James Cooper’s Latest Documentary to Premiere at San Diego Latino Film Festival

California Western Associate Dean for Experiential Learning James Cooper’s latest documentary film, co-directed and co-produced with Sebastián Vives del Solar, is being screened at the opening event of the upcoming San Diego Latino Film Festival. The documentary, Border Industrial Complex: Stories from the United States-Mexico Border, explores the bleak landscape of profit corporations and not-for-profit organizations working transnationally across the border.

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Where Will the Equality Act Go Now?

In a recent appearance on San Diego’s KOGO News Radio, California Western Professor Robert DeKoven comments on the implications of the House of Representatives passing the Equality Act and where this repetitive piece of legislation might end up.

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Are We About to Enter the Vaccine Industrial Complex?

In a co-authored article published in the Singapore Business Times, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning James Cooper cites Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famous military-industrial complex speech as a warning against a similar scenario happening between the U.S. government and Big Pharma over the supply and demand of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Three New Grants Enable CLP to Provide Legal Lifeline to Underserved Communities

California Western Community Law Project (CLP) has recently been awarded three new grants that will enable the program to continue to serve the increasing legal needs of San Diego County low-income individuals, which the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated.

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National Champions!

California Western’s Competitive Advocacy Program (CAP) continues to build on the successes of 2020 with more inspiring and notable performances from the teams. The latest being the Negotiation team winning the ABA National Negotiation Competition and the Appellate team advancing all the way to the final four in the 2021 National Online Moot Court Challenge.

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