A Texas court reversed Ed Graf’s murder and arson convictions this week after experts determined that the science used to convict Graf was likely faulty. While the court declined to issue a finding of actual innocence, it did say, “False…
The winners have been announced in the Washington Post’s Peeps Show VII, but there is still time to vote in the ABA Journal’s 5th Annual Peeps in Law Contest. The San Jose Mercury News also has an annual Peeps Contest.…
SCU Law Friends, I write to inform you that one of our finalists for the deanship — Annette Clark — has withdrawn from consideration for our position. She has accepted the deanship at her home institution, Seattle University School of…
AIPLEF AWARDS Santa Clara Law can nominate one student to compete for various national awards administered by the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation, including the prestigious Jan Jancin Award with a cash prize of $5,000. The nominated student will…
The transcript and audio from today’s Supreme Court argument in Hollingsworth v. Perry are already available at the Supreme Court website. Also, transcript and audio from Wednesday’s argument in United States v. Windsor.
Meet Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Robert Artuz and Ryan Syndeham, who will be presenting "Firm Adaptations to the AIA". Don’t miss this opportunity to hear how law firms are navigating the new America Invents Act. Anyone interested in prosecuting or litigating…
Happy Monday, SCU Law, SBA Elections are here! Vote Tuesday through Thursday on eCampus (it’s the nifty Student Elections tab on the lefthand side). Get the 411 on all the candidates, as well as a whole slew of fantastic events…
On behalf of Trial Team, we wanted to let you know that the deadline to apply for Trial Team has been extended to April 1st 8 pm, so if you are interested, make sure to get your applications in ASAP. The signups for…
SCU Law Friends, The third finalist for our deanship position is Gary Roberts (biography available here). Mr. Roberts is currently the Dean of the Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, a position he has occupied since 2007. Prior…
On March 11 and 12, IHRC students Scott Idiart (3L) and Jaqueline Ramirez (2L) traveled to Washington D.C. with clinical fellow, Britton Schwartz, to interview clients and attend the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights thematic hearings on human rights violations…