2006

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November 14, 2006

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ProfessorFrancine Lipman presented her work on Taxing Undocumented Immigrants at a conference at University of Connecticut School of Law titled "Taxing the Working Poor: Current Policy and Future Changes". Other panelists included Nina Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate; Professors Dorothy Brown, Washington & Lee University; Professor Jason Furman, New York University School of Public Interest; Professor Neil Buchanan, New York University School of Law; Professor Herbert Hadley, Washington University and Alan Berube of the Brookings Institution.

Professor Matthew Parlow was quoted in the Orange County Register regarding a proposed ordinance in the City of Newport Beach related to eminent domain.

October 9, 2006, Professor Matthew Parlow was quoted in the Orange County Register regarding Proposition 90.

Chapman Law School professors Matt Parlow and Donald Kochan discussed the fallout from the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision on the nationally syndicated Hugh Hewitt radio show. The “left and right” debate addressed key issues of public use and takings law. Listen to a Podcast replay. 

Professor Ernesto Hernández-López, Assistant Professor of Law: will have his essay ‘International Migration and Sovereignty Reinterpretation in Mexico’ published in the California Western International Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, Fall 2006. Professor Hernandez-Lopez has also been invited to speak on México-US migration by the III Encuentro Internacional de Investigadores de la Red Latinoamericana de Cooperación Universitaria (RLCU): Política, Economía y Desarrollo. América Latina entre la gobernabilidad democrática y la inclusion social at the Universidad de Ibagué, Ibagué, Colombia in October, 2006. He was also invited to give a work-in-progress titled “Legal Exclusion, Political Power, & Patriarchy: ‘Hidden Transcripts’ for Cafeteras (coffee workers) and Molineras (maize-grinders) in Post-Revolutionary Veracruz, Mexico (1920-32),” LatCrit XI Working and Living in the Global Playground: Front stage and backstage, at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada in October, 2006

Profs. Rosenthal, Darmer and Eastman participated in a teach-in about the human-rights implication of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Learn More...

ProfessorFrancine Lipman  published Taxing Undocumented Immigrants: Separate, Unequal and Without Representation" by The Tax Lawyer and another version of the same article will be published by the Harvard Latino Law Review.

Professor Donald J. Kochan moderated a panel on "Empirical Law & Economics," at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference on July 17, 2006 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Professor Daniel Bogart participated in a panel titled "The Law Professors' Review of Recent Developments" at the ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law 17th Annual Symposia, May 5, 2006, in San Diego, CA

Professor Larry Rosenthal with the help of a team of volunteer students, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the United States Supreme Court in the case of Brigham City v. Stuart. In that case, the Utah Supreme Court held that Brigham City police officers violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution by entering a house without a warrant to put a halt to a beer bash that had produced both underage drinking and at least one violent altercation. The Utah Supreme Court, however, ruled that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution forbade the officers to enter the residence without a warrant. Prof. Rosenthal was asked by the State and Local Legal Center of Washington, D.C., to represent the National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National Association of Counties, the Council of State Governments, and International City/County Management Association, the National Conference of State Legislators, and the International Municipal Law Association as friends of the court. These organizations wished to urge the United States Supreme Court to overturn the Utah Supreme Court’s decision. Prof. Rosenthal's brief argues that the police should be free to respond an ongoing breach of the peace immediately, by forcefully entering a residence, taking control of the scene, and putting a halt to all underage drinking and other illegal activity. He was assisted by a team of volunteer students consisting of Andrew Bugman, Fay Katayama, Jason Murai, Jonathan Robbins, Leslie Dejean, mel petrousian, Michael Riddell, and Rebecca Meyer.

Drake Law School Constitutional Law Symposium: Professor Eastman participated in a major conference considering "The Role of Courts in Social Change," at Drake Law School. Other confirmed conference participants include Georgetown Law Professor Mark Tushnet, University of Chicago Political Science Professor Gerald Rosenberg, and University of Wisconsin Professor of Law Jane Schacter. Get additional details.

ProfessorFrancine Lipman presented a paper at the 2006 Western Conference of Law Faculty of Color that Chapman Law is cosponsoring in San Diego April.

Director of Externships Carolyn Young’s article “On Heeding the Commandments of Pro Bono Work … and Karma” appeared in the July issue of The Los Angeles Lawyer magazine.

Professor Ernesto Henandez spoke on “New transnational rights for migrants in Mexican and US law: sovereignty in non-intervention and plenary power crossing el Río Bravo/the Rio Grande?” at the Western Law Professors of Color Conference, at California Western School of Law, San Diego, California.

Ernesto Hernández-López, Assistant Professor of Law gave a presentation titled “Neo-liberalismo and migration change sovereignty in Mexican foreign relations law: inspiration for the norm of non-intervention to cross el Río Bravo/the Rio Grande to more transnational sovereignty?” at the seminar Free-Market Fundamentalism: The South-North Exchange on Theory, Culture and Law, at Universidad de Los Andes, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia.

Professor Ernesto Hernandez spoke on “Migration changes sovereignty in Mexican and US law: non-intervention and plenary power crossing el Río Bravo/the Rio Grande to more transnational and less autonomous sovereignty?” at the Biennial Immigration Law Teachers Workshop, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 4-6, 2006

Prof. Katherine Darmer represented Chapman at the 6th annual conference of Religiously-Affiliated Law Schools, at Baylor. See more here ...

