Starting at McGeorge in the ‘90s, Professor Micheal Vitiello has seen a number of changes throughout the years but points out that the community of supportive faculty and staff has constantly stayed the same.
Distinguished Professor of Law Professor Micheal Vitiello has been teaching at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law since 1990. For over 35 years he’s taught many courses and has worn multiple hats at McGeorge including advisor for the University of the Pacific Law Review for years and Associate Dean for Scholarship in 2023-2024.
Starting his teaching career in 1977 at the University of Loyola in New Orleans, Vitiello taught at Loyola for over a decade. After gaining a position at McGeorge, Vitiello and his family packed up for California and has not looked back since.
“Things have changed, but one of the things I realized is how different it [McGeorge] was as an institution,” Vitiello said. “At other places you don’t get the sense that support staff and administrators really were all that interested in supporting the faculty. But from the day I pulled into the parking lot, people wanted to help. That sense that we are in this together, the small community, is one of the things that has really continued to today.”