BEGIN AN ADVENTURE
You become a legal professional on your first day at Pepperdine Law.
Table of Contents Our Mission.............................................2
Global Programs.....................................18
Picture Yourself Here..............................4
Advocacy Programs................................20
Choose Your Path...................................6
Join a Community of Purpose...............22
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution....8
Launch Your Career................................24
Experiential Learning Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law..............10 Graduate Practice-Ready.......................26 Global Justice Program..........................12 Meet Your Colleagues.............................28 Clinical Programs...................................14
The Pepperdine Advantage...................30
Consider Your Options...........................32 Parris Institute for Professional Formation.........................16 Scholarships/Experience Our Campus....33 2
Today’s Lawyer Is
Different TODAY, A LEGAL PROFESSIONAL MUST BE: • an entrepreneur, creating opportunities • a negotiator, achieving resolution in addition to victory • a diplomat, navigating between cultures with ease • a master of the craft, learning every day
PEPPERDINE IS UNIQUELY EQUIPPED TO CREATE THESE PROFESSIONALS: • The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution is an international leader in developing skills like negotiation required for lasting resolution. • The Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law offers a certificate in fields such as entertainment, finance, and real estate. • The Parris Institute workshops and mentors connect high principles of ethics and world change with practical skills like interviewing. • The Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics and the Global Justice Program open students’ eyes to challenges to justice around the world. • The Clinical Law Program, one reason Pepperdine is among the highest ranked for “practical training,” turns classroom knowledge into skills on Skid Row, in Hollywood, throughout Washington D.C., and beyond.
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FIND YOUR Our Mission
Is to Strengthen Lives for Purpose, Service, and Leadership Pepperdine School of Law draws upon its Christian foundation to build a diverse community of open and honest dialogue about life’s important issues. The community is marked by transparency, unity, friendship, and uncommon encouragement and support not often found in a law school environment. This community emphasis has attracted a faculty and student body from many faiths and belief systems and inspired many Pepperdine organizations and campus initiatives. For example: The Interfaith Student Council welcomes students from all faiths to the Pepperdine community. Students and administration meet throughout the year to discuss spiritual life at the law school and build bridges. Faith-based student organizations include the Christian Legal Society, J. Reuben Clark Society, and the Jewish Law Students Organization. The Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics launched the renowned Global Justice Program, which sends law students around the globe to provide training and advice to people in need. The School of Law also works closely with the University’s Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies to co-host conferences and facilitate study tours to Israel.
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INSPIRATION Your worldview is your guide on the path to success.
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PICTURE YOURSELF HERE
Join a truly special law community flourishing in beautiful and convenient Malibu.
LOS ANGELES Many of the most dynamic regions in Los Angeles are within driving distance of campus, including Santa Monica, Silicon Beach, Century City, West Los Angeles, Brentwood, and Downtown Los Angeles. The proximity of one of the largest and most diverse cities in the world provides Pepperdine students with unique externship and employment opportunities in international trade, sports, finance, real estate, immigration, entertainment law, and more. 6
CAMPUS Pepperdine University’s 830-acre Malibu campus has been consistently ranked among the most beautiful in the nation. The law complex provides proximity to housing, conference rooms, classrooms, courtrooms, a dining hall, nation-leading classroom technology, NCAA-level sports facilities including a weight room and pool, and a highly regarded art museum and theatre.
MALIBU The beauty and peacefulness of nature combined with the convenience of Los Angeles makes Malibu the ideal location in which to study law, conduct scholarly research, and attend intensive conferences and training. Pepperdine’s Malibu location attracts hundreds of scholars and professionals to campus each year, creating a special learning environment for students.
