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2021-2022 Law Catalog - San Joaquin College of Law
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2021-2022 Law Catalog - San Joaquin College of Law
A
                                legal education is a professional education. You will use the
                                substantive legal knowledge and practice skills you develop
                                in law school every day of your life as a lawyer and community
                      leader. Your law school experience is the opportunity of your lifetime to
                      build the foundation of your future successful legal career. Accordingly,
                      you must choose the environment in which you personally will learn the
                      most and grow the most.

                      At SJCL, your personal growth as a legal practitioner is our foremost
                      objective. This is apparent from the small sections and individualized
                      attention students receive in first-year writing courses to the myriad
                      practice skills courses embodied in SJCL’s curriculum. Class sizes are
                      small, averaging 25 people per section, providing you an unparalleled
                      opportunity to interact with your professors and classmates. Faculty
                      have an open-door policy, enabling you regularly to obtain assistance or

Dean Janice Pearson   compare ideas. As grading is not on a curve, faculty and students are all
                      motivated to work as a team for everyone’s success.

                      Opportunities for real-life experience abound in the San Joaquin Valley
                      area. Internship and clinical placements in federal and state courts, district
                      attorney’s offices, administrative agencies, legal aid, and private firms are
                      readily available. Moreover, employment opportunities in the area have
                      always been available even when scarce in other markets.

                      The San Joaquin Valley is the growth area for California’s future.
                      Outstanding legal practitioners will be needed. San Joaquin College of
                      Law offers you the opportunity to be a part of that future or any future you
                      choose. Come grow with us!
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Accreditation
                                                                                                             Western Senior College
Individual Attention                                 ing body recognized by the Council for Higher           and University Comission
  At SJCL, the study of law is an intense            Education Accreditation and the U.S. Depart-
endeavor, but the skills and doctrines learned       ment of Education. SJCL is accredited by the            985 Atlantic Ave., Suite 100
will benefit you professionally on a daily basis.    Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar             Alameda, California 94501
Our small class sizes allow students to receive      of California, giving SJCL its degree-granting          (510) 748-9793
individual attention from faculty. At SJCL,          authority and qualifying SJCL graduates to take
the competition is against one’s self and high       the California Bar Exam and obtain admission            www.wscuc.org
professional standards – not other students.         to the practice of law in California.
                                                                                                             Committee of Bar Examiners

Learning Outcomes                                    A Unique Student Body                                   The State Bar of California
   The Juris Doctor program at San Joaquin              SJCL students don’t fit a particular mold.           180 Howard St.
College of Law seeks to create a program of le-      They are simply motivated and ready to learn.           San Francisco, CA 94105
gal education which produces graduates who are       Our students represent a variety of ages and
                                                     backgrounds. If you’re seeking a legal career,
                                                                                                             (415) 538-2000
highly skilled individuals who can contribute to
the development of legal and social institutions     looking for a change of pace, or wanting to             www.calbar.ca.gov
and to the integrity of the legal system. To this    enhance your professional skills – SJCL is for
end, the Faculty has formally adopted a set of       you. Our student body reflects SJCL’s progres-
measurable Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)          sive and diverse environment.
which all courses, collectively, are designed        • Ages range from 22 to 56, averaging 32
to meet. Each professor will articulate in the       • Approximately 70 percent are change-of-
course syllabus those specific SLOs taught and          career students
assessed in the particular course.                   • Approximately 57 percent are women
   Outcome 1. Comprehend the structures and          • Approximately 66 percent identify as being            Contents
processes of the U.S. legal system and founda-          part of an under-represented minority group          Curriculum............................... 2
tional substantive law.                              • Approximately 51 percent identify as a
                                                                                                             Typical Curriculum................... 3
   Outcome 2. Demonstrate proficiency in legal          first-generation college student
                                                                                                             Clinics & Externships................ 4
analysis and problem solving.
   Outcome 3. Demonstrate competence in              Abundant Careers                                        Academic Standards................. 5
written and oral communication.                         The SJCL course of study combines theoreti-          Student Organizations............. 7
   Outcome 4. Demonstrate mastery of ap-             cal knowledge with practical skills. Our clinical       Faculty..................................... 8
propriate strategies and technologies to legal       opportunities place students in a variety of legal      Law Library............................ 10
research.                                            settings, providing students with the stimulat-
   Outcome 5. Recognize and resolve ethical                                                                  Adjunct Faculty...................... 11
                                                     ing job experience and professional contacts to
issues.                                              facilitate a natural transition into the legal field.   Required Courses................... 18
   Student attainment of the SLOs will be            Most SJCL graduates find employment locally,            Elective Courses..................... 20
reflected, not only in the grades students           while some venture into California’s most               Admissions............................. 26
receive in their individual courses, but may         competitive markets. As SJCL is the only law
also be separately assessed from time to time by                                                             Financial Information............. 27
                                                     school in the Central Valley our students benefit
mechanisms independent of individual course          from the multitude of internships, clerkships           Academic Calendar................. 30
assignments and examinations.                        and career options without the competition.             Disclosures............................. 32

Accreditation                                        Ensuring Success
   San Joaquin College of Law is accredited by         The staff at SJCL understands that many
the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State          students have responsibilities that extend
Bar of California, permitting SJCL graduates to      beyond law school. Every effort is made to
sit for the California Bar Exam, as well as by the   facilitate each student’s personal academic
Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges           success. Dedicated faculty members regularly
and Universities of the Western Association of       hold study and review sessions. Students are
Schools and Colleges, an institutional accredit-     encouraged to organize study groups – building
                                                     camaraderie that translates into professional
                                                     contacts after graduation.

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Curriculum                                    requirements within 5 years of initial
                                                           enrollment, or 6 years from initial
                                                                                                     Required Courses for
                San Joaquin College of Law offers
             a flexible program leading to the Juris
                                                           enrollment if the student was granted
                                                           the right to repeat the first year,
                                                                                                     Graduation
             Doctor degree. The degree can be
                                                           unless such limitation violates some      Course                                        Units
CURRICULUM

             attained in three, four, or five years.                                                 Advanced Research & Writing........... 3
                                                           state or federal, statutory or regula-
             Attainment of the degree requires:                                                      Appellate Advocacy.............................. 2
                                                           tory, provision.
             • Completion of 86 semester units: 68                                                   Business Organizations I & II............. 4
                units of required courses and 18 units                                               Civil Procedure I & II ........................ 5
                of electives, not more than four (4)     Four-Year Program                           Community Property ........................ 3
                of which may be clinical work. An           SJCL’s Four-Year Program is designed     Constitutional Law I & II .................. 6
                additional four (4) units of clinical    for a diverse community. The cur-           Contracts I & II.................................. 6
                work may be completed in the New         riculum is intended to accommodate          Criminal Law and Procedure ............. 6
                American Legal Clinic.                   the needs of working students, parents,     Evidence I & II................................... 6
             • A cumulative grade point average          commuters, and others who have              Legal Methods I & II ......................... 4
                of 65 or better at the end of spring     substantial commitments outside of          Moot Court ....................................... 2
                semester. (Although transfer units       their studies. The program requires         Professional Responsibility ................. 2
                from an ABA or state accredited law      an average of ten classroom hours           Property I & II.................................... 5
                school may be accepted, only work        each week throughout the four years.        Real Property Drafting ...................... 1
                completed at SJCL is credited toward     A student should expect to spend            Remedies I & II.................................. 4
                a student’s cumulative GPA).             approximately two to three hours            Torts I & II......................................... 5
             • A minimum grade of 55 in all              in preparation time for each hour           Wills & Trusts I & II.......................... 5
                required courses.                        of classroom time. The program is
             • Course attendance totaling a              designed primarily as a night program,      Total Required Units                               69
                minimum of 16 semester units per         but there are some daytime sections of      Total Elective Units                               17
                academic year.                           classes offered depending on demand
             • Completion of all graduation              and availability.                           Total Units                                       86

