The national search has begun for NCIP’s executive director. The job posting can be found here. Please feel free to share! www.ncip.scu.edu
The national search has begun for NCIP’s executive director. The job posting can be found here. Please feel free to share! www.ncip.scu.edu
On Friday, NCIP Assistant Legal Director Maitreya Badami was a guest on the San Francisco public interest television show, Justice Matters. She joined San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Stanford Law Professor George Fisher to discuss plea agreements and…
I’ve taught philosophy now for 15 years at the middle school, high school, and college level. And I’ve been involved with water polo for almost 30 years, first as a player at every level and, for the past 17 years,…
This summer, law students and faculty traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica as part of Santa Clara University School of Law’s Summer Abroad program. Their experiences fighting for human rights in a real-world setting are highlighted in a new video:…
At some point during each sports season, we hear of a star athlete behaving nefariously off the playing field. These incidents lead to sports pundits decrying the punitive measures of respective leagues and examining various other interesting, relevant social issues. …
I have a confession to make. When I got into grade school a whole new vocabulary opened up for me as my circle of acquaintances became larger. I have always loved words, and relished using as many new ones as…
The International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara University’s School of Law (hereinafter “the Clinic”) submitted a written contribution encouraging the U.N. Human Rights Committee to consider incorporating in its upcoming General Comment 36 the rich jurisprudence on the “right…
The International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law joins 100 organizations from around the world in a statement delivered today to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva calling for accountability for the CIA torture program and reparations to…
View full report Earlier this month, Santa Clara Law’s International Human Rights Clinic released its report The Inter-American Human Rights System and Violence Against Women; Norms, Compliance Mechanisms, Jurisprudence, Implementation, Lessons Learned, and Recommendations. The Clinic prepared the report in…
There’s a chance I’ve done somewhat of a disservice to this enterprise of highlighting value and virtue in sport. It’s been done through my repeatedly referencing sport as a “catalyst,” “vehicle” and “springboard” for discovering such virtues as justice, fairness,…