Legal Education
May 28, 2026
Retired appellate justice Dhanidina named dean of Western State law school
he retired 2nd District Court of Appeal justice brings nearly three decades of experience as a prosecutor, litigator, mediator and educator to Orange County's oldest law school.
Retired California Court of Appeal Justice Halim Dhanidina, the first Muslim appellate judge in the United States and California's first South Asian American justice, has been appointed dean of Western State College of Law at Westcliff University.
Dhanidina, who also will serve as a professor of law, takes over leadership of Orange County's oldest law school after a nearly three-decade legal career spanning prosecution, private practice, the bench and alternative dispute ...
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