Two new LL.M students, Munira Akhunzada and Shamsi Maqsoudi, came to the United States just two weeks ago from Afghanistan to study law at Chapman. Chapman’s LL.M program offers emphasis options in Business Law & Economics, International & Comparative Law, Entertainment & Media Law, and Trial Advocacy. Most foreign LL.M students study in the first
Are you a Chapman Law alumni and you’ve recently changed firms, been promoted, or made partner and would like to be featured in the next online edition of Alumni Highlights? Then submit a class note! Quan Vuong (’11) has been promoted to Senior Accountant in Haskell & White’s Tax Department. He was recently named one
Professor M. Katherine Baird Darmer was a beloved faculty member and colleague at the School of Law, where she worked for twelve years. Darmer was a passionate advocate for marriage equality and a vigorous opponent of discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. To our great loss, Professor Darmer died on February 17, 2012. Darmer
Chapman launched its first ever Law School Boot Camp. The boot camp is an optional program for new and prospective law students who wish to eliminate uncertainties and acclimate themselves to the law school environment prior to orientation. Led by Professor Rick Faulkner, this program spanned one week in late summer and taught incoming students
Darren T. Case (’08) became one of the new co-authors of West’s Arizona Estate and Probate Planning Handbook. During his time at Chapman Law, Darren was dedicated to studying tax law. He was president of the Tax Law Society and managing editor of the Chapman Law Courier along with his wife, Ashley Case (’08), who
Professor Rosenthal addressed the annual State Solicitor Generals and Appellate Chiefs Conference of the National Association of Attorneys General, held in Washington, D.C on July 11. Rosenthal presented a discussion entitled, “Litigating the Second Amendment.” He also participated in a debate on July 12 at the State Solicitors General and Appellate Chiefs Conference on how
Summer usually means hands-on legal work for students, but for two Chapman law students it meant much more. Third year law students Laura Moss and Jason Armbruster traveled to Africa this summer along with a team from Chapman’s film school to film Documentary: Africa. Selected law students are required to take cross disciplinary courses at
John Evans, Wells Fargo Private Bank regional managing director, and Greg Goodrich (’99), Wells Fargo Private Bank senior financial advisor and Chapman Law alumnus, toured the Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Violence Clinic at Chapman University School of Law on July 10, 2012 with professors Marisa Cianciarulo, Wendy Seiden, and Neda Sargordan. During the tour,
A less than ideal job market doesn’t stop 3L Adam Schlesinger from pursuing his goals. When First American Financial Corp. expanded its summer internship program this year, they were flooded with 490 applications for the 27 internships offered. Adam has been chosen to work with First American’s Mortgage Services Division and is recognized in the
In this segment of his bi-monthly address, Dean Campbell reflects on the highlights from spring and summer of 2012. This includes: recent gifts made to the The Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Violence Clinic Professor Bazyler chosen by the National Law Journal as the Appellate Lawyer of the Week Chapman Law student wins prestigious fellowship