Santa Clara University today celebrated the historic inauguration of Julie H. Sullivan, Ph.D., the first woman and the first layperson to lead the university in its 171-year history.
The historic, joyful, and community-wide event drew more than 2,000 guests, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, as well as leaders from businesses, faith institutions, elected offices, universities, and Ohlone and Muwekma Ohlone tribes—on whose ancestral land Santa Clara University sits.
In September, the Juvenile Custodial Interrogations Reform bill, which prohibits law enforcement from using physically and psychologically harmful interrogation techniques on youth suspects, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. Supported by Santa Clara Law’s Northern California Innocence Project…
Santa Clara University School of Law is offering its part-time Juris Doctor degree in a hybrid online format for the first time starting in fall 2023.
Aimed at the working professional or family-focused student, the Flex J.D. provides the same world-class instruction and networking opportunities offered by the top-ranked Silicon Valley-based law school, with greater flexibility to complete learning remotely, with in-person education provided on a condensed timetable.
San Francisco DA, Northern California Innocence Project, and Innocence Commission Aligned to Right a 32-Year-Old Wrong SANTA CLARA, Calif.,April 18, 2022— Joaquin Ciria, a 60-year-old man who has spent the last 32 years wrongfully incarcerated for the murder of his…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 7, 2022 — At the annual Day of Giving on April 6, donors to Santa Clara University School of Law raised more than $483,400 in support of the new Lisa A. Kloppenberg and Mark R. Zunich…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 20, 2022 – Kevin Harper Jr. was ordered to be released this week after 13 years of wrongful incarceration for the tragic death of his 6-month-old son based solely on medical evidence that has been significantly…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 24, 2021— Juan Bautista, a 31-year-old man who was wrongfully incarcerated for 12 years for a 2009 Lodi shooting he did not commit, had his conviction reversed and all charges dismissed today. The Northern California Innocence…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 26, 2021—In a virtual ceremony and an in-person procession over the weekend of May 22-23, Santa Clara University School of Law celebrated the members of its Class of 2021 and Class of 2020 for successfully completing…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 20, 2021 – On April 14, 2021, Judge Bowman of the Sacramento County Superior Court ordered that Clifton Jones be released after more than 15 years of wrongful incarceration for the tragic death of his infant…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., December 16, 2020 — Michael J. Kaufman, a nationally renowned educator, scholar, and expert on civil procedure and education law and dean at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, has been appointed dean of Santa Clara University…
