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| Established: | 1901 |
| Type: | Private non-profit |
| Dean: | Frederic White |
| Students: | 851 |
| Location: | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | www.ggu.edu/law/ |
The Golden Gate University School of Law was founded in 1901 as the YMCA Evening Law School, a component of the San Francisco Central YMCA Evening College. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage In Academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit or over a specific area of concern or both The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The Young Men's Christian Association (" YMCA " or " the Y " was founded on June 6, 1844 in London England by a young man Like other YMCA Law Schools across the nation, it was established to provide people who worked full-time the opportunity to attend law school at night. The YMCA Evening College and Law School was formally incorporated separately from the San Francisco Central YMCA in 1923, as Golden Gate College. The school moved to its present location at 536 Mission Street in the South of Market neighborhood in December 1964 with the rest of the university joining it two years later. Mission Street is San Francisco 's longest street (slightly over seven miles and is one of its oldest "SoMa" redirects here For the SoMa in Vancouver see South Main. It became Golden Gate University in 1972. Founded in 1901 Golden Gate University (informally referred to as GGU, or simply as Golden Gate) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Following the national trend, the school replaced the Bachelor of Laws with the Juris Doctor in 1967). The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law Juris Doctor (abbreviated JD or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a first professional graduate degree and Professional [1] The university is a California non-profit public benefit corporation.
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About the Law School
Golden Gate University School of Law has a history of developing programs to meet the demands of law students, the community, and the legal profession. The Public Interest Scholars Program encourages students to use their legal education to serve their communities. In addition, the Law School's on-site Women's Employment Rights Clinic and Environmental Law & Justice Clinic provide opportunities for students to work with real clients who may not otherwise have access to legal counsel.
In the 1980s, the Law School developed a graduate legal program in Taxation and in the 1990s with graduate programs in Environmental Law, International Legal Studies Program, and U. S. Legal Studies.
In 1998, the Law School continued its tradition of providing a practical legal education by establishing the Honors Lawyering Program through which students participate in two full-time, semester-long legal apprenticeships.
Accreditation
Golden Gate University School of Law has been accredited by the American Bar Association since August 1956 and the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California since 1940 (accreditation standards having been adopted in 1937). The American Bar Association ( ABA) founded August 21 1878 is a voluntary Bar association of Lawyers and law students which is not specific The State Bar of California is California 's official Bar association. [2] It is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The Association of American Law Schools ( AALS) is a Non-profit organization of 170 Law schools in the United States. Graduates qualify to take the bar exam in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia. A bar examination is an examination to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice Law in a given Jurisdiction.
Certificates of Specialization are available in Business Law, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Public Interest Law, and Real Estate Law. Students may also earned combined degrees: JD/MBA with Golden Gate University or JD/PhD with the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.
Notable events
- Golden Gate University School of Law was northern California's first evening law school.
- Golden Gate University School of Law was northern California's third law school.
- Classes continued in tents when the YMCA building was destroyed after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
- In 1973, Judith McKelvey was appointed Dean; she was the second woman in the United States to be named dean of a law school.
- In 1985, Golden Gate began a midyear admission program, which allows students to start law school in January.
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