SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 12, 2014 – With Facebook, Google, Twitter and other tech giants teaming up to advance open-source software, and companies like Tesla embracing the spirit of the open-source trend, legal questions abound about the uses and limitations…
Professor Cookie Ridolfi and Todd Fries, Operations Director of the Northern California Innocence Project, will speak at the official release of the report “Material Indifference: How Courts Are Impeding Fair Disclosure in Criminal Cases” at The National Press Club in…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 3, 2014 — In a fitting tribute to a man who spent his life promoting the use of the law for equality and justice, a $2 million gift from Katharine V. Alexander in honor of her beloved…
Santa Clara Law is one of the nation’s most outstanding law schools, according to The Princeton Review. Santa Clara is ranked #9 on the list of “Best Environment for Minority Students” in the new 2015 edition of “The Best 169…
Professor Brad Joondeph wrote a post for SCOTUSblog on Comptroller v. Wynne, scheduled for oral argument on November 12. The ruling will decide what steps the Constitution requires of states, if any, to ensure that personal income taxes do not…
Santa Clara University will celebrate two decades of representing workers, immigrants and consumers as it marks the 20th anniversary of The Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center, a civil clinical program of the Santa Clara University School of Law.…
Santa Clara University’s High Tech Law Institute and Markkula Center for Applied Ethics were awarded $346,000 in cy presfunds from the settlement reached in In re: Netflix Privacy Litigation, a federal class action lawsuit against the Los Gatos, Calif.-based entertainment company.…
On September 25th, California Governor 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…
Domestic violence, bullying, and other timely topics were discussed at the 5th Annual Sports Law and Ethics Symposium. View an ABC7 news clip about the symposium.
Santa Clara Law Adjunct Professor Honorable Kurt Kumli has died at the age of 52. Judge Kumli was a California Superior Court Judge for the County of Santa Clara. Prior to his appointment, Judge Kumli was the Chief Deputy District…