Santa Clara University School of Law and the Law and Business Club are sponsoring a discussion with Chancellor William Chandler III of the Delaware Court of Chancery on Thursday, April 23rd at noon in Bannan Hall, Room 139. Pizza will…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 17, 2009 – Santa Clara University School of Law will present its inaugural Santa Clara Law Amicus Award to Larry W. Sonsini, chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, in honor of his outstanding leadership in…

On April 3rd, Balam Letona, a 2003 Santa Clara Law alum, secured a $500,000 jury verdict in a debt collection harassment trial. The award is one of the highest ever reported for such a case. The plaintiffs, Manuel and Luz…

A group of American law professors and attorneys visited the Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center (KGACLC) on March 26th as part of their visit to Santa Clara University School of Law and other legal institutions in California. Their…

The award-winning documentary Witch Hunt, a story about the arrest, conviction and later exoneration of dozens of Bakersfield, Calif., adults for alleged child sex abuse in the mid-1980s, makes its world television premiere April 12 on MSNBC, with a DVD…

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…