http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/ Pepperdine University School of Law Faculty News and Achievements en-us Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:01:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OmniUpdate (OU Publish) http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2012/07/helfand-junior-faculty-forum.htm Michael Helfand's article, Litigating Religion, was selected for presentation at the Junior Faculty Forum (formerly the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum), an event sponsored by the Yale, Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. The Junior Faculty Forum has been convened for the past 13 years and each year, papers selected for the Junior Faculty Forum are reviewed and evaluated by a committee of scholars. This year only 17 papers were selected for presentation at the two-day event held June 2-3. Jannette Jauregui <jannette.jauregui@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:01:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2012/05/cochran-brandeis-book.htm Robert Cochran, director of The Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics, and Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, has published Louis D. Brandeis's MIT Lectures On Law (1892-1894), a book of edits to Brandeis's lectures during his time as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Published by the Carolina Academic Press in April, the book was five years in the making. Jannette Jauregui <jannette.jauregui@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 08 May 2012 10:55:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2012/04/lift-up-your-hearts.htm Pepperdine professor of law and Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law Douglas W. Kmiec has published Lift Up Your Hearts, a faith based book focusing primarily on reflections from his past and current roles in politics, and the climate of today's political campaigns. Jannette Jauregui <jannette.jauregui@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:03:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/news/2012/04/lift-up-your-hearts.htm Pepperdine professor of law and Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law Douglas W. Kmiec has published Lift Up Your Hearts, a faith based book focusing primarily on reflections from his past and current roles in politics, and the climate of today's political campaigns. Jannette Jauregui <jannette.jauregui@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:03:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2012/01/peter-wendel.htm Pepperdine professor of law Peter Wendel has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Augsburg School of Law in Germany for his years of service as a visiting professor. Jannette Jauregui <jannette.jauregui@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:03:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2012/01/stipanowich-protocols.htm The College of Commercial Arbitrators' (CCA) Protocols for Expeditious, Cost Effective Commercial Arbitration, edited by Thomas J. Stipanowich, was recently distributed to each of the Fortune 1,000 corporate general counsel by one of their leading peers. Megan Huard <megan.huard@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:58:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/11/tacha.htm An op-ed written by School of Law dean Deanell Reece Tacha was published in the Tuesday, Nov. 29, edition of the Daily Journal. In it, Tachacontests the doubt surrounding the effectiveness of higher education. Megan Huard <megan.huard@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:58:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/11/childress.htm In his debut tome, The Role of Ethics in International Law, associate professor of law Donald Earl Childress III ("Trey") has authored and collected chapters encouraging a self-critical reflection on the function of ethical discourse in international law's public and private dimensions. Childress' aim is to push international lawyers to recognize inherent assumptions in their lines of argumentation that call for further scrutiny, especially as international lawyers make sense ofthe varying ideas of the right and the good and the indeed of law that exist throughout the world. Megan Huard <megan.huard@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:17:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/11/kmiec.htm Doug W. Kmiec, Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law and former U.S. Ambassador to Malta, presented a lecture at the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue on November 13 as part of their TED conference. His deeply personal lecture, titled "Love Your Enemies, Kill Your Friends, Hate Your Life," promoted civility and finding the common ground in public and private discourse. Sarah Fisher <sarah.fisher@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:21:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/09/arab-spring.htm Professor Colleen Graffy contributed an article to The Sunday Times in London. The article appears below, reprinted with permission. Jared Padgett <jared.padgett@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:41:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/09/stipanowich.htm Thomas J. Stipanowich, professor of law, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution, and academic director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, is actively engaged in the national debate surrounding predispute or "mandatory" arbitration agreements in consumer and employment contracts. Megan Huard <megan.huard@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:41:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/08/tacha.htm Deanell Reece Tacha, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law and professor of law, recently taught "Defining the Rule of Law" at Oxford University from July 11- 19, in Oxford, England. Megan Huard <megan.huard@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:08:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/07/mcdonald.htm Barry P. McDonald, professor of law, recently shared legal expertise with the Los Angeles Times and Southern California Public Radio's Air Talk. In the Times article McDonald discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of the majority of the 9th Circuit Courts decisions. On Air Talk, he spoke on a case in which a half-hearted death threat was posted in a Yahoo! chatroom against President Obama during his candidacy in 2008. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:49:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/07/scarberry.htm Mark S. Scarberry, professor of law, recently published an article in the Huffington Post with Huffington Post Contributor Nancy Altman entitled "Disentangling Social Security from the Debt Ceiling." The article details the ways that social security can continue to cut checks with or without an increase in the debt ceiling. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:48:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/07/cochran.htm Robert F. Cochran, Jr., Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law and director of the Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics recently spoke at a conference entitled, "The Social Responsibility of the Christian College," in Handong, Korea. Cochran's speech was on the topic of Jesus and the Law, based on an essay he is writing with Professor Dallas Willard for an upcoming book. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:23:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/07/cited.htm An article written by Richard L. Cupp, John W. Wade professor of law, was recently cited by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, in her dissenting opinion in J. McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro. The case re-examined the decision formalized in Asahi Metal Industry v. Superior Court (1987). Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:30:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/07/helfand.htm Michael A. Helfand, associate professor of law and associate director of Pepperdine University's Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies, recently published an op-ed in the Daily Journal. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:05:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/07/miller.htm Anthony Miller, professor of law, was recently confirmed unanimously by city council to the Los Angeles City Employee Relations Board. The board establishes policies and procedures for the administration of employer employee relations in city government and provides for the formal recognition of employee organizations that represent city employees. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 9:05:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/06/professors.htm Three Pepperdine Law professors recently shared expertise with NPR, The Daily Journal, and Fox News during the month of June. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 9:05:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/05/mcneal.htm Gregory S. McNeal, associate professor of law, published an op-ed in Foreign Policy magazine titled, "The Bin Laden Aftermath: Why Obama Chose SEALs Not Drones," on May 5. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 06 May 2011 12:04:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2011/01/protocols.htm Thomas J. Stipanowich, academic director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution, and professor of law, recently served as Editor-in-Chief for a new set of arbitration protocols for the College of Commercial Arbitrators. Entitled Protocols for Expeditious, Cost-Effective Commercial Arbitration, the work received the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution's Practical Achievement Award last week. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:43:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/12/goodman.htm Christine Chambers Goodman, professor of law, recently published California Evidence: Examples & Explanations (Aspen Publishers, November 2010). The book prides a comprehensive guide to the California Evidence Code and highlights the differences between the federal rules of evidence and the California Code. Designed for law students, the book is part of Aspen Publishers' highly-successful "Examples and Explanations" series. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:12:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/11/mcdonald.htm Barry P. McDonald, professor of law, recently shared expertise on Schwarzenegger v. EMA, the U.S. Supreme Court case regarding violent video games, with national news outlets. He published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 17 and was interviewed by the CBS Evening News on Nov. 2. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:12:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/11/helfand.htm Michael A. Helfand, associate professor of law and associate director of Pepperdine's Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies, published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 10. Titled "A Law We Don't Need," the piece calls Oklahoma's amendment prohibiting courts from considering Islam's Sharia law in decisions "the product of fear-mongering." Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:00:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/11/nelson.htm Grant S. Nelson, William H. Rehnquist Professor of Law, published the 8th edition of Equitable Remedies, Restitution and Damages, Cases and Materials (West) with Candace S. Kovacic-Fleischer and Jean C. Love in November. The book will be available for spring 2011 classes. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:00:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/11/ogden.htm Gregory L. Ogden, professor of law, served as a reporter for the 2010 revised Model State Administrative Procedure Act (MSAPA). The MSAPA was approved as a final act by the National Conference of Commissioners for Uniform State Laws with an effective date of October 13. Ogden worked on the project for more than four years, providing research and drafting the text. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 05 Nov 2010 10:00:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/10/cochran.htm Robert F. Cochran Jr., Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law and director of the Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics, participated in the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIF) conference on religious freedom on Oct. 7 in Juba, Sudan. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:00:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/10/james.htm Bernard James, professor of law, wrote an op-ed on cyberbullying and student suicide for The New York Times on Oct. 1. In the article, James, coauthor of the book Education Policy and the Law: Cases and Commentary, wrote on cyberbullying as a human rights issue. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:00:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/09/stipanowich.htm Thomas J. Stipanowich, professor of law, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution, and academic director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, has been named the newest scholar-in-residence at the London, England, offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:45:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/09/mcneal.htm Gregory S. McNeal, associate professor of law, was a witness at the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade hearing on Wednesday, September 29 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern. The hearing is titled, "U.S. Strategy for Countering Jihadist Websites," and was open to the public. