Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law alumnus Brad Rideout (JD ’06) could be headed to the United States Supreme Court next year. Rideout and his firm, Rideout Law, recently filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States with help from the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute after
On March 14, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law welcomed Richard A. Epstein, Inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law, as a guest speaker for the 2016 Chapman Dialogue Lecture Series. His presentation, “Justice Scalia’s Jurisprudential Legacy of Property Rights,” was followed by a discussion
With the passing of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia , the Chapman community remembers the noted jurist’s visit to the law school in August 2005. Justice Scalia participated in a full day of activities as part of our annual Madison Lecture Series and 10th anniversary celebration. The events included the teaching of a
Property rights, free speech, union dues, affirmative action, immigration and the contraception mandate within the Affordable Care Act all add up to a very busy semester for the students and professors in the Constitutional Jurisprudence Clinic (CJC) here at Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law. For the last 15 years Chapman’s CJC has
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law Professor John Eastman testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. At the hearing, entitled “With Prejudice: Supreme Court Activism and Possible Solutions,” Professor Eastman was invited to testify on the
The 2014-2015 Chapman Dialogues Series is off to a great start, with a visit by Tom Goldstein, co-founder of SCOTUSblog and partner at Goldstein & Russell, P.C. The presentation on September 22, 2014, addressed “Perspectives on Finding Your Niche and Personalizing Your Path in Law.” “If you want to be involved in
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s health care decision, many Chapman law professors have been quoted in the media. Professor Eastman appeared on National Public Radio on June 29, 2012 to discuss the decision, saying, “This was a sellout of monumental proportions for those that recognize that there are limits on the federal power
Professor Rotunda co-authored an article published in The National Law Journal, entitled “Prosecutorial and Judicial Misconduct: High court should hear ‘Rubashkin’ to consider overzealous DOJ and judge who was essentially on prosecution team.” The article talks about how, in the past few years, a series of federal judges have criticized the U.S. Department of Justice
Professor Rotunda was quoted in an article entitled “Federal court says French must play by American rules” in LegalNewsline. Read about it here. Professor Eastman was quoted in an article entitled “Health care law brawl arrives at Supreme Court steps” on FoxNews.com. Read his remarks here. Professor Caso was quoted in a column entitled “Brian
Chapman, along with several other law schools, will be sponsoring a one-of-a kind moot court event. Two weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, The California Endowment and several law schools are bringing together a bipartisan mix of renowned legal minds and policy experts to