Professor Ronald Rotunda has published an op-ed in National Review Online, entitled “The Efforts to Disbar Bush Lawyers” where he comments on the Department of Justice’s decision not to prosecute those attorneys responsible for writing the “torture memos.” Read the op-ed…
Professor Kurt Eggert discussed unfair mortgage lending practices in an article featured in Southside Pride. “Lenders have an interest in painting themselves as responsible, even caring entities. … They want to cast blame for the sub-prime meltdown and make themselves seem like the victim of borrowers in order to fight off additional regulations.” Read the
Professor Francine Lipman was quoted in a Mission Local article discussing the increasing use of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN) by undocumented workers to file their taxes. “Taxpayers who file with an ITIN do not receive social security benefits or the earned income tax credit. But they are eligible for the child tax credit, said
Erin Riley, Assistant Director of Career Services, was quoted in an article on Yahoo’s HotJobs section among other “industry insiders” on how to get your resume read. “Be results-oriented. … Whenever possible, quantify your accomplishments.” Read more here …
Professor Lawrence Rosenthal was featured on a live national panel discussion on constitutional rights sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of State and Local Government Law and the ABA Center of Continuing Legal Education. Read more…
Professor Rosenthal will be one of the panelists on American Bar Association program: “Beyond Gun Control: McDonald v. City of Chicago and Incorporation of the Bill of Rights.” Other panelist will include Michael Kent Curtis, Judge Donald L. Smith Professor in Constitutional and Public Law at Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, N.C., and
Professor Rosenthal has published “Second Thoughts on Damages for Wrongful Convictions” in the Chicago-Kent Law Review as part of a symposium on criminal procedure in which scholars from around the country were invited to give their views on pressing issues in the administration of criminal justice.
Professor of law and economics Bart Wilson was featured on a “Science Nation” segment of the Mother Nature Network discussing the innate sense of equity and fairness in humans and its relationship to the behaviors of non-human primates. “I’m interested in how people make decisions in strategic and social interactions.” Watch or read a transcript
Former Chapman Law Dean and state attorney general hopeful John Eastman received considerable support from national conservative leaders, who hosted a fundraising event for Eastman at the Capitol Hill Club. “My native state of California has suffered so much from attorney general Jerry Brown’s malfeasance that I am especially delighted by the news that constitutional
Professor Ronald Rotunda published an article in the Syracuse Law Review titled “Judicial Disqualification in the Aftermath of Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.” “What we do know from this case is that laws that require judges to recuse themselves when a party (or a lawyer to a party) contributes more than a certain amount