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Eunice Park Presents on Cultural Competence at Western Regional Legal Writing Conference
Professor Eunice Park presented on “Cultural Competence to Advance Diversity and Inclusion in Practice: Why, How, & Assessment,” at the 2018 Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, held at UC Irvine School of Law, from September 28-29. Professor Park’s...
JAMES OTTO HEITING TO SERVE AS BENCH-BAR COALITION SOUTHERN REGION CO-CHAIR
James Otto Heiting (Class of 1975 | Hall of Fame | Dean’s Counselor) just concluded service of two years as a Bench-Bar Coalition Executive Committee member-at-large for the Southern Region of California. The Bench-Bar members also unanimously ratified the nominating...
JUDGE ERICK LARSH ELECTED ASSISTANT PRESIDING JUDGE IN AN UNCONTESTED ELECTION TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ORANGE
First appointed to the bench in 2005 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Judge Larsh (Class of 1986) has served as Supervising Judge at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, the Justice Center in Westminster, and for the Domestic Violence Courts.
Jennifer Koh’s Scholarship Reviewed on JOTWELL (Journal of Things We Like (Lots))
Professor Jennifer Koh’s two recent law review articles have been reviewed on JOTWELL (Journal of Things We Like (Lots)), a blog that “creat[es] a space where legal academics can go to identify, celebrate, and discuss the best new scholarship relevant to the law,”...
Jennifer Koh Writes Amicus Brief for Coalition of Over Forty Legal Services Organizations, Public Defender’s Offices, Law School Clinics and Other Entities on Validity of Certain California Convictions Under Federal Immigration Law
On July 27, 2018, Professor Jennifer Koh filed an amicus brief that she wrote on behalf of a broad coalition of over forty legal services organizations, legal associations, law firms, public defender’s offices and law school clinics that seek to advance the interests...
Los Angeles Times Publishes Op-Ed by Jennifer Koh on Deportations and Due Process
Professor Jennifer Koh has published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, which discusses the rise of deportations without court hearings. She co-authored with Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, law professor at Penn State Dickinson School of Law. You can read op-ed...
Caren H. Seenauth Accepts position with Best Buy
Caren H. Seenauth (Western state Class of 2014) has accepted a position as Corporate Counsel at Best Buy. Caren will be returning to the very first company to hire her as college grad.
Andrew Knapp, Jennifer Koh and Daniel Sharp Speak at AILA Annual Conference
Professors Andrew Knapp, Jennifer Koh, and Daniel Sharp all served as speakers at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Annual Conference (http://aila.org/conferences/in-person/annual) in San Francisco, which took place from June 13-16. Their panels...
WESTERN STATE ALUMNI WIN 2018 CLAY AWARDS
This Spring, Kevin Calcagnie (Western State Class of 1982 | Hall of Fame) and partner Cynthia Garver (Western State Class of 1999) were co-recipients of the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award for 2018. They received the award in the category of Toxic Torts...
Neil Gotanda Honored as Outstanding Activist-Teacher-Scholar at 2018 Joint Conference of NEPOC and CAPALF
Professor Neil Gotanda received the Haywood Burns & Shanara Gilbert Award for Outstanding Activist-Teacher-Scholar at the 2018 Joint Conference of the Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (NEPOC) and the Conference of Asian Pacific American Law...
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