2021

Michelle Oberman spoke with San Jose Outside about how equitable access to abortion services in San Jose is not a guarantee

Michelle Oberman spoke with the New York Times about what a post Roe v. Wade America would look like

Catherine Sandoval spoke with ABC 10 News about how PG&E will get off of federal criminal probation soon

Michael Vargas wrote an article on lessons from Rittenhouse and McMichael trials for San Jose Spotlight

Andrew Breuner JD '93 appointed to the Eighteenth Judicial District Court in Gallatin County, Montana

Michael Rosati JD/MBA '10 and Julia Minitti JD '13 both elected Partner by Wilson Sonsini

Stephanie Jamieson JD '10 appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom as Merced County Superior Court Judge

Jess Miers JD '21 wrote a blog post on how she passed the California bar exam while working full time

Santa Clara Law Hosts Swearing-In Ceremony

Judge Eugene Hyman JD '77 wrote an op-ed for the Mercury News about combating smash and grab robberies

LLM student Jens Wienstruck places well in Seattle Half Marathon

Santa Clara Law's Northern California Innocence Project Turns 20

David Sloss wrote a blog post for the American Constitution Society on his work to get Congress to reduce the electronic amplification of misinformation

Ellen Kreitzberg spoke with AP about Elizabeth Holmes taking the stand in her criminal fraud trial

Eric Goldman’s December 2021 press quotes

Margaret Russell spoke with KPIX news about the possibility of other rights being up for review if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

David Ball discussed the impact of Proposition 47 with KTVU news as it relates to recent looting of Bay Area stores

Thiadora Pina presented a workshop on teaching lawyer cultural competence NALP's Professional Development Institute Conference

Julie Henderson JD '87 appointed Director of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation by Governor Newsom

Alice Busching Reynolds JD '93 appointed President of the California Public Utilities Commission by Governor Newsom

Michelle Oberman spoke with WBUR in Texas to discuss what happens when the right to an abortion is not guaranteed in every state

Michael Vargas wrote an article for San Jose Spotlight about the right to free speech for public employees

Judge Eugene Hyman JD ’77 co-wrote an article about how missing indigenous children in Australia receive little media coverage

Margaret Russell interviewed on "Understanding The Role Of The First Amendment In Civil Rights Movements"

Laura Norris and Mary Fuller will be presenters at a USPTO webinar on diversity in innovation

Eric Goldman's November 2021 press quotes

Ellen Kreitzberg spoke with KTVU Fox-2 news about the ongoing Theranos trial

Michelle Oberman spoke to WBUR NPR in Texas about the restrictive Texas abortion law

The Privacy Law Section of the California Lawyers Association and Santa Clara Law to Offer Student Privacy Mentorship Pilot

Christine Donovan JD '02 appointed to serve as Judge in Solano County Superior Court

Catherine Sandoval spoke with CBS news about how PG&E's negligence caused the deadly Zogg fire

Melanie Gold JD '84 has joined the California Appellate Law Group in San Diego

Santa Clara Law's Trial Team wins first place in the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association competition

James J. Hoover BA ’98, JD ’01 interviewed by Authority Magazine on the 5 things you need to know to become a top lawyer in your area of law

Santa Clara Law Team Wins Inaugural Villanova eSports Negotiation Competition

Margaret Russell spoke to AP about the dismissal of a juror in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial

Deborah Moss West to receive 2021 Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award

Nick Serafin's article on the 13th amendment received an honorable mention in the Association of American Law School's 2022 Scholarly Papers Competition

Judge Eugene Hyman JD '77 wrote an op-ed for the Mercury News about how America is neglecting its missing indigenous women

Gary Spitko gave a webinar on vaccine mandates through the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Ellen Kreitzberg spoke with NBC news about non-verbal communication in the trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes

Ernest Fok JD ’21 received the American Intellectual Property Law Association Past Presidents Award

Margaret Russell spoke to KQED Forum about SCOTUS hearing challenges to the Texas abortion law

Santa Clara Law Alumni Reunion Recap

Empathy Hackathon at Santa Clara Law Explores Tech Solution for Second Chances

Margaret Russell spoke with NPR about the University of Florida barring professors from testifying in a voting rights case

