Law Students for Reproductive Justice, in collaboration with the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at Berkeley Law School, is pleased to announce the Call for Submission for the eleventh annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize for New…
Banner & Witcoff is proud to offer the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for law students. This scholarship is part of Banner & Witcoff’s commitment to fostering the development of intellectual property lawyers from diverse backgrounds. Recipients of the scholarship…
At Santa Clara University School of Law, our faculty are thought leaders adding innovative legal analysis to many of the current issues surrounding tech. Here’s a sample of how our faculty have contributed thought leadership in the past month: The High…
Named for the late Tax Court Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., and designed to perpetuate his dedication to legal scholarship of the highest quality, the Tannenwald Writing Competition is open to all full or part-time law students, undergraduate or graduate. Papers…
Students advocate before local commission Blog post by Christine Biggen (IHRC exchange student from Germany) On November 9th, 2015 three Santa Clara Law IHRC students (Christine Biggen, Courtney Kimmey, and Krysha Chatman) addressed the Santa Clara County Commission on the…
Today, #GivingTuesday, you have the chance to help free an innocent person. In October, NCIP client Larry Pohlschneider walked free after more than 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Last week he was found factually…
Written by Vicki M. Huebner, Esq., Assistant Dean for the Office of Career Management I live near a park and creek. Therefore, wildlife often co-inhabits my downtown, urban neighborhood. One day this past summer (which also happened to be the second…
“The importance of misdirection incorporated into your act cannot be stressed enough. Factors include where your audience is positioned, where and when they look and what they are thinking about. Basically, misdirection is making sure that [they] stay focused on…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2015 – Human rights attorney Hadar Harris has been appointed executive director of the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) at Santa Clara University School of Law. A California native, Harris comes to NCIP with a…
Papers Due March 27, 2016 The Supreme Court has long suggested there is a limit for what is acceptable partisan gerrymandering, but like obscenity, so far the line is undefined and left to courts to know it when they see it.…