Our Area
Located in central Orange County just south of Los Angeles and 100 miles north of San Diego, Western State University is ideally situated in the suburban college town of Fullerton. The campus is in close proximity to Southern California’s thriving business communities, cultural attractions, recreation, shopping, entertainment, and its famous beaches. Orange County offers 42 miles of beautiful sandy, Pacifıc Ocean coastline including Laguna Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Huntington Beach and Newport Beach . Wilderness and mountain parks are minutes away for camping, hiking and biking. All of this comes with one of the most desirable climates in the world, with more than 250 sunny days a year. The area boasts famous attractions like Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and Hollywood and nationally ranked sports teams like the Anaheim Angels and Ducks, the Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers and is a magnet for millions of international visitors. We encourage you to contact our Admissions Office toll-free at 1.800.WSU.4LAW (800.978.4529) or 1.714.459.1101 or email us at adm@wsulaw.edu to schedule a personal interview and campus tour.
To explore our Fullerton/Orange County/Southern California community, click on the categories below:
City of Fullerton
• Fullerton, CA
Surrounding Cities
• Anaheim, CA
• Brea, CA
• Buena Park, CA
• Placentia, CA
• Orange, CA
• La Habra, CA
• Yorba Linda, CA
Orange County
• Fodors
• orangecounty.com
• Orange County Tourism Council
Beaches and Parks
• www.orangecounty.net/html/beaches.html
• www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/beach/beach2.html
• www.orange-county-beaches.com
• www.ocparks.com
Skiing and Snowboarding
• Snow Summit
• Bear Mountain
• Mt. High
• Snow Valley
• Ski Baldy
Surfing and Sailing
• Surfline
• Surfing List
• Killer Orange
• Westwind Sailing
Museums and Cultural Activities
• www.bowers.org
• www.ocma.net
• www.lagunaartmuseum.org
• www.scfta.org/
• www.scr.org
• www.pacificchorale.org
• artscenecal.com/Listings/Orange/Orange.html
• www.nixonfoundation.org
Professional Sports
• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• Anaheim Ducks
• Los Angeles Lakers
• Los Angeles Clippers
• Los Angeles Dodgers
• Los Angeles Kings
• Los Angeles Galaxy
Amusement Parks
• Knott's Berry Farm
• Disneyland
• Six Flags
• Universal Studios Hollywood
Maps
• Rand McNally
• Yahoo! Maps
• MapQuest
Transportation
• Metrolink Light Rail
• AmTrak
• John Wayne (Santa Ana) Airport
• Los Angeles International Airport
• Long Beach Airport
• Ontario Airport
• General transportation website
• Orange County Transportation Authority
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Featured Faculty
Antonette Barilla, Assistant Director of STELLAR
Antonette Barilla has been selected to participate in this year's Summer Academy at the Hague as one of only four participants from the United States. Currently the Assistant Director of Academic Support at Western State University, she comes from a practice focused on private international law. She is one the Italian Consul General of Los Angeles’ select group of referred attorneys and teaches a variety of courses involving international law and international business transactions.
The Hague Academy of International Law has occupied premises at the Peace Palace, alongside the highest judicial institutions such as the International Court of Justice and the Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. It is a center for research and teaching in public and private international law, with the aim of further scientific and advanced studies of the legal aspects of international relations.
Participants, who have come from all over the world, representing between sixty and eighty nationalities each year, and many of whom have subsequently become well-known in the academic world, in research, or in diplomacy, have thus had the opportunity to meet "great names" of international law and to attend courses of a very high level. The "summer courses" also provide an opportunity, in the city which has become the "Capital of international law", to have contacts with the International Court of Justice, the international criminal courts, the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, the Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Conference on Private International Law, and other institutions.
This is a great honor and achievement.