Alumni news

Lynn Allen in the Fight Against Nuclear Verdicts®️

Lynn Allen ‘89, joined the faculty at the inaugural Nuclear Verdicts Defense Institute in June 2022. Lynn guided experienced defense attorneys on their path to becoming certified Nuclear Verdicts Defenders in a three-day immersive education experience; the only trial academy focused on training defense counsel on how to implement the strategies to stop Nuclear Verdicts®️.

ASU Law alum is Arizona's first Muslim judge to take the bench

ASU Law alum Laila Ikram, the first judge in the history of Arizona to be Muslim, was sworn in June at the Downtown Justice Center in Phoenix. Ikram was sworn in as a judge pro tempore by Judge Enrique Medina Ochoa, the justice of the peace for the Downtown Justice Court Precinct.

ASU Law alum selected as Director of Public Health Americorps

AmeriCorps announced that AJ Pearlman [ASU Law JD alum] has been selected as director of Public Health AmeriCorps, a partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and will lead the grantmaking and program efforts to prioritize evidence-based interventions across the nation thro

Alumna learned valuable lessons at ASU, guiding her work as an attorney

Carolina Lopez, a triple-alumna of ASU, said she learned valuable lessons as a student that inform her work as an attorney. “While I was at ASU and Barrett, I was building great soft skills, and these ultimately helped me succeed in law school [at ASU Law]. These skills still serve me today as an attorney,” Lopez said.