An article in the Daily Journal entitled “Law Schools Pool Resources to Offer Legal Help to Military,” quoted Dean John Eastman and Professor Kyndra Rotunda. The article reported on the new cooperative effort between Chapman, Berkeley, and some San Diego law schools to work on the same clinical project. The clinic will help active-duty military
An article in the Press-Enterprise, entitled “Japanese internment trial rerun for newer generation,” reported on Dean John Eastman and Erwin Chemerinsky’s re-enactment of the oral arguments from the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court Japanese internment case Korematsu v. United States. According to the article, the deans ultimately “captured the flavor of the debate over the expulsion
Dean John Eastman was quoted in an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle entitled, “U.S. could be on hook in Padilla vs. Yoo.” The article discusses a suit filed on behalf of Jose Padilla, a convicted terrorist, against John Yoo, the lawyer and former visiting professor at Chapman who wrote controversial legal opinions that allegedly
Dean John Eastman published an op-ed in Christian Science Monitor, entitled “Flags of caution over Sotomayor.” The piece discusses several of Sotomayor’s previous judgments and brings into question her ability to judge fairly and objectively. Eastman writes, “The question now, for the Senate, is to determine whether the empathic skills of his first nominee to
Dean John Eastman was quoted in an article entitled, “Verdict against critic of creationism.” The article discusses a May 1, 2009 ruling that a CUSD schoolteacher had violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause by calling creationism “religious, superstitious nonsense” in a school setting. Eastman stated, “School districts are routinely sued for making one statement that
Chapman professors were featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled, “Different approaches for two men at center of ‘torture memo’ controversy.” The article discusses a recent debate between Visiting Chapman Law Professors John Yoo and Dean John Eastman against Professors Katherine Darmer and Lawrence Rosenthal regarding the coercive interrogation tactics that were
Dean John Eastman and Professor Larry Rosenthal each published point-counterpoint op-eds in Los Angeles Times regarding John Yoo’s visiting appointment at Chapman and the legal opinions he authored in 2002 and 2003 while serving in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice as well as the general question, “Does John Yoo Belong in Front
Dean John Eastman was quoted in an article in the New York Times featuring John Yoo entitled, “Terror-War Fallout Lingers Over Bush Lawyers.” The article discusses legal briefs written by professor Yoo during his tenure with the Bush administration and raises questions as to what responsibility government lawyers should have if their legal advice is
Dean John Eastman was quoted in the Los Angeles Times in an article about visiting Professor John Yoo entitled “Bush policymaker escapes Berkeley’s wrath.” In the piece, Dean Eastman stated: “We are working very hard at fostering a broad ideological diversity here at the law school.” Another of Chapman law school’s visiting professors this school
Dean John Eastman appeared on the Hugh Hewitt radio show with UC Irvine Law School Dean Erwin Chimerinsky where the two deans discussed the implications of moving Guantanamo Bay terrorists to jurisdictions within the Ninth Circuit, such as Camp Pendleton. Their discussion is a follow-up to an interview with California Attorney Jerry Brown. Read Article