­ School. Application is by letter, applicant offered admission will be ment explaining the reasons for addressed to the Registrar, setting notified of the credit, up to a maxi­ requesting visiting status at Golden forth the reasons for wanting to mum of 30 units, granted for previ­ Gate; 5) Letter of good standing audit the particular class. ous law school work. Admitted from the home law school. Documentation of the applicant's candidates should meet with the The letter of good standing should professional and/or academic status Associate Dean for Student Services certify that credits earned at Golden and permission of the course instruc­ to plan their curriculum at Gate University will be applied tor are required. Auditors pay the Golden Gate. toward satisfaction of the home law same tuition as matriculated school's degree requirements. students. Visiting students may not request an incomplete, or other privileges

45 TuITION AND FINANCIAL AID

TuITION Tuition (per unit) ...... $585 FINANCIAL AID (88 units required for the J.D.) The following tuition and fees are The Financial Aid Office adminis­ expected to become effective in fall Fees (per semester) ters a full range of programs to help 1995. The rates published in this Registration ...... $ 40 students who need financial assis­ Bulletin have generally remained in Public Interest Loan Assistance ... 10 tance at Golden Gate University effect for at least one academic year. Materials ...... 50 School of Law. Financial Aid infor­ Tuition usually will increase with the Writing & Research ...... 15 mation is sent automatically to rate of inflation. The University (J st semester only) students who apply for admission to reserves the right, however, to adjust Student Activity ...... 25 the Law School. However, since the rates for tuition and fees prior to Technology ...... 30 many financial aid program dead­ the beginning of each semester. lines are earlier than Admissions Total Fees ...... $170 deadlines, new students interested in financial aid should obtain forms The Law School has found it help­ from the Financial Aid Office as ful to provide prospective students early as possible. with estimates of tuition costs and The Office provides budget and living expenses for the regular nine debt management counseling, evalu­ month academic period. The follow­ ates students' financial needs, and ing figures show tuition costs for determines financial aid awards. The first-year students, as well as other Financial Aid Office is responsible expenses that all students incur. for maintaining standards and proce­ These figures are based on projec­ dures which are in compliance with tions of living expenses developed federal regulations, donor restric­ by the Law School Financial Aid tions, and University policies, and Office for 1995-96 and on the tuition which most equitably help meet rates in effect for the 1995-96 acade­ students' financial needs. mic year. To be eligible to receive assistance from the Federal and Campus-Based Full-Time Division Financial Aid programs at Golden Tuition ...... $16,965 Gate University, a student must Fees ...... 325 meet all the following requirements: Total ...... $17,290 1. Admission into the J.D. Program; Part-Time Evening 2. Enrollment in the Law School D8FltaRc,ar:lld':O~.,'(r ;' .. ' Tuition ...... $11,115 (at least a half-time unit load is Fees ...... 325 normally required); Jdj~Jjti!J~I]jR ..a.81· Total ...... $11,440 3. United States citizenship or proof -- --:------:~-~ -- --_:_;--,------~:---~-- -- -:- ----«- -~-:~ -->~~:- : ~ of permanent residency/other Living Expenses eligible alien status; ...... P'Dlsldftllp·S.'I1i·.··.-- - ~ ------(Estimated for nine months full time) 4. Satisfactory academic progress; 1I•• aOIllOJlartisliladct{ " Room and Board ...... $ 8,775 5. Registration with the Selective Transportation ...... 900 Service, if required by federal Books ...... 405 law; Personal ...... 2,025 6. No default on any Title IV loan Total ...... $12,l05 and no refund owed on any Title IV grant; 7. Demonstration of financial need as determined by an analysis performed by the Financial Aid Office;

46 8. Completed Financial Aid file - students should continue to complete their Financial Aid file even if they have not been noti­ fied of their admissions status.

Students who need financial assis­ tance to attend the University are expected to apply for subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford Loans and for state fellowships if they are eligible. Many students may expect to apply for privately funded loans in order to meet their financial needs.

