Unlawful Influence?

In the much-publicized case concerning the mass arrest of more than 20 Marines in front of an 800-person battalion at Camp Pendleton in 2019, Marine Judge Advocate Captain Charles F. Whitman ’14 discusses how he successfully argued that the arrests amounted to unlawful command influence.

Learn More

Doing Better, Reaching Higher

Lawyer, business-person, philanthropist, and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for community service, David Asper ’84 recounts his broad and diverse career path and reveals why California Western was a huge turning point in his life.

Learn More

Time for Big Pharma to Take its Own Medicine

California Western’s Professor Robert Bohrer tackles head-on the direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs and skyrocketing drug prices in two scholarly papers recently published in notable law journals. Both articles lay bare the issues and propose new ideas to address these ever-expanding concerns.

Learn More

Content Creators: Leveling the Copyright Field

Despite the enormous expansion of video content, copyright law has changed little since 1976. In a recent scholarly article published in the University of Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, California Western New Media Rights Executive Director Art Neill and Staff Attorney Erika Lee consider some options for modernizing copyright registration.

Learn More

Community Law Project Releases 2019 Report

Releasing her 2019 report, California Western’s Community Law Project Executive Director Dana Sisitsky shares the developments of the past year and how her students’ willingness to think outside the box is what puts California Western’s community education programs in a class of their own.

Learn More