This month, California Western and UC San Diego announced the creation of a joint committee to explore an affiliation which could lead to a law school at UC San Diego. It’s not a new idea-officials from both schools explored the idea in the early 1980s-but the proposal holds enormous potential for the future of both schools and for the San Diego region.

This episode of Law in 10 features Dean Steven R. Smith in conversation about the ways in which California Western and UC San Diego currently work together and how they might build on that relationship to create a public law school in San Diego.

Listen to this week’s Law in 10 podcast.