                                                                                     Cooperative Degree Program
                                                                                       SJCL seeks to add a new set of skills to the
                                                                                     lawyer’s toolbox for resolving conflict by offering a
                                                                                     cooperative degree with Fresno Pacific University.
                                                                                     This program joins the discipline of law with the
                                                                                     humanistic approach of peacemaking to create a
                                                                                     new breed of professional that promises to transform
             Facilities & Location                                                   the way our society resolves conflict. Students
               SJCL occupies a Mediterranean Renaissance                             simultaneously enrolled in both degree programs
             building in a park-like setting in downtown                             (MA/JD) can complete both degrees in four years
             Clovis. The facility consists of seven classrooms,                      because of the mutual recognition of elective units.
             courtroom, library including group and individual                       Read more about this exciting program at www.sjcl.
             study spaces, the New American Legal Clinic, Law                        edu/coopdegree or at http://peace.fresno.edu.
             Journal/student organizations offices, student
             lounge, and faculty and staff offices.

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Three-Year Option                                                            Sample Four Year Program
   Students in the Four-Year

                                                                                                                                                                                           TYPICAL CURRICULUM
Program who complete the first        Year 1                                                                      Year 3
year with a minimum cumulative         Fall/Spring (20 Units)                                                      Summer (2 Units)
GPA of 75 can accelerate their         COURSE TITLE                                                 UNITS          COURSE TITLE                                              UNITS
studies by transferring to the         Civil Procedure I & II...........................................5          Clinical and/or Electives.....................................2
Three-Year Option. Students who        Contracts I & II....................................................6
wish to transfer to the Three-Year     Legal Methods I & II...........................................4           Fall/Spring (20 Units)
Option are required to meet            Torts I & II...........................................................5    COURSE TITLE                                              UNITS
with the Director of Student                                                                                       Constitutional Law I & II.....................................6
Services, Academic Dean, Dean         Year 2                                                                       Evidence I & II.....................................................6
of Students, or Dean for approval      Summer (2 Units)                                                            Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning I & II..............5
before transferring. If receiving      COURSE TITLE                                                 UNITS          Clinical and/or Electives.....................................4
financial aid, the transferring        Professional Responsibility................................2
student must also meet with                                                                                       Year 4
the Director of Financial Aid.         Fall/Spring (20 Units)                                                      Summer (4 Units)
The Three-Year Option requires         COURSE TITLE                                                 UNITS          COURSE TITLE                                              UNITS
students to take additional courses    Business Organizations I & II..............................4                Clinical and/or Electives.....................................4
during the second and third year       Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure ......................6
of the program and complete            Appellate Advocacy (Fall) ..................................2               Fall/Spring (20 Units)
a minimum of four (4) clinical         Property I & II ....................................................5       COURSE TITLE                                              UNITS
units. Any outside employment          Real Property Drafting.......................................1              Advanced Research & Writing............................3
in excess of (20) hours per week is    Moot Court (Spring)...........................................2             Community Property .........................................3
prohibited.                                                                                                        Remedies I & II ..................................................4
                                                                                                                   Clinical and/or Electives.....................................7
Five-Year Option
   Students who must extend
their education because of family,
work, or other commitments can                                                Sample Three Year Option
reduce the per semester course
load and complete the program in      Year 1
                                       Fall/Spring (20 Units)                                                       You must have a cumulative
five years. Students who wish to
select this program must first seek    COURSE TITLE                                                 UNITS           GPA of 75 or higher after
authorization from the Director        Civil Procedure I & II...........................................5           completing 20 units to transfer
of Student Services, Academic          Contracts I & II....................................................6        into the Three Year Option.
Dean, Dean of Students, or Dean.       Legal Methods I & II...........................................4
The Juris Doctor degree must be        Torts I & II...........................................................5     The Juris Doctor degree must
completed within a total of five                                                                                    be completed within a total
years from the time of admission.     Year 2                                                                        of five years from the time of
                                       Summer (4 Units)
                                       COURSE TITLE                                                 UNITS
                                                                                                                    admission.
                                       Professional Responsibility................................2
                                       Clinical and/or Electives.....................................2
                                                                                                                  Year 3
                                       Fall/Spring (30 Units)                                                      Summer (4 Units)
                                       COURSE TITLE                                                 UNITS          COURSE TITLE                                              UNITS
                                       Business Organizations I & II..............................4                Clinical and/or Electives.....................................4
                                       Constitutional Law I & II.....................................6
                                       Criminal Law......................................................3        Fall/Spring (28 Units)
                                       Criminal Procedure.............................................3            COURSE TITLE                                              UNITS
                                       Evidence I & II.....................................................6       Advanced Research & Writing............................3
                                       Appellate Advocacy (Fall) ..................................2               Community Property.........................................3
                                       Moot Court (Spring)...........................................2             Remedies I & II...................................................4
                                       Property I & II.....................................................5       Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning I & II..............5
                                       Real Property Drafting.......................................1              Clinical and/or Electives...................................11

                                                                       *Programs subject to change

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Elective Courses                             Students are eligible for externship
                                                                                                                 Academic Enrichment
CLINICS & EXTERNSHIPS

