California Western School of Law Associate Dean and Professor of Law William A. Aceves spoke to members of the press on behalf of the ACLU, announcing the publication of the group’s report, Humanitarian Crisis: Migrant Deaths at the U.S.-Mexico Border. The report, to be published on October 1, outlines the [...]

Students from California Western School of Law were invited to participate in the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice’s National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition (NCTAC) and the Eighth Annual National Civil Trial Competition (NCTC).
“It feels great to be selected for both tournaments,” says Mario Conte, Moot Court Honors Board faculty advisor and distinguished practitioner at California [...]

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess granted a petition filed by the California Innocence Project and Attorney Eric Multhaup, effectively reversing the 2002 murder conviction of Rafael Madrigal. The decision follows the recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge Marc Goldman. Madrigal is the third person in three months to be exonerated by the California Innocence Project, [...]

Dean Steven R. Smith and Professor Barbara J. Cox of California Western School of Law present at the 62nd annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools in Palm Beach, Fla.
On August 2, Clara Shortridge Foltz Professor of Law, Barbara Cox, speaks in a roundtable discussion at the meeting. The talk, entitled “Planning Your [...]

California Western School of Law proudly announces the selection of two of its graduates for prestigious legal programs.
Irina G. Axelrod-Angres ’99 was selected as the 2009-2010 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center. She is the first graduate of California Western to be selected for this prominent position.
The Supreme Court Fellows program was [...]

On July 8, the annual list of San Diego County Top Attorneys was published by the San Diego Daily Transcript, announcing the “best and brightest” attorneys in 14 areas of legal practice. California Western School of Law had 16 faculty, staff, and alumni on the list.
The following California Western faculty and staff were honored: Anaheeta [...]

California Western School of Law and College Center Montessori School in La Mesa partner to host a mock trial titled “Jack in the Beanstalk,” inspired by the classic children’s story, on Friday, June 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the California Western Moot Courtroom.  This third annual mock trial provides young students, ages 4 to 11, [...]

California Western School of Law graduates passing the February bar exam participated in the Oath of Professional Conduct and the State Bar of California Swearing-In Ceremony today at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter.
Before being admitted to the State Bar of California, California Western alumni recited the Oath of Professional Conduct, vowing to conduct themselves and their [...]

California Western professors feature prominently in the news this week, as they share their insights and offer analysis of two significant legal stories . 
Professor Glenn Smith explained the reasoning behind the California Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban on same-sex marriages in the state, and argued for comprehensive review of the process by which the state [...]

This week, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment approved by voters last November to ban same-sex marriage.  The court refuted each claim made by supporters of same-sex marriage, and ruled unequivocally that California voters can significantly amend the state’s guiding document by the vote of a simple majority.  
While not unexpected, the [...]