May 23, 2013
Professors Dorff and Grimes Share Newsworthy Perspectives
Major syndicated columnists and business newswires recently turned to Professor Michael Dorff and Professor Warren Grimes for...
May 14, 2013
Los Angeles County DA Encourages Southwestern Graduates
During Southwestern's 98th Commencement Ceremony held on May 12 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles County District Attorney...
May 13, 2013
Four Southwestern Alumnae Named 'Top Women Lawyers'
The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals have released their annual list of the 100 Leading Women Lawyers in...
May 13, 2013
April 2013 Student Housing Construction Update
The Residences at 7th continued to reveal its architecture with scaffolding coming down on the exterior west facade, alabaster...
May 10, 2013
Southwestern Mourns the Loss of Carole Weiner
Members of the Southwestern community were greatly saddened by the loss of a beloved colleague, teacher and librarian, Carole...
May 09, 2013
Southwestern Sets the Trends and Innovations That Other Law Schools Follow
Just this week, yet another law school - Brooklyn Law School in New York - announced that it would be following Southwestern's...
May 08, 2013
Intramural Competition's Top Writers Honored for Impressive Work
As a part of this year's LAWS Intramural Competition, a special reception was held on April 21 to honor those students...
May 07, 2013
Graduating Students Honored to be Commencement Speaker and Singer
At Southwestern's 98th Commencement Ceremony on May 12 at the Shrine Auditorium, part-time evening student Aaron Abergel will...
May 02, 2013
Susan Westerberg Prager Appointed Dean of Southwestern Law School
Susan Westerberg Prager, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and...
April 23, 2013
Marcus Williams Appointed Lieutenant Governor of ABA Law Student Division
Second-year day student Marcus E. Williams has been appointed the 2013-2014 Lt. Governor for Student Bar Association Presidents...
April 22, 2013
Southwestern Celebrates Students' Public Service
Taking a break from studying, over 250 students were invited to join Dean Parrish, faculty, staff and supervising attorneys...
April 18, 2013
Law Review and Moot Court Tie to Win Annual Honors Program Members' Challenge
Congratulations to the members of the Southwestern Law Review and Moot Court Honors Program, the 2013 winners of Southwestern's...
April 17, 2013
Variety Honors Southwestern Alumni
Variety has named Southwestern alumnus Wayne Levin '88 as its 2013 Legal Leadership honoree. Mr. Levin, Chief Strategic Officer...
April 16, 2013
Southwestern's Moot Court Team Performs Well in International Competition
When it comes to appellate advocacy, Southwestern knows how to make an impression all the way across the Atlantic. On a trip to...
April 16, 2013
Southwestern TAHP Team Finishes in Top Four at National Competition
At the 2013 American Association for Justice (AAJ) National Student Trial Advocacy Competition in New Orleans, Southwestern's...
April 12, 2013
First-year Students Continue to Impress Judges in the Triad of Annual LAWS Competitions
Year after year, judges comment on the intelligence, poise and preparedness of the first-year law students who participate in...
April 11, 2013
March 2013 Student Housing Construction Update
Removing the Veil During March, the exterior skin began to appear in final form in places, as plasterers applied lath, scratch...
April 08, 2013
Jonathan Evans Elected Attorney General of NBLSA
Southwestern PLEAS student Jonathan Evans has been elected to serve as Attorney General to the National Black Law Students...
April 03, 2013
Professors Yokoyama, Heilman and D'Italia Receive Southwestern's 2013 Excellence in Teaching Awards
Southwestern is pleased to announce that Professors Dennis Yokoyama, John Heilman and Alexandra D'Italia have been selected to...
April 01, 2013
Students Can Apply Now for Southwestern's On-Campus Apartments
Applications are now being accepted for The Residences on 7th, Southwestern's new on-campus apartment community that will open...
March 25, 2013
Montgomery Foundation Creates Fund for Faculty Support
Southwestern is proud to announce the third in a trio of remarkable gifts that the law school has received as part of the New...
March 20, 2013
Business Leader Michael Downer '81 Establishes Chair in Corporate Law at Southwestern
Southwestern is proud to announce that under the auspices of the New Era Campaign, alumnus and trustee Michael J. Downer '81,...
March 15, 2013
TAHP Excels in Competitions Across the Country
From coast to coast, Southwestern's Trial Advocacy Honors Program (TAHP) turned in strong performances at two separate regional...
