2005 Headlines

Bill Gallagher, School of Law visiting professor, was interviewed on the Dec. 13 KGO Channel 7 ABC News at 6. He discussed trademark issues surrounding Mexican beverage company, Los Jarritos, and a restaurant in the San Francisco's Mission District by the same name.

Terry Connelly, Ageno School of Business Dean, was quoted in a Dec. 14 San Francisco Chronicle article about the Dec. 13 benchmark interest rate increase.

Kit Yarrow, Professor of Business Psychology, was quoted in USA Today explaining how stress in our society impacts what people buy this holiday season.

Kit Yarrow, Professor of Business Psychology, was quoted in the Contra Costa Times explaining how Black Friday has turned competitive shopping into a sport.

Kit Yarrow, Professor of Business Psychology, was quoted in the Contra Costa Times about how current events effect this year's holiday shoppings sales.

Mary Canning, School of Taxation Dean, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle on the ways businesses can reduce their liability for 2005.

Kit Yarrow, Professor of Business Psychology, was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle about holiday shopping trends on Black Friday.

The San Francisco Chronicle publishes "Color-blind equality? A U.S. solution to what ails France - affirmative action" by Professor David Oppenheimer.

Kit Yarrow, Professor of Business Psychology, was interviewed by Michael Finney on KGO 810AM about consumer trends for the upcoming holiday season.

This past weekend the mock Trial team won the Championship of the 2005 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association trial competition. On the road to victory the GGU team defeated teams from Hastings and USF law schools. This was the third time in the six years of the SFTLA competition that GGU has been crowned "Best of the Bay" in the field of litigation.

The members of the winning team are Sean Kensinger, Tim Galstan, Kimberly Cazinha and Emily Cole. They were supported in their training by the efforts of four other members of the mock trial team: Jennifer Lewis, Lisa Sarran, Gina Scialabba and Elizabeth Thomson. The team was coached by Professor Bernie Segal and by adjunct instructors (and GGU alumni) Brian Soriano and Wendy Bemis

Subject to classroom availability, Golden Gate University School of Law will admit qualified Loyola and Tulane 2Ls, 3Ls and LLM candidates as visitors during the current fall semester. Assuming that they are in good standing at their respective schools, they will not be charged tuition or fees for the fall semester.

The School of Law will also admit qualified 1Ls into our Mid Year Admit Program (MYA) that begins in the spring semester 2006. 1Ls qualified to be admitted into the MYA program will be required to pay tuition and fees to Golden Gate University.

Interested 1Ls should contact Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, Gabriela De La Vega at 415-442-6632, or at gdelavega@ggu.edu. Interested 2Ls and 3Ls should contact Associate Dean for Student Services, Sue Schechter at 415-442-6614, or at sschechter@ggu.edu. Interested graduate students should contact Director of Graduate Law Programs, Denise Glagau at 415-369-5387, or at dglagau@ggu.edu.