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Golden Gavel 2023 - A Professional Affair
A standing-room-only appellate courtroom on the second floor of Kennedy Hall was the venue for this year’s annual Rutan & Tucker Golden Gavel Competition, where two seemingly unflappable 1L...
View ArticleFowler Continues its Upward Trajectory in 2023 - Law School Moves Up Nine...
The U.S. News & World Report has published its rankings of the best law schools in the country, with Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law continuing its upward trajectory and leaping 9 places...
View ArticleChapman Alumni Win Landmark $161 Million Verdict
Chapman Law School alumni T. Gabe Houston (JD ’08) and Robbie Godinez Munoz (JD’20) have recently been awarded a $161 million verdict in a civil case against a major motorcycle manufacturer. The...
View ArticleAlumni on the Move: Daniel Kim - Turning Crisis into Opportunity
How does a personal injury lawyer with a strong focus on motor vehicle accident cases survive two years of shelter-in-place state mandates during COVID-19, when suddenly no cars were on the road?...
View Article2022 Golden Gavel Winners Summer Externship - In the United States Court of...
By Jodee Storm Sullivan, Kaelyn Timmins-Reed and Deane Sutic. Law school externships are an opportunity to forge links between the theory and practical application of the law, a chance for students to...
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Dean’s Welcome Brings Unprecedented Gift to Law School - Parker S....
At an August 24 Welcome Reception for new law school Dean Paul Paton, Chapman President Daniele C. Struppa announced an unprecedented $15 million gift to the Fowler School of Law from Chapman Board of...
View ArticleAlumni on the Move: Captain Mandi Ford - Finding Meaning and Mission in the...
“Oh, there was never a Plan B,” alumni Mandi Ford (JD ’18) chuckles on a Zoom call from her Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) office at Fort Riley, Kansas, “even before my bar results came in, I was...
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Chapman Law Hosts National Moot Court Competition: Finishes with QF Placing
Regionals for the National Moot Court Competition were held at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law this weekend. The Kennedy Hall courtrooms were the battleground for what can only be described...
View ArticleAlumni on the Move: Amanda Simmons - The ABA, Lifelong Advocacy, and...
What draws one to work as a lawyer and an advocate in the difficult area of child abuse, sexual abuse, and their legislation? Amanda Simmons’ (JD ’21) answer is direct and about as unequivocal as it...
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Fowler Law Students Set the Bar High in 2023
This July, one hundred and sixteen Fowler School of Law graduates passed the California Bar Exam, posting a remarkable 81% successful pass rate for first-time bar-takers from the school. Placed in...
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December 2023 Bar Swearing-in Ceremony
A cool fall evening provided the perfect backdrop to the Fowler School of Law State and Federal Bar Swearing-in Ceremony held in a packed Memorial Hall on Friday evening. In attendance were the...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Professor Nancy L. Schultz
It is with profound sorrow that we announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Professor Nancy L. Schultz, the Kennedy Professor of Dispute Resolution and the Director of Chapman’s Competitions...
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Nancy Schultz Memorial at the Fowler School of Law
Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law would like to extend sincere thanks to all who attended the memorial event for Professor Nancy Schultz on Thursday, January 25th. The turnout for this special...
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2024 Chapman Law Review Symposium: Rhythm, Rhyme and the Rule of Law
As Fowler School of Law Dean Paul Paton noted during his welcoming remarks, you don’t often hear the words “Law Symposium” and “Sold Out” in the same sentence. The 2024 Chapman Law Review was hosted in...
View ArticleAlumni on the Move: Judge Bryan Clavecilla
In a likely first for an alumnus of the Fowler School of Law, Bryan F. Clavecilla (JD ’07) was appointed to serve as a judge in the Orange County Superior Court by Governor Gavin Newsom on January 29,...
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Fowler Hosts Brown v. Board 70th Anniversary Commemoration
Diversity in our student body is one of the greatest strengths and points of pride at Fowler School of Law, so it was a special honor to host a glittering event on Thursday night commemorating the 70th...
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Scholars Weekend 2024 - 20 Outstanding Years of Law School Admissions
March 14-16 marked the 20th annual Scholars Weekend for the Fowler School of Law, an important event in the admissions cycle and a terrific opportunity for the Fowler School of Law community to welcome...
View ArticleAlumni on the Move: LtCol Alex Douvas
A cool January morning saw Lieutenant Colonel Alex Douvas (JD ’05) return to campus with a small entourage of Marine Corps recruiters to discuss his work as a Marine Corps “judge advocate” (military...
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It’s All About the Culture, Stupid! - Destroying Ukrainian Culture is...
I spent two months in Kharkiv this summer documenting the widespread campaign of destruction unleashed by Russia against Ukrainian museums, libraries, theaters, art galleries, local cultural centers,...
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Class of 2024: Commencement
The Fowler School of Law saw their last year of law school out in style on Friday, May 17, at their commencement ceremony as guest speaker Hon. Frederick P. Aguirre (Ret .), faculty and staff, family,...
View ArticleDean Paul Paton Honored with Appointment to the ABA’s Standing Committee on...
Fowler School of Law Dean Paul D. Paton has been appointed by American Bar Association (ABA) President-Elect William R. Bay as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on International Trade in Legal...
View ArticleOp-Ed: SCOTUS Preserves the Opportunity to Combat Disinformation, Will We...
Professor Nahal Kazemi’s op-ed is based on her research article that originally appeared in the Fordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Project forum. After an unprecedented month of upheaval in the...
View ArticleAMICUS #1 is Here!
Launched in May 2024 to coincide with the school’s commencement celebrations, Fowler School of Law’s Amicus magazine is an annual publication commemorating a year in the life of our school. It’s a...
View ArticleEagle-eyed Judge’s Extern Holly Saleeb’s Eventful Summer Externship
It has been an eventful summer for Fowler School of Law 2L student Holly Saleeb, clerking in Judge Eric Wersching’s family law courtroom in the Superior Court of California at the Lamoreaux Justice...
View ArticleAlumni on the Move: Bobby Waltman
Bobby Waltman’s (JD’12) passion for justice, public defense and personal injury practice began when he was just seven years old. Other kids his age might have loaded up on cartoons and MTV, but Bobby...
View ArticleThe Summer International Program at Cambridge University, England with Erin...
Rising 3L student Erin Haggerty had always dreamed of studying abroad for her post-graduate degree, and after transferring to Chapman’s Fowler School of Law, she realized her wish, spending six weeks...
View ArticleSCOTUS Upholds TikTok Ban, But the Lack of Data Privacy Leaves Threats...
Many of TikTok’s ardent users are devastated, civil liberties and First Amendment groups slammed the ruling, and politicians backpedaled on their own decision to ban the hugely popular app. No one...
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Chapman Law Review Symposium 2025: "Raiders of the Lost Art" is a Resounding...
On Friday, the 2025 Fowler School of Law annual Chapman Law Review Symposium brought together legal scholars, historians, journalists, and art law advocates to discuss looted art repatriation,...
View ArticleAlumni on the Move: Lance Cotton - Another Great Proposal from this Deputy D.A.
Lance Cotton’s (JD ’19) journey from the youngest of four siblings to becoming a Deputy District Attorney for the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office is a testament to perseverance,...
View ArticleAlumni on the Move: Ray Gennawey - A Commitment to Public Service
Ray Gennawey’s (JD ’14) journey from a law student at Chapman University to the Mayor of Laguna Niguel and a prosecutor in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) reveals a steadfast...
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