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ARMENIAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBER, PROFESSOR ANAHID GHARAKHANIAN, APPOINTED VICE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AT SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL
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22:04, July 31, 2012
Professor Anahid Gharakhanian, a longtime member of the Armenian Bar
Association, has been appointed as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
at Southwestern Law School on whose faculty she has served since
2002. In her new capacity, she will be in charge of the overall
academic program, faculty appointments, faculty development, and
Southwestern's self-study process, and will continue to serve as
Director of the Externship Program.
As a member of the faculty for more than a decade, Dean Gharakhanian
has taught legal research and writing and a unique course on
Correctional Education, was instrumental in the redevelopment of
Southwestern's unique Legal Analysis, Writing and Skills (LAWS)
program, greatly expanded the Externship Program to be one of the
largest in the country, and served as Faculty Advisor to the PLEAS
part-time day program. She is also Faculty Advisor to the Armenian
Law Students Association and recently spearheaded efforts to create
the new Southwestern Armenia Fellowship with the Ministry of Justice
in Armenia.
Garo Ghazarian, Chairman of the Armenian Bar Association, remarked, "On
behalf of the Armenian Bar Association, I congratulate Professor Anahid
Gharakhanian on her appointment and I applaud Southwestern Law School
for her selection. Professor Gharakhanian's contributions to the legal
community and to our Association are invaluable and wide-ranging. Her
mentoring of so many of our new attorney members as well as our law
student members is unparalleled and has been unheralded for too long."
Armen K. Hovannisian, Vice Chair of the Armenian Bar Association,
a former colleague of Professor Gharakhanian's at Chadbourne &
Parke LLP, and the Armenian Bar's representative to the Southwestern
Armenia Fellowship with the Ministry of Justice in Armenia, added,
"Anahid is so many good things all rolled into one, most certainly
a wonderful model for not only the student body of Southwestern,
but to all women and men who aspire to combine positive meaning and
purpose with the legal profession."
Edvin Minassian, Chairman Ex-Officio of the Armenian Bar Association,
credited Professor Gharakhanian with heeding the call to service
and with playing a key role in bringing to life the vision of the
Armenian Bar's commitment to the rule of law in Armenia. "We look
forward to many more collaborative efforts with Southwestern and,
naturally, with Dean Gharakhanian, who we wish much success in her
new and deserving position at the law school."
In announcing the appointment, Dean Austen Parrish said,
"Dean Gharakhanian is a very talented and dedicated teacher and
administrator, and I am delighted that she has agreed to expand her
administrative role, as we have a very busy year ahead."
Dean Gharakhanian earned her B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa,
in Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. She
completed her J.D., cum laude, at Harvard Law School and is a member
of the California State Bar. Upon graduation from law school, she
joined the firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP in Los Angeles. During her
six-year tenure there, she handled the pre-trial phases of a variety
of civil litigation matters as well as arbitration proceedings.
Subsequently, she was appointed Vice President of E-commerce
Development for an online retailer. She has also served as a temporary
judge in Los Angeles Superior Court's Small Claims Court and has
worked on a pro bono basis in the areas of domestic violence and
other family law matters.
hetq
22:04, July 31, 2012
Professor Anahid Gharakhanian, a longtime member of the Armenian Bar
Association, has been appointed as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
at Southwestern Law School on whose faculty she has served since
2002. In her new capacity, she will be in charge of the overall
academic program, faculty appointments, faculty development, and
Southwestern's self-study process, and will continue to serve as
Director of the Externship Program.
As a member of the faculty for more than a decade, Dean Gharakhanian
has taught legal research and writing and a unique course on
Correctional Education, was instrumental in the redevelopment of
Southwestern's unique Legal Analysis, Writing and Skills (LAWS)
program, greatly expanded the Externship Program to be one of the
largest in the country, and served as Faculty Advisor to the PLEAS
part-time day program. She is also Faculty Advisor to the Armenian
Law Students Association and recently spearheaded efforts to create
the new Southwestern Armenia Fellowship with the Ministry of Justice
in Armenia.
Garo Ghazarian, Chairman of the Armenian Bar Association, remarked, "On
behalf of the Armenian Bar Association, I congratulate Professor Anahid
Gharakhanian on her appointment and I applaud Southwestern Law School
for her selection. Professor Gharakhanian's contributions to the legal
community and to our Association are invaluable and wide-ranging. Her
mentoring of so many of our new attorney members as well as our law
student members is unparalleled and has been unheralded for too long."
Armen K. Hovannisian, Vice Chair of the Armenian Bar Association,
a former colleague of Professor Gharakhanian's at Chadbourne &
Parke LLP, and the Armenian Bar's representative to the Southwestern
Armenia Fellowship with the Ministry of Justice in Armenia, added,
"Anahid is so many good things all rolled into one, most certainly
a wonderful model for not only the student body of Southwestern,
but to all women and men who aspire to combine positive meaning and
purpose with the legal profession."
Edvin Minassian, Chairman Ex-Officio of the Armenian Bar Association,
credited Professor Gharakhanian with heeding the call to service
and with playing a key role in bringing to life the vision of the
Armenian Bar's commitment to the rule of law in Armenia. "We look
forward to many more collaborative efforts with Southwestern and,
naturally, with Dean Gharakhanian, who we wish much success in her
new and deserving position at the law school."
In announcing the appointment, Dean Austen Parrish said,
"Dean Gharakhanian is a very talented and dedicated teacher and
administrator, and I am delighted that she has agreed to expand her
administrative role, as we have a very busy year ahead."
Dean Gharakhanian earned her B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa,
in Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. She
completed her J.D., cum laude, at Harvard Law School and is a member
of the California State Bar. Upon graduation from law school, she
joined the firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP in Los Angeles. During her
six-year tenure there, she handled the pre-trial phases of a variety
of civil litigation matters as well as arbitration proceedings.
Subsequently, she was appointed Vice President of E-commerce
Development for an online retailer. She has also served as a temporary
judge in Los Angeles Superior Court's Small Claims Court and has
worked on a pro bono basis in the areas of domestic violence and
other family law matters.