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The New Lawyer Supplement

Feb. 25, 2009

Fighting Back

The November passage of Prop. 8 has galvanized law students across the state to take action.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

While most law students took a much-needed break over the Christmas holidays, Tiffany Chang worked night and day researching a friend-of-the-court brief going to the California Supreme Court.

The brief - written by her professors at Chapman University School of Law - was one of dozens urging the court to overturn Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

For Chang and many other law student...

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