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With a temperate climate – the year-round average temperature ranges from 67 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit –and beautiful and diverse surroundings, the University of California, Irvine is an ideal community in which to live and study.
In Southern California, you can surf in the morning and snowboard in the afternoon, and have a wide choice of cultural opportunities in the evening. The region contains 76 miles of shoreline, bounded by mountain ranges and crisscrossed by thousands of miles of nature trails. Neighboring Newport Beach and Laguna Beach are among the most beautiful coastlines in all of California.
More importantly, the inaugural students at the University of California, Irvine School of Law will benefit from an unparalleled faculty-to-student ratio, as well as collegial, close and collaborative relationships with faculty and administrators, and fellow students in the law school and across the campus.
Student Services will be designed to enrich the overall experience and ensure students receive the support they need to excel. Students also will be active partners in creating the new law school for the 21st century.
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“With an entering first year class
of about 60 students and a founding faculty of between 15-20 professors, our classes will be small and have the best student/faculty ratio of any school in the country. The founding faculty are all at the very top of their field, but first and foremost, they are all excellent teachers.”
Erwin Chemerinsky
Founding Dean
“I view student services as being
a central component to any educational endeavor. All the departments charged with delivering services to law students will put student needs first. I have worked hard at Boalt to develop a student-centered array of services to law students, and this is something I will replicate and improve upon at Irvine. This is not your mother’s or father’s law school!”
Victoria Ortiz
Dean of Students and Director of Admissions
“Set in the vibrant legal
and business community of Orange County, with beautiful natural surroundings, one of the world's best climates, great cultural diversity and a rapidly expanding universe of philanthropic support, UC Irvine School of Law will quickly become one of America's finest law schools.”
Jennifer L. Keller
The Law Offices of Jennifer Keller
Past President, Orange County Bar Association