The Southwestern University School of Law (also known as Southwestern Law School) is a private ABA-accredited law school located in Los Angeles, California, with about 1000 students at a campus that includes the Bullocks Wilshire building, an admired art-deco landmark. Founded on November 25, 1911 by John J. Schumacher, the school offers four J.D. programs of study as well as one LL.M. program. The school should not be confused with Southwestern University, a liberal arts institution in Georgetown, Texas. American Bar Associations Washington, DC office The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. ... // A law school is an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees. ... Los Angeles, L.A., and LA redirect here. ... Bullocks Wilshire, located at 3050 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, is a 230,000-square foot Art-Deco building completed in 1929 as a luxury department store for owner John G. Bullock. ... The Art Deco spire of the Chrysler Building in New York, built 1928–1930. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law. ... Southwestern University is a private, selective, four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Georgetown, Texas, USA // Campus Southwestern University is in Central Texas about 30 miles (50 km) north of Austin in Georgetown. ... In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... Georgetown is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. ...

The Bullocks Wilshire Building on the campus of the Southwestern Law School

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History

The Westmoreland building of the Southwestern University School of Law

Southwestern University School of Law was founded on November 25, 1911 as the Southwestern College of Law. John J. Schumacher, its founder, intended the nonprofit institution to be a law school that reached out to women and minorities. The school is one of the oldest law schools in the state of California and the second oldest law school in Los Angeles. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 706 KB) Summary Joshua Rand Kagan Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 706 KB) Summary Joshua Rand Kagan Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

Southwestern received a university charter in 1915 after it expanded to include a number of other disciplines including a business school. Southwestern's first "home" was a small campus on South Hill Street, where it existed for the first five decades of its existence. University charter is a charter given by provincial, state or regional governments to legitimize the universitys existence. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A business school is a university-level institution that teaches topics such as accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, strategy and quantitative methods. ...

The Great Depression and Second World War took a severe toll on the school's enrollment, and by the end of the 1930s the law school was the only school that remained. However, as veterans returned home the school experienced a surge of interest, and by 1972 the decision was made to move to the school's current location on Westmoreland Avenue in the Wilshire Center area of Los Angeles. By that time, the school was ABA-accredited and interest was growing quickly. The Great Depression was an economic downturn which started in 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1994, Southwestern acquired the adjacent Bullocks Wilshire building, an historic landmark which was subsequently renovated to house the school's law library, classrooms, and faculty offices. Bullocks Wilshire, located at 3050 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, is a 230,000-square foot Art-Deco building completed in 1929 as a luxury department store for owner John G. Bullock. ...

Dean Bryant G. Garth

Southwestern's current dean is Bryant G. Garth. Prior to joining Southwestern, Dean Garth was the Director of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Dean Garth succeeds Dean Leigh H. Taylor. Look up director in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... American Bar Foundation: Dedicated to the Study of Law, Legal Institutions, and Legal Processes Overview Established in 1952, the American Bar Foundation is an independent, nonprofit national research institute located in Chicago, Illinois committed to objective empirical research on law and legal institutions. ...

Since joining Southwestern in 2005, Dean Garth has brought many changes to the school. In particular, Dean Garth has redirected Southwestern to making sure the faculaty and staff do everything they can to support the students at Southwestern. These changes include hiring more staff, streamlining bureaucratic regulations, readjusting the grading curve, and providing more resources for counseling.

Dean Garth has also changed the first-year curriculum to better fit the needs of the students. The curriculum is now more focused on career development and lawyering skills, including interviewing, counseling, and negotiation. As part of the new program, the first week of school is dedicated completely to the new LAWS program (Legal Analysis, Writing, and Skills).

Academic Programs

J.D. Day Program

Southwestern offers a full-time day program. During this program, students pursue a broad-based legal education with opportunities to focus on a particular area of law, such as entertainment, commercial, tax, international, criminal, among others.

J.D. Evening Program;

Southwestern's part-time evening program is a four year program designed for working professionals.

J.D. SCALE Program

Southwestern offers a two-calendar-year alternative J.D. course. SCALE's (Southwestern's Conceptual Approach to Legal Education) emphasis is on conceptual learning and simulation training.

LL.M.

In 2000, Southwestern launched the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment & Media Law Institute [[1]] which offers the nation’s first LL.M degree in entertainment and media law. It also enables students to work for leading entertainment companies such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Lions Gate Entertainment, Virgin Records, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.,and the Writers Guild of America. The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law. ... Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ... Lions Gate redirects here. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ...

The Institute also hosts conferences in the area of entertainment and media law, and provides opportunities for students to interact with professionals in these fields.

Campus

The center of the Southwestern University School of Law campus in downtown LA

The campus occupies over two city blocks in the Mid-Wilshire district of downtown Los Angeles known as Korea Town. Currently the campus contains two buildings, the 6-story Westmoreland Building and the 5-story Bullocks Wilshire Building. Both buildings house classrooms, administrative offices, and faculty offices; the Bullocks Wilshire Building also houses the Taylor Law Library, the Dixon Courtroom and Advocacy Center, a fitness center, a dining center, and a number of student lounges. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 821 KB) Summary Joshua Rand Kagan Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 821 KB) Summary Joshua Rand Kagan Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Mid-Wilshire is a region in west-central Los Angeles, California. ... Skyline of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the geographic center of metropolitan Los Angeles, California. ... Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown Koreatown, also known as Wilshire Center, is a district in the city of Los Angeles, California. ...

The Westmoreland Building is a 6-story building typical of college and university campuses, but the Bullocks Wilshire Building is a fully restored landmark that pays tribute to its history in many ways. Every level of the building is painstakingly renovated down to the smallest details such as the clocks on the walls and the "show showcases" in the area now occupied by the library.

