California Western School of Law begins accepting applications for the Adrianne Baker Fellowship yesterday. The fellowship is the school’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program for graduates employed by a legal aid, legal services, or other nonprofit advocacy or policy organizations.
The fellowship was named after the late Adrianne Baker, a 1989 graduate of California Western who spent [...]

Judge Anthony J. Battaglia, a 1974 graduate of California Western School of Law, was recently appointed magistrate judge observer of the Judicial Conference of the United States by Chief Justice John G. Roberts.
As magistrate judge observer, Battaglia represents all magistrate judges in the United States to the Judicial Conference. His responsibilities will be carried out [...]

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 [...]

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.

California Western School of Law proudly announces the selection of two of its graduates for prestigious legal programs.
Irina G. Axelrod-Angres ’99 was selected as the 2009-2010 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center. She is the first graduate of California Western to be selected for this prominent position.
The Supreme Court Fellows program was [...]

On July 8, the annual list of San Diego County Top Attorneys was published by the San Diego Daily Transcript, announcing the “best and brightest” attorneys in 14 areas of legal practice. California Western School of Law had 16 faculty, staff, and alumni on the list.
The following California Western faculty and staff were honored: Anaheeta [...]

California Western School of Law congratulates Jeffrey Isaacs ‘68, a Partner with Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, on his election as President of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program. 
A private, non-profit organization dedicated to “Equal Justice for All,” the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program (SDVLP) is the county’s oldest and largest pro bono legal [...]

California Western School of Law mourns the passing of legal trailblazer and leading member of the U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society Patricia Butler, who died on Wednesday, May 27. Butler was a member of California Western’s Council of Visitors.
In 1931, Butler became the first female attorney to work in the U.S. Department of Justice, where [...]

California Western School of Law congratulates Professor Janet Weinstein, who receives the Consensus Organizer of the Year Award for her work inspiring collaboration between California Western and San Diego State University.  This award acknowledges her work educating law students in the area of grass-roots community organizing.
Weinstein directs the Clinical Internship Program and the J.D./M.S.W. Dual [...]

California Western School of Law, in collaboration with the San Diego County Bar Association, hosts a scholarly discussion entitled “A Constitutional Dialogue on the Initiative Process: Proposition 8 and Beyond” on Thursday, May 7.  The discussion will take place from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom at California Western, 350 Cedar Street in [...]