After clerking for the District Attorney’s Office during the summer after his first year of law school, alumnus Hunter Taylor (’07) knew he’d found his place in the world. Nine years later and still with the DA, he’s helping a younger generation find theirs. As a prosecutor in the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office’s Crime
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law was honored on April 4 for its partnership with Legal Aid Society of Orange County’s (LASOC) Lawyers Entrepreneur Assistance Program (LEAP) at a launch party and ribbon cutting ceremony for the program’s new office building. Fowler School of Law Assistant Dean of Career Services Melissa Berry accepted the
With the passing of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia , the Chapman community remembers the noted jurist’s visit to the law school in August 2005. Justice Scalia participated in a full day of activities as part of our annual Madison Lecture Series and 10th anniversary celebration. The events included the teaching of a
Orange County-based law firm Rutan & Tucker, LLP, has renewed its annual $15,000 gift to Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law to support the school’s first year oral and written advocacy competition program. The generous contribution funds the annual award program that bears the firm’s name – The Rutan & Tucker Golden Gavel Award
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law alumnus Marty Burbank (LL.M. ’08) recently offered to pay the tuition of 26 Anaheim kindergartners at Rio Vista Elementary. Burbank has previously supported the school through donations such as a pallet of granola bars, more than 1,000 notebooks and a power washer, but this
When asked what his hopes were as he entered law school, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law alumnus Sean Bigley (’13) will tell you he had two: he didn’t want to be bored with his career choice, and he wanted to build something meaningful. After a pre-law school career that included serving on
When he first began at the Riverside District Attorney’s Office straight out of law school, Luigi Monteleone (’08) found himself turning into a “paperless” prosecutor. After watching students use tablets for note-taking in classes for three years, he wondered if he couldn’t put the same technology to use as a practicing attorney. So, instead of
Brian Wilcox (’04), Director of Technology and Corporate Counsel at Feit Electric, helped the company release its first “Smart LED” product, a lighting system available in-store and online through Home Depot. Rachel Reynolds (’05) made partner at the international law firm of Sedgwick Law, LLP. Over the summer she was also admitted to practice in the
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law alumni, faculty, families and friends joined together on December 7 in celebration of the law school’s 84 newly admitted lawyers at a Bar Admission Ceremony held in Chapman’s Memorial Hall. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Fowler School of Law alumni have surpassed the California Bar
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