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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...

Jennifer Koh Trains Orange County Lawyers in Asylum Law; Deportation Defense and the Immigration Consequences of Crime
On June 5, Professor Jennifer Koh spoke at a joint meeting of the International Law and Immigration Law Sections of the Orange County Bar Association on U.S. asylum and refugee law. She presented on the topic with Professor Marisa Cianciarulo, Associate Dean for...

Law Review Honors Philip Merkel, Neil Pedersen
The WSCL Law Review named Professor Philip L. Merkel as recipient of its Distinguished Faculty Member Award for the 2017-2018 academic year. It also presented Adjunct Professor Neil Pedersen (Class of 1988 | Hall of Fame | Dean’s Counselor) with its Distinguished...

Jennifer Koh Serves on Planning Committee for Immigration Law Professors Conference; Participates in Works-in-Progress Sessions
From May 24-May 26, Professor Jennifer Koh participated in the Immigration Law Scholars and Teachers Workshop held at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in Philadelphia, PA. As a member of the conference planning committee, she co-organized a portion...

Jeff Witjas Delivers 2018 WSCL Commencement Address
Jeff Witjas (Western State class of 1979) Senior Vice President, Talent, Agency of the Performing Arts (APA) delivered the Commencement Address to the Western State College of Law graduating class of 2018. Jeff Witjas was born in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Bowling...

Eunice Park Publishes in OC Lawyer on Carpenter and the Fourth Amendment
Professor Eunice Park has published “Protecting the Fourth Amendment After Carpenter in the Digital Age: What Gadget Next?” in the May issue of Orange County Lawyer Magazine. The article notes the tension in the Supreme Court’s previous approaches to protecting...

Jennifer Koh and Sabrina Rivera Present at AALS Clinical Conference
On April 30, Professors Jennifer Koh and Sabrina Rivera presented at a concurrent session at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Conference on Clinical Legal Education in Chicago, IL. The annual AALS Clinical Conference is the largest gathering of clinical...

Immigration Clinic Students Argue Before Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
On Friday, April 13, 2018, Western State College of Law Immigration Clinic students Greyson Morain and Gabrielle Gilbertson argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Greyson and Gabrielle, along with classmate Jennifer Pyka, are enrolled in the Immigration...

Kevin Calcagnie 2018 oc lawyer of the year in mass tort/class litigation
Kevin Calcagnie (Western State Class of 1982 | Hall of Fame) was recently named 2018 Product Liability Litigation “Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year” in Orange County by Best Lawyers®.
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