Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law alumni, faculty, families and friends joined together on December 7 in celebration of the law school’s 84 newly admitted lawyers at a Bar Admission Ceremony held in Chapman’s Memorial Hall. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Fowler School of Law alumni have surpassed the California Bar
Property rights, free speech, union dues, affirmative action, immigration and the contraception mandate within the Affordable Care Act all add up to a very busy semester for the students and professors in the Constitutional Jurisprudence Clinic (CJC) here at Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law. For the last 15 years Chapman’s CJC has
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Ernesto Hernández-López’s article “ Sriracha Shutdown: Hot Sauce Lessons on Local Privilege and Race ” was published in Volume 46 of the Seton Hall Law Review this week. From the abstract: In 2013, Huy Fong Foods, maker of the trendy hot sauce sriracha, fought in
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law competition teams added another regional title last weekend to their impressive list of accomplishments, bringing the number of national finals on the horizon for next semester to four. At the American Bar Association Labor Law Trial Advocacy regional competition in Santa Monica, teams Elise Levy (JD ’16),
This week marks the launch of a brand new Property Section on Jotwell (“The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)”) – the popular internet journal where legal scholars select other legal scholars’ recently-published and important journal articles for attention, analysis, and review. Donald Kochan, Chapman University Fowler School of Law’s Associate Dean for Research and
On November 16, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law welcomed James Gibson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law, to deliver the final 2015 installment in the Chapman Dialogue Lecture Series. His presentation, entitled “Relying on Reputation,” was followed by a discussion with
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law’s Alona Cortese Elder Law Center was featured in The Orange County Register on Monday, November 16, in an article entitled “Chapman’s Alona Cortese Elder Law Center provides free legal services to seniors.” The Center takes on issues involving elder abuse, health care, government benefits and senior housing,
The Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law competition teams continued an already successful semester with a first-place finish at the prestigious National Moot Court Competition regional round in Los Angeles over the weekend. The competition, co-sponsored by the New York City Bar Association and the American College of Trial Lawyers, is one
On November 20, 2015, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor Michael Bazyler will present at a 70th anniversary commemoration conference hosted by the Loyola Center for the Study of Law and Genocide at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Professor Bazyler is the 1939 Society Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at
Most students find the stress of balancing classes, final exams, student organizations, internships and social lives to be more than enough to keep them busy during law school. Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law student Jonathan Shin (JD ’16) added one more layer of responsibility to his workload: he took a case. That