Editing Loyola Law School

{{Infobox University|
 name = Loyola Marymount University |
 image = [[Image:loyolamarymountsealsmall.jpg]] |
 motto = ''[[Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam]] - Tua Luce Dirige'' |
 established = [[1911]], ([[1865]]) |
 type = Private, [[Roman Catholic]] |
 endowment = $500 million  |
 head_label = President |
 head = Rev. [[Robert B. Lawton]], S.J., Ph.D. |
 city = [[Los Angeles]] |
 state = [[California]] |
 country = [[United States]] |
 undergrad = 5,465 |
 postgrad = 3,082 |
 postgrad_label = graduate |
 faculty = 839 |
 campus = Urban, 150 acres (0.6 km²)|
 free_label = Conference |
 free = [[West Coast Conference]] |
 mascot = Lions [[Image:Lionlmu.jpg|40px|]] |
 website = [http://www.lmu.edu/ www.lmu.edu]}}

'''Loyola Law School''' is the graduate [[law school]] of [[Loyola Marymount University]], a private [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] school in [[Los Angeles, California]].  Loyola was established in [[1920]].  Like [[Loyola University Chicago School of Law]] and [[Loyola University New Orleans College of Law]] (separate and unaffiliated institutions), it is named in honor of [[St. Ignatius of Loyola]], founder of the [[Jesuits]]. Its campus is located in [[downtown Los Angeles]], separate from the [[Westchester, Los Angeles, California|Westchester]] main university campus, and was designed by [[Frank Gehry]].

==Academics==
Loyola is ranked 66th (tied with 3 other schools) in the "Top Law Schools" tier of the 2008 ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' [[College and university rankings|rankings]][http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php], and it ranks higher on alternative guides such as the [[Law School Rankings|Coolely rankings]] (also known as the Brennan rankings)[http://www.cooley.edu/rankings/overall2006.htm] in addition to [[The Princeton Review|''The Princeton Review'']].  For speciality rankings:
*Loyola's fairly recent Taxation [[LLM|LL.M.]] program ranks 8th in the nation by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php]  
*Loyola's [[moot court|trial advocacy program]] is ranked 5th in the nation by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php] 
*[[The Princeton Review|''The Princeton Review'']] ranked Loyola 3rd in the nation based on its professors' "interesting" and "accessibility" ratings after [[Washington and Lee University]] and [[Boston University]][http://www.lls.edu/media/assets/PrincetonReview06.pdf]
*Loyola is ranked 5th in the nation for "Best Overall Academic Experience" by [[The Princeton Review|''The Princeton Review'']] after [[Stanford University]], [[University of Chicago]], [[University of Virginia]], and [[Georgetown University]][http://www.lls.edu/media/assets/PrincetonReview06.pdf]
*Lawdragon, which ranks and evaluates attorneys and judges, named Loyola #17 in its list of the 25 Leading Law Schools. [http://www.lawdragon.com/index.php/lawdragon/fullstory/top_law_schools/]

Distinct from most law schools, which are typically comprised of one or two centralized buildings, Loyola has a separate law school campus.  The campus, sitting on a full city block in [[downtown Los Angeles]], is made up of an open central plaza surrounded by several contemporary buildings designed by [[Frank Gehry]].[http://www.lls.edu/about/campus/index.html]  Its recently renovated library is one of the largest private law libraries in the [[western U.S.]], with a collection of nearly 560,000 volumes.[http://library.lls.edu/]  

Including its day and evening [[J.D.]] programs, Loyola has the largest and most diverse student enrollment of any California law school, and it prides itself in its civic duties.  It was the first California law school with a [[pro bono]] graduation requirement,[http://www.lls.edu/about/] under which students perform 40 hours of [[pro bono]] work.[http://intranet.lls.edu/publicinterestlaw/probono/index.html]  After [[Hurricane Katrina]], Loyola was also one of a handful of schools to open its doors to students of law schools in [[New Orleans]] who were forced to relocate for a period of time after the hurricane.[http://www.lls.edu/media/documents/PublicRecordWinter2005.pdf]