                                                                     study upon completion of the first year
                           The elective units required for gradu-                                                Appellate Advocacy
                                                                     of law school.
                        ation are obtained through elective                                                      Moot Court
                                                                        Established placement opportunities
                        courses offered primarily during the                                                       Appellate Advocacy has been added
                                                                     to obtain legal experience and clinical
                        evening. Elective credit can also be                                                     to supplement Moot Court and is a
                                                                     units are available with numerous
                        earned via other academic activities,                                                    separate, 2-unit required course that
                                                                     governmental agencies and private law
                        such as external Moot Court competi-                                                     focuses on appellate-level legal writing.
                                                                     offices. Many of these are ongoing, but
                        tions, externship work, or the New                                                       Appellate Advocacy/Moot Court is
                                                                     the number of students that a firm or
                        American Legal Clinic. Study abroad                                                      now a two-semester requirement for all
                                                                     agency can accommodate is limited.
                        classes offered by ABA accredited law                                                    students.
                                                                     A student alternatively may create an
                        schools or otherwise approved by the                                                       The spring Moot Court course
                                                                     individual clinical, where he or she
                        Faculty Committee also count for                                                         requires students to orally argue the
                                                                     works under the supervision of an
                        elective credit.                                                                         topic assigned during their Appellate
                                                                     attorney, with the approval of the Dean
                                                                     of Students. Information on clinical        Advocacy course in the fall in an intra-
                        In-House Clinics                             placements may be obtained from the         mural competition. These arguments
                                                                                                                 are judged by local judges, attorneys,
                        New American Legal Clinic                    Director of Student Services.
                                                                        The placement process is like            faculty, and alumni.
                           Students enrolled in the clinic, under
                                                                     applying for a professional position.         SJCL participates in statewide and
                        clinical director supervision, take on all
                                                                     The student should submit a resume          national Moot Court competitions
                        major aspects of representing a client
                                                                     along with a personalized cover letter to   (Roger J. Traynor, National Securities
                        before the United States Citizenship and
                                                                     the contact person. Typically a writing     Law and National Tax Law), and has
                        Immigration Service (USCIS), including
                                                                     sample is also needed, so the student       distinguished itself among teams from
                        interviewing clients, preparing forms,
                                                                     should have one ready. The student          top ABA institutions. Those who go on
                        analyzing and arguing complex legal
                                                                     should register for the clinical units      to these competitions receive additional
                        issues, and attending USCIS applicant
                                                                     through the admission/registrar’s office    coaching from the Moot Court profes-
                        interviews. The Clinic also has a class-
                                                                     after he or she has been selected for       sors and experts in the community.
                        room component in which students learn
                        the basics of immigration, citizenship,      the position. For further information
                        and laws protecting immigrant victims of     regarding the placements see either
                                                                     the Director of Student Services or the
                                                                                                                 Teaching and Research
                        human trafficking and family violence.
                                                                     Dean of Students.                           Assistantships
                                                                        Disclaimer: San Joaquin College of          Students may be invited by faculty
                        BREN Clinic                                  Law does not affirm or represent that       to act as teaching or research assistants.
                           Students enrolled in the BREN                                                         Teaching assistants may be asked to
                                                                     any particular posting or opportunity
                        Clinic will take on all major aspects of                                                 help the professor prepare for class,
                                                                     for an off-campus, non-SJCL intern-
                        representing a client’s special education                                                help evaluate student work or conduct
                                                                     ship, externship, job, or other place-
                        interests under externship director                                                      supplemental class sessions, small sec-
                                                                     ment, whether paid or unpaid, complies
                        supervision including conducting                                                         tions, etc. as directed by the professor.
                                                                     with The Fair Labor Standards Act
                        client interviews, analyzing complex                                                     Research assistants typically will pursue
                                                                     and/or other applicable Federal and
                        legal issues and applicable evidence,                                                    research on a particular topic or subject
                                                                     State Labor and Employment Laws.
                        and providing oral advocacy services at                                                  matter as directed by the professor and
                        Individualized Education Plan (IEP)                                                      report, in writing, in a format requested
                        meetings and/or due process hear-            Practical Training of Law                   by the professor. Students can earn
                        ings. The Clinic also has a classroom
                        component in which students will learn
                                                                     Students Program, or                        elective units for teaching or research
                                                                                                                 assistantships. Students who qualify for
                        how to use the legal tools contained         “Certified” Law Students                    federal financial aid may alternatively
                        in the Individuals with Disabilities            Pursuant to California Rules of          receive hourly compensation for their
                        Education Act (IDEA), the Americans          Court, rule 9.42, the State Bar of          work through federal work- study.
                        with Disabilities Act, and Section 504       California’s Practical Training of Law      Teaching or research assistant positions
                        of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to         Students (PTLS) program certifies           DO NOT qualify as clinical experience
                        advocate for individual remedies.            law students to provide limited legal       and may not be used to satisfy any
                                                                     services under the supervision of an        required clinical units.
                        Externships                                  attorney. To be eligible to apply for
                                                                     certification a student must have
                           Legal work heightens a student’s
                        understanding of class content,
                                                                     completed one full year of law school       Study Abroad
                                                                     (270 hours). The student must also            SJCL does not sponsor a study
                        enhances practical skills and introduces                                                 abroad program, but students can
                                                                     be enrolled in and attending, or have
                        the student to the “real world” of law                                                   request approval for credit in a program
                                                                     successfully completed, Evidence and
                        practice. SJCL provides and encourages                                                   offered through another institution.
                                                                     Civil Procedure courses. For complete
                        a variety of placement opportunities.
                                                                     rules see the California Bar website at
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Contact the Dean of Students several
months in advance to submit a request
                                                      to advance to the second semester.
                                                      First-year core courses are Torts, Civil
                                                                                                 Graduation with Honors

