Congratulations to the Chapman Moot Court Team! At the Juvenile Justice Moot Court Competition, the team of Kirk Bacon and Lauren Elsemri won the Second Place Brief award and made it into the quarterfinals. Because of a rather bizarre scoring system, neither team from the quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. Tara Simon and Rommel Rosales
Professor Anthony Caso recently published an article for the Los Angeles Daily Journal entitled, “Prop. 65: Reigning in the bounty hunters.” In the article, Professor Caso discusses the need for reform of Prop. 65, the “Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986” in which “private citizens can sue businesses for alleged violations.” Professor
With the Republican primaries heating up, Professor Hugh Hewitt’s article, “Why the GOP primaries didn’t matter in 1952, 1980 and 2012” comes along at a perfect time. Professor Hewitt’s article recalls the political climates of past elections and compares them to the primary of today. He says, “When Truman was forced from office, just as
The “OC Metro Minute” featured Chapman University, following the law school’s announcement of a new advisory board for the Business Law program. Dean Campbell said, “The caliber of the new members of the new business law advisory board is unparalleled. The University is privileged to have these individuals at the law school.”
Chapman University School of Law is delighted to report that Professor Francine Lipman has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI). The ALI is “the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. [. . .] By participating in the Institute’s work,
The National Law Journal named Professor Michael Bazyler as their Appellate Lawyer of the Week for the first week of February 2012. The article accompanying the announcement discusses Professor Bazyler’s passion regarding the Nuremberg Trials, his upbringing in post-war Poland, and his dedication to writing and litigation on human rights abuses. In spite of all