In more Obamanomination news, the President has nominated three California lawyers to the United States District Court bench. Edward Chen has been nominated for the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Chen currently serves as a US Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California. He was a staff attorney for the American [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 27, 2009
The University of California has announced a furloughs scheme beginning in September, affecting faculty at law schools, amongst others. The system is effectively slashing salaries by 4% to 10%. The plan requires faculty and staff to take up to 26 unpaid furlough days during the 2009-10 school year. One hundred and eight thousand employees of the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 17, 2009
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced the appointment of eight new superior court judges to the Los Angeles Superior Court. Stephanie M. Bowick has served as an assistant general counsel for the Los Angeles Unified School District since 2001. Previously, she was a deputy city attorney for the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco; [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Anderson Kill Wood & Bender has hired two insurance recovery attorneys for its Ventura, California office. Arnold Barba joins from the dissolved Brown Winfield Canzoneri Abram, where he practiced business and real estate litigation. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu. Barba received his JD from the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The USÂ News & World Report rankings for top US law schools will not be officially published until tomorrow — but the rankings are all over the blawgosphere anyway. The top 20 are: 1. Yale Law School 2. Harvard Law School 3. Stanford Law School 4. Columbia Law School 5. New York University School of Law 6. University of California Berkeley School of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 16, 2009
UCLA School of Law has announced its Transition to Practice LL.M. Program, which will allow deferred associates to take an extra year of classes that would duplicate the skills learned in the first year with a firm. The school says the courses will feature practice-oriented projects, in addition to substantial research and written work. The program [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 9, 2009
Two top California law schools have created a DC internship program to expose law students to the intricacies of law- and policy-making. The for-credit UCDC Law Program brings students to the nation’s capital from the University of California Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law, and provides internships in congressional offices on Capitol Hill, [...]
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