California Western School of Law’s Career Services office announces the launch of their new Career Blog, offering  job interview tips, information about student debt relief, career development resources, and much more. The Career Blog is aimed at current students and includes information about job fairs and application deadlines.
Career Services works aggressively to provide assistance for [...]

The My Lai massacre remains a defining moment of the Vietnam War. In 1968, a platoon of U.S. Army soliders opened fire on the unarmed village of My Lai, killing well over 500 men, women, and children. The only officer convicted for his role in the massacre, Lt. William Calley, recently broke 40 years of [...]

In preparation for the start of a new academic term, California Western School of Law welcomes nine new and visiting faculty members to its staff. The new faculty members fill a variety of teaching roles and bring a wealth of educational and professional experiences to the school.
Joanna K. Sax joins California Western from Morgan, Lewis [...]

Over the past five years, more than 1,500 local high school students have participated in California Western’s Street Law San Diego program, which teaches young people about the aspects of law that affect them as they transition from children to adults. The 14-week program highlights concepts such as the First Amendment, criminal procedure, and juvenile justice; [...]

This week, state prison officials respond to the fallout from a riot that broke out over the weekend at the California Institution for Men in Chino. The violent uprising left 250 inmates injured, a dormitory destroyed, and required the transfer of more than 1000 inmates to other facilities.
Shortcomings in the state’s prison system are well-known and [...]

Today, 16 years to the day after the murder of Pamela Richards, San Bernardino County Judge Brian McCarville granted the California Innocence Project’s request to reverse the murder conviction of her husband William Richards.  Finding that new evidence points “unerringly to innocence,” Richards’s 1997 conviction of murdering his wife in their Hesperia, Calif., home was [...]

It is a question nearly as old as the building itself: does San Diego need a new City Hall? For years, mayors have promoted-and then quietly withdrawn-plans for a larger and more state-of-the-art facility, in the face of public opposition.
The city’s downtown redevelopment agency currently proposes to build a 21-story, environmentally sustainable icon, housing many disparate [...]

California Western School of Law is currently accepting applications for the Adrianne Baker Fellowship. The fellowship is the school’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program for graduates employed by a legal aid, legal services, or other nonprofit advocacy or policy organization. California Western accepts applications through August 15.
Thoses applying for the fellowship must have graduated from California [...]

It is with deepest sympathy that California Western School of Law announces the passing of Dean Robert K. Castetter on Sunday, August 2, at the age of 89, following a stroke.
A tenured professor and Dean from 1960 to 1980, Castetter guided the law school through a series of achievements, including accreditation by the American Bar [...]