Julia Olson, founder, Executive Director, and Chief Legal Counsel of Our Children’s Trust, a non-profit public interest law firm that provides strategic, campaign-based legal services to youth from diverse backgrounds to secure their legal rights to a safe climate system…
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The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is an important accrediting body for law schools and a leading professional organization dedicated to excellence in legal education. In keeping with its tradition of leadership in legal education, members of the Santa…
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“We received an excellent legal education at Santa Clara Law infused with core human values,” says Katayoun “Katy” Gronowski JD/MBA ‘87. “The Law School awarded me a full scholarship even though I was a recent immigrant to this country. It…
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On December 6, in the Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara Law and the Santa Clara Bar Association hosted a swearing-in ceremony for the newest members of the California Bar. In front of a beautiful holiday display of green trees with…
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Celebrating two decades of saving lives, training lawyers, and changing laws Obie Anthony III was supposed to die in prison, for a crime he did not commit. What saved him and 32 other wrongly-convicted California inmates—incarcerated for a combined 480…
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The Privacy Law Section of the California Lawyers Association will provide valuable professional mentorship to Santa Clara Law students in a new pilot program. Santa Clara Law offers one of the only Privacy Law Certificate programs in the country, and…
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As part of Santa Clara University’s Grand Reunion Weekend, Santa Clara University School of Law welcomed over 100 alumni, along with family and friends, back to campus for a Friday evening reception on Panetta Plaza outside the front entrance of…
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Across the country, dozens of states have enacted “second chance” legislation, designed to help individuals with criminal records shorten or downgrade their past convictions, clean their criminal records, and/or regain the right to vote, while legislatures have passed laws meant…
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Dean Michael Kaufman recently received a pair of honors emanating from his accomplished tenure at Loyola University Chicago. On October 23, 2021, Michael was presented with the Medal of Excellence by LUC’s Alumni Board of Governors in recognition of his…
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The Northern California Innocence Project was profiled by San Jose Inside. This year is NCIP’s 20th anniversary. Read the article. Cases like (exoneree Arturo) Jimenez’s and last summer’s protests against racial injustice have inspired further backing for the NCIP’s work,…
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