TYPES OF LOANS AND GRANTS Federal Stafford Loans Depending on the financial need analysis, an eligible student may borrow up to $8,500 for each acade­ mic year of study (usually two semesters) from a bank or financial Campus Based Financial Aid FederalVVork-Study institution which participates in the (CBFA) (FWS) (available only to upper­ Stafford Loan program. Repayments The Campus-Based Financial Aid division law school students) begin six months after the student program for law students consists of The Federal Work-Study program graduates or ceases to be enrolled at the Federal Work-Study and Perkins was designed by the federal govern­ least half-time, whichever comes Loan programs. It is funded annu­ ment to expand part-time employ­ first. Students who do not have ally by the Federal government, the ment opportunities for students who financial need may borrow through University, loan repayments from demonstrate financial need. Besides the Federal Un-Subsidized Stafford alumni, and wages from agencies providing a means of financial assis­ Loan Program, which replaced the that provide jobs. Students must tance for the student, an FWS job is Federal Supplemental Loan for submit the Financial Aid intended to complement the Students (SLS). Un-Subsidized Application by March 1 of each student's educational program or Stafford has the same terms and year to be considered for CBFA for career goal. Most jobs developed conditions as Stafford, except that the following fall, spring and under this program are intended to the borrower is responsible for inter­ summer semesters. Funding is serve the public interest and meet est that accrues during deferment limited, and eligible students who needs of the community or the and the six month grace period. have the greatest financial need and University; thus, most off-campus Students may borrow up to $18,500, apply by the deadline are given job providers are nonprofit agencies. less the amount of the subsidized priority. Entering law students A student who receives an FWS Stafford Loan. should apply as early as possible. award is approved to earn a speci­ Loans are disbursed in two equal Students who miss the application fied amount in an FWS job. The checks: the first at the beginning of deadlines will be considered for the first semester of the loan period, employer and the Federal funding that has been declined by Government pay a portion of the and the second at the beginning of priority applicants. the second semester. A new student's earnings. Award amounts borrower at Golden Gate must may range from $1,500 to $2,500 for attend a loan counseling session the academic year, including before his/her Stafford Loan check summer, fall, and spring semester may be released. earnings.

47 Federal Perkins Loan The amount of a Perkins Loan varies but seldom exceeds $2,500 per year. Loans are repayable at a 5 percent annual interest rate begin­ ning nine months (for new borrow­ ers) after an individual ceases to be at least a half-time student. A student may have up to ten years to repay the loan at a minimum of $40 per month for a new borrower, depending on the amount owed. The maximum amount that a student may borrow through the Perkins Loan program for graduate and professional study at all institutions is $18,000.

School of Law Loan The Golden Gate University School of Law Loan program was estab­ lished to make additionallow-inter­ est loan funds available to entering law students who have demonstrated academic achievement and promise, with the same basic terms of repay­ Private Loans California Graduate ment as the Perkins Loan program. Creditworthy students who need Fellowships The amount awarded in any given loans to meet the cost of education California Graduate Fellowships are year ranges up to $6,000. The maxi­ may be eligible for a Law Student awarded to California residents who mum is determined each year based Loan (LSL) or a Law Access Loan intend to become college or univer­ on available funding. Interest begins (LAL) of up to $15,000 per year. sity faculty members. Recipients are to accrue nine months after the The total maximum for all LSLs or selected on the basis of academic borrower ceases to be enrolled at LALs is $45,000; the maximum for excellence (including grades and test least half-time. These loans are all educational loans is $92,000. The scores), and financial need. The awarded to students entering the LSL requires a borrower to have a maximum award has been $6,490 per Law School in the same manner as creditworthy co-signer. Repayment year. The application deadline is in Law School scholarships. A separate begins after a student has graduated March of each year. The selection application is not required. Awards or is no longer enrolled as at least a process for California Graduate may be renewable for subsequent half-time student. Interest, fees, Fellowships is very competitive. All years of enrollment at the discretion grace periods, and other terms vary Graduate Fellows must be full-time of the Law School, depending on slightly between the LSL and LAL students. The awards may be available funding and other programs. A student should consult renewed for up to three additional considerations. a Financial Aid Counselor regarding years if the student is making normal these loans, especially if the student progress toward the graduate or is eligible for any other forms of professional degree. Students who federal assistance. have already received a graduate or professional degree or have completed graduate or professional work beyond the first year are not eligible for a California Graduate Fellowship.

