Editing UC Davis School of Law

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| parent                      = University of California
| established                 = 1965
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| dean                        = Kevin Johnson
| street_address              = 400 Mrak Hall Dr
| city                        = Davis
| state                       = CA
| country                     = US
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| full_time_faculty           = 62
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| ranking                     = 23
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| bar_pass_rate               = 88
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| website                     = www.law.ucdavis.edu
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The '''University of California Davis School of Law''' (Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall), referred to as '''UC Davis School of Law''' and commonly known as '''King Hall''' and '''UC Davis Law,''' is an [[American Bar Association#Accreditation of law schools|American Bar Association]] approved [[Law school in the United States|law school]] located in [[Davis, California]] on the campus of the [[University of California, Davis]]. The school received ABA approval in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/aba_approved_law_schools/by_year_approved.html |title=ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year |work=ABA website |accessdate=April 20, 2011}}</ref>  It joined the [[Association of American Law Schools]] (AALS) in 1968.<ref>[http://www.aals.org/about_memberschools.php#c-d AALS Member Schools]</ref>

By design, UC Davis School of Law is the smallest of the five law schools in the [[University of California]] system, with a total enrollment of just under 600 students. Located in a building named for Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], and commonly referred to as King Hall,<ref>[http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/about/history-of-king-hall.html King Hall]</ref> the School is committed to preserving Dr. King's ideal of social and political justice.

The School’s traditional and emerging areas of study include business law, criminal law and procedure, environmental and natural resources law, health care law and bioethics, human rights and social justice law, intellectual property law, immigration law, international and comparative law, constitutional law, and public interest law. Certificate programs are offered in Public Service Law, Environment and Natural Resources Law, and Pro Bono Service.

Among the UC Davis School of Law's assets are award-winning trial and appellate advocacy programs, clinics, and externships, five student-run journals, and more than 40 active student organizations.

==Rankings and academics==
UC Davis is one of the top 5 law schools in California, and one of the top 25 law schools in the United States. ''[[US News & World Report]]'' ranks UC Davis 23rd among top law schools in the U.S.,<ref name=USNWR/> and as the second most [[Diversity (politics)|diverse]] of the four law schools in the UC system (after [[UC Hastings]]).<ref>{{cite web | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Law School Diversity Index | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/law/brief/lawdiv_brief.php | publisher= [[US News & World Report]] | accessdate= 2007-10-20}}</ref> Princeton Review placed UC Davis tenth in the nation in the 2009 version of its annual ranking of faculty diversity among American law schools.  It is listed as an "A-" in the March 2011 "Diversity Honor Roll" by ''The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students''.<ref name=NationalJurist>{{Citation
   | last1 = Larsen  | first1 = Rebecca
  | title = Most Diverse Law Schools (Diversity Honor Roll)
  | journal = The National Jurist
  | volume = 20
  | issue = 6
  | pages = 30–37
  | publisher = Cypress Magazines
  | location = San Diego, California
  | date = March 2011
  | url = http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0311/#/32
}}</ref>

It is listed as an "A" (#16) in the January 2011 "Best Public Interest Law Schools" ratings by ''The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students''.<ref name=NJPubInterest>{{Citation
   | last1 = Weyenberg  | first1 = Michelle
  | title = Best Law Schools for Public Interest
  | journal = The National Jurist
  | volume = 20
  | issue = 4
  | pages = 24–28
  | publisher = Cypress Magazines
  | location = San Diego, California
  | date = January 2011
  | url = http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0111/index.php#/24
}}</ref>

UC Davis Law has the smallest student body of the UC schools, but a slightly larger student/faculty ratio than [[UCLA School of Law|UCLA]] or [[Boalt Hall|Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, What are the largest and smallest law schools? | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/webextras/brief/sb_law_size_brief.php | publisher= [[US News]] | accessdate= 2007-10-20}}</ref>

In addition, it is one of the least expensive law schools in the UC system, and it grants the most in financial aid after UCLA, so students tend to graduate with less debt on average than other schools in the UC system.<ref>{{cite web | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Who's the priciest? Who's the cheapest? | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/webextras/brief/sb_law_cost_public_brief.php | publisher= [[US News & World Report]] | accessdate= 2007-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Which public schools award the most and the least financial aid? | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/webextras/brief/sb_law_finaid_public_brief.php | publisher= [[US News]] | accessdate= 2007-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008, Whose graduates have the most debt? The least?  | url= http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/webextras/brief/sb_law_debt_brief.php | publisher= [[US News]] | accessdate= 2007-10-20}}</ref> UC Davis Law's King Hall Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), founded in 1990 to help alumni working in relatively low-income public-service law careers to repay student loans, was the first loan repayment assistance program established at any UC law school.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