==Fact sheet==
'''Fact sheet—2006-07'''[http://www.lls.edu/media/documents/LLSFactSheet.pdf]

Loyola Law School opened its doors in 1920 and is located in downtown Los Angeles

Degrees Offered: Juris Doctor (JD); Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA); Masters of Law in Taxation (LLM); Masters of Law in American Law & International Legal Practice (International LLM)

American Bar Association Accreditation: 1937

Awarded a Chapter in The Order of the Coif: 1990

Faculty: 75 full-time faculty members

Enrollment: 1360 total—Women (50%); Minority (37%), ranked 12th in the nation for minority enrollment

Law Reviews: Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review and Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Review

Programs: International programs in China, Costa Rica & Italy; the Learning Rights Project; the Cancer Legal Resource Center; the Disability Mediation Center; the Center for Conflict Resolution; the Disability Rights Legal Center; the Center for Juvenile Law & Policy; the Civil Justice Program; the Law & Technology Program; and the Entertainment Law Practicum

Graduate Employment Rate: 95%+ within nine months of graduation

Tuition: $33,719 full-time; $22,418 part-time

Financial Aid: 85% of Loyola Law students receive some form of financial assistance.

Alumni:  Represented in all 50 states and in 16 countries

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==Law reviews==
Loyola currently has three student-run and edited law reviews:
*''Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review'' is a journal of distinction devoted to the advancement of legal scholarship; recent issues of the Law Review have included articles on ICANN, ''Eldred v. Ashcroft'', firearms ammunition and products liability, California's "three strikes" law, the [[Americans with Disabilities Act]], and trial jury reform[http://llr.lls.edu]
*''Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review'' is dedicated to the advancement of legal scholarship and seeks to publish scholarly, professional articles of high caliber, based on accurate and in-depth research, which advance legal scholarship in the field of international law, aid in the resolution of contemporary international legal problems, and contribute to the continuing education of the legal community[http://ilr.lls.edu/]
*''Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review'' publishes scholarly articles which frequently cover topics in constitutional law, sports law, intellectual property rights, communications regulation, antitrust law, employment law, contract law, corporate law, as well as the emerging fields of computer and Internet law. ELR has also featured symposia on such topics as independent filmmaking, international rights of publicity and the use of law and identity to script cultural production[http://elr.lls.edu/]

==Trial advocacy and moot court==
Loyola's trial advocacy and moot court programs are listed below:
*Byrne Trial Advocacy Program,[http://intranet.lls.edu/teams/byrne/index.html] ranked 5th in the nation by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'',[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawrank_brief.php] which has won numerous regional and national competitions throughout the years
*Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition[http://intranet.lls.edu/teams/scott/index.html]
*National Moot Court Competition,[http://intranet.lls.edu/teams/scott/index.html] sponsored by the [[Association of the Bar of the City of New York]] and [[American College of Trial Lawyers]][http://www.abcny.org/LawStudents/MootCourt.htm]
*Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition[http://intranet.lls.edu/teams/moot-rich/index.html]
*Scott Moot Court Competition, Loyola's student-run moot court competition[http://intranet.lls.edu/teams/scott/participation.html]
*Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot[http://vis.lls.edu/]

