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Professor Cary Bricker teaches in the law school鈥檚 multi-award winning Trial Advocacy program and leads our top-ranked competition teams. Professor Bricker began her legal career as a staff attorney with the New York Legal Aid Society, Criminal Division, taking 20 jury trials to verdict in four years. As a senior staff attorney with the Federal Defender Division of the Legal Aid Society, Professor Bricker tried 25 jury trials to verdict. She was an Associate Professor and Director of Trial Advocacy for three years at Temple Law School. In August 2013 Professor Bricker was cited as one of 26 鈥渂est law teachers鈥� in the United States in the book 鈥淲hat the Best Law Teachers Do鈥� (Harvard University Press, 2013). This 鈥渇irst of its kind鈥� book was the result of a four-year study on what makes a great law professor. Professor Bricker was identified as an extraordinary law teacher whose students achieve exceptional learning.

Professor Bricker鈥檚 scholarly interests are focused on comparative criminal law, particularly in China, where she has lectured on topics of advocacy and evidence in several Chinese law schools. Following her passions for legal education and comparative legal systems, Professor Bricker听was involved听with the US-Russia Foundation 鈥淟egal Education Exchange鈥� program. This program hosted eight Russian law professors at McGeorge campus to learn best practice techniques for interactive and experiential teaching. As part of this program,听Professor Bricker visited the Russia Foreign Trade Academy in Moscow several times to share her expertise听in 鈥渉ands on鈥� learning to help improve Russia鈥檚 system of legal education.

Professor Bricker鈥檚 recent academic recognitions include the 2011-2012 and听2016-2017听Professor of the Year听Awards听and the 2015 Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award. In May 2015, Professor Bricker and the McGeorge Criminal Law Society received the 2015 Faith Davies All-University Leadership Awards from the University of 91成人导航, a prestigious honor that recognizes Professor Bricker鈥檚 devotion not only to her students, but the wider University community.

Professor Bricker continues to serve as the faculty advisor for the Trial Advocacy Association, the Criminal Law Society and the听Public Legal Services Society. Through her leadership and coaching, McGeorge School of Law鈥檚 mock trial teams have competed and won at prestigious intercollegiate听regional, national, and international events. Professor Bricker and her students have earned the law school a national reputation for the quality of its mock trial teams.

Professor Bricker is married to Jay Leach who also teaches at McGeorge. Together they lead and teach the law school鈥檚 Trial Advocacy program, and are highly sought after instructors with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) foundation, giving trial advocacy workshops around the country and abroad.