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Dean Tom Campbell, a former U.S. Congressman and dean of UC Berkeley's business school, explains the many benefits of obtaining a legal education at Chapman Law.
Get to know some members of Chapman Law's extended family of students and alumni.
Chapman Law is home to six pro bonoclinics that provide hands-on opportunities to represent real clients.
Contact the Admissions office to get answers about your application and to learn more about attending Chapman Law. 1-877-CHAPLAW or lawadm@chapman.edu
The Res Ipsa quarterly newsletter provides
periodic updates of faculty activity including scholarly works, media
appearances, awards and honors.
Externships at Chapman Law allow students to gain valuable work experience while earning JD credits.
Chapman Law provides a pool of
highly qualified legal applicants and valuable resources for employers' legal
hiring needs. Call today for details 714-628-2626 or follow the link below.
Associate Dean Jayne Kacer is here to help if you have any questions, concerns or problems about student life.
The Office of the Registrar is a critical resource for law students, with assistance in class registration, final examinations, grade posting, graduation preparation and much more.
Chapman Law's Board of Visitors serves as a strategic partner to help determine the law school's priorities, programs and community partnerships.
Our Assistant Dean of Development, Cary Bowdich, can explain the opportunities, large or small, for you to be a partner in Chapman Law's growth and success. 714-532-7773 or bowdich@chapman.edu
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April 30, 2013 - CELA's Diversity Leadership Summit
April 23, 2013 - Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkship Application Deadline
April 16, 2013 - Post-Graduate Judicial Clerkship Application Announcement
April 9, 2013 - Spring Resume Book, Drug Policy Alliance Internship
April 2, 2013 - K&L Gates Kickstarter Summer Program for 1Ls, Understanding Employment Stats...
March 19, 2013 - Opus Bank Legal Internship, Long Beach City Prosecutor Volunteer Attorney Program - Tomorrow
March 12, 2013 - Where the Jobs Are, Long Beach City Prosecutor Event...
March 5, 2013 - OCI Session 3, Lex Romana Membership, CIA Event...
February 26, 2013 - OCI Session 3, Large Firm Panel, CIA Event...
February 19, 2013 - OCDA OCI Bidding Closes Tomorrow...
February 12, 2013 - Bidding is Open for OCDA Summer & Fall Internships – Bidding Closes Wednesday, 2/20 at 9:00 a.m.
February 5, 2013 - Note about Symplicity Job Postings, Networking Opportunity with American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)...
January 29, 2013 - OCI Session 2, PICD training day...
January 22, 2013 - PICD Employers Hiring Post-Grads, Summer Employment Fair Tomorrow...
January 15, 2013 - Public Interest/Public Sector Career Day - Bidding Closes, Summer Employment Fair...
January 8, 2013 - Spring OCI Beginning, You're Hired! "The New Normal" Event...
December 11, 2012 - Good luck on your finals!
December 4, 2012 - Fall Resume Book - Deadline Extended, Alternative Career: FBI...
November 27, 2012 - Legal Diversity Mentoring Program...
November 20, 2012 - Judicial Clerkship Meeting, General Counsel Event...
November 13, 2012 - Lunch with Norwalk Superior Court, Social Media Networking Event...
Do you plan on attending a career fair or conference and seek help in funding the registration fee(s)? If so, please complete the form, and submit it to the Assistant Dean of Career Services.
Chapman University School of Law is committed to having a diverse student population. As such, we have compiled helpful resources to support such students.
There are many hardcopy resources in the CSO Resource Library including:
Law Student Initial Certification
Some externships offer the opportunity to appear in court on behalf of clients or the government if the law student is first "certified" through the State Bar's Practical Training of Law Students program. Students are eligible if they:
If you have been previously certified and need to extend your certification under your current supervising attorney, submit the Extension of Period of Supervision form.
Memo from Cal Bar on Post-Graduate Law Student Certification: a "student may be certified after graduating from law school as long as the student takes the first General Bar Examination. If the student fails his/her first eligible Bar Exam, certification ends on the date of notice. If the student passes the first eligible Bar Exam, the certification extends to thirty days after date of notice."
We have created practice area guides on a variety of popular practice areas. These guides can assist you in either exploring various practice areas or get you connected to the available resources in an area of interest. The guides provide topic-specific information regarding applicable job search sites, employment opportunities, specialty bar associations, mentoring programs, hardcopy resources, and scholarships.
A-G:
Family Law (Traditional & Non-Traditional)
H-P:
Healthcare Law (Including Medicare Appeals & Food/Drug Law)
Q-Z:
Additional Entertainment & Sports Law Resources
Students awarded a merit scholarship upon admission to the JD program may renew their merit scholarship during their second and third years, if a GPA of 3.00 or better is maintained during their first and second years. Students who become eligible for a scholarship in an amount larger than their initial award will be given the larger award. Part-time students may renew their scholarship for their fourth year as long as they remain in the part-time program and 3.00 GPA requirement is maintained.
We will try to capture our events (including panels, individual speakers, and orientations) in a video file when we are able to do so. Please check back regularly, as we will update our archive.
Visit the video-recorded presentationsLawyers write for a living, and an effective lawyer is an effective writer. So it is a fact that great legal writers are more competitive candidates in the job market. So how do you get to be a better writer? Write more! One way that you can hone your legal writing skills is to participate in writing competitions. Plus, there are many good reasons why it makes sense to participate:
The fact is that very few students participate in writing competitions, so you will often have little in the way of actual competition, so the odds of actually winning a writing competition are very good.
