Family Violence Clinic Receives $376,000 in Federal Funds

From left, President Jim Doti, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Dean John C. Eastman, Professor Marisa Cianciarulo, and Anaheim Chief of Police John Welter.

On Friday April 11, 2008, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Chapman University alumna and member of the Chapman Board of Trustees, presented a check for $376,000 in federal “earmark” funding for the Chapman University School of Law's Family Violence Clinic. Congresswoman Sanchez presented the check to John Eastman, dean of the Chapman University School of Law, Marisa Cianciarulo, director of the clinic and School of Law faculty member, Chapman President James L. Doti and Anaheim Chief of Police John Welter. The clinic, located in the Anaheim Family Justice Center and staffed by students from the Chapman School of Law, provides direct legal services to domestic violence victims within the 47th Congressional District. The presentation event, which was covered by numerous Los Angeles and Orange County media outlets, also commemorated the Clinic’s opening in 2007 and highlighted the collaboration of on- and off-site partners at the Anaheim Family Justice Center, including the City of Anaheim, Anaheim Police Department, Chapman University School of Law, the Women’s Transitional Living Center, and the County of Orange, among others.

“I’m thrilled that my alma mater is providing its students to help people who really need the assistance,” Sanchez said. President Doti added, “We’re extremely proud of this kind of Chapman outreach, where the university and our students can have a real and positive impact upon the Orange County community.”