We are hosting the Regional IP LawMeet on Friday, October 17th. We are still in need of a few volunteers to help ensure that the event is successful. If you are able to help out, please email Dorice Kunis at dkunis@scu.edu. Both…
Please forgive me for not posting for a while. I have written posts, but they have almost always become irrelevant in a few days. That is because the world of marriage equality changes daily. On Monday, as anyone who reads…
The Alumni “Dinner” Program connects law students with some incredible Santa Clara Law graduates to learn about different practice areas, and to hear advice and suggestions about how to navigate your time as a law student. This webinar provides an…
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U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr.’s Office in Washington, D.C. recently founded the first federal unit in the nation to review and investigate wrongful conviction cases. The Conviction Integrity Unit was established after federal prosecutors in Washington examined evidence in five…
The National Academy of Sciences published a breakthrough report Thursday evaluating scientific research on memory and eyewitness identification. As eyewitness misidentification is one of the leading causes of wrongful convictions in the United States, the report recommends best practices to…
Before I go any further, I’d like to encourage anyone reading this blog to check out the wonderful developments at UC Berkeley as described in this article. Great stuff. By the way, the article comes from an extremely helpful and…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2014 – California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1058 into law late Friday, making it the second of two bills sponsored by the Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University to be signed…
Yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 980, sponsored by the Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University, which will improve the process for wrongfully convicted prisoners to obtain DNA testing. The bill, authored by Sen. Ted Lieu, gives…
Seriously…you are NOT wearing that, are you? What to wear… For some of us, this is an easy decision, throwing on a pair of jeans and a shirt (hopefully clean) and whatever shoes we stumble upon in the closet. For…