                                                                                                                                              ACADEMIC STANDARDS
                                                                                                   The degree of Juris Doctor “With
for approval to the SJCL Faculty Com-                 Procedure, and Contracts. Students
                                                                                                 Honors” will be awarded to any student
mittee. Students can receive elective                 who do not meet both criteria will be
                                                                                                 who completes the degree requirements
credit on a pass/fail basis for approved              academically excluded. No probation
                                                                                                 with a cumulative GPA of 82 or better.
study abroad programs. Students seek-                 will be granted to such students to
ing financial aid to cover tuition costs              advance to the second semester.
must contact the Director of Financial                   For all students, a cumulative GPA      Graduation with High
Aid at least two months in advance of
the start of any study abroad program.
                                                      of 65 or better thereafter is required
                                                      for advancement to each subsequent
                                                                                                 Honors
                                                                                                    The degree of Juris Doctor “With
                                                      year in law school and for graduation.
                                                                                                 High Honors” will be awarded to any
Grading Standards                                     Each student’s cumulative GPA is
                                                      calculated annually, at the end of
                                                                                                 student who satisfies the following
   San Joaquin College of Law employs                                                            requirements:
                                                      the Spring semester, for purposes of
a rigorous, objective grading policy.                                                            1. Completion of the degree require-
                                                      advancement to the next year in law
Grading is NOT on a curve. Strict                                                                   ments with a cumulative GPA of 85
                                                      school. Academic disqualifications
academic standards assure students that                                                             or better,
                                                      are determined at that time. Except
they possess the training and discipline                                                            OR
                                                      under extraordinary circumstances, a
necessary for the legal profession.                                                              2. Completion of the degree require-
                                                      student must complete the program
   Course grades are based primarily                                                                ments with a cumulative GPA of 82
                                                      within five (5) years of initial enroll-
upon final examinations. These are                                                                  or better, and:
                                                      ment. See the sections on “Academic
administered under a system that                                                                    A) Preparation, with no more than
                                                      Disqualification- Probation Status” and
ensures the student’s anonymity.                                                                       two (2) other students, of at least
                                                      “Juris Doctor Degree Requirements”
   Some professors also consider outside                                                               one moot court brief for any
                                                      for additional information.
assignments, class attendance, and class                                                               national or regional competition,
preparation in grading. The standards                                                                  provided that the Dean and
used by each professor are announced                  Academic Disqualification                        Faculty Chairperson deem such
at the beginning of the course.
                                                      – Probation                                      student’s contribution to the brief
                                                                                                       to be of high quality.
                                                         First year students who are disquali-
Numerical Grading                                                                                      OR
                                                      fied for failure to attain a cumulative
   All courses are graded numerically,                                                              B) Preparation of a Law Review
                                                      GPA of 65 at the end of Spring Semes-
with the exception of Law Review,                                                                      article which satisfies the require-
                                                      ter may petition the Faculty Committee
clinical programs, independent study,                                                                  ments for candidacy on the SJALR
                                                      to continue on Probation or to restart
and some skills courses for which a                                                                    or a scholarly article accepted for
                                                      the program. Advanced students who
grade of PASS or FAIL will be entered.                                                                 publication by any other recog-
                                                      are disqualified for failure to maintain
                                                                                                       nized law journal.
                                                      a cumulative GPA of 65 may petition
                                                                                                       OR
Grading Scale                                         the Faculty Committee for Probation.
                                                                                                    C) Successful completion of the
  85 – 100...............................Excellent    Students granted probation have until
                                                                                                       cooperative degree program with
  75 – 84......................................Good   the end of the next Spring Semester
                                                                                                       Fresno Pacific University.
  65 – 74................................ Adequate    to raise their cumulative GPA to 65.
  55 – 64......... Inadequate, But Passing            Except under extraordinary circum-
  Below 55......................... Not Passing       stances no student shall be granted        Attendance and
   A grade of 55 is the minimum pass-
                                                      more than one probationary period.
                                                      Students receiving federal financial
                                                                                                 Preparedness Policy
                                                                                                    Class attendance and preparation are
ing grade. No credit is given for courses             aid and/or veteran’s benefits can only
                                                                                                 crucial for success in law school. The
in which the student has earned a grade               receive such aid and benefits during
                                                                                                 California Committee of Bar Examin-
of FAIL (a grade lower than 55), or has               one probationary period.
                                                                                                 ers requires that a student must attend
failed to sit for any required examina-
                                                                                                 at least 80% of the scheduled sessions
tion. A student who fails a required course
is required to repeat the course. The Law
                                                      Graduation with                            of a course to receive credit.
School does not permit any course to be               Distinction                                   Students are permitted the following
                                                                                                 number of absences per course per
challenged by examination.                              The degree of Juris Doctor “With
                                                                                                 semester or summer session, regardless
                                                      Distinction” will be awarded to any
                                                                                                 of the reason for the absence:
Satisfactory Progress                                 student who completes the degree
                                                      requirements with a cumulative GPA of
  All first year students must pass (a
                                                      78 or better.
passing grade is 55 or better) at least
two first-year core courses and attain
a 60 cumulative GPA to be eligible

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Number of Permitted Course                               for submission of required financial        Federal Direct unsubsidized loans must
                     Session Absences                                         aid forms is April 30 of each year. New     be applied for first.
ACADEMIC STANDARDS

                       1 - 3 sessions.............................. None      students should complete the forms as          Federal Work-Study jobs are
                       4 - 7 sessions ....................................1   early as possible, but no later than June   available on a limited basis to students
                       8 - 11 sessions...................................2    30 (exceptions can be made for late         with need. Most positions require the
                       12 - 16 sessions................................. 3    admits).                                    completion of the first year of law school
                       17 - 22 sessions................................. 4                                                to qualify. Contact the Financial Aid
                       23 - 27 sessions ................................5     Types of Financial Aid Available            Department for further details or visit
                       28 - 32 sessions................................. 6       Federal Direct Loans are the major       SJCL’s on-line listing of employment
                       Upon exceeding the permitted                           form of financial aid for law students.     opportunities called Jobs at www.sjcl.
                     number of absences, the student will be                  Any eligible, regular student enrolled      edu/jobs.
                     automatically dropped from the course.                   at least half-time may borrow Federal          Scholarships, ranging from $500
                     The student will receive a refund of                     Direct Loans. The maximum annual            to $2,500, are awarded each spring
                     the unearned tuition consistent with                     loan limit is the lesser of $20,500 or      to about 35 recipients. Private groups
                     SJCL’s dropping a class refund policy.                   the cost of attendance minus other          outside San Joaquin College of Law also
                     For more details, see the SJCL Student                   financial aid. Most students are eligible   offer scholarships to SJCL students. All
                     Handbook.                                                for the $20,500 maximum. Loan limits        scholarship information is emailed to
                                                                              may be less for students without a          all students. Announcements provide
                     Career Services                                          BA/BS degree. Contact the Director
                                                                              of Financial Aid for specific loan
                                                                                                                          specific information about provisions,
                                                                                                                          qualifications, and deadlines. SJCL
                        Career Services assists students and
                                                                              maximums.                                   scholarships are listed on the website at
                     alumni by informing them of career
                                                                                 Grad PLUS Loans, graduate                www.sjcl.edu/scholarships. For further
                     options and job search strategies,
                                                                              students are also eligible to borrow        information about scholarships, contact
                     and connecting them with potential
                                                                              under the Federal PLUS Program up           the Director of Student Services. For
                     employers. Career Services provides
                                                                              to their total cost of attendance minus     outside scholarships and grants, go to
                     career counseling, résumé reviews,
                                                                              all other estimated financial assistance.   the SJCL website at www.sjcl.edu/finaid,
                     and mock interviews along with an
                                                                                                                          click on “Search Outside Scholarships.”
                     extensive resource library and programs
                     throughout the year designed to help
                     students narrow their areas of interest.
                     Additionally, Career Services maintains
                     an on-line listing of employment op-
                     portunities called Job Board at sjcl.edu.                          Alumni Association
                        Students are encouraged to participate                          SJCL’s Alumni Association endeavors to strengthen alumni
                     in clinical study which heightens a
                                                                                        connections and provide support to current students,
                     student’s understanding of class content,
                     enhances practical skills and introduces                           graduates, the law school, and the community. The Alumni
                     the student to the “real world” of law.                            Board, along with the help of committees and volunteers,
                     Career Services assists in the placement                           present several events each year. Among them are the SJCL
                     of students in a wide variety of posi-
                                                                                        Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Senior Citizens Law
                     tions ranging from judicial clerkships
                     to misdemeanor prosecutorial teams.                                Day, Got MCLE?, the Marjaree Mason Christmas Party,
                     Students are also encouraged to partici-                           Bar Survival Talks, and the Judy Wiseman Memorial Golf
                     pate in uncompensated work, beginning                              Tournament. Through these and other events, the Alumni
                     their professional obligation to engage in
                                                                                        Association provides scholarships for law students as well
                     pro bono work.
                                                                                        as community service programs and mentoring activities.
                     Financial Aid                                                      In addition, SJCL Alumni maintain a strong professional
                        Financial aid is available to qualify-                          network among their classmates. SJCL graduates have
                     ing students seeking help in meeting                               distinguished themselves as judges and court commissioners
                     the cost of their educational endeavors.
                     A Financial Aid Administrator is on
                                                                                        (thirty-six), the California Health and Human Services
                     staff to provide detailed information                              Secretary, the former Deputy Undersecretary of the
                     and assistance.                                                    California Environmental Protection Agency, and the
                        Financial aid application instructions                          current District Attorneys for Fresno and Kings Counties,
                     and forms are updated each January
                     at the school website, www.sjcl.edu/
                                                                                        just to name a few.
                     finaid, for the upcoming academic year.
                     For continuing students, the deadline