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:00:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/09/mcdonald.htm Barry P. McDonald, professor of law, wrote a review of the fifth term of the Roberts Court in the September issue of California Lawyer. The fifth term was first for Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the last for Justice John Paul Stevens. McDonald noted that the chief justice asserted leadership during this term, "save for some divisive (and decidedly activist) decisions." Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:00:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/08/knaplund.htm Kristine S. Knaplund, professor of law, shared expertise with the Los Angeles Daily Journal in an article about new inheritance challenges on August 17. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:00:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/07/larson.htm Edward J. Larson, Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law and University Professor, was the featured speaker for a BBC World broadcast on the Scopes "Scopes Monkey Trial" on July 14. Listen to the podcast. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:15:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/06/stipanowich.htm Tom Stipanowich, professor of law, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution, and academic director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, published an op-ed on the changing mentality toward arbitration in the Daily Journal on June 23. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:00:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/06/mcdonald.htm Barry P. McDonald, professor of law, was quoted in the Daily Journal on the recent Supreme Court ruling concerning humanitarian aid to foreign groups designated by the government as terrorist organizations. The article ran in both print editions on June 22. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:00:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/news/2010/05/mcdonald.htm Barry P. McDonald, professor of law, published an op-ed on the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down the federal law banning the commercial production or sale of animal cruelty videos. The op-ed ran in the Los Angeles and San Francisco editions of the Daily Journal. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 13 May 2010 10:00:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/03/knaplund.htm Kristine S. Knaplund, professor of law, was recently elected to be an Academic Fellow for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, an organization of the top estate and trust professionals. Only two California law professors have previously been members. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:18:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/03/miller.htm Anthony Miller, professor of law, presented on international alternative dispute resolution for the 2010 Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association on March 19, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:16:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/news/2010/03/bost.htm Pepperdine University President Andrew K. Benton and Provost Darryl Tippens have jointly named Thomas G. Bost Interim Dean of the Pepperdine School of Law. Bost, former Chair of the University's Board of Regents, has served as a Professor of Law at Pepperdine since 2000. He served as Associate Dean for Academics in 2009. Megan Huard <megan.huard@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:16:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/02/cupp.htm Richard Cupp, John W. Wade Professor of Law, recently spoke to the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times and KFWB News/Talk 980 about Toyota's liability in the expanding recall of their vehicles. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:05:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2010/01/stipanowich.htm Tom Stipanowich, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution and academic director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, traveled to New York City to receive an award from the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) this week. His article, "Arbitration: The 'New Litigation'" was named Best Professional Article for 2009. This marks the second time Stipanowich has received the award. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 20 Jan 2010 9:15:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/12/solicitorgeneral.htm Ken Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, spoke on the role of a solicitor general with a panel of former U.S. solicitors general on Dec. 8 in the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Watch the video on C-SPAN. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:15:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/11/deanstarr.htm Ken Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, will argue the case Ward v. NFL at the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia, on December 1. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 24 Nov 2009 17:15:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/11/larsonspeaks.htm Pepperdine's Ed Larson, University Professor and the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law recently spoke at the conference "Why Darwin Still Matters," at Pepperdine University on Nov. 20 and 21. A renowned Darwin scholar, Larson received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (1997). Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/10/janet-kerr-article-earns-acclaim.htm Janet E. Kerr, professor of law and executive director of the Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law, has published "The Integrative Market Hypothesis for Stock Market Fluctuations," in the Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Law. The article, which Kerr co-wrote with alumnus Alessandro Casati (JD '04), recently became the third most downloaded article in the physics and economics category on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 9:35:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/10/wendel-deconstructing-legal-analysis.htm Peter T. Wendel, professor of law, recently published Deconstructing Legal Analysis: A 1L Primer (Aspen, October 2009). The book presents first-year law students with time-tested techniques for learning how to think like a lawyer. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 9:35:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/10/miller.htm Anthony Miller, professor of law, was announced as one of the 2009 recipients of the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence on Oct. 2 during the University Faculty Conference. President Andrew K. Benton and Provost Darryl Tippens presented the awards with Jay Brewster, chair of the Howard A. White committee, during the conference luncheon. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:46:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/09/cupp.htm Richard L. Cupp, Jr., John W. Wade Professor of Law, was named the 2009 winner of the Professional Scholarship Award by the American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) for his article Moving Beyond Animal Rights: A Legal/Contractualist Critique published in the San Diego Law Review. The award was presented at AALA's annual conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, on Sept. 25 Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:46:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/09/einhorn.htm Judge Bruce Einhorn, director of Pepperdine's Asylum Clinic, recently authored a chapter in the book Refugee Roulette, edited by Paul Schrag of Georgetown Law Center and published by NYU Press. The book analyzes the challenge of dramatically disparate asylum grant rates among federal immigration judges across the United States. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 9:46:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/09/top-california-lawyers.htm Ken Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, has been named in the Top 100 Lawyers in California by 'The Daily Journal'. Lawyers are nominated by their peers for the annual list. The Top 100 will be honored in a ceremony on Sept. 22. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:47:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/08/maureen-arellano-weston.htm Maureen Arellano Weston, professor of law, has been named the new associate dean for research at Pepperdine University School of Law, effective September 1, 2009. Weston earned her JD from the University of Colorado and her BA from the University of Denver, magna cum laude. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:50:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/08/kmiec-ambassador-malta.htm Douglas W. Kmiec, Pepperdine's Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, was confirmed by the Senate as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Malta on Friday, August 7. The vote was unanimous. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:50:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/07/starr.htm Ken Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, and Sam Levine, professor of law, taught a course on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Legal Traditions at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel, in July. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:47:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/07/cupp.htm Richard L. Cupp, John W. Wade Professor of Law, recently published the article Moving Beyond Animal Rights: A Legal/Contractualist Critique in the San Diego Law Review. Cupp, who is a longtime Animal Law scholar, frequently writes and lectures on the rising significance of Animal Law. His article documents that rise and provides the view that expanding rights is not the answer to our appropriately increasing sensitivity regarding animals' welfare. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:46:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/07/kmiec.htm Douglas W. Kmiec, Pepperdine's Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, was appointed to be ambassador to the Republic of Malta by President Barack Obama on July 2. The nomination must first be confirmed by the Senate in September. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:45:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/06/kmiec.htm Douglas W. Kmiec, Pepperdine's Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, participated in a discussion titled, "The Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Human Life: Is there a common ground on life issues? What is the right response by 'Pro-Life' Citizens?" The panel was hosted by the Catholic University of America at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on May 28. Watch the video on C-SPAN. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:45:08 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/05/qatar.htm Ken Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, and Tom Stipanowich, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution and academic director for the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, will participate in a law forum titled, "Global Commitment to the Rule of Law," from May 29-31 in Doha, Qatar. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 28 May 2009 12:23:06 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/05/cihak.htm Herb Cihak, associate dean for Library and Information Services and professor of law, will speak at the China-United States Conference on Legal Information and Law Libraries regarding law library issues from May 27-30, in Beijing, China. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 28 May 2009 12:21:48 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/04/stipanowich.htm Thomas J. Stipanowich was recently named the William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution, a new endowed chair at Pepperdine University School of Law. Stipanowich is the academic director of Pepperdine's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, which has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the number one dispute resolution program in the nation for the last five years. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:58:25 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/04/childress.htm Professor Donald Earl Childress III, who will publish a forthcoming article on Comity as Conflicts: Resituating Comity as Conflict of Laws, recently presented the article before the bi-annual meeting of the Journal for Private International Law co-sponsored by the journal and the New York University School of Law. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:46:07 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/04/starr.htm Ken Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, will argue before the United States Supreme Court on Monday, April 20. The case is Horne v. Flores, which involves the expenditure of state funds toward English language education programs. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:18:34 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/03/greenburg.htm As part of the Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., Judicial Clerkship Institute, Pepperdine University School of Law hosted a discussion titled, "Supreme Court Nominations: The Confirmation Process," featuring ABC News Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg and Princeton University Provost Christopher Eisgruber and responses by Dean Ken Starr, Professor Doug Kmiec, and Professor Akhil Amar, on Friday, March 20, at the School of Law. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:57:49 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/03/scarberry.htm Professor Mark S. Scarberry will testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts hearing titled, "Abusive Credit Card Practices and Bankruptcy," on Tuesday, March 24, at 7 a.m. Pacific. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:57:49 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/02/service.htm Ken Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, was awarded the Lifetime Service Award by Georgetown Law Federalist Society on Thursday, Feb. 5 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:57:04 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/01/lincoln.htm In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of their birth, Pepperdine University School of Law will host a stimulating debate titled, "Lincoln vs. Darwin: Who Had the Greater Impact on American Law?" on Monday, February 2, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Mendenhall Appellate Courtroom. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:37:09 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/01/summer.htm Edward J. Larson, the Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law, was recently cited in The Wall Street Journal, on Alan Dershowitz's list of Top Five Books about Legal Cases. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:53:20 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/01/forum.htm The Herbert and Elinor Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics will host a forum titled "Obama, Religious Faith, and the Public Square: A Conversation with Doug Kmiec and John Jones," on Friday, January 23, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Room B at the School of Law. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:23:30 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/01/panel.htm Pepperdine University School of Law hosted a panel discussion on international law and the media and its impact on the conflict in Gaza on Thursday, January 22. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:10:40 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/01/starr.htm Ken Starr, the Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, will appear on C-SPAN tonight at 7:10 p.m. PST to speak on topic of the Solicitor General's office and the work of the new Obama Administration. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:19:54 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/01/mlk.htm Pepperdine will host a panel discussion on the Civil Rights Movement on Wednesday, January 21, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Room D. Panelists include Raul Ayala of the Mexican American Bar Foundation, Rabbi Judith HaLevy of the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue, and Reverend Brenda LaMothe of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church. Pepperdine Professor Chris Goodman will moderate the discussion. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:15:14 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2009/01/larson.htm As Americans gear up for the next four years under President-elect Barack Obama, Pepperdine School of Law professor Edward J. Larson will reflect on the events leading up to his inauguration. In a colloquium titled "Historical Reflections on the 2008 Election and the Inauguration of President Obama," Larson, the Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law, will speak at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, in the Kresge Reading Room at Payson Library. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:16:35 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/12/colloquium.htm Pepperdine University School of Law hosted torts scholars, international law scholars, corporate counsel, judges, and practitioners at Pepperdine's Malibu Beach House on December 12. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:54:44 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/12/knaplund.htm Professor Kristine S. Knaplund's paper entitled, "Postmortem Conception and a Father's Last Will" was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for AE: Biomedical Ethics (Topic) and ETH: Applied Ethics (Topic). Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:59:25 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/12/cochran.htm Robert F. Cochran, Jr., recently published the second edition of Lawyers, Clients, and Moral Responsibility with Thomas L. Shaffer. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:59:25 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/11/torts.htm Dean Cupp and Professor Green spoke on the restatement and liability for defective drugs. Dean Cupp also spoke on the future of products liability. Watch the video. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:41:02 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/11/deanstarr.htm Ken Starr, the Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the School of Law, recently spoke at two conferences and was quoted in the Los Angeles Times. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:20:54 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/11/being-starr.htm If you know one thing about Ken Starr, it's probably something related to the Whitewater Investigation. If you know two things about Ken Starr, it might be that he moved to Malibu, California, to take the helm at Pepperdine University School of Law in 2004. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:13:34 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/11/stipanowich.htm Tom Stipanowich, professor of law and academic director of Pepperdine's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution will maintain a busy schedule even at the end of the fall semester with twelve major speaking engagements in four states and two countries. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:56:39 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/11/knaplundaba.htm Professor Kristine S. Knaplund, who is co-chair of the ABA Committee on Bioethics this year, addressed the ABA Fall Leadership Conference in Montreal, Canada, on Nov. 7. She spoke on "Hot Topics in Bioethics," inlcuding ballot measures in a number of states that attempt to regulate when frozen embryos can be discarded. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:47:02 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/10/knaplund.htm Two summers ago, Pepperdine School of Law professor Kristine S. Knaplund read every probate file in the Los Angeles County Archives in the first year stored there-1893. Why? "I love the stories," she says. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:59:33 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/10/federalist.htm Pepperdine's Federalist Society will host Stephen Bainbridge, the William D. Warren Professor of Law at UCLA, in addition to Pepperdine's Mark Scarberry, professor of law, and Grant Nelson, the William H. Rehnquist Professor of Law, for a discussion titled, "Are We Facing the Great Depression 2.0? The Financial Crisis of 2008," on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 12:30 p.m. in Room C. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:09:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/10/presidential.htm Pepperdine professors Robert Kaufman, a John McCain supporter, and Douglas Kmiec, a Barack Obama supporter, will defend their preferred presidential nominees during a debate on Monday, Oct. 13. School of Public Policy dean James R. Wilburn will moderate the debate, which begins at 7 p.m. in Smothers Theatre on the Malibu campus. