Summer usually means hands-on legal work for students, but for two Chapman law students it meant much more. Third year law students Laura Moss and Jason Armbruster traveled to Africa this summer along with a team from Chapman’s film school to film Documentary: Africa. Selected law students are required to take cross disciplinary courses at
A less than ideal job market doesn’t stop 3L Adam Schlesinger from pursuing his goals. When First American Financial Corp. expanded its summer internship program this year, they were flooded with 490 applications for the 27 internships offered. Adam has been chosen to work with First American’s Mortgage Services Division and is recognized in the
Two Chapman students, Andrew Gahan and Minhquan Nguyen, have won the Golden Quill Award in the Rutan & Tucker Golden Quill Competition. This Legal Research and Writing competition is open to all 1L students and is held each spring semester. Students must submit legal briefs on behalf of a defendant or plaintiff. Andrew wrote the top
The ABA Journal has published an article that shines an academic spotlight on the scholarly work of Chapman Law. The article, discussing a new University of St. Thomas report, identified Chapman as one of three newer law schools accredited within the past two decades that “have already made a scholarly impact that dramatically outpaces their present academic reputations.”
Elise Diamond, who graduated from Chapman University School of Law in 2012, published an article in The Student Appeal entitled “Gain Practical Experience in Law School.” In the article Diamond recommends participating in legal clinics, practice-oriented courses, on campus interview programs, and competition teams, all of which are offered at Chapman.
Chapman University School of Law 2012 alumnus George Hartline and 3L Devin Gifford, along with their band, George Hartline and the Harmless Doves, have been selected as one of the top three bands in the ABA’s Battle of the Lawyer Bands. They have been invited to play at the President’s Reception at the Art Institute
The Chapman Law Working With Filmmakers Clinic students worked last fall on the film “Dead Man’s Burden,” which has been selected for the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival. “Dead Man’s Burden” is a Western, set in the aftermath of the Civil War, and tells the story of siblings who are reunited, but torn between their
Before members of the law school’s Class of 2012 began the procession to their graduation ceremony, they paused to recognize a special classmate who could not attend. First Lieutenant Rebecca Kipper, a member of the California Army’s National Guard, was called to military duty in February, just months before she would have completed her final
Jason Ambruster, Chris Hossellman, and Matt Susson have been awarded the Professor William Stallworth Endowed Scholarship Award in contracts for 2010-2011. Ambruster was nominated by Professor Doti, Hossellman was nominated by Professor Hernandez, and Susson was nominated by Professor Peikoff. Professor Stallworth was a founding faculty member of the Chapman University School of Law. As
Students enrolled in the Chapman Law Working With Filmmakers Clinic did the legal work on a feature film entitled “Mamitas.” The filmmakers are graduates of Chapman’s Dodge College, and based this film on the short film they did while students at Dodge. Watch the trailer here. Find a movie theater here.