==Programs and clinics==
*Center for Conflict Resolution, which provides mediation, conciliation, and facilitation services, as well as conflict resolution training[http://intranet.lls.edu/conflictres/] 
*Center for Juvenile Law and Policy, which serves as a holistic law firm representing youths in juvenile court; a small group of students each year are selected as participants in a year-long clinic run by the Center, receiving trial advocacy and procedure training from the Center's staff of seasoned attorneys and social workers[http://www.lls.edu/juvenilelaw/index.html]
*Civil Justice Program, which convenes periodic conferences, seminars and presentations, promotes and publishes scholarly research, and initiates cross disciplinary projects[http://www.lls.edu/cjp/]
*[[Disability Rights Legal Center|Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC)]] (formerly the Western Law Center for Disability Rights), one of Southern California's most active public interest centers specializing in [[Americans with Disabilities Act]] litigation;[http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/] DRLC is run by a mix of Loyola professors, law student externs, and attorneys, and its centers and programs include the following:
:•  Cancer Legal Resource Center[http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/about/cancerlegalresource.cfm]
:•  Civil Rights Litigation Project[http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/about/civilrightslitigation.cfm]
:•  Education Advocacy Project
[http://www.lls.edu/academics/candp/drlc.html]
:•  Disability Mediation Center[http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/about/disabilitymediation.cfm]
:•  Community Outreach Program[http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/about/educationoutreach.cfm]
:•  Inland Empire Program[http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/about/inlandempire.cfm]
:•  Options Counseling and Lawyer Referral Service[http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/about/options.cfm]
:•  Pro Bono Attorney Program[http://www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org/about/probono.cfm]
*Entertainment Law Practicum, which provides students with hands-on experience in the entertainment industry while earning units toward their degree[http://www.lls.edu/academics/candp/externships-programs.html]
*Journalist Law School, providing fellowships to journalists for an intensive legal study practicum[http://www.lls.edu/cjp/jls/]
*Program for Law & Technology, a collaboration with the [[California Institute of Technology]][http://techlaw.lls.edu/]
*Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF), which is a student-run organization focused on getting students involved in public interest causes as well as raising money for public interest grants; PILF is the largest and most active public interest club of its kind of all the law schools in Southern California[http://www.pilf.org]
*Sports Law Institute, which provides a sports law-related curriculum and annual symposia[http://faculty.lls.edu/sli/]

==Study-abroad programs==
*Loyola offers study-abroad programs for J.D. students in [[Beijing, China]][http://www.lls.edu/programs/beijing/index.html], [[Bologna, Italy]],[http://www.lls.edu/programs/italy/index.html] and [[Costa Rica|Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica]][http://www.lls.edu/programs/costa/index.html]
*Loyola offers an International LL.M. program based in [[Bologna, Italy]][http://www.lls.edu/programs/bologna/index.html]

==Notable faculty==
'''Dean'''
*David W. Burcham, a Loyola graduate and former [[U.S. Supreme Court]] clerk[http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/]

'''Current faculty'''
*Ellen P. Aprill, a tax law scholar and part of Loyola's LL.M. program in taxation.  Former U.S. Supreme Court clerk. [http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/aprill.html]  
*William D. Araiza, a constitutional law scholar and author.  Former U.S. Supreme Court clerk. [http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/araiza.html].
*Jeffery Atik, an international law scholar
*Stanley A. Goldman, a criminal law professor who often doubles as a [[Fox News]] legal analyst 
*Richard L. Hasen, an [[election law]] scholar and the writer of a widely read election law [[blog]][[http://electionlawblog.org/]
* Allan Ides, a Constitutional Law Scholar.  Former U.S. Supreme Court clerk. [http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/ides.html]
*[[Robin B. Kar]], a scholar on legal theory and jurisprudence
*Laurie L. Levenson, a criminal law professor who is also a frequent contributor to [[CNN]] and other media sources.  Former assistant division chief of the USAO, Central District of CA. [http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/levenson.html]
*Christopher N. May, who has authored many widely read books on civil procedure and constitutional law
*Theodore P. Seto, a tax law scholar and part of Loyola's LL.M. program in taxation
*Peter M. Tiersma, a linguist whose scholarship covers language and the law
*Georgene M. Vairo, a widely read civil procedure scholar, perhaps best known for commentary on complex [[civil litigation]] and Rule 11 of the [[Federal Rules of Civil Procedure]]
*Gary C. Williams, who also serves as President of the Board of Directors of the [[American Civil Liberties Union|American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)]] of Southern California
*[http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/ Full faculty list and profiles]

'''Clinical faculty'''
*[http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/schultz.html Michael Shultz], former deputy [[public defender]] now working in juvenile court
*[http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/yamashiro.html Cyn Yamashiro], juvenile law advocate and Director of the [http://www.lls.edu/juvenilelaw/staff.html Center for Juvenile Law and Policy]

