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Bitzer, 427 U.S. 445 (1976) allows Congress to abrogate state immunity from suit under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment; this was broadened to include bankruptcy cases by Central Virginia Community College v. Katz, 546 U.S. 356 (2006), based on Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution. In Lapides v.
In 1878, Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first chief justice of California, gave $100,000 to be used to create the law school that once bore his name.He arranged for the enactment of a legislative act on March 26, 1878, to create the Hastings College of the Law as a separate legal entity affiliated with the University of California.
The Northwestern California University School of Law is an online-only law school registered in Sacramento, California, founded in 1982. [4] It is accredited by the State Bar of California , [ 5 ] and is approved to award the Juris Doctor degree upon completion and graduation from the program.
The five law schools in the University of California system are as follows: University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, established in 1878; University of California, Berkeley School of Law, established as a department in 1894 and as a law school in 1912; University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, established in 1949
In 1970, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Paul Egly established the law school. [5] In 1985, the school merged with the San Fernando Valley College of Law; [6] however, the two operated as independent entities within the University of La Verne until 2002, when the University of West Los Angeles purchased the San Fernando Valley College of Law campus. [7]
The Ventura campus was founded in 1969 and the Santa Barbara campus was added in 1975. As of 2007, the colleges have over 1,600 alumni. [4] In 2010, The Colleges of Law joined The Community Solution, [5] an integrated nonprofit system of colleges and universities. [6]
The California International Law Center is a research center at the Davis School of Law (Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall) that focuses on international, comparative, and transnational law. It works to promote scholarship, curricular and career development, and partnerships with organizations such as the American Society of International Law and ...
Santa Clara Law's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 34.5%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2013 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation. [13] Law School Transparency reports a 41.3% employment score for the Class of 2011. [14]