Pepperdine Caruso Law Annual Dinner Features Former United States Solicitors General Elizabeth Prelogar and Noel Francisco
On Saturday, September 27, 2025, Pepperdine Caruso Law hosted its annual dinner with special guests former US Solicitors General Elizabeth Prelogar and Noel Francisco.
Charity Schiller (JD '04) Named Managing Partner at Best Best and Krieger LLP
Pepperdine Caruso Law alumna Charity B. Schiller (JD '04) has been named managing partner at Best Best and Krieger LLP.
Professor Maureen Weston, College Sports as Work: Are College Athletes as Employees the Answer or An Existential Threat? -- University of St. Thomas Law Journal
Professor Maureen A. Weston's article, College Sports as Work: Are College Athletes as Employees the Answer or An Existential Threat?, is published in the University of St. Thomas Law Journal.
Professor Joel Johnson Named Inaugural Winner of the Emerging Scholar Award by the Association of American Law Schools
Professor Joel S. Johnson will be receiving the inaugural Emerging Scholar Award from Association of American Law Schools for his paper, Ad Hoc Constructions of Penal Statutes.
In Memoriam: Judge Ryan J. Wright (JD '97)
Pepperdine Caruso Law mourns the passing of alumnus Judge Ryan J. Wright (JD '97).
Pepperdine Caruso Law Named Among Top Law Schools for Human Rights Law -- National Jurist
Pepperdine Caruso Law has been named a top law school for human rights law in the National Jurist preLaw magazine.
Angela Otto (JD '98, '95) Appointed to Lead National American Bar Association Real Property Group
Pepperdine Caruso Law and Seaver College alumna Angela Otto (JD '98, '95) has been elected chair of the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section’s Real Property, Hospitality, Timesharing and Common Interest Development Group.
Professor Maureen Weston, Strategic Shifts: The Corporate Playbook on Arbitration, Class Actions, Mass Arbitration, and Privatized Justice -- Discussions in Dispute Resolution
Professor Maureen A. Weston's article, Strategic Shifts; The Corporate Playbook on Arbitration, Class Actions, Mass Arbitration, and Privatized Justice, is published in Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Coming of Age (2000-2009).
Professor Tanya Cooper Interviewed on "Reclaiming Yourself After Burnout" -- The Homecoming Podcast
Professor Tanya Asim Cooper is interviewed on The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema Bryant episode "Reclaiming Yourself After Burnout."
Brian J. White (JD '91) Sworn in as United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Pepperdine Caruso Law alumnus Brian J. White (JD '91) has been sworn in as a US magistrate judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of California.