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DavidвЂ…Briley (JD 1995), 8th MayorвЂ…ofвЂ…Nashville,вЂ…Tennessee (2018вЂ“19) Vice Mayor of Nashville (2015вЂ“18).JoanвЂ…Blades (JD 1980), co-founder of.DianaвЂ…Becton (JD 1985), District Attorney of ContraвЂ…CostaвЂ…County (2017вЂ“present).Main article: ListвЂ…ofвЂ…GoldenвЂ…GateвЂ…UniversityвЂ…people Alumni In 1998, the school established the Honors Lawyering Program through which students participate in two full-time, semester-long legal apprenticeships. In its third decade, the Clinic has focused attention on clean drinking water for low-income communities while also continuing its work to reduce air pollution and to support clients who have long made the connection between civil rights and environmental benefits and harms. The Clinic's work with other groups and the City of San Francisco resulted in the closure of two power plants and the prevention of other power plants from being built in Bayview-Hunters Point. It has received numerous awards for its collaboration with grassroots, regional, and national groups in effecting change, most notably for bringing attention to the health disparities resulting from pollution concentrated in the BayviewвЂ…Hunters-Point neighborhood of San Francisco. The Clinic provides proвЂ…bono legal support to low-income and minority communities suffering from pollution and environmental impacts. In 1994, the school's Environmental Law and Justice Clinic (ELJC) was founded. The law school's Public Interest Scholars Program includes the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, Veteran's Legal Advocacy Center, and the Women's Employment Rights Clinic. In the 1990s, the school developed a graduate legal program in environmental law and an International Legal Studies Program. In 1978, the law school developed a graduate legal program in taxation. A new 'west wing' of the university was completed in 1979, where most of the school's classroom space is now located. In 1972, the college elevated to university status and became 'Golden Gate University,' with 'Golden Gate University School of Law' as its law school.

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The law school held provisional accreditation from the ABA from 1956 until full approval was granted in 1971. Following the national trend, the school replaced the BachelorвЂ…ofвЂ…Laws with the DoctorвЂ…ofвЂ…Jurisprudence on December 1, 1967, effective spring 1968. In September 1966, the law school added a full-time three-year day program. In December 1964, the school moved to its present location, a 1924 warehouse known as the 'Allyne Building' at 536 MissionвЂ…Street near 1st Street in the SouthвЂ…ofвЂ…Market, with the rest of the college moving there in June 1968. The college became fully independent of the YMCA in 1962. In 1923, the Law College and the YMA's local educational programs incorporated as 'Golden Gate College,' separating from the San Francisco Central YMCA. The Law College's graduates enjoyed the diplomaвЂ…privilege from 1915 to its abolition in 1917. In November 1910, the Law College moved with the YMCA to its purpose-built home at 220 Golden Gate Ave in the Tenderloin. On June 1, 1910, the school was incorporated as the 'YMCA Law College' for the purpose of conferring LL.B degrees under authority of law. After the earthquake, the school was conducted out of tents and later leased space at 1220 Geary Street, now GearyвЂ…Boulevard, in the WesternвЂ…Addition. ДЄs a component of the San Francisco Central YMCA, classes were held in the YMCA's five-story building at the northeast corner of Mason and Ellis Streets in the Tenderloin until it was destroyed in the 1906вЂ…SanвЂ…FranciscoвЂ…earthquake. The first graduating class in June 1905 had four male students. Like other YMCA Law Schools across the nation, it was established to provide full-time workers the opportunity to attend law school at night. GGU School of Law was founded in the autumn of 1901 as the YMCA Evening Law School, offering the first evening law program in the state of California.