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SAVE THE DATE The inaugural Belonging Awards at Caruso Law will celebrate the diversity of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. February 25, 2021

The Pepperdine Caruso School of Law - Straus Institute is delighted to welcome Judge Danny Weinstein as the Institute's Distinguished Mediator-in-Residence. Thank you for sharing your experience and insights with our community!

Dean Caron presented five of our outstanding Caruso Law faculty members with teaching and scholarship awards: Professor Greg Ogden: Skip McDermott Teaching Award Professor Stephanie Williams: 1L Professor of the Year Professor Steve Schultz: 2L/3L Professor of the Year... Professor Victoria Schwartz: Dean's Excellence in Scholarship Award Professor Ahmed Taha: Dean's Excellence in Scholarship Award For more on these awards, including what students had to say, click here: https://law.pepperdine.edu//pepperdine-caruso-law-2019-20-

A day later but not forgotten sending birthday wishes to our former Dean Deanell Tacha!

EVENT REMINDER TODAY at 12:45PM: Pastor Eugene Cho (Bread for the World Institute) and Rabbi Sharon Brous (IKAR) will discuss the intersection of faith, social justice, and racial reconciliation, moderated by Assistant Dean Chalak Richards and sponsored by the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Link to register in our stories

The final installment of the Race and the Law Series is this Monday, 11/9, with Professor Taha who will be discussing race and Civil Procedure. You can still register here: http://bit.ly/race-civpro

Today is your last chance to register for the historic Black Women and the Law Summit. https://bit.ly/bwil-summit (This symposium has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit by the State Bar of California for 3.45 credit hours)

We have an impressive lineup of speakers for this Friday's (11/6) Black Women and the Law Summit. Summit presenters will educate, illuminate, and offer strategies and solutions for Black women's success in the legal field and in law school. This informative day will equip all participants, including Black women's allies, to mobilize in a Call to Action to open pathways for success and elevate Black women’s contributions to the legal profession and to our larger society. You can still register for what's sure to be a momentous symposium: https://bit.ly/bwil-summit

For Christian Legal Society tonight, we have Dean Goodno speaking to us! She will be addressing justice in the everyday: how to live justly with those at home. If you play your cards right, you just might get to meet her kids and hear some of their wisdom as well. As usual, the meeting will begin at 6pm PST and last for about an hour.

It’s #election2020. We encourage you to use your voice and vote! We know you are hard at work preparing to make an impact as a lawyer or leader after your time here at Pepperdine Caruso Law. Voting is something you can do right now to have an effect on our communities today. For more information on how and where to vote, visit voteamerica.com.

A Look at What's Happening at Caruso Law this Week: 1L Washington, DC Externship Info Session - Monday, Nov. 2, 12:30pm Discussion with Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipient Mary-Christine Sungaila Monday, Nov. 2, 12:35 - 1:25 PM Christian Legal Society feat. Naomi Goodno, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Life: Justice in the Everyday: How to Live Justly with Those at Home Wednesday, Nov. 4, 6 - 7 PM Black Women and the Law Summit Friday, Nov. 6, 11 AM - 4 P...M JD Students: Drop-In office hours with Dean Richards Friday, Nov. 6, 1 - 3 PM PST See more

Pepperdine Alumni Rick Caruso joined CNBC to discuss his outlook for the holiday season at his retail locations. https://www.cnbc.com//mall-owner-rick-caruso-on-holiday-se

This week, Caruso Law Professors Selina Farrell and Robert Pushaw, Jr., were presented with the Pepperdine University Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence. The Howard A. White Award is the highest distinction given at Pepperdine University for teaching and recognizes outstanding educators who embody the institution's commitment to excellence. https://law.pepperdine.edu//professors-selina-k-farrell-an

We hosted a special meeting of the Christian Legal Society/Dean's Bible Study this week. Our current students were joined by the previous hosts and over 100 Pepperdine Alumni from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. It was an awesome night!

It's nearly November, which is the perfect time to show our gratitude, so we will be highlighting stories of appreciation in the Brief Bulletin. We hope this #GratefulMonth initiative brings encouragement to our law school community in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. Please see the google form in the Brief Bulletin to let us know who or what you are grateful for at @Pepperdine!

On November 6, Caruso Law will host its inaugural Black Women and the Law summit on Zoom. The summit, led by Chalak Richards (JD ’12), assistant dean of student life, diversity, and belonging and the Honorable Tiffany M. Williams, associate director of advocacy, empowerment, and faith at Caruso School of Law, will explore the status of Black women, with particular emphasis on the impact of legal and systemic barriers to societal and professional advancement, while celebrating... their historic contributions to law and society. Speakers will include Paulette Brown, former American Bar Association president; the Honorable Ann Claire Williams, retired US Court of Appeals judge; the Honorable Karen Stevenson, US magistrate judge; Rachael Splaine Rollins, Suffolk County district attorney; and Rosalyn Satchel, Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Communication at Seaver College. Caruso School of Law students, as well as alumni Carmen Cole (JD 01), Zna Portlock Houston (’84, JD ’87), Capri Maddox (JD ’01), and Terrence Williams (JD ’11, MDR ’11), will also share their insights and experiences. You can register to attend the summit here: https://bit.ly/bwil-summit

Special event today featuring Professor Larson. Two lucky attendees whose names are drawn at random will receive an autographed copy of the book!

Don't miss your last chance to register for the critically relevant event Presidential Leadership in Times of Crisis with our distinguished panel of speakers from universities around the nation. The event takes place tomorrow, 10/29, from 13PM (CLE credit awarded) http://bit.ly/pltc-2020