In 1998, the Stockton Sister Cities Association coordinated a meeting to introduce leaders of their new sister city’s universities. The University of Pacific’s President Don DeRosa and representative of the University of Parma, Professor Enzo Molina met along with Dr. Michele Speroni from the Provincia di Parma’s Office of International Exchange and Stockton Sister Cities Association Parma, Italy Chair Diana Lowery, for the purpose of discussing exchange opportunities.

There was interest from both schools, and over a decade ago, as a Stockton Sister Cities Association project, McGeorge Law School Dean Gerald Caplan, Stockton Sister Cities Association Chair of Parma Projects, Diana Lowery and board member Linda Ratto traveled to Parma and established an accord with the University of Parma’s Law School and the University of Pacific’s McGeorge Law School for the purpose of exchanges.