March 14, 2013
February 2013 Student Housing Construction Update
Skin in the Game; Unit Leasing Begins February got off to a fast start with interior rough-in drywall completed in most...
March 14, 2013
Southwestern Partners with Keck Graduate Institute to Offer Innovative Certificate of Bioscience Industry Law and Practice
Southwestern has partnered with the Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), part of the Claremont Colleges, to offer an exciting...
March 13, 2013
Top trial attorney Brian Panish '84 establishes Civil Justice Chair and Program at Southwestern
Southwestern is proud to announce that Brian J. Panish '84 has provided a transformative leadership gift exceeding $1 million...
March 04, 2013
TAHP Teams Impress at Regional Competition
Southwestern's Trial Advocacy Honors Program (TAHP) recently sent two teams to a regional tournament of the National Trial...
February 25, 2013
Southwestern Student Explores Entertainment Law in Canada through Academic Exchange Program
Daniel Spitz wants to practice in the entertainment law field and believes that diversifying his education can give him a...
February 20, 2013
Marisa Blackshire '06 Earns ABA's Distinguished Environmental Advocates Award
Marisa Blackshire '06, a senior associate with Alston & Bird in Los Angeles, is among the 12 young lawyers from across the...
February 19, 2013
Brian Panish '84 Selected as a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year
Brian J. Panish '84, a partner at Panish, Shea & Boyle in Los Angeles, has been selected as a 2013 California Lawyer Attorney...
February 15, 2013
January 2013 Student Housing Construction Update
Drying In and Roughing In Contractors worked overtime to work around rains, as roof membranes, pads and other...
February 14, 2013
Prestigious Fellowship Enables New Grad to Serve Veterans
While Ely Grinvald '12 was a student at Southwestern, he immersed himself in a variety of public interest activities. From the...
February 13, 2013
Law Journal Symposium to Explore International Legal Issues Affecting Children
Uncertainty surrounding the legal protection of children jeopardizes their quality of life. When children are subjected to...
February 12, 2013
Southwestern's Biederman Institute Delves into Online Privacy at First Annual Conference
Is it possible to keep anything secret in our viral world? Why is the threat to privacy important and how does it really affect...
February 01, 2013
JLE Fiction Contest Winners' Stories Published
Now you can read the stories that wowed best-selling authors. Winners of the first Journal of Legal Education Legal Fiction...
January 31, 2013
Southwestern Team Excels at International Moot Court Competition
At the 5th Annual Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition at Cardozo Law School in New York, Southwestern performed...
January 25, 2013
Law Review Symposium Explores History and Future of LGBT Legal Activism
Forty years ago, legal activism in support of LGBT rights was in its infancy. Law schools were beginning to form gay and...
January 24, 2013
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey to Speak at Southwestern Commencement
The Hon. Jackie Lacey, the newly elected District Attorney of Los Angeles County, will deliver the keynote address at...
January 22, 2013
Southwestern Fondly Remembers TV Host and BW Enthusiast Huell Howser
The Southwestern community will greatly miss our good friend Huell Howser who passed away earlier this month. Huell was a...
January 11, 2013
December 2012 Student Housing Construction Update
Roof Construction and Infrastructure Build-Out Continues Roof construction, HVAC pads and roofing installation continued...
January 10, 2013
Argentine Professors Eager to Learn About American Human Rights Law as Siderman Fellows
Argentine lawyers Celina Giraudy and Ezequiel Gutierrez de la Carcova have devoted their careers to helping those who have been...
January 07, 2013
Chau '92 Elected to California State Assembly
Alumnus Ed Chau '92 was elected in November 2012 to represent the 49th Assembly District in California. He was recently sworn...
January 03, 2013
Annual Entertainment and Media Law Conference to Cover Issues in the New Digital Environment
Continuing digital advances and the proliferation of devices and applications have made it possible to view television...
December 21, 2012
Montgomery Fellow Returns from Iran to Teach Islamic Law at Southwestern
Alumna Gilda Gazor '07, who recently studied law in Iran as the first Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Fellow, has returned to Los...
December 17, 2012
Staff Recognized for Dedication to Southwestern
Southwestern's 125 staff members are enthusiastically committed to the law school's student-centered approach. They strive to...
