For the American Bar Association’s Law Day 2010, Professor Ronald Rotunda, The Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, offered his insights as a Leader in Law on the most significant or interesting challenge that confronts law in the 21st century. “Technology is transforming-and will continue to transform-the practice of law, particularly
Lorin Geitner, Reference Lawyer/Libarian, published an article in Orange County Lawyer Magazine titled “The First Amendment and the Problems of Alienation.” It surveys the different orientations of law and religion in world history, and set out how the religion clauses in the First Amendment define the relation between the two institutions in our own culture
Dean Timothy Canova wrote an editorial in the Pacific Progressive Blog about reviving the economy through investments in public transportation. “The truth is that state and local governments are not primarily to blame for the collapse of financial markets, the weak U.S. economy, and the crisis in public finances. It was the federal government that
Professor Mario Mainero, Visiting Associate Professor of Academic Achievement and Senior Policy Adviser for Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach, authored an ordinance that was recognized by PublicCEO as the Ordinance of the Year. The ordinance, which was approved unanimously by the Orange County Board of Supervisor’s in November, banned project labor agreements and other anti-competitive
Dean Timothy Canova was interviewed on KPFA-Berkeley’s radio program “The Morning Show” regarding President Barack Obama’s proposals for financial regulatory reforms. Listen to the broadcast (segment starts at 1:09:15) …
Professor Hugh Hewitt was the subject of an article in OC Metro entitled, “Hugh Hewitt and partners form new firm.” The article announces the creation of the new boutique law firm, Hewitt Wolensky LLP. “We have assembled some of the nation’s most respected attorneys, based on their area of expertise, legal track record, and personal
Professor Rosenthal participated on a “Hot Topics” panel at the American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, on “The Supreme Court’s Increasing Attention to the Law of Lawyering.”
Professor Rosenthal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in McDonald v. City of Chicago, a case in which the Court will decide whether the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms applies to state and local governments. The brief argues that the
Chapman University School of Law Professor Lawrence Rosenthal was quoted in an article about the securities fraud case against chip-maker Broadcom Corp. Professor Rosenthal said, “It seems certain that prosecutors will face at least an internal investigation…The very worst case scenario for the prosecutor is he could face witness tampering or obstruction of justice charges,
A group of Chapman University scholars are participating at the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen. Included in the group is Chapman University School of Law Professor Deepa Badrinarayana. To read their blog updates at the conference, click here…