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Student Bar Association                    Delta Theta Phi                             LSCA

                                                                                                                                  STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
   The San Joaquin College of Law             We encourage law students to                Law Students for Community
Student Bar Association, of which all      consider being a member of the nation’s     Advancement’s (LSCA) primary mis-
students are members, provides an          premier law fraternity. Delta Theta Phi,    sion is to invigorate a culture of
opportunity for public service and the     which can trace its roots to 1900, has      engagement at SJCL and empower the
discussion of student issues.              initiated more than 136,000 members         student body by facilitating positive
   Each group of students in the same      locally, across the country, and in         and impactful relationships with our
class year at the Law School selects two   several other nations. Many of our          community. We believe that as law
class representatives, which form the      members are distinguished persons in        students and future legal professionals,
governing group of the Student Bar         government, in business, in interna-        we have a duty to advocate for social
Association. The representatives of the    tional affairs, on the judiciary, and in    justice in our community. We seek to
first year class are selected each fall.   the general practice of law. Membership     prioritize knowledge over information
The representatives of the upper classes   is open to all students enrolled in the     by restoring the value of language and
and the officers are selected annually     law program.                                promoting dialogue. LSCA opposes
during the spring semester. Officers          As members, students have an             racism, sexism, homophobia, and other
include the President, Vice President,     opportunity to become involved in the       forms of oppression, and provides a
Treasurer, and Secretary.                  legal community, while participating in     place for like-minded students to access
   The Student Bar Association             professional seminars, social events, and   resources and organize their efforts.
coordinates a number of annual events,     community service. They may qualify         Through community outreach and
including portions of the first year       for scholarships and award programs,        education, we hope to create a com-
orientation, the new student reception,    student loans, and grants through the       munity that embraces knowledge and
and the annual spring awards banquet.      local or national Senate. Delta Theta       promotes tolerance.
   The Student Bar Association             Phi is the only law fraternity with an
coordinates the Outstanding Student        authoritatively recognized law review.
Award Program, in which candidates         Each member also receives the “Paper
are nominated by members of their          Book,” a quarterly publication of Delta
respective classes based on outstand-      Theta Phi.
ing scholarship, leadership, and
contributions to the class. The Student    LawSUIT
Bar Association also coordinates              Law Students United in Tolerance
the Student Mentoring Program. In          (LawSUIT) exists to build a sense
addition, the Student Bar Association      of unity between members and to
sponsors scholarships.                     promote appreciation of diversity
                                           issues within the student body and the
Christian Legal Society                    community through our pursuit of aca-
   The Christian Legal Society (CLS)       demic excellence, service to the school,
is a nationwide Christian fellowship       and the coordination of activities:
committed to acting justly, loving         • To promote SJCL to the diverse
mercy, and walking humbly with their          population of the Central San
God. Founded in 1961, CLS defends             Joaquin Valley.
religious liberties for all Americans      • To provide support and encourage-
in the legislatures and the courts and        ment to new students adjusting to
serves those most in need in our society      life as a law student.
through Christian Legal Aid. They          • In furtherance of these objectives,
are organized in more than 1100 cities        LawSUIT extends its invitation of
into attorney chapters and law student        membership to all.
chapters across the United States. Four
students committed to creating a faith
based fellowship on campus founded
the CLS chapter at SJCL in September
2017.

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Janice L. Pearson                                where she remains Of Counsel assisting with
                                  J.D., University of California, Berkeley         complex immigration cases. She graduated
                                  B.A., University of California, Berkeley         from San Joaquin College of Law where she
                                     Prior to her 1985 appointment as Dean of      was honoured various Witkin Awards for
                                  San Joaquin College of Law, Dean Pearson         Academic Excellence. Ms. Barreto is licensed
                                  served as Staff Attorney, Managing Attor-        in California and is admitted to practice in
FACULTY

                                  ney and Interim Director of Fresno-Merced        the Executive Office for Immigration Review
                                  Counties Legal Services, Inc. (1976-1984).       (immigration court) in all locations across
                                  Dean Pearson teaches Torts. During her ten-      the United States and is a member of the
          Janice L. Pearson                                                        American Immigration Lawyers Associa-
                                  ure as dean, she was a finalist in the YWCA/
                                  Fresno Bee Outstanding Business/Profession-      tion, The American Bar Association and the
                                  al Woman of the Year Competition (1990)          Fresno County Bar Association. She is fluent
                                  and received the Fresno Women Lawyers’           in both English and Spanish.
                                  Justice Pauline Hanson Award (1992) and
                                  the Fresno County Bar Association Liberty        Christine A. Goodrich
                                                                                   J.D., University of California, Los Angeles
                                  Bell Award (1993). She also was awarded the
                                                                                   B.A., University of California, Berkeley
                                  Soroptimist Women Helping Women Award
                                                                                      Professor Goodrich, joining the Full-Time
                                  (2001).
                                                                                   Faculty in 2010, is currently teaching Torts.
                                  Justin B. Atkinson                               Since 1989, she has taught courses as an Ad-
                                  J.D., University of Utah                         junct Faculty member in Legal Process, Ad-
                                  M.A., University of Utah                         vanced Research and Writing and Research
          Justin B. Atkinson
                                  B.A., University of Utah                         and Writing. Professor Goodrich has for over
                                     Professor Atkinson teaches Contracts and      20 years practiced law with Lozano Smith,
                                  serves as Academic Dean. Prior to joining        and is currently Of Counsel in the Fresno
                                  the SJCL faculty in 2010, Professor Atkinson     office assisting with public construction
                                  practiced general litigation with the Fresno     law matters. Before practicing with Lozano
                                  firm of McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard,            Smith, Professor Goodrich represented pri-
                                  Wayte and Carruth LLP. Later, Professor          vate clients in business litigation and creditor
                                  Atkinson joined the Office of the Fresno         bankruptcy proceedings at Jory, Peterson
                                  County Counsel. At County Counsel, his           and Sagaser and during law school externed
                                  focus was civil litigation with an emphasis in   with the Honorable Robert J. Kelleher at the
                                  public entity liability. His practice included   Federal District Court, Central District of
                                  extensive motion and trial work, as well as      California.
          Linda Barreto           appellate work, at both the state and federal
                                  level. In law school he was an executive edi-    Denise M. Kerner
                                  tor of the Utah Journal of International Law,    J.D., San Joaquin College of Law
                                                                                   M.A., California State University, Fresno
                                  and published work on topics related to in-
                                                                                   B.A., California State University, Fresno
                                  ternational law and literature. Before attend-
                                                                                      Professor Kerner served as a Deputy
                                  ing law school, Professor Atkinson taught
                                                                                   Fresno City Attorney from 1985-89 draft-
                                  Spanish and Latin-American literature at the
                                                                                   ing, negotiating, reviewing and interpreting
                                  University of Utah.
                                                                                   contracts for all city departments. She served
                                  Linda Barreto                                    as a Research Attorney for the Fifth District
                                  J.D., San Joaquin College of Law                 Court of Appeal (1983-85). Professor Kerner
                                  B.A., University of California, Merced           has been a full-time faculty member at SJCL
                                     Professor Barreto is the Director of the      since March of 1990, teaching Civil Proce-
          Christine A. Goodrich   New American Legal Clinic and teaches Im-        dure I & II and Professional Responsibility.
                                  migration Law. Prior to joining the full-time
                                  faculty at SJCL, she worked defending the        Mark J. Masters
                                                                                   J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
                                  rights of immigrant children as a staff at-
                                                                                   M.L.I.S., University of California, Los Angeles
                                  torney for the non-profit organization, Kids
                                                                                     Mark Masters has been teaching Legal
                                  in Need of Defense (KIND) and as an as-
                                                                                   Methods I and II since the fall of 2014. Be-
                                  sociate attorney for Lazaro Salazar Law, Inc.
                                                                                   fore serving as San Joaquin College of Law’s

