San Luis Obispo College of Law’s mission is to provide a quality legal education in a community law school setting with graduates who are dedicated to professional excellence, integrity, and community service.
San Luis Obispo College of Law is accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California to offer three law degree programs.
San Luis Obispo College of Law offers serious, highly motivated students the opportunity to seek a career change, re-enter the workforce, or advance their current professional career by obtaining a legal education. Most of the students at San Luis Obispo College of Law work while attending law school in the evenings. Courses are taught by practicing lawyers and judges who emphasize training in legal skills and professional responsibility. Internships and collaborative clinical programs in Family Law, Legal Line, and Mediation provide students with hands on practical experience. Our professors are knowledgeable in legal theory and practice. Small classes allow students the opportunity to get to know faculty and to build long-lasting professional networks with their fellow students.
Monterey College of Law – Photo by Nicole Barkis
Monterey College of Law was founded more than forty years ago to serve the communities of the California central coast. San Luis Obispo College of Law continues to succeed in that mission. Our alumni are community leaders, judges, lawyers and business professionals representing the broad spectrum of individuals, organizations and industries that define the region.
OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Charles McKee, Chair – Attorney, County Counsel, Monterey County
Douglas McKnight, Immediate Past Chair – General Manager (Retired), KAZU Radio
Ian Oglesby, Chair-Elect – Mayor, City of Seaside
Kate Daniels, Secretary – former Chief of Staff, Supervisor Mary Adams
Liza Horvath, Treasurer–President, Monterey Trust Management, Monterey
Seth Pollack, At Large – Professor and Director of Service Learning, CSU Monterey Bay
BOARD EMERITUS
Bill Daniels – Attorney, Private Practice, Monterey
Hon. Ralph Drummond – Deceased
Hon. Richard Silver – Arbitrator and Mediator, JAMS
Michelle Welsh – Attorney, Private Practice, Pacific Grove
ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES
Patricia Andreen – Former Campus Dean at SLOCL-Attorney (Ret.)
Philip Candreva – Senior Lecturer of Budgeting and Public Policy, Naval Post Graduate School
Geoff Cox – Senior Assoc. Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Education
Jeff Jackson – former Sr. VP, Tanumura and Antle
Jeanine Kraybill – Asst. Professor, Pre-Law Advisor, C.S.U., Bakersfield
Andrew Liu – Judge, Monterey County Superior Court
Crighton Mendivil – Executive Director, Senior Citizens Legal Services, Santa Cruz County
Kellie Morgantini – Executive Director, Legal Services for Seniors, Monterey County
Amy Sands – former Provost, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey
Sarah Cavassa, Faculty Rep. MCL – Attorney, Private Practice, Monterey
Teresa Goldner, Faculty Rep. KCCL — Attorney, Private Practice, Bakersfield
Stephen Wagner, Faculty Rep. SLOCL — Attorney, Private Practice, San Luis Obispo
SLOCL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Jan Howell Marx, Campus Dean & Chair
Attorney Raymond Allen
Patricia Andreen, Former Campus Dean
Dan Dow, District Attorney
Ron Den Otter, Phd Cal Poly Professor
Attorney Micheal Dewitt
Attorney Crystal Forsher
Attorney Jacqueline Frederick
Barbara George, Cuesta College Trustee
Hon. Douglas Hilton (Ret.)
Attorney Amy Kardel
Attorney Angie King
Attorney Abby Lassen
Attorney Sharon Lizardo, SLOCL Faculty
Mediator Ray Mattison
Attorney Bill Powell
Paralegal Ellen Sheffer
Attorney Jeff Stein
| Mitchel Winick President and Dean |
mwinick@slolaw.org 831-582-4000 ext. 1015 |
| Wendy LaRiviere Assoc. Dean of Admissions |
wlariviere@slolaw.org 831-582-4000 ext. 1012 |
| Jan Howell Marx Campus Dean |
jmarx@slolaw.org 805-439-4096 ext. 2015 |
| Sharon L. Lizardo Academic Dean |
slizardo@slolaw.org 805-439-4096 |
| Dena Dowsett Campus Administrator |
ddowsett@slolaw.org 805-439-4096 ext 2044 |