Chapman’s Moot Court team traveled to Seattle this month for the regional round of the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition. The final round was Chapman vs. Chapman! The team of Ruben Escobedo and Samantha Kohler won the regional, and their brief placed third. The team of John Bishop and Jesse Cox placed second overall, but
The Los Angeles Times published and op-ed piece by Professor Richard Redding entitled, “It’s Diverse if You’re Liberal,” which discussed what he called a lack of “intellectual diversity” in the academy. “Conservatives and libertarians are becoming increasingly rare in academia,” said Professor Redding. Read Professor Redding’s opinion piece here. In response, Professor Tim Canova wrote
The Chicago Tribune quoted Professor Ronald Rotunda in an article entitled, “Illinois Voters to Decide Recall Power,” about the difficulty of getting a recall vote on the ballot. “The hurdles are so high that it’s going to be very difficult to jump over,” said Professor Rotunda. “This may be more frosting on a cake without
The Panther featured Professor Ronald Rotunda’s op-ed entitled, “Congressional Silence Hurts Immigrants.” The piece discussed his belief that the claim that immigrants steal American jobs is misguided. “One reason is that immigrants create demand for goods and services. Another is that immigrants usually dovetail rather than compete with native employment.” Read Professor Rotunda’s article here.
Professor Kurt Eggert was quoted in the New York Times online Opinion Pages. The opinion piece, entitled “How Wall Street Hid Its Mortgage Mess,” highlighted Professor Eggert’s testimony to the secrecy that once surrounded mortgage-backed securities. “Investors were not given sufficient information to make the decisions that they needed to make to see if they