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February 2012

Pepperdine Law Hosts Inaugural Waves on the Bench Judges Appreciation Dinner

School of Law Vice Dean Tim Perrin Appointed President of Lubbock Christian University


January 2012

Palmer Center Student Garners Recognition at "The Entrepreneur's Journey"

Dean Tacha Discusses Pepperdine Law on KRLA's "Champions of Justice"

AALS Annual Meeting Features Pepperdine Law Panel of Solicitors General

California State Bar Releases Results for July 2011 Exam


December 2011

Pepperdine Shows Strong on July 2011 CA Bar Exam


November 2011

Brett Robinson Wins Third Place in 2011 ABA Student Writing Contest

Law School Hosts Chief Justice Myron T. Steele for a Discussion of Corporate Law

Law School Hosts Legal Scholars for a Conversation From the Left and From the Right

Pepperdine Hosts Delegate of Rwandan Officials


September 2011

C-SPAN Features Video Coverage of Pepperdine Law Review Symposium


August 2011

School of Law Introduces New Concentration in Faith-Based Diplomacy

New Book Explores the History of Odell McConnell

Alumnus Brian E. Schield Receives LACBA Award


June 2011

Straus Hosts 128 Law Professors for Teaching ADR Seminar

Alumnus Rich Cho Named GM for Charlotte Bobcats

Forty-Eight Students Serve in Public Interest Placements This Summer

Straus Hosts Middle and High School Peer Mediators

School of Law Welcomes Dean Tacha


May 2011

Pepperdine Graduates Sworn in to State and Federal Courts

Palmer Center Microfinance Program Launches Entrepreneurs' Business Plans

Pepperdine Celebrates Commencement for the Class of 2011

Pepperdine Law Review Selects New Editorial Board


April 2011

IJM Founder Gary Haugen Teaches Human Rights Seminar Course

Pepperdine Hosts Transnational Litigation Colloquium

Distinguished U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit Judge Named Dean of the School of Law

Pepperdine Mourns the Passing of Elinor Nootbaar

Global Justice Program Takes Students to Thailand for Spring Break

Straus to Host Masters' Roundtable on Creatively Managing Conflict


March 2011

Nootbaar Institute and Global Justice Program to Host Michael Gerson

Pepperdine Wins 12th Annual Student Environmental Negotiation Competition

Former Dean Ken Starr Honored at Portrait Unveiling

Pepperdine Takes First and Second at AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition Regional

Palmer Center Presents B-Lab Panel Discussion


February 2011

Pepperdine Wins National Trial Competition Regional

Nootbaar Institute to Host International Religious Freedom Conference

Pepperdine Presents the Bible and the Law Forum

Pepperdine Hosts Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State (2005-2009)


January 2011

Pepperdine Hosts Transnational Arbitration Conference and Commercial Arbitration Meeting

Pepperdine Welcomes Three Visiting Professors

Straus Institute Presents Winter Intensive Program


December 2010

Pepperdine Law Graduates Sworn in to State and Federal Courts

Pepperdine to Launch Investor Advocacy Clinic


November 2010

Pepperdine Celebrates Recent Moot Court Successes

Pepperdine Hosts 13th Annual National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition

Pepperdine Wins 9th Annual National Civil Trial Competition

Palmer Center Launches Microfinance Program


October 2010

Alumnus Pierre Prosper Wins Release of American Imprisoned in Iran

Nootbaar Institute Presents a Conversation About Islam in America

Pepperdine Hosts 170 Lawyers for the Annual NAALJ Conference

Straus Presents Mediating the Litigated Case in Malaysia


September 2010

Palmer Center Presents Conference on Mobile Giving

Pepperdine Hosts Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki

Nootbaar Institute Hosts Debate on Religious Freedom in America

Pepperdine Hosts the Middle Temple Moot Competition


August 2010

Pepperdine Welcomes Five Distinguished Visitors to the Faculty

Pepperdine Welcomes the Class of 2013

Pepperdine's London Program Hires Christy Osborne


July 2010

Straus Institute Hosts Mediating the Litigated Case

Straus Institute Hosts International Judges for Mediation Training

Alumnus Richard Cho Named General Manager for the Portland Trail Blazers


June 2010

Straus Institute Hosts 23rd Annual Summer Professional Skills Program

Pepperdine Remembers Professor Tony "Skippy" McDermott


May 2010

Pepperdine Hosts Six Members of the Ugandan Judiciary to Discuss Plea Bargaining

Pepperdine Celebrates Commencement for the Class of 2010


April 2010

Pepperdine Raises $31,552 for Public Interest Fellowships

Straus Institute Ranks Number One Sixth Consecutive Year

International Scholars Discuss U.S. Tort Law at the Pepperdine University Law Review Symposium

