This year’s Volume of the Chapman Law Review is dedicated to the memory of Chapman’s late professor, Nancy L. Schultz, known to her students simply as Nancy. We sadly and unexpectedly lost Nancy on December 15, 2023. Although we continue to feel the tremendous void of her presence in the halls, she leaves a lasting legacy at our school and across the globe. Nancy, who also served on our law review’s faculty advisory committee, taught at Chapman for 27 years and positively impacted the legal careers of thousands of students here and abroad.

Two Chapman professors, John Bishop and Lawrence Rosenthal, pay tribute to Nancy in this edition of the journal. In the first piece, Professor Bishop touches on Nancy’s lasting impact as the head of Chapman’s competition teams, including Mock Trial, Moot Court, and Alternative Dispute Resolution, for nearly three decades. Chapman’s halls are filled with trophies and other accolades won by Nancy’s teams over the years because of her dedication to coaching and mentoring, working tirelessly to help her students succeed. The second piece, written by Professor Lawrence Rosenthal, discusses Nancy’s scholarship, and her transformative solutions for teaching and training law students. One of Nancy’s mantras was “Words Matter,” which encouraged students to simplify their legal writing and advocacy, sharpening students’ skills and preparing them for real-world practice.

We are forever grateful for Nancy. We miss her (and her signature fist bumps) very much, and we hope to carry forward her legacy and make her proud.