University of California, Irvine School of Law
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The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is the law school at the University of California, Irvine, a public research university in Irvine, California. Founded in 2007, it is the fifth and newest law school in the UC system. At the time of its founding, it was the first new public law school in California in more than 40 years.[5]
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Parent school | University of California, Irvine |
Established | 2007; 17 years ago (2007) |
School type | Public |
Parent endowment | $ 1.3 billion |
Dean | Austen Parrish,[1] Dean and Chancellor's Professor of Law |
Location | Irvine, California, US |
Enrollment | 467[2] |
Faculty | 145[2] |
USNWR ranking | 42nd (tie) (2024)[3] |
Bar pass rate | 88% (July 2022 1st time takers)[4] |
Website | law |
ABA profile | Standard 509 Report |
In September 2007, Erwin Chemerinsky was named as the law school's first dean. Chemerinsky served until 2017 when he was hired to be dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. L. Song Richardson became interim dean in July 2017[6] and full dean in January 2018.[7] Song Richardson served as the dean until 2021 when she was hired as President of Colorado College. Bryant Garth became interim dean in July 2021.[8] Austen Parrish was named as the law school's third dean in April 2022.[9]