48 Veterans' Benefits with national credit reporting program for students from western Students who qualify for Veterans agencies. states without an accredited law Administration Educational school (Alaska and Nevada). The Assistance programs may use their Employment commission provides payments of up benefits at Golden Gate University. Students must contribute to their to $4,300 per academic year for such A new student may request advance educational costs from their own students. For information about the payment of his/her veterans' benefits employment earnings. They are WICHE program, write to Western by submitting a written request to encouraged to use resources in the Interstate Commission for Higher the Veterans' Affairs Coordinator in Law Career Services Office to Education, P.O. Drawer P, Boulder, the Financial Aid Office. Students conduct employment searches. CO 80301-9752, (303) 541-0214. receiving veterans' benefits should notify the Veterans' Affairs Emergency Loans Bar Review Loan Coordinator of any changes in their A registered law student whose The Golden Gate University School academic programs as soon as income is temporarily interrupted or of Law Bar Review Loan (BRL) was possible. who has an unforeseen emergency established to make low-interest may borrow up to $500, interest-free, loan funds available to graduating Financial Aid Tuition from the Judith Grant McKelvey law students to help pay for the cost Postponement Plan Emergency Student Loan Fund or of a bar review course. Any student planning to take the If a student has been approved for from the Karen D. Kadushin Law California Bar for the first time can financial aid (including a certified Emergency Loan Fund. The Queen's apply for a loan to cover a portion of loan) which has not been disbursed, Bench-Marjorie B. Anderson Loan the cost of a review course, up to and if the student cannot pay tuition Fund is available for small, $1,000. Terms of repayment are the at the time of registration, he/she interest-free loans to women law same as for the Perkins Loan or the may use the University's Financial students. These loans usually must School of Law Loan. Aid Tuition Postponement Plan. be repaid within a month, but not Students will be selected based on Under this plan, an eligible student later than the end of the their total level of indebtedness may postpone a tuition payment semester. including prior Law School Loans, amount which does not exceed the Additional emergency loans are the ability to obtain private bar amount of the approved financial aid available in amounts up to $400 loans, and required and cumulative for the semester. Such postponement from the University Financial Aid GPAs. All students will be consid­ may last until the financial aid has Office and must be repaid within ered to the extent that funds are been disbursed or until the last day one month or by the end of the available. of the semester, whichever comes semester, whichever comes first. Two private loans have been first. A student who uses the plan These loans are supported by gifts established to help creditworthy must sign a promissory note at the from friends and alumni, including students pay for bar review study time of registration. If the approved the Albert I. Levine Memorial Fund courses and bar exam fees. Students financial aid is subsequently disap­ the Herbert Pothier Memorial ' who have borrowed through the proved or canceled for any reason, Student Emergency Loan Fund, the Law Loans program may apply for the postponed tuition payment Sonoma County Loan Fund, the the Bar Study Loan (BSL), which amount is due and payable. Failure Stanley Breyer Loan Fund, the M. provides loans up to $5,000 with a to pay tuition after receiving finan­ Graham Loan Fund, and the creditworthy co-signer. Students may cial aid will result in a 10 percent Past-President Memorial Loan also apply for the Bar Exam Loan late payment charge and may cause Fund. (BEL) provided by the Law Access a student to lose deferred payment program for loans up to $5,000. and postponement privileges and Western Interstate Commission become ineligible for University for Higher Education loans. In order to determine eligibil­ The Law School participates in the ity for the Financial Aid Tuition Western Interstate Commission for Postponement Plan, the University Higher Education (WICHE) may review a student's credit history

