Before coming to law school, Katherine Van Horn (’24) worked in the California State Legislature for five years. “McGeorge was an obvious choice for me. My brother’s an alum and so many of my colleagues in the Legislature are alums,” Van Horn said.

Van Horn stays involved on campus through her roles as Community Outreach Chair of Public Legal Services Society and staff writer for Volume 54 of the University of the Pacific Law Review. Van Horn hopes to pursue a career at the intersection of intellectual property law and antitrust law.

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Alexis Martinez, ’24, decided to go to law school because she wanted to explore different ways and capacities to advocate for people. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in litigation.

Martinez said her favorite class in law school thus far has been Global Lawyering Skills, which sharpened her legal writing skills. She stays involved on campus through her role as president of the Public Legal Services Society (PLSS) at McGeorge School of Law. PLSS is a student organization dedicated to helping law students pursue careers in public service.

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Alumnus Robert T. Eglet and his wife, Tracy A. Eglet, believe in the importance of giving back, and their historic gift to McGeorge School of Law in 2021 is a reflection of their commitment to supporting law students. First-year law students and scholarship recipients Jessenia Pastran, Keith Dawson, Gabrielle Ann Sison, Bhupinder Mann, and Juan Contreras offered their thoughts and appreciation for the Eglet family in a video, each mentioning that the burden taken from their shoulders allowed them to pursue their legal education.

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Marissa Flores, ’23, founded the Womxn of Color Collective at McGeorge School of Law and served as the organization’s president for the past two years. She started the student organization in order to empower and amplify the voices of Womxn of Color in law school and the legal profession. Flores also served as co-president of McGeorge’s Latinx Law Students Association.

Before coming to law school, Flores worked in the California State Legislature for several years. She was inspired to further her education at McGeorge School of Law after speaking to McGeorge alumni working in the Legislature about the connections, networking, and opportunities that a McGeorge education provides to its students and alumni.

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Alumna Wafa Hoballah, ’87, specializes in international law and immigration law, representing clients across the globe in business, commercial, and corporate law. She earned an LLM degree in 1987 from McGeorge School of Law.

Hoballah is originally from Lebanon. She serves on McGeorge’s International Board of Advisors. She said the board is a great fit for her because she is an international professional and can relate to international people and practices. Hoballah said she met her closest friends and many of her colleagues through McGeorge School of Law.

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McGeorge School of Law alumnus Iván Morales earned a JD degree in 1996 and an LLM degree in Transnational Business Practice in 1997. Morales was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He currently lives in Miami, but has lived in multiple cities across the globe. While at McGeorge School of Law, Morales felt at home on campus. He said the school gave him a broad sense of what he could do career-wise. He also said McGeorge has faculty that were experts in the areas of the law he was interested in.

Morales started his career with Gomez, Acebo & Pombo in Madrid, Spain before joining Shearman & Sterling in New York. He also worked for Linklaters’ practice in New York and Visa International as its Head of Legal Services and Government Relations for Latin America. Later, Morales became the General Counsel of the Somos Group, a Latin American Entertainment Group based in Miami, Florida. He established iCorporate Consulting, LLC in 2013.

Morales serves on McGeorge’s International Board of Advisors. He enjoys connecting with fellow alumni and continually improving the university and law school.

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Cassaundra Kassis, ’23, was drawn to McGeorge School of Law because of the school’s emphasis on legal writing and oral advocacy. Kassis is a member of the school’s Moot Court Honors Board and Womxn of Color Collective.

Kassis served as a law clerk for the California Victims Resource Center on campus and as a legal intern at American Gateways, which is a nonprofit organization in Texas that provides immigration legal services. After graduation, Kassis hopes to find a position as in-house counsel for a nonprofit organization.

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The University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law’s Pre-Law Boot Camp is designed for entering first-year law students who want to get a jump start on the skills needed to be successful in law school. Throughout the Pre-Law Boot Camp, the attendees will learn about legal writing, including how to engage in a proper legal analysis. Attendees will also be exposed to first-year courses and a series of hands-on learning activities.

Questions? Contact Timothy Peterkin, Director of Academic Support, at [email protected].

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Lauren Layne, ’10, serves as the president of the McGeorge School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors. Layne is a partner at Baker Manock & Jensen, PC in Fresno, where she chairs the firm’s Business Department and leads the firm’s Water Law and Public Agency practice groups.

In addition to her service with the law school, she is currently serving as the President of the Alumni Association Board of Directors for her undergraduate institution, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

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Public Legal Services Society at McGeorge School of Law recently honored members of the McGeorge School of Law community for their public service at an event fundraising for summer grants. PLSS is a student organization that helps law students pursue careers in public service.

In this video, six students discuss how the PLSS Summer Grant Program at McGeorge School of Law helped them pursue public interest jobs:

  • Ilana Shoyket – United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 
  • April La Torre – Office of the Public Defender in Hawai’i 
  • Alek Kocher – California Department of Water Resources 
  • Elizabeth Griswold – Sacramento County Office of the Public Defender 
  • Kirsten Weber – Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office 
  • Angela Fuentes – Sacramento County Office of the Public Defender 

 

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