Cerise Valenzuela MetzgerChapman University offers the following experts who can comment immediately following the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action:
Fowler School of Law
Dr. Tom Campbell – Doy and Dee Henley Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence
714-559-5584
He is a former U.S. Congressman, a nonpartisan expert on Congressional procedure and Constitutional law, who clerked for the Supreme Court. He teaches courses on antitrust law; the Federal Trade Commission; separation of powers; economics and the law; and politics.
Janine Kim – Wylie A. Aitken Professor of Law, Race, and Social Justic
She has expertise in criminal punishment; race and the law; discrimination; criminal law and procedure; and torts.
Mario Mainero – The Gray Family Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Bar Preparation and Academic Achievement
He is an expert in law and politics, local government, admission to the Bar, evidence and trial practice, and public employee pension law.
James Phillips – Associate professor of law
510-447-0954
He has worked on briefs and petitions filed in more than 30 Supreme Court cases and numerous state and federal trial and appellate courts.
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Ronald Steiner — Professor of political science
714-926-6454
He is an expert in law and politics; criminal law and criminal procedure; criminal prosecutions; Miranda warnings; and comparative law.
About Chapman UniversityFounded in 1861, Chapman University is a nationally ranked private university located in Southern California. Chapman is categorized by the Carnegie Classification as an R2 “high research activity” institution and offers personalized education to more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The campus has produced a Rhodes Scholar, been named a top producer of Fulbright Scholars, and hosts a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society. Based in the city of Orange, Chapman also includes the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine. In 2019, the university opened its 11th college, Fowler School of Engineering, in its newest facility, Keck Center for Science and Engineering. Learn more about Chapman University: www.chapman.edu.
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