A Home for Moses

Alan Brown (JD '95) and his family share their journey from their Texas home to a Ugandan courthouse to adopt a two-year-old orphan named Moses.

In case you didn’t know, I rented an SUV to drive during our time in Uganda rather than hire a driver, which is what most families do, but where is the adventure in that? I have been driving for a solid two days and pretty much have it down. I have successfully driven us from our hotel to the orphanage and back every day without so much as one wrong turn.

Posted in: Fall 2012, Alumni, Features

Building Faith from Barbed Wire

Pepperdine Law Students and alumni team to teach Bible study classes at local youth correctional facilities.

The story made the evening news that day. Eighteen-year-old Marvin Laguan had been shot more than six times while talking to his girlfriend in the 400 block of North Mar Vista Avenue in Pasadena, California. He died almost instantly.

Posted in: Fall 2012, Alumni, Features, Students

In Pursuit of Power

“I just wanted to be powerful!” remembers alumna Theona Zhordania, of her childhood dreams of becoming a successful businesswoman and attorney.

Posted in: Fall 2012, Alumni, Features

New Faces in the Dean’s Suite

The Dean’s Suite at the School of Law welcomed four new faces this summer. Richard Cupp (’83) stepped in as vice dean; Al Sturgeon (JD ’11) took on the role of assistant dean for student life and director of academic success; Carlton Oliver became the director of student life and student outreach; and Robert Pushaw began his tenure as associate dean for research.

Posted in: Fall 2012, Alumni, Faculty, News Shorts

Straus Institute Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and distinguished counsel members of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution celebrated the program’s 25th anniversary with a social gathering on June 22 at the Jonathan Club in Santa Monica, California.

Posted in: Fall 2012, Alumni, Faculty, News Shorts, Straus Institute

Adjunct Publications Find Success in Both Fiction and Nonfiction Markets

Nicolas Kublicki (JD ’92) and Bob Goff recently celebrated the successes of their spring book publications. Both adjunct faculty members at the School of Law, Kublicki and Goff have received rave reviews for their work.

Posted in: Fall 2012, Alumni, Faculty, Faculty Writings, News Shorts

Los Angeles’ City Hall East Named for the Honorable James Hahn

The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion to rename City Hall East for the Honorable James Hahn (’72, JD ’75). The unanimous vote, which took place in February, has since been followed by privately driven fundraising efforts to pay for the renaming.

Posted in: Fall 2012, Alumni, News Shorts

Making Her Own Way

Laure Sudreau-Rippe discusses the highs and lows of her success as a lawyer and her determination to save her husband's life.

Graduation day 1997 at Pepperdine School of Law. The moment of truth. The culmination of three years of hard work. For Laure Sudreau-Rippe (JD ’97), it was just the beginning. The ceremony served as a stepping-stone to the obstacles that lie ahead.

Posted in: Spring-Summer 2012, Alumni, Features

Pride in Print

The Pepperdine Law Review Celebrates 40 Years Since Conception

In a small storefront in Santa Ana, California, in the fall of 1970 emerged the newly established Pepperdine School of Law. Just as the school earned provisional accreditation from the State Bar of California, 34 full-time students walked through the doors, and a new era in Pepperdine history began.

Posted in: Spring-Summer 2012, Alumni, Features

From DJ to JD

Alumna Ashley Messenger defends freedom of speech in the media

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the late 1990s, Ashley Messenger (JD ’94) was engaged in a phone conversation about the city’s homeless population and agreed with her counterpart that the police could be unnecessarily aggressive.

Posted in: Spring-Summer 2012, Alumni, Features