About
the SponsorsLocated
in Pasadena, California, Caltech is a small, coeducational university dedicated
to exceptional instruction and research in engineering and science. The student
body is composed of 900 undergraduate and 1,100 graduate students who maintain
a high standard of scholarship and intellectual achievement. With an outstanding
faculty-including several Nobel laureates and such off-campus facilities as
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Palomar Observatory, and the W.M. Keck Observatory,
Caltech is one of the world's major research centers. In a Newsweek article
on "The Best Schools in the World," Caltech was one of only two U.S. schools
listed: "Americans have the most successful system of higher education, especially
postgraduate programs: The California Institute of Technology represents the
best of that tradition." Most recently Caltech was ranked number one in U.S.
News & World Report's annual rankings of America's best colleges.
Loyola
Law School, Loyola Marymount University, is a well-respected source of outstanding
lawyers for the Southern California region and has emerged in the past decades
as an important source of legal talent for national and international markets
as well. The 64 members of Loyola Law School's full-time faculty of law are
drawn from among the finest attorneys and academics in the nation. Loyola's
curriculum is one of breath and depth, its evening program one for the most
highly regarded in the nation, an dits academic support programs one of the
most innovative in the U.S. The
School was established in 1920. It is now the largest ABA accredited law school
in California with the largest evening division in the Western United States.
During its early years, Loyola operated as a part-time evening school, and
classes were taught by part time faculty comprised of judges an practicing
attorneys. In 1929 a day division was added. It has conferred over 12, 000
juris doctor degrees since its inception. The Frank Gehry designed campus is
located in downtown Los Angeles.
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