According to [[Brian Leiter]]'s Law School rankings, Davis ranks 23rd in the nation in terms of scholarly impact as measured by academic [[citation]]s of tenure-stream faculty.<ref>{{cite web | title= Top 25 Law Faculties Based on Scholarly Impact, 2005-2009 | url= http://www.leiterrankings.com/new/2010_scholarlyimpact.shtml}}</ref>

In February 2008, the ''The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students'' ranked the ''UC Davis Law Review'' number 30 on its list of the 100 best law reviews.<ref>{{cite web | title=  National Jurist's 100 Best Law Reviews | url= http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist0208/index.php?startid=22 |publisher= National Jurist | accessdate=2008-09-25}}</ref>

The school is a member of the [[Order of the Coif]], a national law school honorary society founded for the purposes of encouraging legal scholarship and advancing the ethical standards of the legal profession.<ref>[http://www.orderofthecoif.org/COIF-members.htm Order of the Coif member schools]</ref>

===Bar passage rates===
Based on a 2001-2007 6 year average, 79.4% of UC Davis Law graduates passed the California State Bar.<ref name=ILRG>{{Cite web
| title = Internet Legal Research Group: University of California-Davis School of Law, 2009 profile
| url = http://www.ilrg.com/rankings/law/view.php/112
| accessdate = April 13, 2011}}</ref> In 2009, 89% of first-time test takers passed the California bar.<ref>{{cite news | title= Top UC Davis, McGeorge law students raise the bar | url= http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/11/23/daily27.html |publisher= Sacramento Business Journal | accessdate=2010-03-01 | first=Kathy | last=Robertson | date=2009-11-25}}</ref>

===Post-graduation employment===
Based on a 2001-2007 6 year average, 93% of UC Davis Law graduates were employed 9 months after graduation.<ref name=ILRG/>

==Expansion==

The law school is currently undergoing $30 million expansion project that is beginning its second phase. The project thus far has added an additional wing to the law school's current building, increasing assignable space by nearly 30 percent to provide for additional classrooms, offices, and a new courtroom, named the [[Paul Kalmanovitz|Paul and Lydia Kalmanovitz]] Appellate Courtroom in honor of a $1 million gift to the project from the Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation.  The courtroom is used by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court, and California Court of Appeal.  The second phase, now underway, includes major renovations to the existing structure that will improve aesthetics and traffic flow as well as provide the infrastructure necessary for new technologies.  Construction information, floor plans, and a live construction camera are all available on the school's website.<ref>{{cite web | title=  UC Davis School of Law:  Our New Building | url= http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/alumni/giving/camera.html |publisher= UC Davis School of Law | accessdate=2008-12-01}}</ref>

==Centers at King Hall==
*[[California International Law Center]]
*[http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/centers/environmental/index.html California Environmental Law and Policy Center]
*[http://innovation.ucdavis.edu/ Center for Science and Innovation Studies]

==Journals at King Hall==
*''[http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/index.php UC Davis Law Review]''
*''[http://jilp.law.ucdavis.edu/ UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy]''
*''[http://jjlp.law.ucdavis.edu/ UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy]''
*''[http://environs.law.ucdavis.edu/ Environs, a Journal of Environmental Law & Policy]''
*''[http://blj.ucdavis.edu/ Business Law Journal]''

==Student Organizations and Programs at King Hall==
*[http://students.law.ucdavis.edu/LSA/ King Hall Law Students Association]
*[http://students.law.ucdavis.edu/KHLF/ King Hall Legal Foundation]
*[http://students.law.ucdavis.edu/negotiations/board.html King Hall Negotiations Team]
*[http://students.law.ucdavis.edu/mootcourt/ UC Davis Moot Court Program]
*UC Davis Trial Practice Honors Board
*[http://students.law.ucdavis.edu/halo/ Humanitarian Aid Legal Organization]

