The mission of the School of Law of the University of California, Davis, is to be a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the development and dissemination of legal knowledge, as well as the education of students to become socially responsible lawyers committed to professional excellence and high ethical standards, and to provide significant public service through law reform and professional activities. Through its faculty, students, and graduates, the School of Law seeks to make substantial contributions toward solving the complex legal problems confronting our society.
In pursuit of this mission, the law school must (i) continue to recruit and retain a first-rate diverse faculty and student body; and (ii) integrate perspectives from other intellectual disciplines and other legal systems into its scholarship and curriculum. In addition, the law faculty, in partnership with faculty, students, and staff from throughout the campus, is committed to preserving the deep sense of community that pervades the law school and the entire UC Davis campus. Finally, we are dedicated to creative, responsive, and innovative teaching, research and public service for the benefit of our students, the campus, and the local, national, and international communities.
The hallmark of a nationally- and internationally- renowned law school is the production of cutting edge legal scholarship. To that end, the law school aspires to hire and retain faculty members who hold the promise and desire to produce scholarship of the highest quality, as well as a commitment to teaching and service.