The Donald Bren School of Law, established by the University of California Board of Regents in November 2006, is the first public law school to open in California in more than 40 years.

Combining legal education with the advantages of a major research university, the school will leverage UCI’s existing strengths in emerging technology, social policy, international business and health care and produce 21st-century leaders in law, government and business. UCI law graduates will be encouraged to pursue careers in public service, including non-governmental organizations and philanthropic agencies.

The school is expected to open its doors to the first class of students in fall 2009. Over the next several years, UCI will recruit founding faculty – an effort supported by a $20 million gift from business leader and philanthropist Donald Bren, which created 11 endowed faculty chairs and a dean’s chair for the law school.

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