Dean Michael J. Kaufman Recognized for his Contributions to the Legal Profession and Jesuit Education

Ellen Kreitzberg spoke with NBC news about interviews former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes gave to CNBC

Judge Eugene Hyman JD ’77 wrote an op-ed for the Daily Journal about the need for our justice system to become more victim-centric

Santa Clara Law team advances to quarterfinals of Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition

Michael Vargas wrote an article for San Jose Spotlight about the need to reform California's recall process

Eric Goldman's October 2021 press quotes

Harmony Oswald JD ’16 is founder and CEO of Legalucy, a virtual pre-lawyer assistant

Stephen Diamond spoke to Protocol about Robinhood's citing of the First Amendment to the Securities and Exchange Commission

Devin Kinyon appointed chair of California State Bar's Law School Council for 2022

Michelle Oberman received the 2021 Faculty Senate Professor Award

Stephen Diamond spoke to MarketWatch about the Facebook whistleblower situation

Colleen Chien to be keynote speaker at Suffolk Law's Third Annual Intellectual Property & Innovation Conference on October 1

High Tech Law Institute Publishes Diversity In Innovation Best Practices Guide to Help Increase Inventorship by Women and Minorities

Lourdes Turrecha spoke to Wired about Apple's child sexual abuse material scandal

Eric Goldman's September 2021 press quotes

Stephen Diamond spoke to Protocol.com about a dispute between Coinbase and the SEC over crypto lending

Deep Gulasekaram spoke to Law 360 about immigrants' gun rights

Brad Joondeph spoke to KRON news about Texas' new abortion restrictions

Kayla K. Horacek JD '02 joined Hahn & Hahn's Family Law Practice Group

Jared A. Jefferson JD '09 appointed as Judge in the Monterey County Superior Court by Governor Newsom

Tyler Ochoa quoted by Courthouse News about the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals siding with Sirius XM in dispute over pre-1972 music royalties

Margaret Russell quoted in the Los Angeles Times about L.A. County paying $400,000 to Grace Community Church after the church violated the county's Covid rules

Ellen Kreitzberg spoke to KTVU news about the case of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes

Anna Han interviewed by KTVU news about the criminal fraud case against Elizabeth Holmes

Eric Goldman's August 2021 press quotes

Patricia Cain was on Above the Law's "The Jabot" podcast speaking about the book she co-edited, "Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors"

2L Hayden Craig - student summer work experience profile

Carlos Rosario JD '11 named one of Silicon Valley Business Journal’s “40 under 40” honorees

Banning Trump on Social Media

Santa Clara Law Welcomes an Impressive & Diverse Incoming Class

2L Kim-Yen Descamp's student summer work experience profile

2L Payam Ahmadi - student summer work experience profile

Hilary Mattis JD '10 has joined Qutalyst Partners LP as General Counsel

Northern California Innocence Project was profiled by San Jose Inside

Fall 2021 Santa Clara Law Convocation

Michael Vargas wrote an article for San Jose Spotlight on how the LGBTQ+ community should focus on passing queer-friendly legislation

David Ball quoted by Mission Local about how a rape case could proceed regardless of accuser’s wishes

Eric Goldman's July 2021 press quotes

Michelle Oberman quoted in Healthy Woman bout how abortion opponents are chipping away at reproductive rights

Michael Vargas wrote an article for San Jose Spotlight that critiques the mainstream LGBTQ+ rights movement

Santa Clara Law's Tech Edge JD program profiled in LexBlog

Stephen Diamond spoke with Protocol.com about Robinhood's broken IPO

Ernest Fok JD '21 to receive award from the Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in IP Law

Santa Clara Law’s Center for Social Justice & Public Service Expands Summer Fellowship Program with Assistance from Hoge Fenton

Catherine Sandoval was on the Energy Bar Association's Energy Exchange podcast discussing her energy safety work

Ashley Gjovik JD ’22 quoted in the The New York Times responding to Apple’s plans for employees to return to the office this fall

Robby Beyers: A Lifetime and Legacy of Mentoring Others

Stephanie K. Sato JD '04 and Benjamin D. Galloway JD '01 appointed to judgeships by Governor Newsom

Lilas Abuelhawa selected for the American Bar Association's Business Law Diversity Clerkship Program