          Denise M. Kerner
  8
Library Director, Mr. Masters was the refer-     pal Code. Dean Tennerelli practiced corpo-
ence and collection development librarian at     rate bankruptcy and real estate law at Gold-
the Fresno County Public Law Library for         berg Kohn in Chicago, IL before moving to
five years. Prior to becoming a law librarian,   Fresno, California and earning her Master’s
he practiced as a civil litigator in Ventura     in Counseling at Fresno State University. She
County for five years. His areas of practice     graduated from the University of Chicago

                                                                                                                        FACULTY
were first-party insurance policy issues,        Law School with honors and was a member
common-interest community law, education         of the The University of Chicago Law Re-
law, and neighbor disputes. Mr. Masters re-      view. During her time in law school, she also
ceived his Master’s in Library Science from      received the Lord, Bissell & Brook Prize for       Mark J. Masters
the University of California, Los Angeles and    Outstanding Brief in the law school’s Moot
his Juris Doctor from the evening program        Court Competition and volunteered at the
at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. He also       Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic for the
has a Master’s in Visual Arts Administration     Employment Discrimination Project.
from New York University and a Bachelor
                                                 SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE
of Arts in History/Art History from Loyola
Marymount University. He currently lives in      Andreas Borgeas
Fresno with his wife and three cats.             J.D., Georgetown Law School
                                                 M.A.L., Harvard University
Jeffrey G. Purvis                                B.A., Northern Arizona University
J.D., University of California, Davis               Andreas Borgeas, PhD
B.A., University of California, Davis               Professor Andreas Borgeas is a Scholar in       Jeffrey G. Purvis
   In 1993, Professor Purvis was selected        Residence and has been a member of the SJCL
as the James K. and Carol Sellars Herbert        faculty since 2007. He received his graduate
Professor of Constitutional Law at San           education at Harvard University, Georgetown
Joaquin College of Law. Professor Purvis         University Law Center and Panteion Univer-
teaches Constitutional Law and various           sity of Political Sciences. Following his legal
constitutional law electives and taught Busi-    education, Borgeas served as a judicial law
ness Organizations for many years. He has        clerk at the US Court for the Eastern District
been Faculty Chair and Chairperson of the        of California. He is a member of the bar in
Faculty Committee since 2007. Prior to           California and Washington, DC, holds a cer-
joining SJCL’s full-time faculty he served as    tificate from The Hague Academy of Interna-
a senior research attorney for the Court of      tional Law, and in private practice specialized
Appeal, Fifth Appellate District of the State    in international law at Luce Forward. Borgeas
of California from 1983-1985, and served as      was a Fulbright Scholar, Marshall Memorial         Logan Tennerelli
a research attorney for the Superior Courts of   Fellow, Visiting Fellow at the Hellenic Centre
Fresno (1982-1983) and Sonoma (1980-1981)        for European Studies, Contributing Fellow for
Counties. He was editor in chief of the Bar-     the Woodrow Wilson Int’l Center for Schol-
Passers bar review course from 1985 to 1990.     ars, and a Policy Specialist Fellow at the US
                                                 Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan. He
Logan Tennerelli                                 also served as an official political observer in
J.D., University of Chicago Law School
                                                 both the constitutional referendum and na-
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
                                                 tional elections of the Nagorno Karabagh Re-
   Prior to her appointment as Dean of Stu-
                                                 public. Borgeas’ record of scholarship includes
dents as San Joaquin College of Law, Dean
                                                 extensive field research in Central Asia and
Tennerelli taught Legal Methods at SJCL as
                                                 China, with publications in international jour-
well as Law and Democracy, Civic Engage-
                                                 nals from Cornell University, Columbia Uni-
ment and Leadership, and other pre-law                                                              Andreas Borgeas
                                                 versity and Yale University.Andreas Borgeas is
classes at Fresno City College. In addition
                                                 currently serving as a California State Senator,
to teaching, she served as the Fresno City
                                                 an adjunct professor at the Middlebury Insti-
College counselor for pre-law students. Dean
                                                 tute of International Studies in Monterey, and
Tennerelli continues to run the Fresno City
                                                 a Commissioner on the US-China Economic
College Student Advocacy Municipal Hear-
                                                 and Security Review Commission.
ing Clinic at Fresno City College, which al-
lows pre-law students to represent appellants
in matters pertaining to the Fresno Munici-

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LAW LIBRARY

                                 San Joaquin College of Law’s                         The Peace Collection
  Law Library                    Law Library                                             The Peace Collection was donated to the
  Mark Masters                                                                        SJCL Library by Doug Noll, the Chair of SJCL’s
                                    SJCL’s Law Library holds more than 80,000
  Law Library Director                                                                Board of Trustees. The original collection con-
                                 volumes, including law reviews, annotated
  awrest@sjcl.edu                                                                     sisted of 165 titles, covering a range of subjects
                                 codes, appellate court reports of all jurisdic-
                                                                                      and all have a common thread of Peace and/or
                                 tions, and complete Federal and California
  Kerry Hanson                   collections. The resources available include
                                                                                      non-violent conflict resolution. Titles include
  Head of Public Services                                                             the subjects of religion, philosophy, sociology,
                                 the principal secondary sources and a growing
  khanson@sjcl.edu                                                                    history, psychology, negotiation, mediation and
                                 collection of practice materials.
                                                                                      law. The Peace Collection is housed in the same
  Cynthia Robinson                  The SJCL Library is a member of several state
                                                                                      room as the Rule of Law Collection.
  Technical Services Librarian   and national interlibrary loan networks. Virtu-
  crobinson@sjcl.edu             ally any law journal, law review, manuscript or
                                 treatise can be accessed through our library.        The Winton Collection
                                    In addition, hundreds of thousands of                The J. Martin Winton Collection on Land
                                 volumes are available through web-based              Development, Water Use, and the Public Trust
  Library Hours                  subscriptions. While on campus and connected         Doctrine was donated to San Joaquin College
     Except during holidays,     to SJCL’s Wi-Fi network, students have unlim-        of Law in 1988. The Collection represents
  semester breaks, and           ited access to HeinOnline, CCH Intelliconnect,       Winton’s lifelong interest and commitment
  examination weeks              and Lexis-Nexis State Capital. Students have         to preserving the natural resources of the San
  library hours are as           unlimited access to LexisNexis, Westla, CEB          Joaquin Valley and includes books, reports, re-
  follows:                       Onlaw, The Making of Modern Law Collec-              cords, maps, photographs, and personal papers
                                 tion, and CALI available via the internet 24         on San Joaquin wildlife and water development.
  Monday – Thursday              hours a day, on or off campus.                       The Collection, which has been archived and
       9:00am – 10:00pm             Study carrels are available for individual        indexed, is housed in our Winton Special
                                 studying. Two rooms are available for study          Collections Room and is available by appoint-
  Friday
                                 group meetings on the second floor.                  ment only.
       9:00am – 5:00pm

