For a student who entered law school with some doubts about her ability to excel, Amanda Thyden (JD ’17) far exceeded her expectations. During her three years at Fowler School of Law, Thyden served as Editor-in-Chief of the Chapman Law Review, was a law school ambassador, participated in Chapman’s Mediation Clinic, and was a member
While many students were making their way through midterms and dreaming of tropical vacations or carefully building their Netflix queues the week before spring break, Nathan Grosch (JD ’16) and Sean Cruz (JD ’17) were putting their education to an entirely different kind of test. Cruz and Grosch had instead taken their midterms early
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor and Mediation Clinic Director David Dowling was awarded this month a five-year grant from the County of Riverside Probation Department to support the addition of a new restorative justice program as part of the expanding clinic. The program will offer an unconventional route to finding justice, bringing
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 is honored to have received the Louise Otis Award for Excellence in Mediation Education at the International Competition for Mediation Advocacy (ICMA, formerly CNMAC) in Toronto. The award is in recognition of a superior commitment to the integration of mediation and advocacy skills into legal education. The ICMA focuses on acknowledging and evaluating mediation advocacy skills that demonstrate
In an article entitled, “Chapman Mediators Continue to Impress,” Riverside County Superior Court highlighted the Chapman Law School Mediation team. Congratulations to Professor David Dowling, “Chapman’s indefatigable Mediation Clinic Director,” and to an outstanding Chapman Law student team of mediators! Read the full article from Riverside County Superior Court newsletter News for Neutrals here.
The Riverside County Superior Court recently announced a new monthly program aimed to “reduce the court’s civic case backlog and increase access to justice for civil litigants everywhere.” The program, called “PJ Settlement Day”, acts as a “last chance” day-of-trial mediation program in which Presiding Judge Sherrill Ellsworth will help settle civil cases before they