On Friday, the 2025 Fowler School of Law annual Chapman Law Review Symposium brought together legal scholars, historians, journalists, and art law advocates to discuss looted art repatriation, accountability, and cultural restitution under the symposium marquee of, “Raiders of the Lost Art: Legal Challenges and Recoveries.” Panelists discussing Panel 1: The Journey Home, included Kathryn
Many of TikTok’s ardent users are devastated, civil liberties and First Amendment groups slammed the ruling, and politicians backpedaled on their own decision to ban the hugely popular app. No one should be surprised by the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to allow the federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or cease operations in the
Rising 3L student Erin Haggerty had always dreamed of studying abroad for her post-graduate degree, and after transferring to Chapman’s Fowler School of Law, she realized her wish, spending six weeks as a participant in Fowler’s Cambridge Summer Program at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. Taking a break from her scheduled summer internship clerking
It has been an eventful summer for Fowler School of Law 2L student Holly Saleeb, clerking in Judge Eric Wersching’s family law courtroom in the Superior Court of California at the Lamoreaux Justice Center in Orange, CA. Along with gaining valuable courtroom experience and observing the to-and-fro of a family law court, Saleeb has made
Launched in May 2024 to coincide with the school’s commencement celebrations, Fowler School of Law’s Amicus magazine is an annual publication commemorating a year in the life of our school. It’s a celebration of our students, our alumni, faculty and staff, introducing new readers to the broader Chapman Family at the Fowler School of Law.
Professor Nahal Kazemi’s op-ed is based on her research article that originally appeared in the Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Project forum. After an unprecedented month of upheaval in the presidential race, with the election still over three months away, we can expect online disinformation to again become a major concern. Much attention
Fowler School of Law Dean Paul D. Paton has been appointed by American Bar Association (ABA) President-Elect William R. Bay as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on International Trade in Legal Services (ITILS) for a three-year term beginning this August. The Standing Committee on ITILS monitors ongoing trade negotiations and other initiatives that impact
The Fowler School of Law Class of 2024 saw their last year of law school out in style on Friday, May 17, as guest speaker Hon. Frederick P. Aguirre (Ret .), faculty and staff, family, and loved ones cheered our graduates on. Congratulations to all of our 2024 graduates, we’re looking forward to welcoming you
A cool January morning saw Lieutenant Colonel Alex Douvas (JD ’05) return to campus with a small entourage of Marine Corps recruiters to discuss his work as a Marine Corps “judge advocate” (military lawyer) with Fowler students interested in learning about what it might offer. It has been ten years since Douvas was last on
March 14-16 marked the 20th annual Scholars Weekend for the Fowler School of Law, an important event in the admissions cycle and a terrific opportunity for the Fowler School of Law community to welcome outstanding prospective candidates already admitted to our JD program. Prospective students were treated to a hands-on taste of school life over