Professor Ron Rotunda was named one of California’s Best Lawyers in the category of “Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law” in the 2012 edition of Southern California’s Best Lawyers published by the Los Angeles Times.
Chapman students excelled at the regional round of the ABA Arbitration Competition, where the team of Kristin Aoun, Nick Evans, Phil Joo and Damon Pitt reached the semifinal round, losing a split decision by one point—barely missing an opportunity to qualify for the national finals.
Congratulations to 3L Blair Russell whose paper was one of three winners in IDEA®: The Intellectual Property Law Review’s Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition. Read Blair’s paper, “Economics of Process Methods: Intellectual Property Movements and Guideposts for Information Age Patents.”
The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning selected Professor Donald J. Kochan’s latest work for Article of the Month. Professor Kochan’s article, entitled “‘Learning’ Research and Legal Education: A Brief Overview and Selected Bibliographical Survey,” was recently published in the 40th edition of the Southwestern Law Review. “At its core, education is about learning,” Professor
Chapman University School of Law has been named a 3rd place winner for LSAC’s Diversity Matters Award. The award, established by LSAC’s Diversity Initiatives office, recognizes a law school for its commitment to diversity and considers the school’s success in raising awareness of LSAC’s DiscoverLaw.org website. The School of Law has been among the top 10
Congratulations to Spencer Wampole and Harrison Brown, winners of the 2011 Rutan & Tucker 1L Golden Gavel Competition for excellence in appellate oral argument.
Jeffrey Kuhns, a 2012 Chapman candidate for an LLM in Taxation, has received the top prize in a writing competition. Mr. Kuhns’ piece on “The Application of the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) to Commercial Space Flight Accidents” was the winning article in the Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee’s annual law student writing
Congratulations to 3L Josh Flynn-Brown whose paper entitled “Constitutional Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Does the Individual Mandate and Penalty Provision Pass Constitutional Muster?” has been accepted for publication by the Center for Judicial Process at Albany Law School.
A Chapman student team made the final four at the ABA Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition in Chicago. In the invitation-only competition involving 22 teams from around the country, Jess Travis, Jeremy Jass, John Bishop, and Alex Khoury made a strong team.
Congratulations to 2L Whitney Stefko, who was awarded the Equal Access to Justice Scholarship at the national Association of Women Judges midyear conference. The scholarship is sponsored by Morrison & Forester, LLP.