Pepperdine Names
Carol A. Chase
Maureen Arellano Weston
to Serve as Associate Dean for Academics at the School of Law
New Associate Dean for Research
Maureen Arellano Weston, professor of law, was named the new associate dean for research at Pepperdine University School of Law on September 1, 2009. Weston earned her JD from the University of Colorado and her BA from the University of Denver, magna cum laude.
Carol A. Chase, professor of law, has been named the associate dean for academics beginning with the Spring 2010 semester. Chase earned her JD and BA from the University of California, Los Angeles. “I am looking forward to serving the law school community in my new position and am especially excited to work closely with the dean and others in the Dean's Suite,” says Chase. Before joining the Pepperdine faculty, Professor Chase was an assistant U.S. attorney for the criminal division in Los Angeles. She has been an associate in the Los Angeles offices of Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the California State Bar, and is admitted to practice in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court for the Central and Eastern Districts of California.
“At Pepperdine, we have scholars of national and international prominence,” says Weston. “It is my honor to work with them and to ensure their work is recognized and fully supported.” An accomplished scholar, Weston is the coauthor of casebooks on both arbitration and sports law and has written numerous articles in the area of mediation, arbitration, and sports law. Her publications include “Universes Colliding: The Constitutional Implications of Arbitral Class Actions,” 47 William & Mary Law Review 1711 (2006); “Reexamining Arbitral Immunity In an Age of Mandatory and Professional Arbitration,” 88 Minnesota Law Review 449 (2004); and “Checks on Participant Conduct in Compulsory ADR: Reconciling the Need for Good Faith Participation, Autonomy, and Confidentiality,” 76 Indiana Law Journal 591 (2001), among many others.
Chase Weston
Chase regularly teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Trial Practice, and has been honored as a Luckman Distinguished Teaching Fellow. She also received the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence in 2008. She has commented extensively in the media on various legal topics, including the proceedings in People v. Simpson and People v. Jackson appearing for CNN, FOX-TV, E! Entertainment, KCET, and CBS-TV (Canada), and providing radio commentary for the BBC (UK).
“Professor Weston will bring great energy and vision as she builds on the remarkable work of Professor Rick Cupp in the vitally important role of associate dean for research,” says Vice Dean Tim Perrin. “Maureen is a respected scholar and a highly valued colleague, and it is a great day for the law school that she is stepping into this leadership position.” Weston joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2001, from the University of Oklahoma, where she taught Civil Procedure, Pretrial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Disability Law. Before teaching at Oklahoma, she worked for the Colorado law firms of Faegre & Benson, and Holme Roberts & Owen.
Her publications include the trial advocacy textbook, The Art & Science of Trial Advocacy, which she coauthored with School of Law professors Tim Perrin and Harry Caldwell, and a collection of case files, Case Files for Basic Trial Advocacy (LexisNexis 2009) which she coauthored with Perrin, Caldwell, and Professor Naomi Goodno. In addition she has published in the Utah Law Review, Marquette Law Review, Kansas Law Review, Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, Pepperdine Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Houston Law Review, and Oregon Law Review.
Admitted to practice in Colorado, she is a member of the American Bar, Hispanic National Bar, and Colorado Bar Associations. She is actively involved with the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, has served as cochair of the section's Education Committee, and as chair of the section's Representation in Mediation program. Weston teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Procedure, Entertainment Dispute Resolution, Ethical Lawyering, International Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Negotiation Theory and Practice, and Sports Law.
To learn more about Pepperdine’s faculty, visit law.pepperdine.edu/ academics/faculty.
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