'''Former faculty'''
*[http://www.law.duke.edu/fac/fisk/ Catherine Fisk] of [[Duke University School of Law]], and wife of noted professor [[Erwin Chemerinsky]]
*[http://law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/faculty-detail/index.aspx?faculty_id=172 Laurence R. Helfer] of [[Vanderbilt University Law School]]
*[http://www.law.uoregon.edu/faculty/hosofsky/ Hari Osofsky] of the [[University of Oregon School of Law]]
*[http://www.law.uiuc.edu/faculty/DirectoryResult.asp?Name=Solum,+Lawrence Lawrence B. Solum] of the [[University of Illinois College of Law]]
*[http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/index.php?id=ftung Frederick Tung] of [[Emory Law School]]
*[http://www.scu.edu/law/faculty/fulltime/fcty_1056.html Gerald F. Uelmen] of [[Santa Clara University School of Law]]

==Notable alumni==
'''Lawyers and activists'''
*[[Gloria Allred]], J.D. 1974, a lawyer, [[talk radio|radio]] [[talk show]] host, and media personality
*Seth Aronson, J.D. 1981, head of [[O'Melveny & Myers LLP]]'s Los Angeles office [http://www.omm.com/webcode/navigate.asp?nodehandle=31&idContent=1487]
*Robert C. Baker, J.D. 1971, Los Angeles attorney who defended [[O.J. Simpson]] in Simpson's civil trial
*[[Johnnie Cochran|Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.]], J.D. 1962, high-profiled defense attorney
*[[Ricardo Cruz]], a former [[Chicano Civil Rights Movement]] attorney
*[[Mark Geragos]], J.D. 1982, high-profiled defense attorney
*[http://www.girardikeese.com/membersTomG.htm Thomas Girardi], a founding partner of Girardi & Keese
*[[Paul Irving]], J.D. 1980, Co-Chairman of Manatt Phelps Phillips.  Former Managing Partner. [http://www.manatt.com/Attorneys.aspx?id=2069&full=538].
* Sean Kennedy, the federal [[Public Defender]] for the [[Central District of California]] (since March 2006)[http://www.metnews.com/articles/2006/dave032406.htm]
*[[Melanie Lomax|Melanie E. Lomax]], a [[Civil Rights]] lawyer and former head of the [[Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners]]
*[[Edward L. Masry]], attorney portrayed in the movie ''[[Erin Brockovich]]''
*[http://www.omm.com/webcode/navigate.asp?nodeHandle=31&idContent=2957 Alejandro Mayorkas], former [[U.S. Attorney]] for the [[Central District of California]], nominated in 1998 by President [[Bill Clinton]]; Mayorkas was, at the age of 39, the youngest U.S. Attorney in the nation; he is now a partner at [[O'Melveny & Myers LLP]]
*[[Diane Patrick]] (formerly Diane Bemus), [[First Lady]] of [[Massachusetts]] (married to Governor [[Deval Patrick]]); Patrick is a partner at the [[Boston]] law firm [[Ropes and Gray|Ropes & Gray LLP]] specializing in labor and employment law
*[[Robert Shapiro]], a high-profiled defense attorney.  Name partner of Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro, LLP.[http://www.chrisglase.com/Bio/RobertShapiro.asp]
*[[Laura Wasser|Laura Allison Wasser]], a divorce attorney who has handled divorces for [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Kiefer Sutherland]], [[Spike Jonze]], [[Nick Lachey]], and [[Britney Spears]]

'''Non-legal'''
*[[John Edward Anderson]], president of Topa Equities, Ltd., founder of Kindel & Anderson law firm, namesake of [[UCLA Anderson School of Management]]
*[[Joseph C. Battaglia]], [[talk radio|radio]] [[talk show]] host of [[The American Advisor]]
*[[Tony Blankley]], a [[Washington Times]] editor
*[[Joe Escalante]], a punk-rock musician
*[[Josh E. Gross]], publisher of ''[[Beverly Hills Weekly]]''
*[[Chris Kobin]], a [[screenwriter]] and [[film producer]]
*[[Darren Levine]], a martial artist and entrepreneur
*Stephen F. Page, J.D. 1968, former Vice Chairman and CFO of [[United Technologies]] and former President and CEO of [[Otis Elevator]]
*Henry C. Yuen, co-founder, and former CEO and Chairman, of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.

