Cooperation Leads to Freeing An Innocent Man Francisco Carrillo, Jr. is exonerated after spending nearly 20 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit On March 14, 2011, the Los Angeles County Superior Court reversed Francisco “Franky” Carrillo Jr.’s…
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Maurice Caldwell with his mother, before her death in 2009. Santa Clara, CA – Maurice Caldwell was released from the San Francisco County Jail Monday after spending 20 years in prison for a homicide that he did not commit. On…
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 18, 2011— The former executive secretary of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and advisor to countries in transition after mass atrocities is the recipient of this year’s Katharine and George Alexander Law Prize from Santa…
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 11, 2011 — The practical challenges of handing the reins of social-justice leadership from Baby Boomers to Gen X or Millennials is the topic of an April 15 symposium at Santa Clara University. The event is…
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Linda Wuestehube ’10 accepting the award from AIPLA President, David Hillman. Santa Clara Law is pleased to announce that 2010 graduate Linda Wuestehube is the winner of the annual Jan Jancin Award for top intellectual-property law student in the nation.…
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently announced new appointments to California Superior Courts, and four of the twelve are Santa Clara Law alumni. “We congratulate our alumni on their appointments to these leadership positions,” said Donald J. Polden, dean, Santa Clara Law.…
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Monday, December 6, 2010 Co-Sponsored with Santa Clara University School of Law Registration: 4:30 p.m. Ceremony: 5:00 p.m. Reception 5:30 p.m. with Hon. Jamie Jacobs-May Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara Hon. Jeremy Fogel US District…
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Professor Margaret M. Russell has edited an anthology on the constitutional freedoms of assembly and petition. THE FIRST AMENDMENT: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND PETITION has been published by Prometheus Books. Publishers’ Note: "This is the first anthology to focus exclusively…
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Dean Polden is pleased to announce the publication of WOMEN AND THE LAW STORIES, co-edited by Elizabeth M. Schneider, Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and Stephanie M. Wildman, Professor of Law and Director, Center for…
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 1, 2010—Last month, an Iranian woman accused of adultery was sentenced to death by stoning. While awaiting trial the woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, was lashed 99 times for appearing without a veil in a newspaper photo—which…
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