On Christmas Eve, as the snow fell outside the Minneapolis hospital room of Josiane “Josi” M. Dixon ’06, her family said goodbye to her the best way they knew how – singing “Silent Night” and some of her favorite childhood Christmas songs.
 The night marked the end to a three-year-long battle Dixon bravely fought against acute [...]

On December 21, California Western is honored to have Stephen N. Zack present the commencement address at the school’s 98th commencement. The Miami-based attorney is the first Hispanic American president-elect of the American Bar Association. Zack is focused on promoting civics education, the importance of inspiring a new generation of lawyers, and ABA programs that [...]

California Western School of Law mourns the loss of longtime law school supporter and former trustee Judge Napoleon A. Jones, who died this past Saturday after a long illness.
Jones, a San Diego federal court judge, served on the California Western Board of Trustees from 1994 through 2007, and supported many of the law school’s programs [...]

San Diego attorney Dennis Schoville was recently awarded Trial Lawyer of the Year by the California Chapter of the Amercian Board of Trial Advocates. As a reward recipient, he was given a $5,000 award to donate to the law school or program of his choice.  Schoville presented a donation of $5,000 to California Western Distinguished Jurist [...]

California Western belives in giving back, a value shared by students, faculty, and alumni.
The latest issue of Res Ipsa Online highlights members of the California Western community who give their time, knowledge, and lives to help others.
Read more in the new issue of Res Ipsa Online.

Law schools are traditionally known for preparing graduates well-versed in cases and concepts taught in the classroom. However, widely respected reports encourage greater emphasis on skills training and problem solving. 
California Western is on the leading edge of an emerging trend in American legal education with STEPPS, a two-course program aimed at preparing students for the ethical and [...]

The Street Law San Diego Program, housed at California Western School of Law, will host its sixth annual mock trial competition on Monday. Approximately 60 students from San Diego high schools will participate in the interscholastic competition, designed to test students’ knowledge of the law gained during the semester-long Street Law San Diego Program.
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Later this month, California Western’s graduates will recieve their degrees wearing gowns made from recycled plastic bottles. The GreenWeaver gowns are made from a fabric made of spun, molten plastic pellets. It takes about 23 recycled bottle to make the gowns.
This commitment to sustainability makes California Western the first law school in the nation to use [...]

Recently, the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association honored four memebers of the California Western community at its annual awards and scholarship dinner.
Student Honoree Third-year student matthew Williams was awarded the Lourine W. Twyman Scholarship.
Alumnae Honorees Lea Fields-Bernard ’94 and Udoka Nwanna ’03 received the Thurgood Marshall Legal Professional of the Year Award and a Distinguished [...]