Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information

Update (4/21/2022): Effective immediately, SJCL is suspending the requirement that masks be worn indoors if: you complete the daily health screening using the QR code and meet the criteria therein, you have not tested positive for COVID-19 within the past ten days, and in the event, you have had COVID, you have isolated and tested in compliance with the CDC guidelines. While masks will no longer be required, we strongly encourage their use. Unvaccinated or non-boostered individuals no longer need to provide weekly negative COVID-19 testing results to be on campus.

Update (1/4/2022): Due to the increase of COVID cases in the Community, students, faculty, and staff who plan to access the school building for more than 15-minutes at a time for the Spring term are required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster. Please submit your booster verification to hrvac@sjcl.edu by Monday, January 24, 2022, or six months after you received the final dose of the original vaccination, whichever is later. If you are not yet eligible for the booster because you have been fully vaccinated for less than six months, you can still be on campus. However, you will need to send verification of the booster within two weeks after you become eligible.

Update (8/9/2021): Effective August 9, 2021, students, faculty and staff who are on campus for the Fall term are required to be immunized against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The rise in COVID-19 cases and the overwhelming majority of current research indicates that the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus is the most transmissible variant yet, and rates of COVID-19 infection are projected to steadily increase in areas with low vaccination rates.

Update (7/1/2020): To protect the health of our community, SJCL will begin all Fall 2020 classes online. Classes will be held virtually on zoom, in a live synchronous format. Our highest priority is the safety of all San Joaquin College of Law students, faculty, and staff, and your families. However, we remain committed to the quality of our educational program. Most of you hoped to return to in-person classes. We hoped for that as well, but the situation both locally and statewide continues to worsen. The Governor again closed many businesses. We remain hopeful that this will be just be temporary. Please email our Dean of Students, Logan Tennerelli, if you wish to discuss this. Despite the difficult circumstances, we will do everything we can to make the Fall 2020 semester successful and enriching. Please click here to contact any member of our full-time faculty or administrative staff.

Update (4/1/2020): Effective March 31, 2020, the building and library are accessible only to authorized staff and faculty. In an effort to mitigate COVID-19 spread and in compliance with County of Fresno Public Health Order, effective March 30, 2020, anyone entering and exiting the building will be screened through a series of questions by a SJCL representative. Currently, there are no known cases associated with SJCL students, faculty or administration. The New American Legal Clinic and BREN Clinics have stopped any walk-in appointments, with no exceptions. Please contact the office, 559-323-2100 if you need any information. We ask for your understanding and patience while our Community, State and Nation makes decisions to prevent further spread of this virus.