The Department of Justice and Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced more than 30 members of the newly formed National Commission on Forensic Science. The commission aims to strengthen the validity and reliability of forensic…
Upcoming events at the Human Rights Center, across from Stanford University: January 15, Harold Hongju Koh: “International Law as Smart Power”Stanford Law School, Crown Quadrangle, Room 180, 12:45-2:00 p.m.RSVP required. Please click here to RSVP.This event is co-sponsored by the…
This blog post is part of our ongoing guest Blog Series: “Opportunity Knocks.” For a full schedule, please see: http://law.scu.edu/lcs-blog/upcoming-blog-series-opportunity-knocks/ The summer after my 1L year I worked as a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge Socrates Manoukian at the Superior…
The 2014 Santa Clara Journal of International Law Symposium “Environment and Human Rights Law” Friday, January 24, and Saturday, January 25, 2014Williman Room, Benson CenterSanta Clara University Hosted by Santa Clara Law, the Santa Clara Journal of International Law, and the…
Hosted by the International Student Services (ISS) department at SCU & the High Tech Law Institute A special workshop for international students, SCU faculty, and staff on self-employment options after graduation for students pursuing Optional Practical Training in the F-1 status or…
The Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP), acting as amicus, assisted veteran appellate and post-conviction attorney Marc Zilversmit in reversing the conviction of Jamal Trulove, wrongfully convicted of murder after a single eyewitness implicated him in a killing San Francisco. On…
Having been a recording drummer on over 100 songs for various bands, I recall one particularly interesting moment in the studio. Near the end of recording a song, I had lost track and continued playing past the song’s finale. The…
The details of an academic scandal at the University of North Carolina have been known for some time, and Julius Nyang-oro, the former longstanding head of the Afro and African-American Studies Department at UNC, recently was indicted for accepting payment…
The American Society of International Law (ASIL), in co-sponsorship with its Academic Partner University of San Francisco School of Law, will host this forum to give law students and new legal professionals exposure to experienced international practitioners. The panel portion…
The process of “tanking” by a professional team in order to enhance its draft position presents an interesting ethical question. First, by tanking, I mean the situation where a professional team intentionally does not use its best available players in…