Pepperdine's Journals Select Editorial Boards


March 2010

Distinguished Professors Paul Caron and John Nagle Teach at Pepperdine

Nootbaar Institute Hosts Sanford Levinson for Brandeis Lecture

Pepperdine Hosts 80 Federal Judicial Clerks


February 2010

Alumnus Andre Birotte Confirmed As U.S. Attorney In Los Angeles

Dean Kenneth W. Starr Named Baylor University's 14th President

Alumni Appointed to Judgeship and Second District Court of Appeal

Pepperdine Wins National ABA Labor and Employment Trial Competition

Justice Kennedy Gives Fourth Annual William French Smith Memorial Lecture


January 2010

John Haley and Greg Stone Speak on Resolving Conflict

Pepperdine Faculty Host Scholar Ruth Wedgwood

Michael Hershman Speaks on Legal Ethicism

Nootbaar Institute Presents Conference on the Role of the Church in Doing Justice

Twenty-Five Law Students Build Homes in Mexico


December 2009

Career Development Office Plans Spring Lectures and Events

Law Students Serve Lunches to the Los Angeles Community

Seventy-Seven School of Law Graduates Sworn Into State and Federal Courts

Pepperdine Celebrates Fall Advocacy Successes


November 2009

Nootbaar Fellow Featured in the Daily Journal

Pepperdine Wins Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition

Pepperdine Wins Two Student Competitions

Pepperdine Presents 12th Annual National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition

Pepperdine Hosts 10th Annual Veteran's Day Public Ceremony


October 2009

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

Pepperdine's Asylum Clinic Featured in 'LA Times'

Students Take Gold at the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Competition

Palmer Center to Host CEO of Opportunity International

Nootbaar Institute to Host Os Guinness


September 2009

Nootbaar Institute Presents 4th Annual Global Justice Symposium

Pepperdine Hosts 16th Annual Family Day

Straus Institute and Palmer Center to Host Sustainability Symposium

Straus Institute Hosts 55 Judges from Thailand


August 2009

Pepperdine Welcomes the Class of 2012

Straus Institute Presents Mediating the Litigated Case


July 2009

Dean Starr Prevails in U.S. Supreme Court Case Horne v. Flores

School of Law Funds Public Interest Work for 51 Students

Pepperdine Shows Strong on California Bar Exam


June 2009

Video: IJM's Gary Haugen Gives Commencement Address

Straus Institute Hosts 22nd Annual Professional Skills Conference

Video: Kmiec Speaks on the Obama Administration and the Sanctity of Life


May 2009

Starr and Stipanowich Participate in the Qatar Law Forum

Cihak Presents on Library Issues in Beijing, China

Pepperdine Law Celebrates Commencement 2009

Alumni, Students, and Faculty Participate in the Fourth Annual Golf Tournament

Nootbaar Institute to Host Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray


April 2009

Straus Institute Ranks Number One Fifth Consecutive Year

Stipanowich Awarded William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution

Childress Presents at Journal for Private International Law Meeting

Dean Starr to Argue Before the U.S. Supreme Court

Nootbaar Institute Presents Fourth Annual Louis D. Brandeis Lecture

Q&A with Ian Davis

Pepperdine Hosts Seventh Annual Model Seder

School of Law Honors Cesar Chavez with Week of Events


March 2009

Pepperdine Law Review Hosts Mortgage Crisis Symposium

Watch the Video: Sandra Day O'Connor Gives Third Annual William French Smith Memorial Lecture

Scarberry Testifes at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

Greenburg, Eisgruber, Starr, Kmiec, and Amar Speak on Supreme Court Nominations

Los Angeles High School Students Experience Pepperdine

Q&A with Brad Benham, Director of Alumni

John R. Bolton to Speak at the Annual Law Dinner


February 2009

Pepperdine Ranked First for Teacher Accessibility

Justice Scalia Addresses Pepperdine Community

Steve Engel Speaks on Federal Court Clerkships

Straus Institute Presents Arbitrating Sports Symposium

Nootbaar Institute Hosts Religious Liberty Conference - Watch the Video

Dean Cynthia Nance Speaks on Faith and the Law - Watch the Video

Alumnus Leon Bostick: Pushing to the Limit

School of Law Reunion to Bring Alumni, Scholars, and Families to Campus

Georgetown Presents Dean Starr with Lifetime Service Award

Palmer Center Hosts Social Responsibilty Event


January 2009

School of Law Participates in First Annual Career Week

International Human Rights Program Hosts Saddleback Church

Legal Scholars Debate Lincoln vs. Darwin

Larson Makes The Wall Street Journal's Top Five List

Nootbaar Institute Hosts Forum on Obama, Religious Faith, and the Public Square

Pepperdine Hosts Panel Discussion on Conflict in Gaza

Pepperdine Graduates Show Strong on California Bar Exam

Dean Starr Speaks on the Obama Administration for C-SPAN

Pepperdine Commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Larson to Offer Historical Perspective on Upcoming Inauguration

Nootbaar Institute Hosts Religious Liberty Conference


December 2008

Pepperdine Hosts Alien Tort Statute Colloquium