The California Department of AMVETS, a national nonprofit veterans support group founded by World War II veterans, approved a 5-year $2.5 million commitment to Chapman University School of Law’s Military Personnel Law Center and AMVETS Legal Clinic. Their generous donation will help the law center and clinic to continue providing free legal representation to military
Professor Tom Campbell was the subject of a video interview entitled, “Reason.tv: After Arnold: California gubernatorial candidate Tom Campbell on fixing the Golden State and embracing for inflation.” In the interview, Campbell says that the yearlong flurry of stimulus packages and bailouts “built up a tailwind for inflation.” Campbell also discusses his views on marijuana
A Los Angeles Times article entitled, “Emmett Ashford made history; will he make Hall of Fame?” featured the late Chapman alumnus Emmett Ashford, who broke the color barrier for major league umpires back in 1965. His daughter, Adrienne Bratton, with support from Chapman students and Jackie Robinson’s widow, is trying to get him into the
Professor Tom Bell was quoted in an article in the ABA Journal entitled, “Do Law Schools Fudge the Data Reported to US News?” The article refers to Professor Bell’s statistical model of law school rankings that is based on information provided to the American Bar Association. The model’s scores fit closely with the scores generated
Professor Lawrence Rosenthal, working with the State and Local Legal Center in Washington, D.C., filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the International City/County Management Association, and the International Municipal Law Association in the case
Visiting Professor Tom Campbell was the subject of an article entitled, “Gubernatorial hopeful Tom Campbell outlines budget fixes: Former Stanford professor and congressman advocates cuts and gas tax.” The article details Campbell’s proposals to restore the Gann limit, to apply an automatic five-year sunset on state regulations, and for litigation reform. Campbell said, “If we
A list of Professor Rosenthal’s recently-filed Supreme Court briefs can be accessed here.
Visiting Professor Tom Campbell’s appearance on MSNBC was the subject of an article entitled, “MSNBC fails to ID ‘former California state budget director’ Campbell as former GOP congressman.” The article criticized MSNBC and the anchor for not identifying Campbell as a Republican during his interview on July 8th, although it properly introduced him as a
The new Chapman Journal of Criminal Justice has published its inaugural issue. Read Journal…
Professor Kurt Eggert was quoted in an article entitled, “Mortgage Aid Targeted Most-Delinquent Borrowers First, Leaving Others Waiting.” The article details a survey that found mortgage servicers participating in the Obama administration’s foreclosure prevention program are concentrating on the most delinquent borrowers, largely ignoring eligible borrowers who have not yet gone into default. Eggert stated