The California Innocence Project, based at California Western School of Law, and the Northern California Innocence Project, housed at Santa Clara University School of Law, received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for post-conviction DNA testing used to investigate inmates’ claims of innocence.
In a joint effort, the Innocence Projects will administer [...]

As the push for health care reform gains momentum in Washington, California Western School of Law continues its commitment to further the understanding of the relationship between health care and the law.Professors Susan A. Channick and Edward Dauer discuss “The Fundamentals of Health Care Reform” this Tuesday, October 27, at 12:15 p.m.
Professor Channick, who joined [...]

Last week, the Senate Finance Committee voted in favor of a health care reform package, a key vote in the push to overhaul the nation’s health care system. While the bill’s passage was a major victory, considering that the committee killed a similar reform effort 15 years ago, this legislation is not out of the [...]

Tomorrow morning, representatives from the Institute of Health Law Studies at California Western School of Law will raise funds for Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. The IHLS’s efforts are part of the 20th Annual Union-Tribune Kids’ NewsDay.
Kids’ NewsDay is a special edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune highlighting the advancements at Rady Children’s Hospital and sharing [...]

Advances in DNA testing have revolutionized the criminal justice system, exonerating the wrongly convicted and identifying suspects in cases stalled for years due to insufficient evidence.
Of course, those revelations only happen if the DNA is actually tested. Last year, police and sheriff officials in Los Angeles acknowledged a backlog of nearly [...]

Six California Western School of Law students were honored by San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association this Saturday. The students were recipients of the Latino bar association’s annual scholarship awards.
“San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association has been a constant source of support to Latino students at California Western School of Law,” says Associate Director [...]

Since the launch of Operation Gatekeeper in 1994, the number of people caught illegally entering the United States from Mexico has dropped by 50%.  Increased enforcement at the western end of the border pushed determined border crossers east into the desert. Between 300 and 500 men and women die each year while [...]

Eight California Western students will blog about the law school experience this year. Four first-year students join four second- and third-year students as participants in the project.
California Western recruited these students to share candid narratives of their law school experiences. Student bloggers are given the freedom to write on topics of their choice. In the [...]

Rafael Madrigal, Jr. will be released from the California Institution for Men today. Madrigal’s release follows the reversal of an attempted murder conviction for a July 2000 gang-related shooting in which Madrigal was never involved.
Last Thursday, Magistrate Judge Marc Goldman granted a motion for bail, filed on behalf of Madrigal by the California Innocence [...]