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Mccarthy Institute Moves To Golden Gate University, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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This fall, Golden Gate University launched a new effort to assist its students in securing jobs in the technology sector by acquiring the prestigious McCarthy Institute. The Institute is jointly sponsored by the university’s law and business schools.

From Mock Trial To Real World Court, Ggu Center Preps Litigators, Lawdragon.Com

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This blog post is also available online at: http://campus.lawdragon.com/2015/04/23/from-mock-trial-to-real-world-court-ggu-center-preps-litigators/

Candlestick Park Will Go Out With A Wrecking Ball, Not A Bang, Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

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Plans for a pyrotechnic implosion of Candlestick Park have fizzled in favor of the wrecking ball — with health fears and political pressure playing a big part in the decision.

The 54-year-old stadium is being demolished to make way for a shopping center, hotel and housing complex. But an attention-grabbing plan to implode the Stick next month ran into stiff opposition from Golden Gate University’s Environmental Law and Justice Clinic and the Bayview Hill Neighborhood Association over fears about noise and the spread of toxic dust.

Labor Decision In Security Guard Case May Set New Precedence, La Sentinel

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Employees required to stay at a worksite while on call should be compensated for all their hours, including sleep time, the California Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving a company based in Gardena. The state’s highest court said Thursday that security guards who were obligated to stay in trailers on worksites in case they were needed were entitled to be paid for their time, even if they spent it watching TV, scouring the Internet or dozing.

Many Veterans’ Basic Needs Still Unmet: Golden Gate Conference, Katrina Dewey

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The former general counsel of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, retired Col. Will Gunn, posed two questions to students, academics and others at the Golden Gate University School of Law‘s Second Annual Veterans Law Conference: “Is there anything interesting and meaningful left to do in veteran’s law and policy? Haven’t we solved these issues?”

‘Tough’ Lawyer Keker Counsels Giving Veterans Legal Aid With Love, Katrina Dewey

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The Purple Heart honoree recently spoke about his experiences at the Second Annual Veterans Conference at Golden Gate University School of Law, telling an audience of students, academics and fellow leaders of the bar how best to provide legal advice to the men and women who constitute the nation’s 19.6 million military veterans. He came to the Mission Street campus, he said, because he’ll go anywhere to help vets – and to help students who work at Golden Gate’s veteran’s clinic and others who counsel veterans to appreciate who their clients are.

Most Diverse Law Schools, Mike Stetz

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According to the National Jurist, GGU Law has improved its diversity ranking, moving from a B+ to an A-.

The article may also be read online here: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cypress/nationaljurist1114/#/26

Courses Tethering Evidence And Trial Advocacy/Mock Trial, Chris Behan

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Teaching Trial Advocacy To 1ls: The 1st Step Experience, Chris Behan

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Four years ago, Wes Porter, Director of the Litigation Center at the Golden Gate University School of Law, created an innovative program to teach evidence and trial advocacy to law students in the summer between their first and second years of law school. The program, called 1^st STEP (Summer Trial and Evidence Program), has garnered national attention. In 2013, the program was featured in PreLaw Magazine's 25 Most Innovative Ideas issue and in National Jurist Magazine's article entitled Fifteen Innovative Experimental Ideas. Wes has also written about the 1^st STEP program in this blog. Additionally, a …

25 Innovative Ideas, Michelle Weyenberg

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PreLaw Magazine names GGU Law among the top 20 most innovative law programs for our 1st STEP Trial and Evidence program.

The Best Llm Tax Programs According To Tax Hiring Authorities, Taxtalent

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Golden Gate University School of Law ranked in the top ten LL.M. tax programs in the United States.

TaxTalent recently ranked the top Tax LL.M. programs in the United States. The Top-10 programs in the ranking were (in order) NYU, Georgetown, University of Florida, Boston University, Villanova and Michigan (tied for 5th), Northwestern, DePaul, University of Miami, New York Law School, and Golden Gate University.

The results are based on a survey of 128 corporate in-house tax department employees who were "asked to select up to five schools (out of 31) with LLM Tax programs that they hold in highest …

Couple Marks 20 Years Of Helping Gay Law Students, Elliot Owen

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Golden Gate University third year law school student Kate Baldridge was awarded the Michael A. Zamperini / W. Clay Burchell Endowed Scholarship during an event last month at the Coblentz Patch Duffy and Bass LLP offices in San Francisco's Ferry Building.

In Vino Veritas: A Dispatch From The City By The Bay, Christopher W. Behan

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2012 Highlights From Golden Gate Law, Lisa Lomba

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GGU Law faculty are distinguished by myriad achievements that enhance our students' experience and success in school and in the profession. In and beyond the confines of the classroom, GGU Law professors provide students with practical experience and close mentoring. We are pleased to share some 2012 highlights that reflect the practicality and substance, the theory and practice, for which we are so justly known.

Senate Confirms Obama Nominee To Ninth Circuit, Ginny Laroe

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Morgan Christen, an Alaska Supreme Court Justice nominated by President Obama to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, won Senate confirmation on Thursday. Christen is the first Golden Gate University law school graduate to join the Ninth Circuit.

Ggu School Of Law: 110 Years Of Expanding Possibilities In Legal Education, Unknown

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Pipeline To The Profession: How Golden Gate University's Law School Succeeds In Hard Times, Susan E. Davis

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The prospects for law school graduates have rarely been so tenuous. Today's legal job market can't guarantee a six-figure starting salary for graduates of the best law schools. never mind for those whose schools are toward the bottom of the list. You might suspect students would be pretty nervous about attending a fourth-tier school in this economy, but here's the surprise: Like a number of lower-ranked schools, San Francisco's Golden Gate University School of law-and its 662 students-seem to be doing just fine. In fact, the campus, situated on the edge of the city's financial district, is thriving in these …

Benched: Ggu Alumni Offer Sound Judgment, Melissa Stein

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Moot Court Award 2002

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THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION OF PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW PRESENTS THIS CERTIFICATE TO GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW In recognition of outstanding peiformance in the
2002 National Environmental Law Moot Court Compteition February 21-23, 2002.

Judge Baxter's Appeal, Melissa Stein

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Celebrating 100 Years

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It is a birthday to be proud of - the 100th anniversary of Golden Gate University School of Law. Back in 1901, we began as a YMCA night law school with a noble mission: to provide to working people, for whom the path into the legal profession through full-time study was closed, a way to become lawyers at night. Beginning with a first class of five students a century ago, GGU Law School began to turn out great lawyers and judges who otherwise would never have had the chance to become attorneys.

During the last 100 years, GGU Law School …