At the Bar Admission Ceremony at Chapman University on December 4, alumni, faculty and families celebrated Chapman’s newly admitted lawyers and also acknowledged their powerful Bar pass results. For the first time in the history of the law school, Bar passers made up 82 percent of the graduated class. This high pass rate exceeds the
“Through the networks I developed and the skills I acquired from Professor Kathy Heller’s filmmakers clinic, I was able to step right into film and commercial producing while continuing to have the day-to-day interaction in business and legal affairs that I was trained for,” says Chapman Law School alumnus Christian McGuigan. As the Manager of
John Edward Smith was 18 years old when he was arrested for a murder he did not commit. The truth had been locked away with John in a cell since 1993. After spending 19 years in prison, John was exonerated with the help of Innocence Matters. Innocence Matters is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing
Are you a Chapman Law alumni? Have you recently changed firms, been promoted, made partner, gotten married or had a child and would like to be featured in the next online edition of Alumni Highlights ? Then submit a class note ! Kathryn Casey (’03), who is partner at Jackson DeMarco and Michael Fairchild
On October 19, Chapman Law will present the 2012 Nexus Journal Legal Symposium: “Healthy Decision or Unhealthy Oversight? A Legal Debate on the Affordable Care Act and the Impact of the Supreme Court’s Recent Decision”. The Nexus Symposium begins at 8:30 a.m. and lasts until 5:30 p.m. Seats are limited so registration is required. Admission
Chapman 2012 Alumna Valerie Feltz Rone, as part of her work with Innocence Matters, helped free a man who served nearly nineteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. John Edward Smith was 18 when he went to prison for a shooting that took place in a gang-infested area. Despite his strong
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
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
Chapman Law LL.M. alumnus, Stephen Slyker, was recently published in the California District Attorneys Association publications. His newly published monograph entitled Retention and Return of Property and Evidence was actually his project for the Prosecutorial Science LL.M. program at Chapman Law and it now sells for $15 a copy. Stephen presented his monograph to the
The ABA Journal has published an article that shines an academic spotlight on the scholarly work of Chapman Law. The article, discussing a new University of St. Thomas report, identified Chapman as one of three newer law schools accredited within the past two decades that “have already made a scholarly impact that dramatically outpaces their present academic reputations.”