Student Life Archive - Fowler School of Law

Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Violence Clinic Students Obtain Immigration Status for a Survivor of Domestic Violence

April 7, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | General News

Two students, Jacqueline Gonzalez Valle (JD ’14) and Madiha Shahabuddin (JD ’15), in the Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Violence Clinic successfully obtained immigration status for a survivor of domestic violence. The client was brought to this country as a small child and suffered years of physical and emotional abuse by her United States Citizen husband. Supervising Professor Julie Marzouk

Muslim Law Student’s Association Hosts a Standing Room Only Talk on the Origins & Modern Implications of Islamic Law

April 4, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | Student Life

On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 the Fowler School of Law’s Muslim Law Students Association (MuLSA) hosted the “Origins of Islamic Law and its Modern Day Implications” panel. The speakers included Shaykh Jamaal Diwan and Muslema Purmul, two young Muslim scholars raised in America who studied Arabic and Islamic Studies in Egypt for seven years. This

Four Fowler Law Students Selected for Summer Internships in Cambodia

March 31, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | General News

Four Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law students have been selected to intern this summer at human rights and legal non-governmental organizations (NGO) in Cambodia. The students are Anna Caludac (JD ’16) , Elaine Pearl Ponce Dick (JD ’16) , Chanel Kim (JD ’16) and Hamza Siddiqui (JD ’15) . They are all

Fowler Law Student Earns Top 10 Spot in BARBRI’s Public Interest Contest for a Position with Save the Children

March 21, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | Student Life

Candace Queathem (JD ’14) has been selected as a Top 10 finalist in the BARBRI Public Interest Contest to win a paid position with the Save the Children organization and a complimentary bar prep program. What you can do to help: Help Candace Queathem win her dream job by voting for her video. Incentive: one

Fowler Law Students Push to the Final Round for Mediation & Advocacy at the InterNational Law School Mediation Tournament

March 14, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | General News

Students from the Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Mediation Clinic traveled to Chicago, Illinois on March 5-8, 2014 for the InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution’s 13th Annual International Law School Mediation Tournament. The tournament consisted of 52 teams from around the world, including teams from Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Australia, Lithuania, the United

Chapman Law Review Elects New Editor-in-Chief and 2014-2015 Executive Board

March 3, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | General News

“This is my element. I’ve been in journalism since I was 15,” said Madiha Shahabuddin, the newly elected editor-in-chief of the Chapman Law Review . She was the editor-in-chief of the student-run magazine Alkalmia (meaning “the word” in Arabic) at the University of California, Irvine as well as the Walnut High School newspaper The Hoofprint

Fowler School of Law Wins the Petitioner's Best Brief at Fifth Annual National Moot Court Competition

February 18, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | General News

The Fifth Annual National Moot Court Competition was held February 7-8, 2014 at the Historic Embassy Suites in Downtown Charleston, South Carolina. The event was hosted by Charleston School of Law. Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law was represented by two teams at the completion, Katherine Currie-Diamond (JD ’14) and Arthur Arutyunyants

Fowler School of Law Students Win Top Three Oral Advocacy Awards at the National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition

February 14, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | General News

The 19th Annual National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition was held on February 7 – 8, 2014 at Whittier Law School. Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law was represented at this event by two teams from the Appellate Moot Court Board . The first team included Minhquan Nguyen (JD ’14) and Benjamin Bertch (JD

Entrepreneurial Law Students Tap into their Professional Contacts to Develop an Impressive Sports Law Symposium

January 31, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | Student Life

While the typical law school student organization may feature a single guest speaker over a lunch hour, three members of the Fowler School of Law Sports and Entertainment Law Society have coordinated an all-day sports law symposium with over 15 heavy hitter industry speakers. Evan Brennan (J.D. ’15), Jack Anderson (J.D. ’15) and Jason Hirschhorn

Entrepreneurial Law Student Brings Cofounder of Reddit to Chapman University

January 21, 2014 by Fowler School of Law | Student Life

Before coming to Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Shaun Sanders was a freelance contractor. He would take on a variety of jobs from marketing and design to computer repair. Being a freelance contractor is actually how he came to know Alexis Ohanian, the cofounder of Reddit. For the past several years Shaun has been