  Saturday – Sunday
       8:30am – 6:00pm
                                 The “Rule of Law” Collection
                                    The “Rule of Law” collection is a gift from
                                 James K. and Carol Sellers Herbert. It includes
    The Library is available
                                 works on jurisprudence, philosophy, and his-
  only to faculty, students,
                                 tory. It is designed to enable students to explore
  and alumni of SJCL.
                                 the classic writings on the crucial role of law in
                                 a civilized society.

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Robert C. Abrams                                 Thomas H. Armstrong                                igation with the San Francisco firm of
J.D., San Joaquin College of Law                 J.D., San Joaquin College of Law                   Dooley, Anderson, Berg, Pardini, John-
B.S., University of California, Berkeley         B.A., California State University, Fresno          son & Ziegler and in business transac-

                                                                                                                                                ADJUNCT FACULTY
Property I                                       Bankruptcy                                         tions with McCormick, Barstow, Shep-
Property II                                         Thomas H. Armstrong is a sole prac-             pard, Wayte & Carruth in Fresno. He
Real Property Drafting                           titioner, practicing primarily in the              also served a six month internship at
   Mr. Abrams is the owner of the Law            area of bankruptcy law. Mr. Armstrong              the United States Department of Labor
Office of Robert C Abrams which prac-            has represented institutional creditors,           in Boston, Massachusetts, adjudicating
tices in the areas of Real Estate Law,           small and large businesses, Debtors and            compensation claims and preparing
Civil Litigation, Family Law, Wills              Creditors, Trustees and Creditors Com-             studies concerning industrial cases of
and Trusts. Prior to opening his firm            mittees in bankruptcy proceedings.                 hearing loss, asbestosis and mesotheli-
in 2016 he worked in the Fresno City             He served as a judicial law clerk to the           oma among civilian employees at mili-
Attorney’s office and another local law          Hon. Richard T. Ford, United States                tary shipyards and aircraft facilities.
firm. Mr. Abrams has been a Licensed             Bankruptcy Judge Retired, from 1989
Real Estate Broker since 1980 and is a           through 1994. He has spoken at various             Arthur G. Baggett, Jr.
licensed General Contractor. He has              seminars on multiple issues arising un-            J.D., San Joaquin College of Law
over 10 years in commercial banking,                                                                M.S., Antioch College
                                                 der the Bankruptcy Code in continuing
where he was involved in real estate                                                                B.S., University of Cincinnati
                                                 education courses offered by numerous
finance, and over 20 years running a                                                                Water Law
                                                 entities including, Central California
company involved in many aspects of                                                                    Professor Baggett has been the at-
                                                 Bankruptcy Association, SJCL, the
real estate including, Construction and                                                             torney member of the California State
                                                 California Bankruptcy Forum and the
Development, Property Management,                                                                   Water Resources Control Board since
                                                 National Business Institute. He has
Inspections, Sales and Marketing. He is                                                             1999. The Board is charged with pro-
                                                 been a contributing editor to Norton’s
a former President of the Fresno Asso-                                                              tecting, preserving and restoring all
                                                 On Bankruptcy Law. He also was an
ciation of Realtors, former Board Chair                                                             California waters while providing for
                                                 adjunct professor at SJCL instructing
of the Community Housing Counsel                                                                    the equitable use of the state’s surface
                                                 in the area of bankruptcy law in the
and former Board Chair of Habitat for                                                               waters. Prior to his appointment by
                                                 school’s former paralegal program.
Humanity Fresno for whom he is cur-                                                                 Governor Davis, he practiced law in
                                                    Mr. Armstrong is a member of the
rently general counsel.                                                                             Mariposa, California. He served two
                                                 State Bar of California, the Fresno
                                                                                                    terms as a county supervisor, and as
                                                 County Bar Association, and the Fed-
Miiko Anderson                                   eral Bar Association. He is admitted to
                                                                                                    adjunct faculty for the University of
J.D. John F. Kennedy University, School of Law                                                      California’s Sierra Institute, the Yo-
                                                 practice in the Eastern, Northern, and
A.A., Laney College                                                                                 semite Institute, and California State
                                                 Southern District Courts of California,
Human Trafficking                                                                                   University, Fresno.
                                                 and the United States Court of Appeals
   Miiko Anderson is a certified Crimi-
nal Specialist and Senior Deputy Dis-            for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Armstrong               Marsha Baum
                                                 has argued numerous cases before the               J.D., SUNY at Buffalo
trict Attorney at the Fresno County
District Attorney’s Office. As a spe-            Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the                 M.S.L.S., Columbia University
cialty unit prosecutor, she prosecutes           Ninth Circuit and the United States                B.A., History, University of Rochester

Gang, Domestic Violence, Sexual As-              Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.            Animal Law
                                                 He is a past president ofthe Central                  Marsha Baum is currently the Asso-
sault and Human Trafficking Cases.
                                                 California Bankruptcy Association and              ciate Vice President for Faculty Affairs
She has taken over 60 cases to jury trial
                                                 the California Bankruptcy Forum.                   in the Provost’s Office at Fresno State.
and gained convictions and lengthy
                                                                                                    She joined Fresno State after serving as
sentences on some of Fresno County’s             Lawrence M. Artenian                               a full-time tenured professor of law at
most violent offenders. Professor An-            J.D., University of San Francisco, School of Law   the University of New Mexico School
derson also serves on the Board of               B.A., Harvard University                           of Law in Albuquerque, where she
Directors for Breaking the Chains, a             Contracts I
                                                                                                    taught Property Law, Intellectual Prop-
non-profit organization dedicated to             Contracts II
                                                                                                    erty, Animal Law, Commercial Law,
providing resources to survivors of hu-            Professor Artenian returned to pri-
                                                                                                    and Legal Ethics. She previously taught
man trafficking. She has received mul-           vate practice in 2010 after 19 years as
                                                                                                    in the law schools at the University of
tiple awards for her tireless efforts to         a member of the full-time faculty at
                                                                                                    Minnesota, University of Connecticut,
prosecute some of the most challenging           SJCL. He has taught Contracts, Rem-
                                                                                                    and the University of South Carolina
cases in Fresno County.                          edies, Real Estate Secured Transactions
                                                                                                    as well as serving as visiting scholar or
                                                 and a variety of other courses. His cur-
                                                                                                    visiting professor at the University of
                                                 rent work with the Fresno firm of Wag-
                                                                                                    Tasmania, University of North Ade-
                                                 ner & Jones emphasizes employment
                                                                                                    laide, Sydney Law School, and Flinders
                                                 and class action litigation. Previously,
                                                                                                    University in Australia. Her research
                                                 Professor Artenian practiced in civil lit-