49 POLICIES

olden Gate University University to promote actively the of the Law School. Applicants or complies with federal and objectives and policies of nondiscrimi­ students are encouraged to follow the state laws regarding the nation set forth in Titles VI and VII of Grievance Procedure outlined in the G possession, sale, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX "Procedure for Processing Unlawful consumption of alcohol and other of the Education Amendments of Discrimination Complaints." A copy drugs (Drug-Free Schools and 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the of that document may be obtained Communities Act Amendments of Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the from the Associate Dean for Student 1989 [PL 101-226]; Hawkins-Stafford Vietnam Era and Veterans Services of the Law School. The Elementary and Secondary School Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, following is a description of the Improvement Amendments of 1988 the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Procedure for Processing Unlawful [PL 100-297]; Anti-Drug Abuse Act Executive Order 11246, the Discrimination Complaints: of 1988 [PL 100-690]). Americans with Disabilities Act of The complainant should first Federal and state laws prohibit the 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and discuss the complaint with the director sale and use of drugs which are not all other applicable federal, state and of the Law School program involved. prescribed by a physician or available local antidiscrimination laws. Golden If this discussion does not resolve the for regular retail sale. Any student Gate University does not discrimi­ problem, the complainant may discuss known to be possessing, using, or nate, within the meaning of these the complaint with the Law School distributing such drugs is subject to laws, on the basis of race, color, administrator responsible for the serious University disciplinary action national origin, religion, sex, sexual aforementioned program. (suspension or dismissal) and arrest preference/orientation, handicap, age, If the circumstances of the under the state and federal laws. The disabled veteran status, or Vietnam complaint prevent discussions with University will facilitate counseling Era veteran status in employment in the Law School program director or and referral to treatment as its educational programs, or in the Law School administrator or if the appropriate. provision of benefits and services to complaint is not resolved within five Under strict supervision, alcohol its students. (5) working days, the complainant may be served at approved events. Golden Gate University will may then file a written complaint. Prior approval for student events must provide accessible programs and facil­ The complainant must file a written be obtained from the Dean of Student ities to a qualified applicant or student complaint within 120 days of the Services. The State of California with a disability unless such accommo­ alleged unlawful discriminatory action prohibits the possession, sale, or dation would cause undue hardship on and submit it to the Associate Dean consumption of alcohol by anyone the operation of its business. Golden for Student Services of the Law under 21 years of age. Gate University will also make School. Investigation of the complaint The University assumes no liability, reasonable adjustments to the acade­ will begin within fourteen (14) work­ and hereby expressly negates the mic program of a qualified applicant ing days of receipt of the written same, for failure to provide or delay in or student with a disability, unless the complaint. providing, educational or related academic requirements are essential Upon receipt of the written services or facilities, or for any other to the program of instruction or to a complaint, the Associate Dean for failure or delay in performance arising directly related licensing requirement, Student Services of the Law School out of, or due to causes beyond the or unless such accommodation would will attempt to resolve the matter reasonable control of, the University, result in a substantial modification of informally. If the complaint is not which causes include, without limita­ Golden Gate University requirements resolved informally, a Complaint tion, power failure, fire, strikes by or programs. Review Panel will hear the complaint University employees or others, Students with questions concerning and receive testimony and informa­ damage by the elements, and acts of the University's policy of nondiscrimi­ tion from witnesses. Within five (5) public authorities. The University will, nation (including questions concern­ working days of the close of the hear­ however, exert reasonable efforts, ing nondiscrimination on the basis of ing, the Panel will forward its findings when in its judgment it is appropriate disability, academic adjustments and and recommendations to the to do so, to provide comparable or accessibility) should contact the President of the University and to substantially equivalent services, facil­ Associate Dean for Student Services both parties to the complaint. ities, or performance, but its inability of the Law School at (415) 442-6615. The President will issue a decision or failure to do so shall not subject it Applicants or students who feel within thirteen (13) days of receipt of to liability. they may have been subject to unlaw­ the Panel's findings and recommenda­ The University reserves the right to ful discrimination in connection with tions. Both parties to the Complaint change regulations, curricula, courses, any Law School program, including will be notified of the resolution of the tuition, fees, and other aspects of its discrimination on the basis of disabil­ complaint within ninety (90) days of programs as described in this Bulletin. ity, may file a complaint with the the beginning of the investigation. The It is the intent and policy of the Associate Dean for Student Services decision of the President will be final.

50 LOCATION

DIRECTIONS TO GOLDEN JII.l"tIjU"jl;C . GATE UNIVERSITY From Marin: Golden Gate Bridge 11011.1111111101··<·· and Highway 101 to Van Ness -- - - - Avenue. Left on Bush Street across ••.It.I~.\ Market Street to First Street. One •ac¢jjIDli;_Y·~II$. block on First Street to Mission .- ~ -----2 Street. Right on Mission Street one­ half block.

J.-: -• From Peninsula: Highway 101 to 80 (Bay BridgelDowntown) to Fourth .. ·.·.·.:8.··.•.•.--- -- ~ --: ••.• -~- - --- •··•·· ------....· Street exit. One block on Bryant .. f:jtJ8ji81l~ .. :·: Street. Left on Third Street, right on Mission Street two blocks. From East Bay: Bay Bridge to Fremont Street exit. Left on Fremont, then left on Mission one block.

