Alumna Marwa M. Elzankaly, partner at McManis Faulkner, San Jose, was honored with a 2009 Clay Award in the area of Civil Rights by California Lawyer magazine. Elzankaly "took Ibrahim v. Dept. of Homeland Security to the Ninth Circuit Court…
Santa Clara University School of Law is proud to announce the 2009 Law Commencement Speaker, Bryan A. Stevenson. He will receive an honorary degree from Santa Clara University at its School of Law commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2009, at…
Juan C. Calzetta, III and Joseph Naegele, Jr. will be honored at a conference on critical race scholarship for their paper Fernandez v. California: How a Workplace Injury Suit Became a (Step Towards) Successful Regulatory Change, a case study developed…
Professor Steve Diamond appeared yesterday on KTVU’s morning show, interviewed by anchor Ross McGowan, discussing how the U.S. missed opportunities to renegotiate contracts with AIG’s executives and avoid awarding them the hugely controversial $165 million in bonuses that have outraged…
When the San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal published their 2009 list of Top 20 Lawyers under the age of 40 in California, two 1995 Santa Clara Law alums were included on the list. Both Heidi Keefe and Rodger…
Santa Clara law students Colette LeBeau, Kirt Iverson, Efrain Staino, Robert Krupica, and Willa Gelvick competed February 26 to February 29 in the 2009 Pacific Super Regional Rounds of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. This year, Lewis and…
David Major, a 3L Santa Clara Law School student, successfully represented an African man who was imprisoned by his government and tortured for over a year on account of his religious beliefs and practices. The case involved many hours of…
A special lecture by Kyong-Whan Ahn, "Obscuring the Causes of Human Rights: South Korea in an ‘Economy-First’ World,” is being held on Wednesday, February 18th in Bannan Hall, room 142. Lunch is provided. Kyong-Whan Ahn is the chairperson of the…
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) selected Professor Michelle Oberman’s book with Professor Cheryl L. Meyer entitled WHEN MOTHERS KILL: INTERVIEWS FROM PRISON for the 2008 Outstanding Book Award. According to the ACSJ, "The book was excellent and captured…
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has established her judicial advisory committees that will be responsible for making recommendations to her for the positions of U.S. District Court Judge, U.S. Attorney, and U.S. Marshal. After consideration of their recommendations, Senator Boxer…