Michael Warren JD '02 named an “Employment Law Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal

The Advocate wins 2021 ABA Law School Newspaper National Award of Excellence

Catherine Sandoval spoke to CNBC about PG&E's problem with their equipment causing wildfires

Mike Galli JD '83 recognized by Continental Who's Who

Nitin Gambhir JD '08 joined Hogan Lovells as Partner

Ryu Fukuyama JD '16 joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Olivia Manning JD '18 has joined Hoge Fenton

Andrew Breuner JD '93 is City Judge in Belgrade, Montana

Dean Michael Flynn appointed to the Content Scope Committee of the National Conference of Bar Examiners

Northern California Innocence Project Secures Conviction Reversal for Wrongfully Incarcerated Man

Eric Goldman's June 2021 press quotes

Patricia Cain was on the Forbes magazine Tax Notes podcast discussing tax challenges for the LGBTQ community

Stephen Diamond spoke to Protocol about Robinhood's IPO

David Ball spoke to KTVU-SF about a proposed gun ordinance in San Jose

Comments made by Catherine Sandoval in a June 1 filing to PG&E's felony probation judge were quoted in California Energy Market

Pat Cain was on the TaxNotes podcast discussing taxes and the LGBTQ community

Deep Gulasekaram spoke to NPR LA about a Supreme Court ruling about people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons

David Sloss has published "Sovereignty and National Constitutions" in the University of St. Thomas Law Journal

Santa Clara Law looks forward to welcoming incoming Dean, Michael Kaufman, on July 1

Two Professors Named to Endowed Professorships

Margalynne Armstrong to guest on the Special Report on Facebook live discussing Rodney King and police brutality

Silicon Valley Business Journal Names Laura Lee Norris a 2021 Woman of Influence

Jaya Reddy JD '19 selected Volunteer of the Year by the Santa Clara County Bar Association

Judge Eugene Hyman JD '77 wrote an op-ed for the Mercury News on the link between mass shootings and domestic abuse

Margaret Russell about Stephen Miller's allegation that the Biden administration's economic recovery programs discriminate against whites

Santa Clara Law Honors 2021 Outstanding Students

Q&A with Alexandra “Alex” Sepolen JD ‘21

Q&A with Jessica “Jess” Miers JD ‘21

Q&A with Ernest “Ernie” Fok JD ’21

Don Polden spoke to KNTV news Santa Clara County's requirement that businesses track covid vaccination status of employees

Santa Clara Law Celebrates Classes of 2020 and 2021 in Hybrid Commencement Events

Antonio Reza JD ’22 named one of 2021's "30 under 30" by University of San Francisco

Eric Goldman's May 2021 press quotes

Margaret Russell spoke to NPR Oregon about federal prosecutors federal prosecutors charging protestors with civil disorder

Professor Colleen Chien Joins U.S. Commerce Department as Part-Time Senior Counselor

Ashley Gjovik JD '22 wrote an article for Modern Diplomacy about international law ramifications of tech billionaires' plans to settle space

Marco Segura JD '21 was interviewed by KFOX radio about regarding Mental Health for Veterans Appreciation Month

Isaac Nieblas BS '17, JD '22 wrote a blog post about his clerkship with McManus Faulkner

Don Polden was interviewed by NBC Bay Area on lawsuits by employees challenging the requirement to get the Covid vaccine

Pat Cain was on the Good Law/Bad Law podcast, discussing sex discrimination, glass-ceilings, and women law professors

In Memoriam: Art Gemmell LL.M.'05

Ellen Kreitzberg spoke to KTVU news about a California law that forbids 14 and 15-year-old juveniles being tried as adults

Barbara Clayton JD '21 wrote an article for the California Lawyers Association website about how companies can craft meaningful privacy notices

Lourdes Turrecha spoke to Tom's Guide about recent dumps of user data from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Clubhouse

David Ball spoke to KTVU Fox 2 News about the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and what's next for police reform

Ellen Kreitzberg spoke to NBC Bay Area news about the wait for the jury's decision in the George Floyd murder case

What happens when homelessness is illegal? Santa Clara Law students’ research shows things get worse for people without homes.

