UC Davis School of Law

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The University of California, Davis School of Law is the professional graduate law school of the University of California, Davis. The school received ABA approval in 1968.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It joined the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1968.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

UC Davis School of Law is one of five law schools in the University of California system, with a total enrollment of around 600 students. The school is located in a building named for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and commonly referred to as King Hall.<ref>King Hall</ref>

History

In July 1962, the Regents of the University of California approved a plan for a law school at the University of California, Davis.<ref name="Schuering_Page_133">Template:Cite book</ref> Edward L. Barrett, Jr., was appointed as UC Davis Law's first dean<ref name="Epstein">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp on July 1, 1964.<ref name="Schuering_Page_133" />

Barrett hired Mortimer Schwartz as the first law librarian, so that a law library could be established right away, and for the founding faculty, hired Daniel Dykstra, Edgar Bodenheimer, Brigitte Bodenheimer, Edward Rabin, and Frank Baldwin.<ref name="Schuering_Page_134">Template:Cite book</ref>

UC Davis School of Law opened in a temporary space in fall 1966 and moved to a permanent building in fall 1968.<ref name="Epstein" />Template:Rp For its first entering class in fall 1966, the new law school received 340 applications, accepted 150, enrolled 78, and awarded 68 J.D. degrees in June 1969.<ref name="Schuering_Page_134" />

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 caused several students and faculty members to suggest renaming the law school after him.<ref name="Schuering_Page_136">Template:Cite book</ref> Instead, the building housing the law school was formally dedicated as Martin Luther King Jr. Hall on April 12, 1969.<ref name="Schuering_Page_137">Template:Cite book</ref> The featured speaker was Chief Justice Earl Warren.<ref name="Schuering_Page_137" />

Rankings and academics

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In 2025, U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Davis 50th among all law schools in the United States.<ref name=USNWR/>

For diversity among the five law schools in the UC system, UC Davis was named the second-most diverse after UC Hastings by U.S. News & World Report.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Princeton Review placed UC Davis Law tenth in the nation for faculty diversity in the 2009 version of its annual law ranking. It is listed as an "A−" in the March 2011 "Diversity Honor Roll" by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students.<ref name=NationalJurist>Template:Citation</ref>

It is listed as an "A" (#16) in the January 2011 "Best Public Interest Law Schools" ratings by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students.<ref name=NJPubInterest>Template:Cite journal</ref>

UC Davis has been ranked as the fifth most-expensive public law school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.<ref name="USNews">Template:Cite web</ref> It is also ranked first for providing the most financial aid.<ref name="USNews" />

Main Entrance to King Hall

UC Davis grants the second-most in financial aid in the country.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> UC Davis Law's King Hall Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), founded in 1990 to help alumni working in relatively low-income public-service law careers to repay student loans, was the first loan repayment assistance program established at any UC law school.<ref name="The Aggie 2009">Template:Cite web</ref>

According to Brian Leiter's Law School rankings, Davis ranks 18th in the nation for scholarly impact as measured by total academic citations of tenure-stream faculty.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Bar passage rates

Based on a 2001-2007 6 year average, 79.4% of UC Davis Law graduates passed the California State Bar exam.<ref name=ILRG>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2009, 89% of first-time test takers passed the California bar.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

For July 2012, 78.9% of first-time test takers passed the California bar exam.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For July 2013, 85.0% of first-time test takers passed the California Bar Exam.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

For July 2014, 86% of first-time test takers passed the California bar exam.<ref name="Robertson 2015">Template:Cite web</ref>

Employment

According to King Hall's official 2019 ABA-required disclosures, 85% of the Class of 2019 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> King Hall's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 6.5%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2019 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Costs

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at King Hall for the 2024-2025 academic year is $83,011 for California residents and $95,256 for non-residents.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Expansion

The law school completed a $30 million expansion project in 2011. The project has added an additional wing to the law school's current building, increasing assignable space by nearly 30 percent to provide for additional classrooms, offices, and a new courtroom, named the Paul and Lydia Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom in honor of a $1 million gift to the project from the Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation. The courtroom is used by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court, and California Court of AppealTemplate:Citation needed.

Noted people

Faculty

  • Vikram Amar, Daniel J. Dykstra Distinguished Professor of Law, scholar of constitutional law, federal courts, and civil procedure
  • Alan Brownstein, professor of law emeritus
  • Gabriel "Jack" Chin, professor of law, specialist in fields of immigration law and criminal procedure
  • Joel Dobris, professor of law emeritus, scholar of trusts, wills, and estates
  • Angela P. Harris, professor of law emerita, critical legal theory scholar
  • Robert W. Hillman, professor of law emeritus
  • Edward Imwinkelried, professor of law emeritus
  • Kevin Johnson, distinguished professor, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, specialist in civil rights, immigration, and Chicano/a rights law
  • Miguel Méndez, professor of law emeritus, evidence law scholar (dec.)
  • Rex R. Perschbacher, Daniel J. Dykstra Endowed Chair, lecturer (1981–2016), dean of the law school (1998–2008), professor emeritus (2016–2018). Professor of law, civil procedure, professional responsibility, legal ethics and clinical application of legal education. (dec.)
  • Cruz Reynoso, associate justice of the California Supreme Court 1982–1987, professor emeritus. (dec.)
  • Martha West, former associate dean; professor of law emerita
  • William S. Dodge, professor of law emeritus, international law, international transactions, and international dispute resolution

Alumni

References

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