The business of sports is continuously evolving, creating new challenges and opportunities for sports lawyers and other legal professionals. Three law students set out to host an impressive sports law symposium to help Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law continue its upward trajectory within the area of Entertainment and Sports Law. With a
The legal and business landscape of the sports industry has shifted dramatically within the past few decades. Only a select few journalists in contemporary news media have taken it upon themselves to chronicle these changes and shine light on the darker side of sports. One such journalist is Yahoo! Sports reporter and legal analyst
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
In this segment of his bi-monthly address, Dean Campbell reflects on the highlights from spring and summer of 2012. This includes: recent gifts made to the The Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Violence Clinic Professor Bazyler chosen by the National Law Journal as the Appellate Lawyer of the Week Chapman Law student wins prestigious fellowship
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
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.
Courtney Lewis, a 2009 Chapman University School of Law graduate, has landed a job as the Associate Counsel for the Phoenix Suns, an NBA franchise. Throughout her entire 3L year at Chapman, Lewis had an unpaid externship with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This opportunity broadened her professional network, which eventually led her to her first
KTLA news interviewed radio personality Big Boy, who is also the executive producer and an actor in the film, “Exit Strategy.” The interview included a clip from the film containing a scene which takes place at the 106 radio station. A Chapman Working With Filmmakers Clinic student was at the radio station to assist
Chapman University School of Law is proud to announce that two law students, Laura Moss and Jason Armbruster, have been selected to participate in Chapman’s international documentary film program. This summer, over 20 film, law and humanities students will travel to Mozambique to film four documentaries. Professor John Hall adds, “It was a particularly competitive
Chapman’s Working with Filmmakers Clinic will be credited in “Mamitas,” a feature film to be presented at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June. “Mamitas” is beautifully shot coming-of-age story that revolves around a young Latino player whose budding relationship with a bookish tomboy propels him to find out who he really is. It is