December 14, 2012
2012-2013 Biederman Scholars Selected
In an effort to recognize excellence in academic achievement, and encourage and facilitate career success, the Donald E....
December 07, 2012
November 2012 Student Housing Construction Update
Up On The Roof Framing of top floor is now complete and construction of roof has begun. Image:...
December 03, 2012
Southwestern Alumni Named to LA District Attorney's New Leadership Team
As Los Angeles County's new District Attorney Jackie Lacey is sworn in today, the Southwestern Community congratulates...
November 29, 2012
Dean Garth and Professor Carpenter among "Most Influential People in Legal Education"
In its first list of "the most influential people in legal education," National Jurist magazine has included Southwestern's...
November 29, 2012
Southwestern Students Design and Implement an Immigration Outreach Campaign
On November 17, Southwestern students, under the supervision of Professor Julia Vázquez, joined volunteer attorneys from the...
November 21, 2012
All-Star Panel of Attorneys and a Former Pro Cyclist Share Perspectives on Athletes, Doping and Perjury
The Perils of Winning at All Costs There is plenty of bad behavior in sports and politics. But is it a crime, and should...
November 21, 2012
Teacher as Student: Professors Collaborate During Open Classrooms Week
Members of Southwestern's Faculty Development Committee wanted to give their colleagues the opportunity to observe each other...
November 20, 2012
Southwestern Welcomes New Adjunct Faculty
Several prominent members of the bench and bar will share their expertise in a variety of electives as members of...
November 20, 2012
Negotiation Teams Excel in Fall Competitions
The Negotiation Honors Program is having a lot of success at its fall competitions, earning Second Place at the National Sports...
November 19, 2012
TAHP Team Reaches Finals at CACJ Competition
At the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition held in San Francisco,...
November 19, 2012
Moot Court Team Takes Nationals, Headed to Finals
At the regional round of the Nationals Moot Court Competition held in Orange, California, Southwestern's team of Daneen Furr,...
November 16, 2012
Southwestern Receives National Higher Education Diversity Award
Southwestern was among the honorees to receive the first annual Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award from...
November 15, 2012
Green is Good: LACBA Environmental Law Practitioners Discuss Careers in Environmental Law
The world of environmental law is as vast and complex as the natural resources it aims to protect. Representing private,...
November 15, 2012
Lawyers and Judges Advise Students on Public Sector Career Paths
Know your personality. Take advantage of the opportunities you are presented with while you are in law school. Choose an area...
November 08, 2012
October 2012 Student Housing Construction Update
Soaring to the Top Levels 3 and 4 residential unit framing were completed in October with Level 5 framing, the final level,...
November 07, 2012
Southwestern Honored for Diversity
Southwestern was recently identified as one of the most diverse law schools in the country by The National Jurist. The magazine...
November 02, 2012
Drooz, Frackman and Hoberman Feted at Biederman Awards Event
As one of the top entertainment law schools in the country, Southwestern recognized three outstanding attorneys for their...
October 30, 2012
All-Star Panel of Attorneys to Discuss Doping and Perjury
There is plenty of bad behavior in sports and politics. But is it a crime, and should we prosecute it? In a unique panel at...
October 29, 2012
Southwestern Alumni Among Leaders in Intellectual Property Law
On the heels of Southwestern's recognition by The Hollywood Reporter as 4th in the country for best entertainment law schools,...
October 25, 2012
The Image of a Witness: Richard Ross Discusses his Juvenile-in-Justice Project at Southwestern
Under the auspices of the Treusch Public Service Lecture, which brings national speakers in the public interest field to campus...
October 04, 2012
Southwestern and Armenia Ministry of Justice Select Inaugural Southwestern Armenia Fellow
Southwestern has partnered with the Republic of Armenia's Ministry of Justice to create an opportunity for an American-trained...
October 04, 2012
Juvenile-in-Justice Project Creator to Deliver Treusch Public Service Lecture
Richard Ross, an award-winning artist, journalist and scholar, has spent the past six years documenting the placement and...
October 03, 2012
TAHP Students Shine in Southern California Courts
This summer, Anastasia Sagorsky and Michael Morse got to have their days in court. Sargosky, Chair of Southwestern's Trial...
October 02, 2012
Southwestern to Honor Outstanding Members of the Entertainment Law Community
Thomas Hoberman '75, Deborah Drooz '85 and Russell Frackman to receive awards at the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment & Media...