PUBLIC TRANSIT One block on Mission Street from Transbay Terminal at First and Mission Streets. BART and MUNI Metro, Montgomery Street exit: Walk one block from Market Street to Mission Street on Second Street. Left on Mission Street one-half block. From Southern Pacific Depot at Fourth and Townsend Streets: Take #42 Downtown Loop bus to Fremont and Mission Streets. Walk left on Mission Street one and one­ half blocks.

51 J.D. PROGRAM APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

(Please read carefully.) submitted to LSDAS as soon as e-mail address is possible after filing the applica­ "[email protected]" . 1. The application must be typed or tion to permit provisional evalua­ printed legibly in ink, signed by tion of the application. Financial Aid Application the applicant, and mailed to the LSAT Score Reports: Applicants Information Law School Admissions Office, must take the Law School The Golden Gate Financial Aid Golden Gate University, 536 Admission Test, and ensure that Application Packet will be forwarded Mission Street, San Francisco, their scores are reported to to each Law School applicant. In CA 94105, or personally delivered Golden Gate. order to meet the priority deadline to the Admissions Office, 49 for financial aid for Mid-Year Stevenson Street, 15th floor, San 6. The application and supporting Admission 1996, first-year law Francisco, CA 94105. documents must be filed by April 15,1996 for admission in the fall students must submit the Financial 2. All questions must be answered. 1996 day program; the deadline Aid Application, complete Financial If the answer is "no" or "none" or for the evening program is June 1, Aid Transcripts, and FAFSA by if the question is "not applicable," October 1, 1995. To meet the prior­ 1996. Applicants who wish to please so state. Failure to ity deadline for financial aid for the apply for Mid-Year Admission complete the form fully or to beginning in January 1996 must fall 1996 entering class, first-year law furnish supporting documents will apply by November 15,1995. students must submit the Financial delay action on the application. Aid Application, complete Financial 7. A nonrefundable application fee Aid Transcripts, and FAFSA by 3. Please note all requirements and of $40 must accompany each March 1, 1996. procedures set forth in the Law application. Please staple a check School Bulletin. No application for financial or money order payable to assistance is considered complete 4. A personal statement as Golden Gate University to the until all required forms and docu­ described in the Admissions upper right corner of the applica­ ments are received in the Law section of this Bulletin should be tion. The student's name and School Financial Aid Office. enclosed with the application. social security number should All Law School applicants will be appear on the front of the check. 5. It is the applicant's responsibility automatically considered for merit to furnish official transcripts and 8. Because the Admissions Office scholarships administered by the LSAT score reports. receives a large number of appli­ Law School. cations, the Law School requests Transcripts: Golden Gate that applicants who wish to Further inquiries regarding University is a participating inquire about the status of their financial aid should be directed to member of the Law School Data applications telephone only the Law School Financial Aid Office Assembly Service (LSDAS), Box at Golden Gate University, between 9:00 and 11 :00 a.m. on 2000, Newtown, PA 18940. An (415) 442-6635. weekdays. The Admissions Office applicant to the Law School must number is (415) 442-6630, and the obtain an LSDAS registration form, available from the Law School Admissions Office or from LSD AS, and should carefully THE ADMISSION CALENDAR follow all the LSDAS instruc­ Applications Accepted .. ;.. , ...... •.... : .....:; ...... ;•. : ....•...... : ...... Septembetl,1995 tions. An applicant must instruct LSAT AdIllinistrat~on· ...... ;... ,...... September 30.W~5 all undergraduate and graduate Mid-YearAdmission ApplicationDeadllne ...... ;...... ;.•.. ;.November 15{~995 . schools attended to send tran­ LSAT Administration .; ...... ;...... :...... December2, 199.5 scripts of his/her academic record to LSDAS, not directly to Golden Mid~Year Admission Classes Begin ...... ;...... ;, ...... Januaty8,1996 Gate University School of Law. If LSAT·Administration ...... February 10,1996 an applicant is currently attending Fall Admission Application Deadline (Day) ...... April 15,J996 college, transcripts of all work Fall Admission Application Deadline (Evening/Advanced Standing) .... June 1,1996 completed to date should be Fall Admission Classes Begin ...... August 14, 1996

