Blog post by IHRC Student Attorneys: Brittany Delbridge and Timothy Cojocnean. Hooray, We Get To Travel! Seven weeks into our third semester of law school, we learned our international field work was approved, and that we would be leaving in…
Blog post by IHRC Student Attorneys: Brittany Delbridge and Timothy Cojocnean. Hooray, We Get To Travel! Seven weeks into our third semester of law school, we learned our international field work was approved, and that we would be leaving in…
“Truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.” Malcolm Gladwell: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Say you’re an experienced California Bar Examination grader, as I was. You’ve graded essay answers for ten examinations…
“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…
Sixteen Santa Clara University law students joined the NCIP team this fall as classmates in NCIP’s year-long clinical course. In addition to attending seminars twice-a-week, NCIP students heard from a number of guest speakers and participated in a wide variety…
In collaboration with the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the Bay Area IP Inn of Court, the High Tech Law Institute is pleased to host ‘Patent Litigation 2016: The Courts and Patent Trial and Appeal Board’ on Friday, February 26 at Santa…
On November 24, 2015, Tehama County Superior Court Judge Matthew McGlynn, after a three-day evidentiary hearing, found NCIP client Larry Pohlschneider factually innocent of the child molestation charges for which he was convicted in 2001, and for which he wrongfully…
This year NCIP continues support for policies that prevent wrongful convictions, free innocent people from wrongful incarceration, and provide support and compensation for exonerees. Our prevention work focuses on eyewitness misidentification and false confessions as leading causes of wrongful conviction.…
It was a busy year for Innocence Network affiliated organizations. According to a recent report by the National Registry of Exonerations (Registry), researchers found that 149 people were cleared in 2015 for crimes they didn’t commit — more than any other year…
NCIP is honoring law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Simpson) for its steadfast commitment to public service, at NCIP’s Justice for All Awards Dinner On March 17, 2016. Jason Bussey and Patrick King will be accepting the Pro Bono…
What’s a human rights attorney like me doing in a place like this? That’s the question I’ve asked myself over the past two months since becoming Executive Director of NCIP. I returned to the Bay Area this summer after 13…