October 02, 2012
September 2012 Student Housing Construction Update
Reaching New Heights The installation of Level 2 framing took off like a shot at the beginning of September and has progressed...
September 27, 2012
Southwestern Welcomes New Adjunct Faculty
Several prominent members of the bench and bar will share their expertise in a variety of electives as members of...
September 10, 2012
Public Interest Law Week Helps Students Help Those in Need
Get your gambling luck and good deeds ready! Featuring panel discussions, a cookout, the Trivia Bowl and the hugely popular...
September 05, 2012
August 2012 Student Housing Construction Update
Pouring Mud, Stinging Steel, Measuring Twice and Cutting Once With the parking foundations and vertical walls completed in...
August 22, 2012
Government Officials Teach Employee Benefits Law Class at Southwestern
On the cutting edge of innovative legal education, Southwestern is the only law school in the country to provide an Employee...
August 14, 2012
New Director of Career Services Appointed
Mr. Randy Myricks has been appointed as the Director of Career Services at Southwestern, commencing August 13. An attorney and...
August 09, 2012
State Bar Honors Small Claims Project Hosted at Southwestern
Students Play Integral Role in Award-Winning Small Claims Clinic The Standing Committee for the Delivery of Legal Services of...
August 08, 2012
Natalie Rodriguez '12 Named Academic Support Fellow
Natalie Rodriguez has been appointed Academic Support and Bar-Related Programs Fellow and Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at...
August 03, 2012
July 2012 Student Housing Construction Update
With the completion of the upper parking deck, the building rises above ground level, growing taller every day. By the end of...
August 01, 2012
Southwestern Student Honored by Public Counsel for Outstanding Pro Bono Service
Remy Krumpak believes in helping people who need it the most. In his first two years of law school, he has devoted hundreds of...
July 20, 2012
Southwestern Recognized as One of Top 10 Law Schools for Entertainment Law
Southwestern was featured in "America's Top 10 Entertainment Law Schools" 2012 ranking in The Hollywood Reporter, which...
July 18, 2012
New Issue of Entertainment Journal Explores Issues of Defamation and Trademark Law
Volume 4, Issue 1 of the Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law (JIMEL) has been published. According to...
July 17, 2012
Professor Carpenter Spearheads Influential Study on Legal Education
One of the country's leading experts on law school curricula, Professor Catherine Carpenter is co-drafter and editor of the...
July 13, 2012
Winners of First Journal of Legal Education Fiction Contest Announced
Give writers a unique opportunity to showcase their creativity and watch them soar. Winners of the first Journal of Legal...
July 13, 2012
Professor Mason's Analysis of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" Goes Viral
Professor Caleb Mason's legal critique of Jay-Z's song, "99 Problems," presents a stimulating lesson "for anyone who's...
July 12, 2012
Professor Anahid Gharakhanian Appointed as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor Anahid Gharakhanian, a member of the Southwestern faculty since 2002, has been appointed as Vice Dean for Academic...
July 02, 2012
June 2012 Student Housing Construction Update
Student housing construction has ramped up at a fast pace as June came to a close. This included the completion of the lower...
June 26, 2012
Larraine Segil Elected to Board of Trustees
Larraine Segil '79, a prominent business leader and Southwestern alumna, was elected to Southwestern's Board of Trustees at the...
June 14, 2012
New Visiting Faculty Appointed
Two Visiting Associate Professors of Law have been appointed to Southwestern's full-time faculty for the 2012-13 academic year....
June 08, 2012
Vice Dean Austen Parrish Appointed Interim Dean
The Southwestern Board of Trustees has appointed Austen Parrish, Vice Dean and Professor of Law, as Interim Dean and Chief...
June 08, 2012
Dean Bryant Garth Announces Plans to Step Down Following Seven Years in the Post
Dean Bryant G. Garth, Dean and Chief Executive Officer of Southwestern, has announced that he intends to step down effective...
June 05, 2012
Mark Velez '11 Wins Burton Award for Legal Achievement
Mark Velez '11 has many recent accomplishments to celebrate - completing his J.D. degree through the Evening Program, becoming...
June 04, 2012
May 2012 Student Housing Construction Update
You may have noticed large cranes, hundreds of cement trucks and a flurry of activity coming from our construction site this...
