Two Santa Clara Law alumni have made California Lawyer’s 2012 Attorneys of the Year Awards list: Niall McCarthy ’92 and Denise M. Mingrone ’87. The CLAY Awards recognize “attorneys across the state whose achievements have made a profound impact on…
Santa Clara, Calif., Feb, 8, 2012 — Santa Clara University School of Law is pleased to announce that Brian Love will join its faculty starting Fall 2012 as an assistant professor focusing on patents and intellectual property. Currently, Love is…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 2, 2011 — Santa Clara University School of Law has begun offering students of Korea’s premier university, Seoul National University, a joint master’s degree in law. Under the joint degree, selected Korean students come to Silicon…
Santa Clara Law Review To Hold Annual Symposium On The Legal Implications of Autonomous Vehicles Read post-symposium article in the New York Times SANTA CLARA, Calif. Santa Clara Law Review will hold its annual symposium on January 20, 2012 in the…
Santa Clara Law’s new Low Income Tax Clinic has been granted $75,000 from the IRS! The grant is a matching grant for all low-income tax clinics. The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) program serves individuals who have a problem with…
Innocence Projects at Santa Clara University and California Western School of Law Share $2 Million Grant for Ongoing Post-Conviction DNA Testing. The Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) at Santa Clara University School of Law and the California Innocence Project (CIP)…
It is important to applaud lawyers who show courage, self-sacrifice, and a commitment to justice. But it’s even better to back that praise with a $1 million endowment for a Prize recognizing those qualities. In 2007, Santa Clara University’s School…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 3, 2011 – A half-day conference Nov. 18 will explore how social and other media affect modern trial practice, including issues like cameras in the courtroom, “gotcha” Facebook photos popping up in divorce cases, jurors Tweeting…
Santa Clara University School of Law professor Beth Van Schaack—a longtime expert and scholar in international criminal and human rights law—will be attending the arraignment of Abd Al-Ramin Al-Nashiri, the first defendant to be prosecuted before a Guantanamo Bay military…
In a case representing a record third exoneration in one year, NCIP lawyers assist in getting a Los Angeles man’s murder and attempted robbery convictions set aside by uncovering new evidence of innocence. Contact: Linda Starr, NCIP Legal Director:…