Santa Clara Law’s Center for Social Justice and Public Service provides summer stipends each year to law students working in non-profit organizations and government agencies that cannot afford to pay them. For many students, this type of work is their…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 6, 2023—Santa Clara University School of Law has hired its first-ever senior director for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Thiadora (Dori) Pina, currently a clinical professor and director of the school’s externship program. The position was created…
Please join us in congratulating the members of Santa Clara University’s Trial Team for their performance…at the National Trial Competition. This annual trial competition is co-sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Texas Young Lawyers Association and…
On February 16, the Santa Clara Law community came together to celebrate and recognize the importance of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Now in its 17th year, and back in person, the Diversity and Inclusion Celebration…
Over the weekend of February 18-19, Santa Clara Law hosted a wonderful inaugural gathering of deans from all of the Jesuit law schools. In the spirit of collaboration and mutual support, the deans generated strategic initiatives designed to build on…
Congratulations to the 2023 Galloway Criminal Moot Court competition winners Jennifer Stukenberg & Hanchel Cheng. The final of the competition was held on February 21 in front of a packed room. Runners-up were…
On January 26, Santa Clara Law celebrated our remarkable first-generation law students at a luncheon in their honor–a deep tradition started by former dean Lisa Kloppenberg and Professors Devin Kinyon and Thiadora Pina. At this year’s luncheon, University President Julie…
On January 24, the Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center hosted an MCLE Diversity Update on the State Bar’s recent Report Card on the Diversity of California’s Legal Profession. The panel was held virtually and was part of the…
Santa Clara Law celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a live video Q&A with Dr. King’s close friend, lawyer, and advisor, Dr. Clarence B. Jones. Dr. Jones met with Santa Clara University law students to discuss the “Fierce Urgency…
As Santa Clara Law gears up to welcome our first cohort in the new hybrid Flex J.D., and both admissions and interest increase, we are proud to announce the inaugural faculty members who will…