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Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
Today more than 95 percent of all legal disputes are resolved outside the courtroom. The dramatic rise of processes like negotiation, mediation, and arbitration have transformed the litigation process forever. These alternative forms of dispute resolution can also bring a sense of justice and closure that might never otherwise have been realized. Today’s lawyers need to be prepared to analyze conflicts, to consider all dispute resolution processes including litigation, and to advise their client accordingly. The top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution has led the nation in law-school-based conflict resolution training for over a decade. The elite faculty—drawn from active practitioners and the world’s top scholars—and diverse, international student body, combined with a skills-focused, hands-on curriculum, have created an unparalleled training experience for both JD students and mid-career professionals. By expanding the frontier surrounding conflict resolution DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES and working to prepare dedicated • Certificate in Dispute Resolution peacemakers, negotiators, and • Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR) mediators, the Straus Institute is on the forefront of modern law. • Master of Laws (LLM) 10
Professor Peter Robinson conducts a “break-out” training session in the Lon V. Smith Atrium.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FIELD
I’m a qualified lawyer in Korea. One day my former professor, who is an American attorney and great inspiration for me, e-mailed me about this school. Without a second thought, I applied. In my first semester I learned international commercial arbitration from theory to practice alongside many practioners. I’m enjoying every minute.
Sukhsimranjit Singh recently joined the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution as an associate director and the assistant professor of law and practice. He also serves as director of the LLM program. Singh is recognized as an expert in cross-cultural dispute resolution and has trained lawyers or law students in mediation in 17 countries and more than 30 American states. He earned his first law degree, an LLB with honors, and a gold medal from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad, one of India’s premier law schools. While earning his law degree, Singh clerked with the Chief Justice of India, Justice R.C. Lahoti. He has been published in multiple dispute resolution journals including those at Pepperdine, Cordozo, and the ABA; given keynote addresses at international and national dispute resolution conferences; and gave a TED Talk on cross-cultural dispute resolution. In a global economy and shrinking world, processes like arbitration and mediation play a powerful role in resolving conflict. Faculty like Singh are integral in equipping Straus Institute alumni to rise to the top of their fields.
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Geoffrey H. Palmer
Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law Endowed by 1975 Pepperdine School of Law alumnus and internationally recognized real estate developer Geoffrey H. Palmer, the Palmer Center is designed to equip students with entrepreneurial skills that are critical in today’s dynamic, change-driven market. The center offers a multidisciplinary certificate and holds multiple conferences and events each year, with recent examples including the Intellectual SPECIALIZATIONS Property Panel (LAIPLA); • Business and Finance the Drone Entrepreneurship • Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Conference; the Alternative and Technology Careers in Law Panel; • Real Estate and the annual Social, Ethical, and Environmental OTHER PALMER OPPORTUNITIES Responsibility (SEER) • The Pepperdine Journal of Symposium. The Palmer Business, Entrepreneurship, Fellows Program allows and the Law student board students access to special programs and networking opportunities.
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• The Pepperdine Business Plan Competition
The Palmer Center goes beyond more traditional entrepreneurship programs through its unique strategic alliances with development companies and financial institutions. The Palmer Center also has an active and vibrant alumni community and endeavors to pair Fellows with alumni mentors to guide them during their law school experience and entry into the marketplace. In an undeniably difficult job market, the networking potential offered by the Palmer Center is not only attractive, but essential to many graduating Fellows.
DAVID FEINGOLD Executive Director
PALMER CENTER FELLOW Shannon Kelly, JD ’13 In-House Counsel, Zico Beverages, LLC I am grateful for my experience as a Palmer Fellow, not only because it enriched my time during law school and allowed me to build important relationships, but also because it armed me with the tools and confidence I rely on every day as an in-house attorney. At Palmer, our mentors and professors challenged us to seek unique opportunities and take uncommon, sometimes uncomfortable steps along our career paths. In my current role, I counsel my client through a wide range of risk versus reward scenarios. I’m tasked with putting myself in the businessperson’s shoes while standing firm in my own so that I can clearly communicate the legal implications of key decisions. To do this well requires business savvy. I credit Palmer Center for setting a good foundation.
The 2015 Drone Entrepreneurship Conference featured panels of speakers from startups, venture capitalists, and law firms.
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Global Justice Program A Pepperdine law degree equips you to help the underserved around the world. With the premier global justice program in the country, Pepperdine has an established and expanding student internship footprint that includes Africa, Asia, and South America. Students can participate in Global Justice activities on campus, during spring break, as a semester externship, and more. Putting principles into action, the Global Justice Program— part of the Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics—has grown rapidly over the years in response to student interest and demand from global partners. The program’s work in Uganda was the focus of REMAND, a 2016 documentary from award-winning Revolution Pictures.
