Frances Prizzia, a second- year law student at Santa Clara University, successfully advocated on behalf of a Korean client fleeing severe domestic violence in her country.  The client and her children had been severely beaten and kept as prisoners in…

For the second year in a row, the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association will donate the proceeds from its Charity Golf Tournament to the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center (formerly the East San José Community Law Center).…

Santa Clara University’s School of Law has been admitted as a member in the prestigious national legal society, The Order of the Coif. The Order of the Coif is a national honor society for law school graduates who attend its…

Defense lawyers with pending capital cases came to college at Santa Clara University School of Law on July 31 for a  six-day intensive training program with some of the nation’s leading death penalty attorneys. The 14th annual Death Penalty College…

Santa Clara University School of Law has a long tradition of educating public interest and social justice lawyers who give voice in the legal system to marginalized, subordinated, and underrepresented clients and causes.  The law school’s 10th annual fundraising event supports…

The Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal announced today the winners of the 2004 Comment Contest, sponsored by Pillsbury Winthrop, LLP.  The Journal is one of the most prestigious and well-recognized student-published law journals dedicated to the intersection…

The entering class of 2004 was selected from the largest pool of applicants in the history of the School of Law. The 5,289 applications represent a 104 percent increase over the number of applications received just three years ago.  From…

The Law School welcomes nationally known etiquette consultant, Shirley Willey on Tuesday, Aug 31 for a presentation entitled “Sharpening Your Professional Style: A Business Etiquette Seminar” from 4:00-6:00.  Shirley presents about 200 training sessions annually for Fortune 500 company executives…

The law school’s Center for Social Justice and Public Service, in conjunction with the Institute of International and Comparative Law, inaugurated this year’s Social Justice Workshop on “Transitional Justice” with a lecture by Professor Laurel Fletcher of U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall. …

Kavya Mohankumar was a college student in India when she started looking at law schools in the United States. One school in particular caught the 26-year-old’s interest: Santa Clara University School of Law. Mohankumar said she was attracted to Santa…