UCSD merger, grades, and new job

Dear students,

Last year we convened a student town hall meeting to share with you the news that California Western was entering talks with UC San Diego about a possible affiliation. The committee comprised of faculty members and administrative representatives from the two schools continues to meet.

On Tuesday, February 8, you are invited to a student town hall meeting to get an update on those talks, hear directly from members of the faculty committee and me about the process, and offer your questions, concerns and ideas.

While you should not expect any earth-shattering announcements, please feel free to bring your questions for the leaders of the committee and for me.

Student Town Hall Meeting
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
12:15 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
Lecture Hall 1

I hope to see you there.

Steve Smith,
Dean

Good news: the merger isn't dead. Bad news: nothing "earth-shattering" means there probably isn't anything concrete. Either way, its exciting to see the proposal is still in the works. I'll go to the town hall meeting and make a post after.

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I got my grades back. I actually did pretty well in Professional Responsibility. I thought I tanked it but reading and some MPRE practice problems helped.

I started working an internship. I don't do anything terribly important because I just started with this new group, but I'm hoping I can talk the boss into letting me take on more responsibility. She's a California Western Alumna and so far seems pretty cool.

So whatever happened to the possible UCSD merger?

http://lawschoolproposal.ucsd.edu/news.php

There hasn't been a new post or update since June of last year. Perhaps it is quietly dying.

Almost a calendar year went by since California Western hosted a meeting in the 350 building to announce the possibility of a merger with UCSD. The administration offered a rough timeline with results by summer of 2010 or by January of the next year.

The past two editions of the school news paper (released twice/ year) explored the possibility of merging with UCSD. The latest edition conspicuously lacked any mention of UCSD or the possibility of merger. The new edition should come out soon, but with dead silence on the website and not even a peep about the merger from the administration in almost a year I think the smart money is on the death of this idea.

This is a shame because the proposal was a good idea. It didn't add more lawyers and mutually benefitted UCSD and Cal Western.

If I'm wrong please correct me and I'll edit in a fix at the end.