'''Political'''
*Robert G. Beverly, J.D. 1951, former [[California State Senate|California state senator]] representing the 29th senate district
*[[Benjamin Cayetano]], J.D. 1971, former [[governor]] of [[Hawaii]]
*[[William P. Clark, Jr.]], J.D. 1957, former [[Associate Justice]] of the [[California Supreme Court]], [[Deputy Secretary of State]], [[National Security Advisor]], and [[Secretary of the Interior]]
*[[Tom Harman]], J.D. 1968, [[California State Senate|California state senator]] representing the 35th senate district
*[[Bob Miller (Nevada governor)|Robert Joseph Miller]], J.D. 1971, former [[governor]] of [[Nevada]]
*[[Kevin Murray (politician)|Kevin Murray]], J.D. 1987, former [[California State Senate|California state senator]] representing the 26th senate district
*[[Nick Pacheco]], a former member of the [[Los Angeles City Council]]
*[[Eric J. Perrodin]], [[mayor]] of [[Compton, California]]

'''Judicial'''
*[[Lynn Compton]], a retired [[California Court of Appeal]] Judge.  Member of the 101st Airborne Division.  Story portrayed in Band of Brothers.
*[[Rick Distaso]], a judge and former high-profiled prosecutor in the case against [[Scott Peterson (convicted murderer)|Scott Peterson]]
*Kathryn Doi Todd of the [[California Court of Appeal]]
*Mark Gibbons of the [[Supreme Court of Nevada]]
*Patti Kitching of the [[California Court of Appeal]]
*Gary Klausner, a federal district court judge sitting in the [[Central District of California]] and former presiding judge of the [[Los Angeles]] [[Superior Court]].
*Manuel A. Ramirez of the [[California Court of Appeal]]
*[[Manuel Real]], a federal district court judge sitting in the [[Central District of California]]
*William F. Rylaarsdam of the [[California Court of Appeal]]
*Michael T. Sauer, Superior Court judge and former appellate attorney who argued the [[First Amendment]] case [[Cohen v. California]] before the [[United States Supreme Court]].[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-judge8may08,0,626864.story?]

'''Academia'''
*[http://louisville.edu/brandeislaw/faculty/fischer.htm Judith D. Fischer] of the [[University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law]]
*[http://law.uark.edu/about_us/faculty_directory/sharon_foster Sharon Foster] of the [[William H. Bowen School of Law|University of Arkansas William H. Bowen School of Law]]
*[http://www.law.temple.edu/servlet/RetrievePage?site=TempleLaw&page=Faculty_Harris Donald P. Harris] of [[Temple University Beasley School of Law]]
*[http://web.chapman.edu/OCFaculty/Photos.aspx?last=K Jayne Kacer] of [[Chapman University]]
*[http://www.law.whittier.edu/faculty_admin/members_bio-kelton.asp Christine Kelton] of [[Whittier Law School]]
*[http://law.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/ckerr.html Catherine L. Kerr] of [[Pepperdine University School of Law]]
*[http://www.law.utk.edu/FACULTY/FACULTYmarshall.htm Sibyl Marshall] of [[University of Tennessee College of Law]]
*[http://www.albanylaw.edu/sub.php?navigation_id=157&user_id=103 James Redwood] of [[Albany Law School]]
*[http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio.cfm?id=72 Steven H. Shiffrin] of [[Cornell Law School]]
*[http://www.uakron.edu/law/lawfaculty/thomas.php Tracy A. Thomas] of the [[University of Akron School of Law]]
*[http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_FacultyBioPage/facultybiopagenew.asp?ID=81 Grace Tonner] of the [[University of Michigan Law School]]
*Some graduates have also gone on to serve on [http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/ Loyola's faculty]

== External links ==
*[http://www.lls.edu Loyola Law School's website], offering information to current and prospective students

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