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:22:47 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/10/teachingaward.htm Professors Carol A. Chase, Kristine S. Knaplund, and Steven M. Schultz were named the recipients of the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence on Friday, Oct. 3. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:12:20 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/10/scarberry.htm Professor Mark Scarberry, whose major academic interest is bankruptcy law, lent his expertise to the National Law Journal for an article on possible implications of the bailout and the power of bankruptcy judges. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:12:32 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/09/einhorn.htm Judge Bruce Einhorn, a retired federal immigration judge who now serves as a professor of asylum and refugee law at Pepperdine, wrote an op-ed titled &quot;Bush's Department of the Inferior&quot; published in the Daily Journal on Sept. 17. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:28:22 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/09/catholic.htm Professor Douglas W. Kmiec, the Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, released a new book titled Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Question about Barack Obama, published by the Overlook Press on Sept. 17. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:32:32 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/09/kmiec.htm Professor Douglas W. Kmiec, the Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, was recently featured in The New Yorker magazine in an article titled "Party Faithful" on Sept. 8. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:39:24 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/08/peterson.htm After battling their local school district for 11 and a half years on behalf of their son's education, the Cahills were drowning in legal documents, struggling under the weight of hefty tuition bills, and feeling voiceless after having been denied representation by two different special education lawyers due to the complexity of their case. All this in pursuit of a &quot;free&quot; and &quot;appropriate&quot; education for their son-a right that many take for granted. Bringing justice to families like the Cahills is the mission of the Pepperdine clinic, which Peterson founded in 2002. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 27 Sep 2008 07:57:30 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/08/bee.htm Rick Cupp, associate dean for research and the John W. Wade Professor of Law, published an op-ed titled "Now we can provide for a pet's future" about California legislation regarding companion animals in the Sacramento Bee. The article was published on August 17. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:20:40 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/08/cochran.htm Bob Cochran, the Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law and director of the Herb and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics, was featured in the August issue of Christianity Today in an article titled "Redeeming Law." Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:47:04 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/08/einhorn.htm Professor Mark Scarberry, whose major academic interest is bankruptcy law, lent his expertise to the Wall Street Journal for an article on a new high for bankruptcy filings published on August 13. On Friday, August 15, the LA Times quoted Pepperdine Real Estate scholar Grant Nelson, the William H. Rehnquist Professor of Law, on a difference real estate issue. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:12:02 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/08/einhorn.htm Judge Bruce Einhorn, a retired federal immigration judge who now serves as a professor of asylum and refugee law at Pepperdine, wrote an op-ed titled "Injustice at Justice" published in the Daily Journal on August 1. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:55:09 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/06/Larson.htm The Pepperdine Law School London Program will host Pulitzer Prize Winner and the Hugh and Hazel Darling Professor of Law, Edward J. Larson, for a lecture titled, "Adams, Jefferson, and the Emergence of the American Two Party System: An Election Year Retrospective." The lecture will be held in the Albemarle Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, at 7 p.m. on July 24. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:45:40 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/07/cupp.htm Dean Cupp was also interview by USA Today on July 15 regarding the possibility of several countries in Europe granting great apes the same legal rights as humans. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:53:06 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/07/knaplund.htm Professor Kristine S. Knaplund was a featured speaker at the Association of American Law School's (AALS) Workshop for New Law School Teachers in Washington, D.C. from June 25 to 29. She gave a plenary for 150 new professors from all over the country on the application of learning theory to the classroom. She talked about obstacles to student learning and gave eight ideas to encourage active learning. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:45:49 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/07/mcdonald.htm Professor Barry McDonald, an expert on the law governing freedom of expression, wrote about obscenity and the First Amendment in the LA Times this week. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:42:22 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/06/starrlondon.htm Ken Starr, the Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean, will leave Malibu, California, for London, England, to teach Federal State Powers at Pepperdine's Summer London Program from June 30 to August 7. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:45:00 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/06/kmiec.htm Professor Douglas W. Kmiec, the Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law, recently met with presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama for a private conversation on faith. Together with religious leaders from Protestant, Catholic, Evangelical, and other traditions, the group talked about the senator's deep faith and its influence on his politics. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:54:46 -0800 http://law.pepperdine.edu/news-events/faculty-news/2008/06/Larson.htm Professor Edward J. Larson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, recently met with President George W. Bush to discuss his newest book, A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800. The commander in chief welcomed Professor Larson to a private meeting in the Oval Office to discuss the book. Emily Di Frisco <emily.difrisco@pepperdine.edu> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:40:03 -0800