Alumni
Tacha National Tour
Tacha Tour 2.0,"Upgrading the Alumni Network"
Launching September 2012
Dean Deanell Reece Tacha has met you, and now she wants to enhance your connections to each other and to Pepperdine. Get plugged in now! Help us "Upgrade the Alumni Network" and roll out a cutting-edge initiative to strengthen our community and create opportunities for School of Law students and alumni.
Lke the tour on Facebook! Spread the word and build your network!
- April 25, 2013 – Salt Lake City, UT
Hosted by Utah Alumni Chairman Jeffrey W. Shields (JD '80), David Rudd ('82), Randall Holmgren (JD '83), Sharon Bertelsen (JD '87), Jill Dunyon (JD '91), and Bart Johnsen (JD '94). - Online registration has closed. Please email Shirlene.Love@pepperdine.edu with questions and to register.
- Chicago, IL (May 1) has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for an as yet to be determined 2013 summer date. We extend our thanks to host Kevin Richardson ('82).
- May 7, 2013 - Honolulu, HI
Hosted by Professor Shelley Saxer.

- January 23, 2013 – Downtown Los Angeles, CA
Thank you to Mark Cramer ('98) for hosting a wonderful evening!
See pictures from the event on Facebook.
- January 29, 2013 - Pasadena, CA
Thank you to Chris B. Johnson ('94) for hosting a wonderful evening!
See pictures from the event on Facebook.
- February 12, 2013 - Venice Beach, CA
Hosted by Jay Froberg ('95) and Greg Suess ('97)
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- February 26, 2013 - San Francisco, CA
Hosted by Gil Purcell ('83) and Roxanne Sheridan
This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- February 27, 2013 - Sacramento, CA
Hosted by Thomas Fessler ('83) and Todd Irby ('83)
This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- April 2, 2013- Orange County, CA
Thank you to Michele Maryott ('97), Craig Millet ('82), James Moloney ('94), and Robert Palmer ('84) for hosting a wonderful evening!
See pictures from the event on Facebook.
- April 9 (Boston, MA) and April 11 (Philadelphia, PA) have been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- April 10, 2013 – New York, NY
Thank you to Scott Mager ('82)for hosting a wonderful evening!
See pictures from the event on Facebook.
- September 12, 2012 – Encino, CA
Hosted by John Marcin ('90)
Pictures from the event are on Facebook!
- September 13, 2012 - Santa Monica, CA
Hosted by Lee Jackson ('01) and Gillian Wade ('03)
Pictures from the event are on Facebook!
- October 2, 2012 – Washington, DC
Hosted by Vasu Muthyala ('00) and Anh-Thu "Anh" Mai-Windle ('97)
Pictures from the event are on Facebook!
- October 16, 2012 – Oxnard, CA
Hosted by Mark ('88) and Michelle Hiepler ('89) and Greg Totten ('82)
Pictures from the event are on Facebook!
- November 1, 2012 – San Diego, CA
Hosted by David Boatwright ('81)
Pictures from the event are on Facebook!
- November 13, 2012 – Houston, TX
Hosted by Cabrina Owsley ('01)
Pictures from the event are on Facebook
- November 14, 2012 – Dallas, TX
Hosted by Kent Krabill ('05) and Bill Minick ('85)
Pictures from the event are on Facebook!
Read the Dean's Message on "first principles" and creating Lawyer Patriots.
What are first principles?
It is the mission of the Pepperdine School of Law to develop, not just Lawyers, but Lawyer Patriots who are guided by the first principles of:
- Legal Excellence
- Exemplary Ethics
- High Standards of Professionalism
- Commitment to Community
Whether in the law, in one's faith, or in one's personal and professional conduct, the ever-present construct of first principles must guide us in life's many endeavors. It was so for me as a judge. It is so for me as dean of Pepperdine University School of Law.
Deanell Reece Tacha
Duane and Kelly Roberts dean and Professor of Law
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