The school's location in downtown Los Angeles creates a unique situation for students. Southwestern University School of Law has no on-campus housing, so the student body is composed entirely of commuters. The current layout of the campus reflects this, with about one-third of the campus devoted to a dual-level parking facility. Skyline of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the geographic center of metropolitan Los Angeles, California. ... Commuting is the process of travelling from a place of residence to a place of work. ...

The Bullocks Wilshire Building on the campus of the Southwestern University School of Law

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Notable alumni

Politics & Government

• Gordon Smith (United States Senator from Oregon)
• Julian Dixon (United States Congressman, 32nd Congressional District (California) (former Chair, House Ethics Committee))
• Jim Gibbons (United States Congressman, 2nd Congressional District (Nevada))
• Edward R. Roybal (United States Congressman, 30th and later the 25th Congressional Districts (California), Los Angeles City Council)
• Tom Bradley (former mayor of Los Angeles, CA)
• Edward M. Wolkowitz (former mayor of Culver City, CA)
• Stanley Mosk (former justice of the California Supreme Court)
• Paul Peek (former justice of the California Supreme Court)
• Ronald S.W. Lew (federal district judge in Los Angeles)
• Arthur Greenwald (judge of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California)
• J. Gary Hastings (associate justice, California Court of Appeal, Second District, Fourth Division)
• Scott M. Gordon (Commissioner, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; RAND Advisory Board)
• Marcia Clark (prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder case)
• Matt Fong (former California state treasurer)
• Norris Poulson (former mayor of Los Angeles, CA)

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Sports

• Jeffrey Birren (General Counsel, Oakland Raiders)
• Jeffrey Borris (General Counsel and Partner, Beverly Hills Sports Council)
• Roxanne Kosarzycki (General Counsel, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• Donald Sterling (Los Angeles Clippers Owner)
• Chris Bahr (Olympian, NFL Kicker)

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Entertainment industry

• Howard Kurtzman (Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Twentieth Century Fox Television)
• Joseph DeMarco (Executive Vice President, Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Alan Duke (General Counsel, Miramax Studios)
• George Eichen (Former Senior Vice President & General Counsel MTV Networks)
• Martin Shafer (Partner, Castle Rock Entertainment)
• Jeffrey S. Weiss (Vice President, Business Affairs, Columbia TriStar T.V. Distribution)
• Glen A. Smith (Executive Counsel, ABC, Inc.)
• Wayne Levin (Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)
• Gregory Gelfan (Executive Vice President, Fox Filmed Entertainment)
• Gary D. Silver (Vice President, Business Affairs CBS Entertainment)
• Michael Moore (Vice President, Intellectual Property Group, MGM)
• Stacey Gardner (Model on Deal or No Deal, case #2)
• Jean Casarez (Court TV correspondent)

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Legal practice

• Norman Zafman (Founding Partner, Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman) Website
• James D. Nichols (Founding Partner, Bonne Bridges Mueller O’Keefe & Nichols) Website
• Irwin R. Buchalter (Founding Partner, Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger) Website
• Larry H. Parker (Southern California personal injury attorney well-known for his television commercials) Website
• Craig R. Breitman (Founding Partner, Selman & Breitman) Website
• Lauren B. Leichtman (Co-Founder and CEO, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP)) Website
• Daniel M. Petrocelli (Partner at law firm O'Melveny & Myers LLP. Notable Clients include: Fred Goldman, the father of murder victim Ron Goldman, in a wrongful death civil suit against O.J. Simpson; and Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling)
• Daniel Horowitz (high-profile defense attorney and legal analyst)

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Religion

• Howard W. Hunter (14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints))

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Notable faculty

Current professors

• Michael D. Scott (Expert on computer and technology law, blogger) Blog Website

• Robert Lutz (Public and private international law) Website

• Robert Pugsley (Frequent TV and Radio commentator on criminal law) Website

• Jonathan Miller (Specialist in Latin American legal institutions) Website

• Robert Lind (Expert in entertainment, media and intellectual property law) Website

• Myrna Raeder (Specialist in evidence and procedure) Website

• Christopher David Cameron (Authority in labor law, focusing on unions) Website

• Joerg Knipprath (Expert in constitutional law) Website

Former professors

• Christopher Darden, (Prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial)
• Paul E. Treusch, 1974 to 2004 (Internationally recognized expert in tax law) Website

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Academic reputation

• The Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas corresponds to Southwestern's extensive curriculum and faculty expertise in international and comparative law. The Journal focuses on issues of law and trade in North, Central and South America; exploring such areas as environmental law, international trade, human rights, and international crime.
• The U.S. Supreme Court cited the Journal of Law in United States v. Balsys, 524 U.S. 666, 715 (1998).
• Ranked Tier 3 among the nation's "Top Law Schools" by the 2007 U.S. News and World Report [[2]]
• The law school has established itself in the field of entertainment and media law.
• Southwestern has established an Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and a Children’s Rights Clinic.

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Filming on the Southwestern campus

The Office of Administrative Services is responsible for all arrangements pertaining to commercial photography and filming on Southwestern's campus.

• A scene in The Aviator, a 2004 film starring Leonard DiCaprio, was filmed on campus near the entrance to the Bullocks Wilshire Building.
• The final scene in the film Ghostbusters was filmed on top of the Bullocks Wilshire Building.
• Featured setting in Topper, a 1937 film staring Cary Grant
• Also featured in: “Dunston Checks In”; Aerosmith’s “Love in an Elevator”

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External links

• Official website of the Southwestern University School of Law
• Official website of U.S. News and World Report
• Southwestern's Director of Public Information Leslie Steinberg

References