San Francisco Law School

San Francisco Law School
Parent school Alliant International University
Established 1909
School type Private
Dean Gregory J. Brandes, JD
Location San Francisco, CA, US
Coordinates: 37°46′22″N 122°25′21″W / 37.77278°N 122.42250°W / 37.77278; -122.42250
Enrollment 115
Faculty 29 (including Adjunct faculty)
Bar pass rate 7% (2/27) (July 2015 1st time takers)[1]
Website

San Francisco Law School is a private, for-profit law school in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1909, the law school became non-profit in 1941 and moved to its iconic location on Haight Street in 1968. The law school offers a four-year part-time evening program leading to a Juris Doctor degree. In July 2010, the law school completed a merger to become a graduate school of Alliant International University, which was in turn acquired by Bertelsmann. The law school retained its name, however relocated to the university's main San Francisco campus on Beach Street.

The Law School's alumni include late California Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown ('27) and former Lieutenant Governor of California, Leo T. McCarthy and Undersecretary of the United States Department of Energy Joseph F. Salgado.[2] San Francisco Law School alumni includes many of the first women to be appointed to the bench in the State, including the Hon. Dorothy von Beroldingen of the San Francisco Superior Court, Paula Kamena of Marin County Superior Court and Marilyn Pestarino Zecher of the Santa Clara County Superior Court.

San Francisco Law School has been accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners[3] of the State Bar of California since 1937, but does not have[4] or currently seek approval by the American Bar Association. In addition, through Alliant, San Francisco Law School is regionally accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, thus allowing students to apply for federal assistance programs.[5]

In 2014, San Diego Law School opened as a branch campus of San Francisco Law School and is located in the Walter Library on the Alliant San Diego campus at Scripps Ranch. San Diego Law School offers a four-year part-time evening program and is accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State of California.

Bar Passage Rates

The July 2015 California Bar passage rate for San Francisco Law School's first-time test takers was 7%, with 2 out of 27 takers passing the exam.

Alumni

  • Oscar Zeta Acosta, friend of Hunter S. Thompson and inspiration for the character Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
  • Dorothy von Beroldingen, late San Francisco political figure, feminist and San Francisco Superior Court Judge
  • Edmund "Pat" Brown, former California Governor and father of current California Governor Jerry Brown
  • Geoffrey F. Brown, former five-term San Francisco Public Defender and commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission
  • Wayne M. Collins civil rights attorney and co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, Northern California Chapter; argued Korematsu v. US in front of the United States Supreme Court [6]
  • Charles Garry, Marxist lawyer, chief counsel for the Black Panther Party, attorney for the People's Temple and counsel in many famous cases, including the San Quentin Six (murder of George Jackson), Oakland Seven (demonstrations in Berkeley against the Vietnam War).
  • Milton Marks, former California State Senator
  • Leo T. McCarthy, former Lieutenant Governor of California

References

  1. ↑ https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Statistics/JULY2015STATS.121715.pdf
  2. ↑ ABA Accredited Schools, ABA Accredited Law Schools, Non- ABA Accredited Law Schools
  3. ↑ Law Schools in California Accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) 4/10/2010
  4. ↑ "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". ABA website. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ San Francisco Law School Accreditation Statement
  6. ↑ Collins, Donald E. Native American Aliens: Disloyalty and the Renunciation of Citizenship by Japanese Americans during World War II. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985
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