SEC: News DT: 10-21-2014 ZN: 1 ED: 1 PG #: 1 PG: Cover_A BY: kmohr TI: 10-20-2014 PRICE: $1 · 21:08 CLR: C K Y M TUESDAY, OCT. 21, 2014 · OCREGISTER.COM CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SECTION DIVING DOGS Alum Seth Casteel loved a dog who loved the water, and that turned him into an award-winning photographer and best-selling author. $42,000 FOR TUITION ... JEFF GRITCHEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Rob Driggers, shown with wife Pam Driggers, developed a serious infection after undergoing a hip-replacement procedure at Mission Hospital in June. but can you get a job? MISSION STILL OPERATED AFTER FLAWS SPOTTED Whittier Law grads among most challenged in the U.S. when it comes to finding employment. At least 4 got infections after surgeries in problematic rooms. BY JENNA CHANDLER STAFF WRITER JOSHUA SUDOCK, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Officials at Costa Mesa’s Whittier Law School say that while the school previously focused on legal theories and principles, most classes now emphasize how to apply those concepts in real-world situations. Local law school employment BY KEEGAN KYLE STAFF WRITER G raduates of a Costa Mesa law school struggle to find stable employment more than students from other accredited colleges, according to a Register analysis of law schools nationwide. The Costa Mesa school, located on Harbor Boulevard near I-405, is affiliated with Whittier College and is called the Whittier Law School. More than 500 students attend annually with tuition priced at $42,000. “We are by no means satisfied with letting things be,” Associate Dean Martin Pritikin said. “We are working very hard to implement programs and changes that should help our graduates with employment.” Over the past three years, Whittier has reported that about one in every four students obtained fullS E E L AW ● PA G E 5 Average employment nine months after graduation based on 2011-2013 data. Long-term, full-time attorney WHITTIER WESTERN CHAPMAN IRVINE* 27% 34% 38% 72% 22% 17% 1 1% 15% 25% 27% Short-term attorney or other fulltime job 18% Part-time 14% Unemployed 37% 7% 16% Other *UC Irvine’s law school first accepted students in 2009 and no 2011 data for graduates is available. Source: American Bar Association OUR CLEAR FEARS STAFF GRAPHIC SAN FRANCISCO AT KANSAS CITY, 5:07 P.M., FOX/11 Walking alone at night? We’re more afraid of that than we are of identity theft, though we’re pretty afraid of that too. 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At least four patients suffered serious infections in Mission Hospital operating “We turned this rooms this year. Two weeks place upside ago, the Joint Commission, an agency that oversees hos- down. We’re managing pitals, issued a preliminary the humidity day in recommendation to deny acand day out. We’ve creditation to Mission Hospital based on conditions in its been in range all summer long, and it’s operating rooms. Last week, Mission said it costing us a lot of voluntarily suspended all money.” elective surgeries and closed its 14 operating rooms. Mis- K E N N E T H M C FA R L A N D sion is the county’s third-big- M I S S I O N H O S P I T A L gest hospital, accounting for C E O about 7,000 surgeries a year. Hospital administrators said Monday they first became aware of high humidity in one operating room – a condition that can lead to growth of bacteria and infection – as early as February. 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