Veritas Initiative, Innocence Project, Innocence Project New Orleans and Voices of Innocence Will Embark on Nationwide Tour Seeking Policy Reforms to Prevent Prosecutorial Misconduct Death Row Exoneree John Thompson, Who Was Stripped of His $14 Million Civil Award for Prosecutorial…

Santa Clara Law alums are cordially invited to serve as negotiation round judges at the Region 9 rounds of the 2011-2012 ABA Negotiation Competition, hosted this November by Santa Clara University. This year’s topic is real estate law. The competition…

Linda Starr was named one of the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers of 2011. She was recognized for her outstanding work with Santa Clara Law’s Northern California Innocence Project. Three Santa Clara Law alumni were also named to the Top…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara University School of Law hosts its second Santa Clara Law Constitution Day for Youth on Friday, September 16, 2011 as part of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. A hundred local high school students from…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 22, 1011—Step back in time 100 years, to witness the jury-tampering trial that changed the course of famed trial attorney Clarence Darrow’s life forever: 1912’s The People v. Clarence Darrow. This trial will be re-enacted Saturday,…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 15, 2011—Santa Clara University School of Law today welcomes its newest class of first-year students to the 100-year-old institution. The 226 full-time and 75 part-time students, who begin classes today, hail from 26 states and 11…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 16, 2011 — Santa Clara University School of Law has established the South Bay’s first clinic providing free assistance to low-income taxpayers who have disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. The Santa Clara University School of…

Angelo Ancheta has received funding of $31,519 from County of Santa Clara to support the “Unmet Civil Legal Services Program”. This is the second-year of an anticipated three-year award. The total funding to be awarded over the three year period…

On April 28, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Leon Panetta B.A. ’60, J.D. ’63, as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense. “These are the leaders that I’ve chosen to guide us through the difficult days ahead,” President Obama said during…

Read Justice Moreno’s commencement speech SANTA CLARA, Calif. , May 4, 2011 — Carlos Moreno, the recently retired California Supreme Court justice known for his thoughtful opinions and centrist appeal, will address graduating students at the School of Law’s 2011…