Suzanna Adelizi, Director of Career Services, was quoted in The Daily Journal in Kari Hamanaka’s article entitled “Starting Salaries Stuck at 2008 Levels.” Ms. Adelizi said about the varied starting salaries for law school graduates, “it depends on what kind of attorney you want to be and what type of legal practice setting you want
On June 16, 2010, the lead “Perspective” article in The Los Angeles Daily Journal was written by Professor Donald Kochan, entitled “Calls to Repeal Seventeenth Amendment.” The piece discussed the constitutional difficulties that make a repeal of the 17th Amendment politically untenable.
Professor Dennis Binder published an op-ed piece on the New Supreme Court in the Daily Journal describing today’s Supreme Court as a “meritocracy of the east.” Professor Binder wrote that “the appointment of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court marks the triumph of the new meritocracy,” noting that all nine of the justices
Professor Michael Bazyler was quoted in an AP article covering the Armenian Church’s suit against the J. Paul Getty Museum. Professer Bazyler, a member of the plaintiff’s legal team, said that attorneys hope the pages can be returned during negotiation rather than litigation. The Armenian Church seeks the return of seven pages that were ripped
Professor Hugh Hewitt published an opinion piece in the San Francisco Examiner about the effect of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act on jobs. Professor Hewitt wrote that the Act “will cost many more jobs unless the agency is checked – and soon.” Read more here.
Professor Ronald D. Rotunda published an opinion article in the Orange County Register entitled “What can Congress make you do?” in which he questions the constitutionality of a new national health law that essentially “does not regulate any economic act; instead, it regulates inactivity.” Read about it here.
Professor Rosenthal published an opinion piece entitled “Attack on Chicago’s handgun ban could undo a winning police tactic” in the Philadelphia Inquirer discussing the limitations of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Professor Rosenthal wrote that “support for gun-control laws has waned, and politicians fear gun-rights advocates as never before. Yet the case for
Professor Kyndra K. Rotunda published an opinion piece in the Washington Times entitled “Kagan’s anti-military campaign” questioning former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan’s 2005 ban of Judge Advocate General (JAG) officers from recruiting Harvard law students on campus. “Denying JAG officers and willing Harvard law students the opportunity to meet and talk about opportunities
The Los Angeles Times published an article featuring Visiting Professor Tom Campbell and his “nonconformist approach” to politics. Read the full article here.
Former Chapman Law Dean and state attorney general hopeful John Eastman was recently quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article entitled “Judge’s ruling puts prayer day in spotlight” about the April 15th Crabb ruling declaring National Prayer Day unconstitutional. Read the article here.