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interests include the intersection of ani-    tax-free exchanges, employee benefits,         Phillip H. Cherney
                  mal law and disaster law.                     and general business practices.                J.D., Lincoln Law School, San Jose
                                                                                                               B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
                  Barry J. Bennett                              Amanda D. Cary
ADJUNCT FACULTY

                                                                                                               The Death Penalty
                  J.D., New York University Law School          J.D., UC Davis School of Law                      For six years Professor Cherney
                  A.B., University of Rochester                 B.A., University of Southern California
                                                                                                               taught Criminal Law and Procedure
                  Private Labor Law                             Appellate Advocacy
                                                                                                               and Evidence I-II to law students at
                  Public Labor Law                              Moot Court
                                                                                                               San Joaquin College of Law. He is now
                     Professor Bennett is a partner in the         Amanda D. Cary has been a Deputy
                                                                                                               teaching a single, advanced Criminal
                  law firm of Bennett & Sharpe. In 1975-        Attorney General in the Criminal
                                                                                                               Law course, The Death Penalty. In
                  76 he was Regional Director of the            Division – Appeals, Writs, and Trials
                                                                                                               addition to his teaching experience,
                  Agricultural Labor Relations Board in         section – of the California Attorney
                                                                                                               Professor Cherney has over four de-
                  Fresno. Prior to entering private prac-       General’s office for the past 12 years.
                                                                                                               cades of trial and appellate experience
                  tice, he was staff attorney for the Equal     She is admitted to practice in all Cali-
                                                                                                               in state and federal courts in civil and
                  Employment Opportunities Commis-              fornia Courts, the U.S. District Court
                                                                                                               criminal litigation. For the past thirty-
                  sion (1974-75), a member of the New           for the Eastern District of California,
                                                                                                               three years he focused his practice on
                  York Office of Labor Relations (1973-         the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,
                                                                                                               criminal defense representation, tried
                  74), and staff member and attorney for        and the United States Supreme Court.
                                                                                                               twenty murder cases, including six
                  the International Garment Worker’s            Professor Cary handles appeals in a
                                                                                                               capital cases, and he was appointed by
                  Union (1968-73). Professor Bennett            wide range of adult and juvenile cases,
                                                                                                               the California Supreme Court as lead
                  has been a contributing editor for A          including murder and capital murder
                                                                                                               counsel in six death penalty appeals
                  Dictionary of Arbitration (1970) and          cases. She has argued more than a
                                                                                                               and habeas corpus proceedings. Retir-
                  California Administrative Mandamus            dozen times in the California Court of
                                                                                                               ing from active practice in 2019, he has
                  for Continuing Education of the Cali-         Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, twice
                                                                                                               been a consultant to public defender
                  fornia State Bar.                             in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,
                                                                                                               agencies and private counsel, testified
                                                                and once in the California Supreme
                  Alyson A. Berg                                Court. During law school, Professor
                                                                                                               as as an expert witness on professional
                  J.D., University of California,                                                              standards and practices for defense
                                                                Cary was an editor of the UC Davis
                     Hastings College of Law                                                                   counsel in death penalty trials, and he
                                                                Law Review, and had her student arti-
                  B.S., University of San Francisco                                                            has published scholarly articles on select
                                                                cle “Cocaine Base: Not All It’s Cracked
                  Advanced Research & Writing                                                                  topics in criminal law.
                                                                Up to Be” chosen for publication. She
                     Alyson has been litigating cases in
                  federal and state courts for over 20
                                                                also holds bachelor’s degrees in political     David P. Chiappetta
                                                                science and economics from the Uni-            J.D., University of Washington School of Law
                  years. For nearly ten years, Alyson has
                                                                versity of Southern California.                B.A., Willamette University
                  tried multi-million dollar civil and
                                                                                                               Civil Procedure I
                  criminal cases for the government. Her        Daniel E. Casas                                Professional Responsibility
                  trial experiences are wide¬ranging,           J.D., University of California, Los Angeles       Professor Chiappetta is a partner at
                  including defending the government            B.S., California State University, Fresno
                                                                                                               Perkins Coie LLP, an international law
                  in employment discrimination, fraud,          Tribal Sovereign Immunity
                                                                                                               firm with over 1,100 lawyers. With over
                  worker injuries cases, and participating         Daniel E. Casas is the Chief Legal
                                                                                                               twenty five years of legal experience, his
                  in drug and human trafficking trials.         Counsel to Table Mountain Ran-
                                                                                                               practice primarily involves the litigation
                  Alyson has also handled several appeals       cheria’s Tribal Government, Table
                                                                                                               of complex commercial disputes, with
                  in matters relating to wrongful termi-        Mountain Casino and Table Mountain
                                                                                                               a focus on antitrust and unfair business
                  nation/employment discrimination,             Rancheria Tribal Gaming Commis-
                                                                                                               practice claims, class actions, contract
                  fraud and personal injury claims. In          sion. Mr. Casas has developed a level of
                                                                                                               and partnership disputes, and intel-
                  addition to her trial and post-trial work     expertise in the area of Federal Indian
                                                                                                               lectual property matters. Professor Chi-
                  in employment matters, Alyson has             Law and Tribal Sovereign Immunity
                                                                                                               appetta also has extensive experience
                  provided employment training to sev-          in his ten plus years at Table Mountain
                                                                                                               counseling clients on issues relating to
                  eral agencies relating to harassment and      Rancheria. His opinions and advice are
                                                                                                               antitrust law and trade regulation, and
                  racial and religious discrimination.          frequently sought by members of our
                                                                                                               has represented clients before federal
                                                                state and federal legislators who desire
                  David M. Camenson                             an unbiased assessment of the current
                                                                                                               and state government enforcement
                  J.D., Indiana University, Bloomington                                                        agencies in relation to mergers, acqui-
                                                                state and trends in the field Federal
                  M.B.A., Indiana University, Bloomington                                                      sitions, joint ventures, and civil and
                                                                Indian Law. Mr. Casas also frequently
                  B.A., University of California, Los Angeles                                                  criminal investigations. He has served
                                                                participates in panel discussions with
                  Basic Individual Income Taxation                                                             as an international enforcer, spending
                  Law Practice Management                       local and state officials in topics that af-
                                                                                                               four years of his legal career in Austra-
                  Secured Transactions                          fect or pertains to the development and
                                                                                                               lia prosecuting cases on behalf of the
                     Professor Camenson is a solo practi-       implementation of successful Govern-
                                                                                                               Australian Competition and Consumer
                  tioner, emphasizing retirement plans,         ment-to-Government communication
                                                                                                               Commission. While attending the Uni-
                                                                and programs.

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