Prof. Kurt Eggert's efforts on the Federal Reserve Consumer Advisory Council were covered in the Orange County Register.  See more here...

The Alona Cortese Elder Law Center had two court victories on the same day.  Adjunct Professor Bill Wise supervised two sets of students in two courtrooms on the same day to achieve these victories.  We also had a good administrative decision come in on February 27.  Here are the cases:

1. Last week, the Chapman students represented an 85 year-old client in obtaining a restraining order against her grandson, who lived with her.  Prior to obtaining the Order, the sheriff's department had been called to her house multiple times to resolve verbal disputes.  The Order requires that the grandson move out of the home.  Clinic students Leah Monson and Louis Polidori represented the client at the hearing.
2. On the same day, the Clinic also represented a 69 year-old client in obtaining a restraining order against her ex-spouse.  After he was served with the pleadings, he in turn filed for a restraining order against our client.  Our client was very worried about the ex-spouse's gun and assault rifle collection.  As part of the restraining order process, the ex-spouse turned over possession of his guns and ammunition to the police.  Following a lengthy hearing, the court granted our client a restraining order and denied the ex-spouse's request for a restraining order.  The client was represented at the hearing by Chapman students Lisa Lee and Nate Tarvin.
3. The Clinic also recently received a favorable administrative decision involving Access transportation services.  Access is a program that provides curb-to-curb bus services to individuals who have disabilities that prevent them from using the fixed-route bus system.  Our client, who is wheel-chair bound, was denied eligibility for Access services following his yearly recertification interview.  After Chapman student Carolyn Raney represented the client in an administrative appeal and prevailed, so that the client was found to be eligible for Access services.

Director of Externships Carolyn Young spoke at a national conference, “Externships 3: Learning from Practice,” on March 25, 2006.  Professor Young’s presentation was entitled “What Students Don’t Know Will Hurt Them: A Frank View from the Field on How We Should Prepare our Externship Students,” and was co-presented by Loyola Law School Professor Barbara Blanco.  Conference materials are posted at http://law.cua.edu/lexternweb/confnwork.htm.

On March 12 and, again, on March 14, Professor John Eastman was interviewed on the local news about a new case, being handled by his Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence representing a church in Long Beach that was condemned by the redevelopment agency to make way for condos.  Chaplaw 2005 graduate Karen Lugo, current 3L Kyle Beckley, and current 2L Tim Kowal, are also working on the case.

Professor Larry Rosenthal was interviewed by NBC 4 to provide an assessment of the Aryan Brotherhood Gang trial that is beginning in federal court in Santa Ana.

Professor Eastman appeared on Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes show to discuss his new eminent domain abuse case in Long Beach, California. More details, including links to the streaming video of the "It Could Happen to You" segment, are available at http://www.claremont.org/projects/jurisprudence/foxnews060303.html. The case is a project of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, which sponsors a liberty clinic at Chapman University School of Law. Chapman law students Kyle Beckley (3L) and Tim Kowal (2L) are working on the case with Professor Eastman and Chapman alumnus Karen Lugo (Class of 2005).

Prof. James Rogan Appointed to Little Hoover Commission.   Learn more...

Professor Ernesto Hernandez spoke on the Mendez Civil Rights Tour on KOCE-TV.  Professor Hernandez introduced Judge Frederick P. Aguirre the day of the event February 18, 2006. See Mendez Civil Rights Tour flyer (PDF) 

Professor Michael Lang's comments at the Standards of Tax Practice Committee program in response to speakers addressing recently issued amendments to Circular 230, governing those who practice before the IRS, were quoted in the daily Tax Notes Today.

Professor Michael Lang was quoted in the daily Tax Notes Today regarding whether the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility disciplinary proceedings should be open to the public.

This month, Professor Michael Lang spoke at the ABA Tax Section meeting during the program "You Say Yes, I say No, No, No- Ethics Considerations When the Client Fails to Follow Counsel's Advice" presented by the Standards of Tax Practice Committee.

Professor Matthew Parlow spoke at the Santa Clara Law Review's symposium on "The Future of Property Redevelopment: From Eminent Domain to Affordable Housing."

Professor Kochan  presented "Dangerous Liaisons: Insurance, Moral Hazards, Crises, Property Rights, Risky Places, and Human Decisions" at the 20th Annual UCLA Extension Public Policy Program "Land Use and Planning Conference"

Professor George Willis was on 94.1 KPFA-FM discussing the effect of tax refund freezes on low income taxpayers with the Nina Olson, the IRS’s National Taxpayer Advocate and provocative author David K. Johnston.  Mr. Johnston’s most recent book, Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich, prominently features Chapman’s tax law clinic.  The 20 minute segment is part of the 2 hour long morning radio show that can be found at http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=12188  fast forward to 1:12:20 minute mark for the interview.

Professor Daniel Bogart was elected Secretary of the Real Estate Transactions Section of the Association of American Law Schools at its 2006 Annual Meeting, January 2006.

Professor Kochan's article, "The Unconstitutionality of Class-Based Statutory Limitations on Presidential Nominations: Can a Man Head the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor?", was published in early 2006. The citation is: 37 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 43 (2005).