SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 23, 2016 — California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and U.S. District Judge Lucy Haeran Koh of the Northern District of California urged Santa Clara University School of Law’s newest graduates to build bridges across divided…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 14, 2016— The founder of a center that uses the power of the law to prevent and combat homelessness will be the recipient of the 2016 Katharine and George Alexander Law Prize from Santa Clara University School…
As a young lawyer, Santa Clara University School of Law Prof. Ken Manaster worked on the investigation wtih Stevens, and later wrote a book on the events and helped produce a new PBS documentary on them, Unexpected Justice: The Rise of John Paul Stevens.
A special viewing of the documentary for SCU campus members will be held Monday, Nov. 16, in Bannan Room 127 at noon.
We write with great concern for the welfare of journalist Hossam Bahgat, who was arrested and is being detained in Egypt by military authorities for his peaceful exercise of the right to freedom of expression.
The striking design for the School of Law’s new home originated from the University’s first-ever architectural design competition One of the cornerstones of Santa Clara’s current strategic plan is to construct a striking, 96,000-square-foot new law school building at the…
The High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University has been named as a Legal Innovator by the legal publication The Recorder for its commitment to preparing law graduates to work in the local and national technology community. The Institute…
From Los Angeles to Dallas to Brooklyn, prosecutors in more than 15 jurisdictions across America have taken the laudable step of creating “conviction review programs” to ensure that the right person was convicted for the crime charged and to help…
The Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) at Santa Clara University School of Law has been awarded a $635,603 grant to continue its wide-reaching postconviction DNA testing program through August 30, 2016. The program, named the California Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance…
Obie Anthony, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 17 years for a murder and armed robbery he did not commit, was exonerated and released from prison in 2011 due to the work of Northern California Innocence Project attorneys and students. In a…
Santa Clara University’s Institute of Sports Law and Ethics (ISLE) will award its third-annual ETHOS Award for contributions to ethics in sports to You Can Play, an organization whose mission is ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes without regard…