Whittier Law School

1. Lawyer-thon. Last Dash, a continuing legal education marathon and trade show, will be held at 8 a.m. today at Whittier Law School, 3333 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. The event, sponsored by the Lexis-Nexis Group, will also be held from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Saturday. Registration fees vary. Fax inquiries to (949) 440-6710. 2. Shop smart for screenings. Prevention Plus will offer affordable, precise and painless ultrasound testing today for stroke, vascular disease and osteoporosis, as well as an EKG test, at the Oasis Senior Center, 800 Marguerite Ave., Corona del Mar. Screenings start at $40 each, and discounts are available.

COSTA MESA -- Robert Scott Wylie has been named director of the Whittier Law School Children's Rights Clinic, which is expected to open in September. "Scott Wylie is a highly respected leader in public interest law in Southern California. He is well known in the community as a fine educator and administrator and we are pleased to have him associated with our law school," said Whittier Law School Dean John A. FitzRandolph, who appointed Wylie. Wylie, who most recently served as executive director and general counsel of the Public Law Center in Santa Ana, has been the head of the center, the only private public interest law firm in the county, for seven year.

Send AROUND TOWN items to the Daily Pilot, 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa 92627; fax to (949) 646-4170 or call (949) 764-4330. A complete listing may be found at o7 dailypilot.comf7 . BEST BET The Easter Bunny is scheduled to appear for an Easter Egg Hunt beginning at 10 a.m. April 22 at Eastbluff Park and at Vista del Oro and Vista del Sol in Newport Beach. There will also be a sidewalk sale and face-painting. For more information, call (949) 717-3816.

Greg Risling COSTA MESA -- A conservative Christian leader asserted in a debate Tuesday with a local activist attorney that state Proposition 22 is needed to ensure a ban on same-sex wedlock, which he says would damage the sanctimony created between men and women. The Rev. Louis Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, squared off against Jim Toledano, a leading member of the Orange County Democratic Party and chairman of the local movement that opposes the state proposition, at Whittier Law School.