High Tech Law Institute promotes and advances the study and development of intellectual property law and related laws and policies as applied to existing and emerging technologies.

Center for Global Law & Policypromotes scholarship in the field of international and comparative law and provides a variety of educational opportunities for law students.

Center for Social Justice and Public Service a community for all who share the commitment to giving voice in the legal system to marginalized, subordinated, or underrepresented clients and causes.

Center ScholarsSanta Clara Law recognizes faculty for their scholarship connected to the Law School Centers of Excellence - the Center for Global Law and Policy, the Center for Social Justice and Public Service, and the High Tech Law Institute.

Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center a free legal clinic where law students work with attorney mentors to represent clients in need.

Institute of Sports Law and Ethics (ISLE) represents a combined effort of Santa Clara Law, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, and the Department of Athletics.

Low Income Tax Clinic helps to ensure the fairness and integrity of the tax system for the benefit of the local community, and educates law students in the effective, professional and ethical representation of clients in tax disputes with the IRS.

Leadership Initiative promotes the development of leadership education for law students by working with academics and members of the legal profession.

Northern California Innocence Project a clinical program providing students the opportunity to represent California prisoners raising claims of factual innocence.

Death Penalty College an intensive training program for defense attorneys who represent persons charged in capital cases.

Institute for Redress and Recovery an interdisciplinary project that facilitates collaboration between lawyers representing human rights victims in legal proceedings and clinicians able to provide medical and psychological services.

BroadBand Institute of California specializing in applied research and education in the areas of law, technology and public policy.