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RECENT ACTIVITIES • Summer international internships with judiciaries and legal NGOs in Uganda, Rwanda, China, Ghana, Thailand, India, Ecuador, and Peru • Spring break trips to India, supporting victims of sexual violence • Lectures from guest speakers like Gary Haugen, president and CEO of International Justice Mission • Annual Nootbaar conference, bringing together top scholars, NGOs, and officials from around the world to discuss justice and service
During my time at Pepperdine I was lucky enough to participate in the Global Justice Program. During the summer I was in Uganda, I worked as a clerk for Justice Kiryabwire on the Court of Appeal. In addition to our daily tasks of researching and drafting judicial opinions, we were afforded the opportunity to research and prepare a memo that was presented to all the justices on the benefits of appellate mediation. The week that I will never forget, though, was the one-week prison project. During that time Pepperdine faculty, students, and alumni volunteered in Uganda’s only maximum security prison, working with prisoners who were participating in a pilot plea bargaining program that was jointly sponsored by Pepperdine and the Ugandan judiciary. We entered guilty pleas for over 100 prisoners, some of whom had been in prison awaiting a trial for over five years.
CURT ROBERTS JD ’16
JIM GASH, JD ’93 Director, Global Justice Program “I have had the privilege of working on some very high-profile and high-stakes cases in my legal career, but the emotional and spiritual satisfaction from helping a nameless and voiceless child gain access to justice and—ultimately—freedom cannot be topped.” Jim Gash graduated first in his class at Pepperdine Law in 1993 and was editor-in-chief of the Pepperdine Law Review. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edith H. Jones, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, before joining international law firm Kirkland & Ellis as a litigator. He is now director of the Global Justice Program and a law professor. Gash’s life was changed forever when he traveled to Uganda in 2010 to help imprisoned juveniles waiting years for trial. His special bond with a young prisoner named Henry is chronicled in Gash’s book Divine Collision and inspired the documentary film REMAND. He helped develop a plea bargaining system for Uganda and become the first American to argue a case in the Ugandan Court of Appeals.
Bestselling author Bob Goff (“Love Does”) and Pepperdine law students at work in Africa.
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Clinical Programs A great law school will give more than a graduate education in legal theory and mere technical skills. Lawyers are on the front lines of the nation’s biggest controversies and of individuals’ most intense personal conflicts. Pepperdine law clinics help form professionals who have the knowledge, tools, mind, heart, and virtues to have a real effect in the world. Pepperdine clinics are an in-house, pro bono, public interest law firm where students practice law under supervision of expert faculty. The program is a chance to experience the shift from studying and learning for oneself to practicing law for a client who depends on you. “Thinking like a lawyer” turns into being a lawyer. Students face the responsibility of a client’s future and the weight of justice in their work and serve the oppressed, vulnerable, and poor who cannot afford a lawyer. By changing the law and FULL IMMERSION changing lives, students’ careers begin with some of • Students in the Washington D.C. the best work of their lives. Externship Semester complete full-time externships (35-40 hours per week for a semester). Options include the three branches of government, nonprofits, lobbying firms, and more. 16
Pepperdine is committed to providing you with experiences, training, and guidance that will prepare you to be a 21st-century, practiceready lawyer. Not only will you gain incredible new knowledge, you will develop the virtues of a great lawyer: discipline, integrity, creativity, humility, confidence, civility, deliberation, wit, and curiosity. I hope that you will join us in this good work.
JEFFREY R. BAKER
Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Education
PUT KNOWLEDGE TO WORK ``Clinics • Legal Aid Clinic • Special Education Advocacy Clinic • Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic • Community Justice Clinic (read more on page 27) • Restoration and Justice Clinic (read more on page 27) • Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic • Investor Advocacy Clinic • Mediation Clinic • Fair Employment and Housing Discrimination Mediation Clinic
``Practicums • Federal Criminal Practice Practicum • Veterans Law Practicum (Ventura) • Veterans Law Practicum (Los Angeles)
``Externship Types • Entertainment (e.g., Lionsgate, Sony Music) • Government (e.g., District Attorney’s Office) • Judicial (e.g., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals) • Public Interest (e.g., Public Counsel, Bet Tzedek)
I’m still blown away by the fact that I actually got to argue in the Ninth Circuit. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the feeling I had when Judge [Diarmuid] O’Scannlain said, “Counsel for the appellant, please proceed.” The gravity and the privilege of my whole experience never fully registered until I realized he was referring to me. The Union Rescue Mission in downtown Los Angeles is the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. Pepperdine staffs the shelter’s Legal Aid Clinic.
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Parris Institute for Professional Formation
The Parris Institute, funded by Carrol and Rex Parris of the famed R. Rex Parris Law Firm, tackles the challenge of how to build complete professionals. In today’s dynamic, multicultural workplace, it can require intentional effort to form the habits of professional communication, self-care, and ethical thinking that truly define the world’s most successful lawyers and professionals. Through workshops, mentoring by practicing lawyers and judges, and guest speakers representing OPPORTUNITIES the highest levels of professional • Launch Week: comprehensive achievement, the Parris program during first week of 1L year Institute provides law students • Professional Life Workshops: with the resources to invest connect 1Ls to professionals as much in whom they are as and develop professional identity what they know. Pepperdine Law believes that law students’ professional careers begin on their first day of class, and the Parris Institute puts that conviction into action. 18
• Speaker Series: recent speakers include Monty Moran, Co-CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill • Parris Awards: formal ceremony recognizing top students in categories such as leadership, public interest, and service
Increasingly the legal community is demanding that new lawyers enter the practice with excellent professional and relational skills and strength of character. The Parris Institute creates the opportunity for Pepperdine law students to develop their own exceptional professional identity. This institute is devoted to help set Pepperdine students apart in the marketplace.
DANNY DeWALT
Associate Dean for Administration and Leadership Development
Preceptor Otto Cipolla, Jr. with his mentees
THE PRECEPTOR PROGRAM The Preceptor Program is one of the premiere mentoring opportunities at Pepperdine and across the country. This unique program, among the first of its kind at American law schools when launched in 2012, matches every first-year law student with a practicing attorney or judge. At the end of each school year, preceptors are nominated by students for the prestigious Preceptor of the Year award. Winners are honored at the annual School of Law dinner, with the award now named for the first-ever Preceptor of the Year, alumnus Otto Cipolla, Jr. Students frequently call the experience one of the most rewarding of their first year. One student’s feedback upon meeting her preceptor: “I had my first preceptor meeting today. She is an attorney in the [local district attorney’s] office. We talked about how she got there, what her work is like, and what an intern’s job would entail. It was an amazing visit. She is sharp and strong. I told her my goals, which at this point are more of a philosophy than a true goal. I loved the meeting, and I can’t wait for our next one.” The annual Parris Awards have become a special campus tradition.
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Global Programs In a world where technology and immigration have brought cross-cultural considerations to every aspect of the legal profession, Pepperdine offers several opportunities to experience national and international issues firsthand. Two top programs include:
WASHINGTON, D.C. The Washington, D.C., Externship Semester offers students the practical experience of working full-time in a legal capacity for the government, nonprofits, NGOs, lobbying firms, or other related entities. Students experience the legal and cultural environment of our nation’s capital while completing course work and networking for postgraduate employment.
LONDON, ENGLAND Students may spend a fall or summer semester at Pepperdine Law’s permanent London campus where faculty rotate in from Malibu each semester and provide the same high-quality curriculum. Students acquire a knowledge of the British political and legal system and the local culture, visiting Parliament, Legal London, and the Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court). They also participate in moot court competitions against British Inns of Court and engage in externships. (The London Program is currently funded through Fall 2017, and its continuation beyond Fall 2017 is under review.) 20
Can you picture yourself spending a semester studying law and working in London, England? Or maybe you will spend a semester in a full-time externship in Washington, D.C., working for a judge, a member of Congress on Capitol Hill, a lobbying firm, or the Department of Justice. These are just a few of the opportunities that our students have as they pursue their Pepperdine Law degree.
CAROL CHASE
Director of Global Programs
THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD What our students are saying about the London Externship Program: “The London Program is the secret treasure of the Pepperdine law school experience. It was great to learn about London’s political and legal culture while advancing my class work. I also really enjoyed traveling on the weekends. It was a great way to spend the summer following my first year.” “I highly rate this program as it provided me with an environment to challenge my understanding of international law. In addition it allowed me to widen my network and gain from my externship things that cannot be taught in class.”
RELATED OPPORTUNITIES • Certificate in International and Comparative Law • Global Justice spring break trip to India • Straus Institute 12-day study tours in Europe and Asia • Glazer Institute Israel Internship Program • Summer in Augsburg, Germany
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Advocacy Programs Pepperdine has an international reputation for excellence in advocacy. Advocacy programs include trial and appellate moot court competitions, both on-campus (intraschool) and against other law schools (interschool). The intraschool competitions often feature cash prizes and prominent legal figures as guest judges. In past years, competition benches have included United States Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Byron White, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Samuel Alito, Jr. Pepperdine School of Law also fields outstanding teams each year to compete against law schools from across the nation. Both the trial and appellate interschool teams have a remarkable record of success, winning numerous regional and national competitions. Competitions take place across the United States and even overseas. Advocacy programs are invaluable for building confidence and refining writing skills, and they represent a considerable achievement on a resume. See typical competitions on the next page. 22
RELATED OPPORTUNITY • The Criminal Legal Practice Certificate provides a focus on criminal law procedure and trial and appellate advocacy skills for those interested in becoming a prosecutor or criminal defense attorney.
There is no better preparation for a career in trial advocacy than to participate on an interschool trial team. The preparation, analysis, and execution simulate the real world of trial work like no other law school experience.
HARRY CALDWELL
Director of Trial Advocacy and Professor of Law
INTRASCHOOL COMPETITIONS ``Trial • Intraschool Cross-Examination Competition • Cipolla Closing Argument Competition
``Appellate • Armand Arabian Advocacy Tournament • Vincent S. Dalsimer Intraschool Team Appellate Advocacy Competition
INTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONS ``Trial • Buffalo/Niagara National Trial Competition • American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Competition • Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) National Trial Competition • Association for American Justice (AAJ) National Student Trial Advocacy Competition
``Appellate • Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Competition • Tulane Law School Mardi Gras Sports Law Invitational Moot Court Competition • Stetson University International Environmental Moot Court Competition • Willem Vis East (Hong Kong) and Vienna Commercial Arbitration Competitions • Veterans National Law Moot Court Competition • UC Davis Asylum and Refugee Law National Moot Court Competition • UCLA Cyber Crimes National Competition law.pepperdine.edu | Pepperdine University
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RECENT EMPLOYERS (PARTIAL LIST) Fisher & Phillips
Milstein Adelman
Fitzpatrick & Hunt
O’Melveny & Myers
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
Best, Best & Krieger
Internal Revenue Service
Proskauer Rose
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Jones Day
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders Alston & Bird
Bingham McCutchen
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Bryan Cave
The Career Development Office (CDO) assists students and alumni as they navigate their transition from student to professional. Counselors are all experienced attorneys and are available for individual appointments to discuss job search strategies, resume writing and interviewing skills, networking opportunities, and other aspects of launching a career. Throughout the academic year, CDO offers workshops and programs designed to illuminate the job search process. During the spring and fall recruiting programs, CDO hosts a large number of on-campus interviews by law firms, government agencies, businesses, and public interest organizations. CDO maintains an active, online job-posting service through which employers across the country solicit student applicants during the entire year.
Glucksman, Dean, Roeb & Barger
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Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O’Meara
K&L Gates Katten Muchin Rosenman Keesal, Young & Logan
State of California Department of Justice Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Chapman, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Christie, Parker & Hale McDermott, Will & Emery Dechert Disability Rights Legal Center
McKenna, Long & Aldridge
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold Sheppard Mullin U.S. Army & Navy JAG Corps U.S. Attorney General (various) U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Venable White & Case Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman
The CDO staff and I are dedicated to helping students discover the right career paths for themselves. Our strengths are the individualized attention and tailored job search assistance we give our students. We view our role as educators, preparing our students for meaningful and satisfying legal careers.
MICHAEL HOM
Assistant Dean of Career Development
Pepperdine Law Alumni
In the News ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS • Mike Leach, Head Football Coach, Washington State University • Rich Cho, General Manager, Charlotte Hornets (National Basketball Association) • C. David Baker, Former Commissioner of Arena Football and Current President and Executive Director of Pro Football Hall of Fame • Michael E. Marshall, Executive Vice President, Business Affairs, Columbia Pictures
Monty Moran, Co-CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill
Rick J. Caruso, CEO of Caruso Affiliated
• Jon Gilbert, President, Worldwide Studio Facilities, Warner Bros., Inc. • Emanuel (Manny) Nunez, Noted Top Hollywood Talent Agent, Paradigm
ENTREPRENEURSHIP • Rick J. Caruso, CEO of Caruso Affiliated • Monty Moran, Co-CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill
LARGE FIRM AND LITIGATION • Jim Rishwain, Firm Chair, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (Los Angeles, CA) • Barbara Stettner, Managing Partner, Allen & Overy LLP (Washington, DC) • Charles Eskridge, Partner, Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (Houston, TX)
• Geoffrey Palmer, G. H. Palmer & Assoc. Major Los Angeles Real Estate Developer
• Raymond M. Williams, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (Philadelphia, PA)
• Adam Firestone, Cofounder, Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
• Michael Bidart, Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley LLP (Claremont, CA) (Largest verdict ever against an HMO: $120.5 million)
GOVERNMENT AND COURTS • André Birotte Jr., United States District Court Judge for the Central District of California • Beverly Reid O’Connell, United States District Judge for the Central District of California
• Barbara A. Jones, Greenberg Traurig LLP (Boston, MA)
• Raymond Boucher, Boucher LLP (Los Angeles, CA) (Lead attorney in landmark $660 million sexual-abuse settlement with Catholic Church)
PUBLIC INTEREST AND HUMAN RIGHTS
• Jennifer A. Dorsey, United States District Court Judge for the District Court of Nevada
• Pierre-Richard Prosper, United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, 2001–2005
• James Hahn, Mayor of Los Angeles, 2001–2005
• Jon Derby, Counsel to Secure Justice, Delhi, India
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Experiential Learning Graduate Practice-Ready
A LETTER FROM PROFESSOR JEFF BAKER At Pepperdine, we embrace our mission to prepare students for clients and to seek justice in our communities. We ensure that you will have rigorous practice experience before graduation so that your clients and employers are confident in your skill, knowledge, and integrity. In our clinics, you will engage in some of the best work of your life, serving clients and communities across diverse areas of practice. We represent clients in great need who cannot afford their own lawyers, to empower and equip them for just, flourishing lives. We design our clinics so that these experiences and lessons in the public interest will transfer to every kind of practice you enter. In practicums and externships, you can work with expert practitioners in business, entertainment, government, courts, and public interest law offices. You can practice in 28
our programs in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and London, or in placements throughout the U.S. and the world, like our students’ recent work in Uganda, China, India, Israel, Rwanda, and the Philippines. We hope you’ll join us at Pepperdine, where you will receive world-class instruction in the law, expert training in skills and technique, and intense OPPORTUNITIES real-life experience practicing law for heroic • Straus Institute (see page 8) clients in great need. You can • Global Justice Program (see page 12) explore work across all areas • Clinical Programs (see page 14) of practice and law and be • Global Programs (see page 18) ready for clients wherever your career leads you. • Advocacy Programs (see page 20)
JEFFREY R. BAKER
Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Education
Spotlight
Restoration and Justice Clinic
In 2016 Pepperdine Law launched the Restoration and Justice Clinic. Under the direction of professor Tanya Cooper, clinic students represent clients who are victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking. In collaboration with other agencies in Los Angeles, students meet with clients, evaluate their cases, provide advice and counsel, and represent them in court. For victims of abuse, students advocate for protection orders and other remedies to protect families and help guide clients in trauma through the justice system. For clients who have escaped trafficking, students seek expungement and other remedies to help clients establish their lives in liberty and dignity. In this intense work, students learn to practice in a demanding context, across cultures alongside professionals from diverse disciplines, with complex laws and procedures. Students hone their litigation and trial skills in court and bear witness to resilient clients emerging from trauma and oppression. These experiences equip students to litigate in civil court, to try cases, to evaluate difficult claims, to navigate courts, to address opponents, to counsel clients, and to collaborate with a legal team. This is the real work of lawyers.
MY EXPERIENCE Brittany Hughes, Class of 2017 Working in the Community Justice Clinic [serving nonprofit clients] was my first opportunity to practice “real lawyering.� I was challenged with managing clients and aligning their interests with my skill set. What I enjoyed most was the opportunity to help a wide range of clients who have dedicated their lives to improving the lives of others. One of my clients started his own nonprofit to help middle schoolers understand the value of entrepreneurship. Another worked to help people living in rural India gain greater access to healthcare. My clients were inspiring, yet they relied on me to help them accomplish their goals. Knowing that the work I did in the Community Justice Clinic would ultimately help make the world a better place was a rewarding feeling. The clinic helped me understand the human aspect of being an effective lawyer and gain real-life experience, while also putting my legal research and writing skills to the test. Success with my clients meant success for society, and you can’t get that kind of reward by acing an exam.
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Annual Dodgeball Tournament
Global Village Day
Meet Your
Annual Phi Delta Phi Kinder Mock Trial
Colleagues Numerous student organizations and co-curricular activities give students the opportunity to explore varied interests and supplement their classroom experience while in law school. Some of the top speakers hosted by Pepperdine Law each year are invited by student organizations, and one of the school’s annual formal events, the Barrister’s Ball, is student-run. The Student Bar Association (SBA) provides support and funding to student organizations and sponsors several events directly.
CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY • Armenian Law Students Association • Asian-Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) • Black Law Student Association • Latin American Law Student Association • Interfaith Student Council 30
• J. Reuben Clark Society • Jewish Law Students Association • Law Students - Catalyst for Youth • LGBT Legal Society • Veterans Law Society • Women’s Legal Association
The Women’s Legal Association Tea at the Dean’s Residence
CURRENT STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS • Advocates for Public Interest Law (APIL)
• International Law Society • J. Reuben Clark Society
• American Bar Association/Law Student Division
• Jewish Law Students Association
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Labor and Employment Law Association
• American Constitution Society
• Latin American Law Student Association
• Armenian Law Students Association • Asian-Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)
Alumni Golf Tournament
Public Interest Week
Fright Fest (Battery with inTent and A Salt with a Deadly Weapon)
• Law Students - Catalyst for Youth • LGBT Legal Society
• Black Law Student Association
• Moot Court (Board and Teams)
• Business and Tax Law Society
• Pepperdine (Law) Golf Association
• Christian Legal Society
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Criminal Law Society
• Phi Delta Phi
• Democratic Law Student Association
• Republican Law Student Association
• Dispute Resolution Society
• Sports and Entertainment Law Society
• Environmental Law Society • Health Law Society
• Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Hispanic Law Students Association
• Student Bar Association
• Honor Board
• Student Mentor Program
• Intellectual Property Student Association
• Transactional and In-House Law Student Association
• Interfaith Student Council
• Veterans Law Society
• International Justice Mission (IJM)
• Women’s Legal Association
• Federalist Society
STUDENT BOARDS • Council for Diversity and Inclusion
• Palmer Student Advisory Board
• Honor Board
• Student Mentor Program
• Moot Court Board
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The
Pepperdine Advantage STUDENT EXPERIENCE
COMMITMENT TO DIVERSTY AND OPENNESS
Our graduates consistently agree no law school in the country has a more supportive, encouraging, and collegial community than Pepperdine Law.
Our community is diverse and open. We believe that our differences make us better, stronger, and richer. We have cultivated a community of honest dialogue where every voice is valued.
FACULTY ACCESSIBILITY
PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT
Pepperdine faculty is ranked seventh in the nation for accessibility to students. While our academics are as rigorous as any in the country, our faculty support is unmatched, with professors who truly enjoy students and invest in them individually.
Pepperdine Law is focused on sending out professionals who stand head and shoulders above other students in the market for legal employment.
EXTENSIVE PRACTICAL SKILLS EXPERIENCE Pepperdine’s clinics, externships, internships, institutes, public interest, and global justice opportunities provide excellent skills training.
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A GREAT PLACE TO STUDY Malibu creates a one-of-a-kind setting to focus on building your career in a relaxed community with many opportunities for reflection and adventure.
INSTITUTES
JOURNALS
• Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution • Parris Institute for Professional Formation • Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute • Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics • Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law
• Pepperdine Law Review • Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal • Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges • Pepperdine Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Law
CERTIFICATES • Criminal Legal Practice • International Comparative Law • Dispute Resolution • Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law
• Palmer Law and Entrepreneurship Certificate in Intellectual Property, Entertainment and Technology, Business and Finance, or Real Estate
ANNOUNCING THE NEW ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, AND SPORTS LAW (EMS) CERTIFICATE In 2016 Pepperdine Law announced the addition of the Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law Certificate program. While many of our attendees have previously pursued avenues in this regard, this certificate program will offer a variety of intensive credits tailored to entertainment, media, and sports law to better allow current or graduating students and practicing attorneys to gain a professional edge in the field. Courses offered would include seminars in the film, music, or television industry, Olympic and international sports dispute resolution, trademark law, and more. The certificate program requires completion of 12 units for current Pepperdine JD students and 14 units for all others. law.pepperdine.edu | Pepperdine University
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Consider Your
Options THREE-YEAR PROGRAM
EXTENDED OPTION
Pepperdine School of Law awards the juris doctor (JD) degree after the successful completion of 88 units of course credit over three years. This also includes the completion of the Professional Development Program, upper-division writing requirement, and upper-division skills requirement, among other necessary completions. Students can select from a broad range of elective courses, clinics, externships, practicums, and student-edited journals, as well as the option to pursue a concentration in specific area of interest or study abroad.
The Extended Option offers students the opportunity to complete a JD degree in more than the standard three-year format, with nontraditional students taking up to the maximum seven years (84 months) to complete the JD degree. Students can choose a flexible program that allows them to be a part-time or full-time, depending on their outside obligations. This option would allow students to work during law school so long as they are enrolled in less than 12 units.
ACCELERATED OPTION
JOINT DEGREES
An accelerated, two-year Juris Doctor (JD) degree option is offered and paired with the opportunity to simultaneously earn a certificate from the top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. This distinctive and innovative approach blends rigorous legal education at a leading institution with significant skills and training geared toward practicing law in the 21st century. The Accelerated Option provides graduates with the opportunity to enter the work force a year before the traditional three-year degree program, gaining an early advantage on the path to professional success, and may be a good choice for motivated students willing to work at a faster pace.
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Pepperdine School of Law offers those seeking law degrees an opportunity to combine their law studies with another discipline. The law school has established six joint degree programs from which to choose: • Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA) • Juris Doctor/Master of Dispute Resolution (JD/MDR) • Juris Doctor/Master of Divinity (JD/MDiv) • Juris Doctor/Master Public Policy (JD/MPP) • Master of Dispute Resolution/Master of Business Administration (MDR/MBA) • Master of Dispute Resolution/Master of Public Policy (MDR/MPP)
Experience Our Campus
We welcome and encourage prospective students to visit campus to see what Pepperdine Law has to offer. Our daily visits include: • Learning about Pepperdine Law’s numerous programs and strong community by taking a tour led by a current student
Scholarships ``Faculty Scholars Award Full tuition plus a $7,000 living stipend Criteria: Minimum GPA 3.60 and LSAT in the 85th percentile A separate application and campus visit are required.
``Dean’s Merit Scholarship
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Experiencing our intimate learning environment by sitting in on a first-year law class taught by one of our distinguished faculty members
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Meeting one-on-one with an admission counselor to answer application and admission questions
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Discovering how a degree from Pepperdine Law can assist you in your future endeavors
OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS 310.506.4631 lawadmis@pepperdine.edu law.pepperdine.edu
One-quarter to full tuition Criteria: Minimum GPA 3.30 and LSAT in the 80th percentile All applicants are automatically considered.
``Dean’s Excellence Scholarship One-quarter to full tuition Criteria: Likelihood of increasing the breadth, depth, and diversity of our student body All applicants are automatically considered.
``President’s Award Criteria: Active membership in the Churches of Christ
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A letter of recommendation must be submitted by a church elder or minister to the Office of Admissions.
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