The Chapman University community suffered a major loss on June 28 when Fowler School of Law Professor Michael Lang passed away due to complications from a recent stroke. A faculty member since 2002, Professor Lang was the founding director of the law school’s Tax LL.M. program and taught such courses as Federal Income Taxation, Ethics
This fall, the Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University will welcome a new member to its distinguished teaching faculty. James C. Phillips, currently a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Constitutional Law Center, will begin teaching at Chapman at the start of the 2020-2021 academic year. “What is most appealing about coming to
Three members of the Chapman University Fowler School of Law’s faculty are scheduled to be speakers at the upcoming Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, which is being held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 2 – 5, 2020. Professor Donald Kochan, Parker S. Kennedy Professor in Law, will be participating in two sessions:
The Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law has received a $1 million gift from Parker Kennedy on behalf of the Kennedy Family. Park Kennedy is currently the chair of the Fowler School of Law’s Board of Advisors and vice chair of the University’s Board of Trustees. He also serves as chairman of First
Three faculty members from the Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law were featured at a November conference headlined by Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch. John Eastman, Ph.D., Henry Salvatori professor of law and community service, Donald Kochan, associate dean for research and faculty development and Parker S. Kennedy professor in law, and Ronald
For the third straight year, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law welcomed up-and-coming scholars to participate in the 2017 Southern California Junior Faculty Workshop, held on Saturday, October 28, 2017. The workshop brought together faculty members from Southern California law schools to share their most recent scholarly work and seek feedback from their
On September 22-23, 2017, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law welcomed scholars from law schools around the nation for the Inaugural Junior Faculty Works-in-Progress Conference. A new component of the law school’s vibrant intellectual life, the two-day conference brought together eight faculty members – rising stars in their respective fields – to share
Each night on the coast of the Greek island of Lesvos, volunteers gather with night-vision goggles to wait for a sign indicating the arrival of one of the hundreds of over-loaded rubber dinghies transporting asylum-seeking refugees. Since the beginning of this year, nearly 9,000 refugees have arrived on the Greek shores, according to the UN
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Denis Binder’s article “Some Rough Historical Parallels Between South Africa and the United States” was recently published in Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy. From the introduction: “The sleepy passenger awakens on the plane. The seatmate’s video screen shows
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development Donald Kochan’s article “I Share, Therefore It’s Mine” was recently published in Volume 51 of the University of Richmond Law Review. From the abstract: “Uniquely interconnecting lessons from law, psychology, and economics, this Article aims to provide a more enriched