52 GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

536 Mission Street San Francisco, California 94105-2968 Application for Admission to the J.D. Program (Please type or print in ink)

Applying for admission as: D New Student D Transfer D Visitor Semester: D Spring, beginning January, 19_ D Fall, beginning August, 19_

Division: D Full-time Day D Part-time Evening

Social Security Number ______(optional)

Name: ______FIRST MIDDLE LAST

Present Mailing Address:

Street: ______

City: ______State _____ Zip Code ______

Phone:( ______

HOME WORK

Date of birth: ______Gender: D Male D Female

Ethnic Survey: Check one: D Alaskan Native or American Indian (1) D Asian or Pacific Islander (4) D Decline to state (8) D Hispanic (2) D Black (5) D White (3) D Other (please specify) (6/7) ______

Country of Citizenship: ______

If you are not a U.S. Citizen, please indicate your Visa Status: ______

53 ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Do you now hold a bachelor's degree? If your answer is "no," but you expect to receive a degree prior to registration in law school, state when you expect your degree to be conferred: ______

List all colleges (but not law schools) attended and degrees conferred, including any graduate study. If you do not have a degree, state total number of units completed at each college. College Dates Attended Major Degree (list most recent first) (or units)

List all college scholastic honors received:

Have you ever attended another law school? If answer is "yes," transcripts for all prior law studies and letters of good standing must be sent directly to Golden Gate University.

Name of law school ______Dates attended:

Are you eligible to return to the law school last attended? ______

Have you ever been dismissed or disqualified at any law school or college? ______If answer is "yes," attach statement giving details.

All applicants must take the Law School Admissions Test and have an official score report sent to the Law School through LSDAS. In completing this question, insert numerical, not percentile, score.

I have taken the LSAT

on: ______with LSAT score: ______

I will take the LSAT on: ______

Other Law Schools applied to: -,-______

54 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Did you work while in college? _____ If answer is "yes," please complete the following:

Position(s) held No. of hours per week

Freshman yr.:

Sophomore yr.:

Junior yr.:

Senior yr.:

State positions of employment after college, indicating employer, dates of employment, and reasons for leaving, or attach a resume. Employer Dates Position Reason for Leaving (list most recent first)

Have you ever been convicted of, or is any charge now pending against you, for any crime other than a traffic violation? Ifthe answer is yes, give dates and explain the circumstances fully on a separate sheet. As a member or applicant to any profession or organization, as a holder of any office, license, or credential, have you ever been disciplined, or had a license or credential suspended, revoked, or denied? ______If yes, please attach a statement providing full details, identifying the license or credential involved, and providing the dates, details of the matter, final disposition, and the name and address of the authority in possession of the records hereto.

All applicants should consult the rules and regulations of the Committee of Bar Examiners of the state in which they intend to practice to determine whether or not there is anything which might affect their eligibility for admission to the Bar, and whether they are required to register with the Bar of that sate when they commence the study of law.

NOTE: You are required to submit a personal statement. Please refer to the Bulletin for details. A non-refundable $40 application fee must accompany this application. I certify that the above application is correct in all respects according to my best knowledge and belief, and I understand that if admitted to Golden Gate University and School of Law, I must abide by the rules and regulations of the University and the School of Law. I understand that knowingly providing false information may be grounds for denial of admission, or, if discovered after admission, for dismissal from the Law School.

DATED: SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT

GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY WELCOMES APPLICANTS REGARDLESS OF RACE, SEX, CREED, COLOR, HANDICAP, SEXUAL PREFERENCE/ORIENTATION, OR NATIONALIETH­ NICORIGIN

55 OPTIONAL INFORMATION FOR SPECIAL ADMISSIONS CONSIDERATION

In an effort to enhance the diversity of the Law School student body, the Admissions Committee takes into account an applicant's ethnic, racial, and cultural background. If you believe this is relevant to your application, please provide, in the space below, a brief but complete statement which identifies your heritage, discusses any adverse circumstances that affected your personal or educational development, and explains why you believe these circumstances warrant special attention by the Admissions Committee.

This optional information serves as a supplement to the required Personal Statement and should not be used in lieu of the Personal Statement.

I certify that the information above is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Signature ______Date ______

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