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Hope in the Face of Human Trafficking

Hope in the Face of Human Trafficking

Christina Sambor (JD '08) Combats Exploitation in Thailand, Burma, and Washington, D.C. Each day, I get an email from Google Alerts full of news stories that match the search term "Human Trafficking."
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Remembering Micah

Remembering Micah

Most first-year law students struggle with time management and absorbing hundreds of pages of information each day. To get them through, they tap into what motivates them: the promise of a bright future, or professional success. Law student Ben Gifford has a slightly different motivation: his brother, Micah.
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Law In the Holy Land

Law in the Holy Land

Dean Ken Starr and Professor Sam Levine teach Jewish, Christian, and Islamic legal traditions in Israel.
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Os Guinness

Conversation with Os Guinness

Author, social critic, and Senior Fellow of the EastWest Institute in New York, Os Guinness discusses finding fulfillment in everyday life.
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Delaware Court House

Pepperdine Hosts a Corporate Law Forum with Members of the Delaware Judiciary

Pepperdine University's Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law will host the Delaware Corporate Law Forum: A Conversation with Members of the Delaware Judiciary on Friday, Nov. 13, at 12:30 p.m. at the School of Law.
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Courtney Echols

Q & A with Courtney Echols (JD ’08), Director of Alumni Affairs

Courtney (Perdue) Echols’ commitment to serving the Pepperdine community began a little over four years ago. The San Francisco native chose Pepperdine for law school because of its mission and close-knit community.
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International Champions

Students Take Gold at the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Competition

Third-year students Jonathan Matthews and Aaron Echols were named international champions at the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Moot Competition in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday, October 24.
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Lincoln's Lessons for Lawyers

Lincoln's Lessons for Lawyers

At a time when much attention is focused on the roles and responsibilities of attorneys outside the courtroom and American trial dockets have contracted significantly, the foregoing admonition is often quoted.
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Pepperdine In DC

Pepperdine Visits Washington, D.C.

Six Pepperdine law alumni were sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court on October 5 by Chief Justice John G. Roberts.
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The New Frontier

The New Frontier

To what extent does legal regulation block new innovation for cellular phones? What role does international civil litigation play in an increasingly global world? What can political methodology tell us about how organizations make decisions?
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A Global Classroom

A Global Classroom

Uganda, Thailand, Burma, Belize, Rwanda. Pepperdine law students could be found advancing the rule of law or addressing human rights violations in each of these countries this past summer.
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Taking It Upstream

Pepperdine’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law will host "Taking it Upstream: Collaboration, Consensus Building, and Sustainable Development: A Green Leadership (Un)Conference" on September 25 at the Drescher Graduate Campus in Malibu, California. Read more

Everyone Deserves an Advocate

The Union Rescue Mission, located in the heart of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, is the largest mission of its kind in the United States, dedicated to serving the poor and homeless. Tent-enclosed cots fill every inch of open space in the massive facility.
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All Rise!

More than 60 Pepperdine Law alumni can be found presiding over courtrooms around the country and the world—from California to Puerto Rico to Canada. Interpreting the law and making the right decisions are just part of the job.
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The Pursuit of Excellence

Pepperdine University School of Law has completed the "Waves of Giving 30-Day Challenge" and has secured 250 new gifts totaling over $165,000.
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Prosecutor Alan Jackson Brings Phil Spector to Justice with a Long-Awaited Verdict

Deputy district attorney Alan Jackson (JD '94) was on the case from the beginning. The first trial began in March 2007 in Los Angeles, California, and extended over seven months.
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From Contracts to Coaching

It was a dark and stormy night. It was 1 a.m. Mike Leach (JD '86), head coach of the Texas Tech football team, was a half-mile out from his house in Lubbock, Texas. He was walking his dog around a golf course, surrounded by lightning, and on the phone with me.
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The Pursuit of Excellence

Pepperdine University School of Law has reached the half-way point of the "Waves of Giving 30-Day Challenge" and has secured 141 new gifts that will directly benefit students.
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Matters of Faith and Justice

When Jeff Cook (JD '06) began his education at Pepperdine University he set himself one specific challenge for the future: to incorporate his personal faith into his career.
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Qatar and the Rule of Law

Dean Ken Starr and Professor Tom Stipanowich discuss their recent trip to Doha, Qatar, and their participation in a law forum titled, "Global Commitment to the Rule of Law."
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A Supreme Legacy

Pepperdine University School of Law continues its long tradition of hosting U.S. Supreme Court justices with visits from four justices in one academic year.
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A Commencement to Remember

Gary A. Haugen, the founder, president, and CEO of the International Justice Mission speaks to the Class of 2009.
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Straus Ranks Number One for Fifth Consecutive Year

Pepperdine's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution has been ranked the Number One program by U.S. News and World Report for the fifth consecutive year. In the last 13 years, the Straus Institute has never been lower than third and has achieved the Number One position eight times.