的 审判的宣传 和 争议解决 programs at the University of the Pacific 麦克乔治法学院 are once again ranked among the top programs in the country, 根据一项研究 今天发布的.S. 新闻 & 世界报道.

麦克乔治法学院 ranks No. 20 in the nation for trial advocacy 和 No. 21 for dispute resolution. 

“I’ve met so many great people that have found their voice in the courtroom 和 their passion for trial through 麦克乔治法学院’s 审判的宣传 program,” third-year law student Vanessa Trujillo ’24. “I am really honored to be a part of the mock trial team. 的 faculty 和 alumni coaches have been amazing to learn from.”

争议解决 educates law students in skills related to client counseling, negotiation 和 mediation. 麦克乔治法学院 finished No. 7 in the nation in the American Bar Association Competitions Championship for the 2022-23 academic year. This ranking is based on law schools’ performance in all American Bar Association-sanctioned competitions. 

“的se rankings demonstrate the exceptional caliber of students who are drawn to McGeorge 和 flourish in our outst和ing programs as well as underscore the faculty's unwavering commitment to excellence in these areas,” Michael Hunter Schwartz, dean of 麦克乔治法学院.

麦克乔治法学院 houses the Eglet Center for 审判的宣传 和 争议解决, named in honor of alumnus Robert T. Eglet ’88 和 his law partner 和 wife, Tracy A. Eglet. McGeorge is distinctly able to attract top faculty for these programs by virtue of its faculty chairs in trial advocacy 和 alternative dispute resolution 和 its professorship in advocacy. 

“We are delighted to learn that our peers continue to recognize the Eglet Center for Advocacy 和 争议解决 as a national leader,教授说。 迈克尔Colatrella, the inaugural Tracy A. Eglet Chair in Alternative 争议解决. “With the recent transformative gift by Robert 和 Tracy Eglet, McGeorge is poised to do even more to advance advocacy 和 dispute resolution teaching, practice 和 scholarship on a national level.”

的 school also received national recognition for international law (No. 法律写作(第33号). 40), 兼职法律课程 (No. 38) 和 part-time law program in California (No. 4). 

而你.S. 新闻 does not rank law schools’ moot court programs, McGeorge’s program also has enjoyed extraordinary success during the 2023-24 school year. McGeorge’s moot court program was ranked as 无. 10 program in the nation 今年秋天. 

At the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Philadelphia, McGeorge teams tied for third 和 15th place.

Third-year law students Ava Sutton ’24 和 Morgan Graber ’24 earned 无. 2 Best Brief in the competition out of 178 briefs submitted. Sutton was also named as one of the top 5 oralists out of 202 competitors hailing from 101 law schools across the country.

的 McGeorge teams comprised two of the four teams selected to advance to the national round of the competition after winning the final rounds of the regional competition in San Francisco. 

McGeorge is led by professors who have attained national 和 international renown in their fields, 包括退休的U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the law school's longest serving faculty member who taught from 1965 to 2019. 

McGeorge also houses law clinics that provide students experiential learning opportunities to support community members in 破产, 老年人和健康法, 无家可归的宣传, 移民, legislative 和 public policy 和 囚犯公民权利. 

U.S. 新闻 & 世界报道's rankings evaluate 198 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association. 的 rankings are based on a weighted average of the 12 measures of quality including the law school’s acceptance rate, bar passage rate 和 employment after graduation. 的 full methodology be found 在这里.