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…
The High Tech Law Institute of Santa Clara University School of Law will receive $25,000 from Intel’s Privacy Curriculum Initiative to support the creation of a new course to teach law, business, and engineering students how to communicate and solve…
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye of the Supreme Court of California will deliver the commencement address to Santa Clara University School of Law’s Class of 2015. The event will be held on Saturday, May 16 at 9:30 a.m. in the…
As institutions rooted in the Catholic tradition of welcoming the stranger, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) and Jesuit law schools in the U.S. are coming together to identify and address the challenges presented by the recent influx of Central American child migrants and migrant families. This partnership will seek to advance the legal, social and cultural protection of these migrants and others seeking refuge in the United States.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 5, 2015 —The Hon. Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the first Asian-Filipina American and second woman Chief Justice of the largest court system in the U.S., will receive the Santa Clara University School of Law Social Justice and Human…