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WHO WE ARE
East Bay Law School was established in 2003 as a non-profit institution. Our program is particularly designed to serve mature adults who are employed, reside in, or plan to reside in the State of California. The curriculum and class schedules have been especially selected to achieve maximum convenience for employed night law school students.
OUR GOAL
To make an affordable legal education available a broader spectrum of individuals in the community.
OUR MISSION
To provide an opportunity for all qualified citizens to attend law school; to educate law students to become members of an honorable profession; and to arm graduates with the knowledge, savvy, and skills to meet the demands that will be placed upon them by an increasingly sophisticated society.
OUR OBJECTIVES
While no representation is made that students who attend East Bay Law School will be better prepared for employment than persons attending other institutions, since their success will depend on several factors, including their own efforts, the immediate objectives of East Bay Law School are to prepare and qualify our students for entry into the legal profession or to better qualify them for other professions where legal knowledge is a requirement, or an asset. Specifically, our objective is to provide the necessary law courses to assist students enrolled in the program to obtain a law degree after completing a maximum six-year evening law school program.
OUR PURPOSE
The primary purposes of East Bay Law School are to establish, operate and maintain a fixed facility law instruction program, including offering classes principally in residence, and within structured guidelines. In a highly structured program that is sensitive to today's busy and technological environment, instructors will assist qualified students to achieve their goal to obtain a legal education. To enhance their intellectual and employment potential, qualified students will be trained in legal subjects in preparation for passing the First Year Law Students' Examination and the California State Bar Examination in accordance with the directives of the Committee of Bar Examiners. Our program is particularly designed to serve mature adults who are employed and reside in, or plan to reside in, the State of California. The curriculum and class schedule have been especially selected to achieve maximum convenience for employed night students.
CONTACTS
East Bay Law School is located on the second floor at:
554 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94610
We are directly across the street from beautiful Lake Merritt.
Main: (510) 835-7999
Fax: (510) 835-7997
Email: eastbaylaw@gmail.com
Doris Peeler-Brown, Dean
Email: eblsdean@gmail.com
East Bay Law School is registered with the State Bar of California within Title 4, Division 1 of the Rules of the State Bar of California (Admissions Rules).
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ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Fall 2009
Fall Classes Begin
September 8, 2009
Midterm Exams
October 26, 27, & 29, 2009
Last Day of Class
December 10, 2009
Final Examinations
December 14, 15, & 17, 2009
No classes are held on the following holidays:
Martin Luther King Jr. Dy
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veterans' Day
Thanksgiving Day
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| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Criminal Law
Prof. Chettle |
Professional
Responsibility
Prof. Kaufman |
Criminal
Procedures
Prof. Schmier |
*Torts I
Prof. Kelvin |
Bar Exam
Preparation
Prof. Ginigeme
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*Legal Writing
Prof. Chan |
*Contracts I
Prof. Cox |
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Wills & Trusts
Prof. Richardson |
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Business
Associations
Prof. Lewis |
Property
Prof. Ginigeme |
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* NEW Students choose this option
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HOLIDAYS:1) Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2) President's Day, 3) Memorial Day, 4) Independence Day, 5) Labor Day, 6) Veterans Day, 7) Thanksgiving/Indigenous People's Day. note: Scheduled classes that fall on a holiday will be rescheduled by the professor and must be made up before the semester ends.
REQUIRED DISCLOSURES: The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (JD) degree program is principally in physical classroom facilities. Students enrolled in the J.D. program at this law school who successfully complete their first year of law study must pass the First Year Law Students' Examination required by Business and Professions Code Sec. 6060(h) and Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California as part of the requirements to qualify to take the California Bar Examination. A student who passes the First-Year Law Students' Examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it will receive credit for all legal studies completed to the time the examination is passed. A student who does not pass the examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it must be promptly disqualified from the law school's J.D. degree program. If the dismissed student subsequently passes the examination, the student is eligible for re-enrollment in this law school's J.D. program, but will receive credit for only one year of legal study. Study at, or graduation from, this law school may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or to satisfy the requirements for admission to practice in jurisdictions other than California. A student intending to seek admission to practice law in a jurisdiction other than California should contact the admitting authority in that jurisdiction for information regarding the legal education requirements in that jurisdiction for admission to the practice of law.
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THE BOOK LIST
(Updated 05/15/09) Frequently check back here for any future updates
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CLASSES & TEXTS
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS:
Corporations & Other Business Organizations, 5th Edition, Soderquist, (Lexis)
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY PROPERTY:
California Community Property, 8th Edition, Bird, (West Group)
CONTRACTS:
Contracts, 6th Edition, Farnsworth, (Foundation Press)
CRIMINAL LAW:
Criminal Law & Procedures, 9th Edition ,Boyce & Perkins, (Foundation Press)
ESTATES AND TRUSTS:
Estates & Trests, 2nd Editionn, Dobris & Sterk, (Foundation Press)
EVIDENCE:
Evidence, 16th Edition, Waltz,
INTERMEDIATE TRIAL SKILLS:
Trial Techniques, 6th Edition, Mauet, (Aspen)
LEGAL WRITING AND RESEARCH:
A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, Dernbach & Singleton,
REAL PROPERTY:
Fundamentals of Modern Real Property, 5th Edition,
TORTS:
Torts: Cases and Materials, 10th Edition, Prosser, Wade & Schwartz, (Foundation Press)
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Meet some of our faculty:
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| Michael Schmier - Dean of Student Academics, Professor of Constitutional Law
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Michigan; J.D., University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI; Admitted to The State Bar of California 1970. Special Master, serving in Alameda County, Administrative Law Judge, California Agricultural Labor Relations Board; Member, National Panel of Arbitration Association; Hearing Officer, Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission; lecturer at universities and forums; author of published analyses of pending bills, legislation and regulations regarding state, local and national public concerns; Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles; trial and appellate attorney, National Labor Relations Board, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
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| Joan Cox - Professor of Contracts Law, President of EBLS Board
B.A., Golden Gate University, 1990; J.D. Golden Gate University School of Law, 1993; Admitted to practice in California, 1994; Associate attorney, Wulfsberg, Reese, Colvig and Firstman; Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University School of Law; Law and Economics and Public Finance
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| Gordon Brown - Professor of Wills, Criminal Law
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1968; M.A., University California Berkeley, 1969; M.A., Golden Gate University; admitted to practice in California, 1994; Private practice 1994 to presents, specializing in Criminal Law, Probate and Personal Injury.; worked eighteen years as Federal Probation Officer and two years as Alameda County Probation Officer; Instructor, Laney College, 1970-1975.
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| David Kelvin - Professor of Tort Law
Undergraduate: University California Santa Cruz; U. C. Hastings College of Law; admitted to practice California State 1980. Private practice-present.
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