David Ka'apu JD '88 appointed Hawaiian Homes Commissioner

David Pauling JD '02 promoted to General Counsel with Sutro Biopharma, Inc.

David Thompson JD ' 05, BS '01 joins Miller Nash Graham & Dunn as Special Counsel

Michael Vargas wrote an article for San Jose Spotlight about the new San Jose police chief and how he will engage with the LGBTQ+ community

Margaret Russell spoke to KQED radio about a teacher suspended after attending the January 6 capitol riot

Eric Goldman's April 2021 press quotes

Christine Peek JD '04 receives award from Society of Professional Journalists

Northern California Innocence Project Secures Release of Wrongly Convicted Father in Infant Son’s Death

Margalynne Armstrong's article “Are We Nearing the End of Impunity for Taking Black Lives?” was mentioned in SheFlexx

Tyler Ochoa quoted by Marketwatch about the latest battle between Oracle Corp. and Google over “fair use” of software code

Colleen Chien was on the Center for American Progress Action podcast discussing the "second chance gap"

Catherine Sandoval formally requested a federal district court probe PG&E for potential charges after the company withheld documents from the court's investigation of a deadly 2020 wildfire

Margaret Russell quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle about a lawsuit by former SF school board Vice President who made anti-Asian tweets

Scott Maurer quoted in a WalletHub article on debt consolidation

David Ball spoke with KTVU news, the Mercury News and Business Insider about a California Supreme Court ruling to shrink the role of cash bail in jailings

Eric Goldman's March 2021 press quotes

Anna Han and Angela Kwok JD '02 were on a panel discussing women in venture capital

Courtney Mangus JD '22 was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article on being an ally to victims of racial violence

Ashley Gjovik JD '22 has an article in Modern Diplomacy

Landon Edmond JD '98 joined Klaviyo as General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer

Junna Ro JD '97 joined Metromile, Inc. as General Counsel

Law Student Josh Srago JD '21 Publishes Legal Analysis

Lydia de la Torre Appointed to California Privacy Protection Agency Board

Lourdes Turrecha spoke to KOFY TV about a lawsuit against Clearview AI gathering data from social media to sell to law enforcement

Michael Vargas wrote an article for the San José Spotlight about bills to keep transgender youth from playing school sports

Michelle Oberman quoted in a Seattle Times article about a woman who was arrested 23 years after her infant son was found dead in a trash can

Jessica Jackson JD ’11 named a Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum

Harvard Law School's H2O blog covered Santa Clara Law's Defunding Casebooks Conference

Santa Clara Law hosts Regional Mock Trial Competition

Stephen Diamond was interviewed by the Financial Times on a new secondary market for trading shares of private startups in Silicon Valley

Eric Goldman spoke to USA Today about a lawsuit against the creator of a viral GoFundMe campaign

Lourdes Turrecha quoted in San Francisco Chronicle about a $650 million class-action settlement to be paid by Facebook for violation of privacy laws

Jennifer Scharre JD '15 promoted to Partner at Temmerman, Cilley & Kohlmann, LLP

Akilah Lane JD ’09 is a Staff Attorney with ACLU Montana in Helena, MT

Honorable Eugene Hyman JD ’77 wrote an op-ed for the Daily Journal about efforts to reform the criminal justice system in California

Remembering Santa Clara Law's Justice Eugene M. Premo

Stephen Diamond spoke to Protocol.com about cryptocurrency company Coinbase going public, and about how much Stripe is worth

David Ball spoke to the East Bay Times about a state Senate bill that would allow civilians to become candidates for sheriff

Eric Goldman's February 2021 press quotes

A re-release of Stephanie Wildman's "Privilege Revealed"

Renowned internet law expert Professor Eric Goldman named Knight Visiting Scholar

Margaret Russell spoke with KPIX-TV news about Santa Clara County's order banning indoor gatherings being allowed to stand

Stephen Diamond spoke to Protocol.com and KCBS radio about Robinhood's CEO's response to the GameStop stock revolt

Deep Gulasekaram spoke to KTVU news about Trump being sued over the capitol riots, and Biden's immigration reform bill

Santa Clara Law places highly in several national rankings by PreLaw Magazine

Michael Joyce JD '02 is Partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP

Barbara Adams JD '81 joined Scali Rasmussen PC as Principal

Shannon DeNatale Boyd JD '10 made Partner at Price, Postel & Parma LLP

Lisa Kloppenberg's casebook on dispute resolution ranked as one of 10 best mediation books of all time

Deep Gulasekaram spoke to KTVU news about Trump's impeachment trial

Stephen Diamond spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle about a couple facing charges on coronavirus testing fraud

Michael Vargas wrote for San José Spotlight on how the Biden administration has brought with it a wave of relief for the LGBTQ+ community

Scholarship Spotlight:Marco Segura JD ’21

Zoom's new general counsel Jeff True JD '97 urges Santa Clara Law students to embrace law school's hands-on practical courses, clinics

In Memoriam: Justice Eugene M. Premo JD '57

Deep Gulasekaram quoted by Buzzfeed and the National Law Review about possible obstruction of Biden's immigration policies

R. Sterling Henderson JD '10 is a Partner with Gibbs Gidden in Los Angeles

Calling alumni volunteers for the Mock Trial program

Santa Clara Law hosts virtual swearing-in ceremony for Fall 2020 alumni bar passers

Michelle Oberman's research on abortions in El Salvador cited by Lifenews.com

Eric Goldman's January 2021 press quotes

Brad Joondeph spoke to KRON news about the constitutionality of Trump pardoning those who took part in the capitol breach

Linda Starr quoted in East Bay Times and Mercury News about possibilities for criminal justice reform with the next California Attorney General

Deep Gulasekaram spoke with KQED radio on Biden's immigration reform plan

David Ball quoted in multiple press outlets about a parolee struck and killed two people on New Year's Eve in San Francisco

Francisco Rivera Juaristi quoted by Capital and Main about the possibility of Trump administration officials being prosecuted for immigration policies

Deep Gulasekaram quoted in Buzzfeed on Trump's DHS making agreements with states to give them notice of immigration policy changes

Ruth Silver Taube quoted in a Mercury News article about Milpitas' new anti wage theft and human trafficking ordinance for builders

Michael Vargas wrote an article for San Jose Spotlight about the need to expand the federal judiciary

Hon. Sheila Venable JD '82 to lead NJ Essex County Vicinage

Wallace Wu JD '01 promoted to Partner with Arnold & Porter

Colleen Chien wrote an article for Michigan Law Review titled "America’s Paper Prisons: The Second Chance Gap"

Catherine Sandoval spoke with KOFY-SF about PG&E's hiding of problems with their equipment

Don Polden spoke with MarketWatch about antitrust lawsuits against Google

Deep Gulasekaram spoke with KTVU-TV news and KGO radio about calls for a 2nd impeachment of Trump

Brad Joondeph spoke to KRON TV news about Trump's second impeachment

Missy Cornejo BS '08 JD '11 elected to Shareholder at Rossi, Hamerslough, Reischl & Chuck

Stephen Diamond has a post on Columbia Law School's Blue Sky Blog about his new paper "The Myth of Corporate Governance"

Eric Goldman wrote an op-ed on Section 23 for the Mercury News and East Bay Times

Law student and Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center Director honored by Charles Houston Bar Association

Stephen Diamond spoke to Protocol.com about the NY Stock Exchange's flip-flopping over delisting Chinese tech stocks

Vincent Tong JD '10 has been elected President of the Alameda County Bar Association

In Memoriam: Nancy A. Wright JD ’80

In Memoriam: Ray Bernstein

Deep Gulasekaram spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle about Trump's new citizenship test being more difficult

Chandra K. Shih BA '08 JD '11 promoted to partner at Lowenstein Sandler

Eric Goldman's December 2020 press quotes

Michelle Oberman quoted in a Medium article about police use of genealogy databases to solve decades-old newborn killing cases

Michael Vargas wrote an article for San Jose Spotlight about lawsuits in response to Governor Newsom's lock down order

Ellen Kreitzberg spoke with KCBS radio on the rush of federal executions during the Trump administration's transition period

Catherine Sandoval and Al Hammond filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on FCC v. Prometheus Radio Broadcasters

Honorable Eugene Hyman JD ’77 wrote an article for the SF Daily Journal on the obsoletion of misdemeanors as a remedy for an overburdened criminal justice system