==Noted people==
===Faculty===

*[[Vikram Amar]], Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, constitutional law scholar.
*[[Alan Brownstein]], Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality.
*[[Gabriel_J._Chin|Gabriel "Jack" Chin]], Professor of Law, specialist in fields of immigration law and criminal procedure.
*[[Joel Dobris]], Professor of Law, the nation's most commonly cited scholar in the law of [[Trusts]], [[Wills]], and [[Estate (law)|Estates]].
*[[Floyd F. Feeney]], Homer G. and Ann Berryhill Professor of Law for International Legal and Communication Studies.
*[[Angela P. Harris]], Professor of Law, nationally recognized authority in critical legal theory.
*[[Robert W. Hillman]], Professor of Law, Fair Business Practices and Investor Advocacy Chair.
*[[Edward Imwinkelried]], Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Professor of Law, the nation's most commonly cited scholar in evidence law.
*[[Kevin Johnson (academic)|Kevin Johnson]], Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, specialist in civil rights, immigration, and Chicano/a rights law.
*[[Miguel Méndez (legal scholar)|Miguel Méndez]], Professor of Law, nationally recognized evidence law scholar.
*[[Rex R. Perschbacher]], Daniel J. Dykstra Endowed Chair, former Dean of the Law School, 1998-2008.
*[[Cruz Reynoso]], Associate Justice of the [[California Supreme Court]] 1982-1987, Professor Emeritus.
*[[Martha West]], former Associate Dean; Professor Emeritus.

===Alumni===
*[[Luis Alejo]], mayor of [[Watsonville, California]].
*[[M. Kathleen Butz]], Associate Justice, [[California Court of Appeal]], 3rd Appellate District.
*[[Charles Calderon]], [[California State Assembly]]member, former majority leader of the California State Senate.
*[[Tani Cantil-Sakauye]], 28th [[Chief Justice of California]].
*[[Supreme Court of Guam#Current Justices|F. Philip Carbullido]], Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Guam; Chief Justice 2003-2008.
*[[Sharon L. Gleason]], presiding judge, Alaska's Third Judicial District; federal judicial nominee [[United States District Court for the District of Alaska]].
*[[Elihu Harris]], former Democratic mayor of [[Oakland, California]].
*[[Gus Lee]], American author and ethicist.
*[[Paul Igasaki]], Chief Judge & Chair of the U.S. [[United States Department of Labor|Department of Labor]] [[Administrative Review Board]]; Deputy Chief Executive Officer of [[Equal Justice Works]]; former Chair of the U.S. [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]] (EEOC), appointed by President Clinton.
*[[Laura Liswood]], Co-Founder of the [[Council of Women World Leaders]]; Senior Advisor, [[Goldman Sachs]].
*[[George Miller (California politician)|George Miller]], Democratic Congressman; Ranking Member, [[United States House Committee on Education and Labor]].
*[[Angela E. Oh]], activist, former Chair of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's Federal Judicial Nominations Committee.
*[[Kristina Pickering]], Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Nevada]].
*[[Dean D. Pregerson]], Judge, [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]]; son of Judge [[Harry Pregerson]].
*[[Victoria Pynchon]], author and attorney, specializing in mediation.
*[[Jane A. Restani]], Chief Judge, [[United States Court of International Trade]].
*[[Jim Rogers (politician)]], City councilman, City of [[Richmond, California]].
*[[Jon Sands]], Chief Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona.
*[[Anna Slotky]], actress.
*[[Gary D. Solis]], Adjunct Professor of Law, [[Georgetown University Law Center]].
*[[Darrell Steinberg]], California State Senate President Pro Tem, (D-Sacramento).
*[[Craig F. Stowers]], Associate Justice of the [[Alaska Supreme Court]].
*[[Arthur Torres]], vice chairman of the [[California Institute for Regenerative Medicine]]; former Chairman of the [[California Democratic Party]].
*[[Monika Kalra Varma]], Director, [[Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights|Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights (RFK Center)]].
*[[Steve White (judge)|Steve White]], Presiding Judge, Sacramento County Superior Court; former Inspector General of the [[California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/ UC Davis School of Law}}
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5934452153852795866 "The MLK"] &mdash; UC Davis talent show film
* [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ucdavis/king-hall-faq/part1/ King Hall Law School USENET FAQ] &mdash; Antiquated Unofficial FAQ from 1996. Of historical interest.
* [[Wikispot:davis:School of Law|UC Davis School of Law]] on Daviswiki