In March of this year, the Governor of South Dakota signed HB1096, legislation designed to encourage lawyers to practice in underserved areas of the state. The majority of South Dakota lawyers are now concentrated in four counties — Minnehaha, Pennington,…
A new law clinic focused on the needs of early-stage Silicon Valley companies will begin serving clients this summer at Santa Clara University School of Law. A veteran attorney specializing in start-up companies, Laura Lee Norris, has been named founding…
Good morning, SCU Law, Bundle up, because it’s apparently tornado season outside, or so the gale-force winds would lead me to conclude. And check the Grapevine for all the news that’s fit to print here (archived here). Cheers, SBA
Brian Banks, who was on his way to a big future in football when he was wrongfully convicted of rape in 2002, signed with the Atlanta Falcons today. Banks was a star football player at Long Beach Poly High School…
In March 2013, clinic students Scott Idiart (3L) and Amanda Snyder (3L) traveled to Medellín, Colombia with clinical fellow, Britton Schwartz, to attend the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 47th Extraordinary Session. They observed the Courts hearings on three different contentious…
SCU Law Friends, The SBA is hosting two forums tomorrow to give students a final opportunity to discuss our thoughts on each of the four remaining Dean candidate finalists. The forums will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, April 3, at 12:00…
April 4, 2013 (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM) Social Justice Thursday Essential Issues, Coalition Work – Facilitator, Lynnette Parker in Bannan 333 Readings: Julie A. Su, Making the Invisible Visible: The Garment Industry’s Dirty Laundry, 1 J. Gender Race &…
Trial Team Applications are due Tonight at 8 p.m.! If you have not applied yet and are interested, visit the Trial Team Claranet Page (search "Trial Team" under Course Reserves Pages by Department). Tryouts are this weekend (April 6 and…
April 2, 2013 High Tech Tuesday with Heidi Keefe, Partner, Cooley, LLP. Ms. Keefe, one of the top patent litigators in the Valley, will be discussing the differences in patent forums. The event will be held in B127 from 12-1…
Happy Monday, SCU Law! This will be my last time sending you the Grapevine before I depart to take over my duties as the newly elected President of Greece. We have some exciting plans for the country, including a new…