Silicon Valley lawmaker pushes to open CSU’s first public law school at San Jose State

A SILICON VALLEY POLITICIAN wants to create California State University’s first public law school and is eyeing San Jose.

State Sen. Dave Cortese’s Senate Bill 550 proposes establishing a law school at San Jose State University by integrating it with state-accredited, nonprofit Lincoln Law School of San Jose. If approved, it would be San Jose’s first public law school. The CSU board of trustees would also need to approve the plan. The bill has passed the Senate Education Committee and is headed to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday .