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Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Reimagining Affirmative Action Jurisprudence In Law School Admissions Through A Filipino-American Paradigm, Joseph D. G. Castro Feb 2022

Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Reimagining Affirmative Action Jurisprudence In Law School Admissions Through A Filipino-American Paradigm, Joseph D. G. Castro

Pepperdine Law Review

Writing the majority opinion upholding the use of racial preferences in law school admissions in 2003, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor anticipated that racial preferences would no longer be necessary in twenty-five years. On the contrary, 2021 has seen the astronomic rise of critical race theory, the popularity of race-driven “diversity” initiatives in higher education, and the continued surge of identity politics in the mainstream. So much has been written on affirmative action—what else could this Comment add to the conversation? Analyzing the Court’s application of strict scrutiny through a Filipino- American paradigm, this Comment ultimately concludes that affirmative action in …


Tribute To James M. Mcgoldrick, Jr., Julie M. Mcgoldrick Feb 2021

Tribute To James M. Mcgoldrick, Jr., Julie M. Mcgoldrick

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


A Teacher, Mentor, Scholar, Christian, And Friend: Professor James M. Mcgoldrick, Maureen A. Weston Feb 2021

A Teacher, Mentor, Scholar, Christian, And Friend: Professor James M. Mcgoldrick, Maureen A. Weston

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


Jim Mcgoldrick, Carol A. Chase Feb 2021

Jim Mcgoldrick, Carol A. Chase

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


Honoring Professor James M. Mcgoldrick, Jr., Colleen P. Graffy Feb 2021

Honoring Professor James M. Mcgoldrick, Jr., Colleen P. Graffy

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


Tribute To Jim Mcgoldrick, Steven M. Schultz Feb 2021

Tribute To Jim Mcgoldrick, Steven M. Schultz

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


Remembering Jim Mcgoldrick, Harry M. Caldwell Feb 2021

Remembering Jim Mcgoldrick, Harry M. Caldwell

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


Mcgoldrick On Mcgoldrick, Edward J. Larson Feb 2021

Mcgoldrick On Mcgoldrick, Edward J. Larson

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


James M. Mcgoldrick, Jr., Ronald F. Phillips Feb 2021

James M. Mcgoldrick, Jr., Ronald F. Phillips

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


Jim Mcgoldrick: A Dean’S Tribute, Paul L. Caron Feb 2021

Jim Mcgoldrick: A Dean’S Tribute, Paul L. Caron

Pepperdine Law Review

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr.


Celebrating Robert Cochran And The Future Of "Embodied" Christian Legal Scholarship, Barbara Armacost Mar 2020

Celebrating Robert Cochran And The Future Of "Embodied" Christian Legal Scholarship, Barbara Armacost

Pepperdine Law Review

The occasion for this Article is a festschrift for Professor Robert (“Bob”) Cochran. I celebrate Bob’s significant scholarly contributions to the maturing of Christian Legal Scholarship. He applied a Christian perspective to legal issues, hosted conferences, mentored Christian Legal Scholars, and edited books of essays featuring Christian perspectives on law. Bob’s work in this area had a huge influence on the flourishing of Christian Legal Scholarship. This Article considers the future of Christian Legal Scholarship. It enters an ongoing conversation (disagreement) between law Professors David Skeel and David Caudill. In a 2008 article, Skeel defined Christian Legal Scholarship so narrowly …


The Practice Of Law As Christian Discipleship, Nathan S. Chapman Mar 2020

The Practice Of Law As Christian Discipleship, Nathan S. Chapman

Pepperdine Law Review

“Can the ordinary practice of law be a religious calling?” In a number of scholarly books and articles, as a teacher, and as a mentor, Robert Cochran has answered this question with a resounding “yes.” This Essay, part of a festschrift published in Bob’s honor by the Pepperdine Law Review, engages with his work to propose a framework of Christian ethics for reconceiving the practice of law as a form of Christian discipleship. It argues that Christians should understand the practice of law as participation in government-as-judgment, participation that is always fraught with the risks of deceit, injustice, and abuse …


The Beatitudes, Lawyers, And Bob Cochran, Amelia J. Uelmen Mar 2020

The Beatitudes, Lawyers, And Bob Cochran, Amelia J. Uelmen

Pepperdine Law Review

Written on the occasion of a celebration of the work and scholarship of Bob Cochran, this reflection draws on his scholarship and also on his teaching and work to build vibrant communities of commitment, service, and scholarship at the intersection of religion, law, and professional life. Working with the text of the Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew, the essay highlights the value of how Bob Cochran has aimed not only to “do good,” but also to “be good” in a world and in a profession where it seems increasingly difficult to do so. His legacy offers a powerful inspiration …


The Professor As Institutional Entrepreneur, Roger P. Alford Mar 2020

The Professor As Institutional Entrepreneur, Roger P. Alford

Pepperdine Law Review

Law professors are all about ideas, and the creation of an institute, clinic, or center within a law school is the instantiation of an idea. Ideas embodied in law school institutions become crystallized in the fabric of a school, changing its culture, internalizing its values, and reflecting its priorities. Robert Cochran has helped to establish multiple institutes, centers, and clinics at Pepperdine Caruso Law School, and in so doing he has become the law school’s great serial entrepreneur. The institutes Cochran helped to establish have become laboratories to give expression to his ideas about the relationship between faith, ethics, and …


Festschrift Response: "With A Grateful Heart", Robert F. Cochran Jr. Mar 2020

Festschrift Response: "With A Grateful Heart", Robert F. Cochran Jr.

Pepperdine Law Review

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Celebrating The Work Of Professor Bob Cochran: An Introduction, Derek T. Muller Mar 2020

Celebrating The Work Of Professor Bob Cochran: An Introduction, Derek T. Muller

Pepperdine Law Review

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Celebrating The Work And Life Of Bob Cochran, Paul L. Caron Mar 2020

Celebrating The Work And Life Of Bob Cochran, Paul L. Caron

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Zombie Lawyer Apocalypse, Peter H. Huang, Corie Rosen Felder Jul 2015

The Zombie Lawyer Apocalypse, Peter H. Huang, Corie Rosen Felder

Pepperdine Law Review

This article uses a popular cultural framework to address the near-epidemic levels of depression, decision-making errors, and professional dissatisfaction that studies document are prevalent among many law students and lawyers today. Zombies present an apt metaphor for understanding and contextualizing the ills now common in the American legal and legal education systems. To explore that metaphor and its import, this article will first establish the contours of the zombie literature and will apply that literature to the existing state of legal education and legal practice — ultimately describing a state that we believe can only be termed “the Zombie Lawyer …


Justice For All, Patricia Kay Oliver Feb 2013

Justice For All, Patricia Kay Oliver

Pepperdine Law Review

Fourteen years into her career at a top U.S. law firm, no one would have imagined that Patricia K. Oliver would walk away from her private practice to return to the world of her poverty-filled childhood in Compton. But in 2011, she left her practice to serve as the President and Executive Director of Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles (CLA-LA). This is the story of her journey, which she was honored to share at the Pepperdine Law Review's The Lawyer of the Future symposium.


A Blueprint For Change, William D. Henderson Feb 2013

A Blueprint For Change, William D. Henderson

Pepperdine Law Review

This Article discusses the financial viability of law schools in the face of massive structural changes now occurring within the legal industry. It then offers a blueprint for change - a realistic way for law schools to retool themselves in an attempt to provide our students with high quality professional employment in a rapidly changing world. Because no institution can instantaneously reinvent itself, a key element of Professor Henderson's proposal is the 12% solution: approximately 12% of faculty members take the lead on building a competency-based curriculum that is designed to accelerate the development of valuable skills and behaviors prized …


The Future Of Legal Education Reform, James E. Moliterno Feb 2013

The Future Of Legal Education Reform, James E. Moliterno

Pepperdine Law Review

As a historical matter, the legal profession obstinately resists change. Its ponderous, backward-looking and self-preservationist characteristics are embodied in the ABA's Ethics 20/20 Commission, which endeavors to protect, preserve, and maintain. But the profession suffers from such thinking. It must look forward; grow more attuned to outside events and trends; and become a player in how change is assimilated into established ways, and how established ways are replaced by more effective ones. Law schools require reform. The academic focus bears little relation to the reality of practice. Graduates must better able to contribute to clients of law firms and to …


Legal Education: Rethinking The Problem, Reimagining The Reforms, Deborah L. Rhode Feb 2013

Legal Education: Rethinking The Problem, Reimagining The Reforms, Deborah L. Rhode

Pepperdine Law Review

Whether or not law schools are in a crisis, it is certainly true that legal education currently faces a number of significant challenges. The fundamental problem is a lack of consensus over what the problem is. Legal educators and regulators are developing well-intended but inadequate responses to the symptoms, not the causes of law school woes. In addition to identifying the problem, this Article discusses potential reforms. Financial issues represent a significant source of much of the current criticisms face by law schools today. Tuition rates have increased at a pace far outstripping the steep hikes seen at universities as …


Founding Legal Education In America, Paul D. Carrington Feb 2013

Founding Legal Education In America, Paul D. Carrington

Pepperdine Law Review

Thomas Jefferson is rightly recognized as the author of the Declaration of Independence, but less well known to the public is the role of his professional mentor and close friend George Wythe, who assisted in drafting the Declaration and served as both a law professor and Chancellor. Among Wythe's mentees were future President James Monroe, John Marshall, Henry Clay, and many others who played a role in shaping the Nation. This symposium paper explores the foundations of American legal education in the antebellum era, a short account of which confirms that the Founders understood that a republic needs experienced lawyers …


The Lawyer Of The Future, Deanell Reece Tacha Feb 2013

The Lawyer Of The Future, Deanell Reece Tacha

Pepperdine Law Review

This piece introduces the Pepperdine Law Review symposium issue for Volume 40, publishing articles derived from the April 20, 2012 The Lawyer of the Future: Exploring the Impact of Past and Present Lawyers and the Lessons They Provide for Future Generations symposium, which explored the role of the lawyer in American society-past, present, and future.


People V. Perez - Misapplication Of The Right To Counsel, William A. Roberts, Greg F. Janson Feb 2013

People V. Perez - Misapplication Of The Right To Counsel, William A. Roberts, Greg F. Janson

Pepperdine Law Review

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Negotiation From Strength: Advantage Derived From The Process And Strategy Of Preparing For Competitive Negotiation , R. Hanson Lawton Jan 2013

Negotiation From Strength: Advantage Derived From The Process And Strategy Of Preparing For Competitive Negotiation , R. Hanson Lawton

Pepperdine Law Review

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A Comment On The Instruction Of Constitutional Law, William H. Rehnquist Jan 2013

A Comment On The Instruction Of Constitutional Law, William H. Rehnquist

Pepperdine Law Review

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To Teach And Persuade, Sherman J. Clark Jan 2013

To Teach And Persuade, Sherman J. Clark

Pepperdine Law Review

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Ethics In Legal Education: An Augmentation Of Legal Realism, Gerald R. Ferrera Nov 2012

Ethics In Legal Education: An Augmentation Of Legal Realism, Gerald R. Ferrera

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


When Will Black Women Lawyers Slay The Two-Headed Dragon: Racism And Gender Bias, Wilma Williams Pinder Nov 2012

When Will Black Women Lawyers Slay The Two-Headed Dragon: Racism And Gender Bias, Wilma Williams Pinder

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.