TheUC Davis Law Reviewessay, "'Followed Rates' and Leading State Cases, 1940-2005," was discussed in a Wall Street Journal column. The essay was co-authored by UC Davis School of Law alumnus Jake Dear '83. In March, the article was profiled in the New York Times.
In March, Associate Dean Kevin Johnson and International Programs Executive Director Beth Greenwood welcomed 22 lawyers from the Petrobras Oil Company in Brazil to the UC Davis School of Law for a two-week training program.
UC Davis School of Law co-sponsored the California Women Lawyers' Northern California Judicial Reception on March 28, 2008 at the Sterling Hotel in Sacramento. A long-time friend of King Hall, the Honorable Emily E.
Two of UC Davis's Eggheads were hoisted in a giant nylon sling and moved in order to make room for the $24 million expansion of the UC Davis School of Law. Faculty, staff, and students gathered to celebrate the beginning of the King Hall expansion and renovation project.
The New York Times profiled a UC Davis Law Review essay entitled, "'Followed Rates' and Leading State Cases, 1940-2005." According to the study, co-authored by Chief Supervising Attorney of the California Supreme Court and UC Davis School of Law alumnus Jake Dear '83, the California Supreme Court is the most influential state court in the nation, with more than 1,200 decisions followed by other states since 1940.
The International Herald Tribune quoted former California Supreme Court Justice, and Professor Emeritus, Cruz Reynoso on the oral arguments before the California Supreme Court in six cases involving challenges to the state's marriage statutes. In the cases, the statutes are challenged as unconstitutionally denying same-sex couples the right to marry.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Kevin Johnson and Assistant Dean of Students Hollis Kulwin were quoted in an article in The Recorder (San Francisco) on law school grading systems. The story considers the perennial law student calls for reform of the grading curve.
