Today, attorneys from Mexico, Peru, Chile, and Colombia begin a three-day intensive training on witness cross-examination at California Western School of Law.  
The Cross-Examination Trial Skills Academy is sponsored by Proyecto ACCESO, a program that trains legal professionals in Latin America on ways to promote the rule of law in their countries.  
Cross-Examination Trial Skills Academy
During the [...]

Starting on Friday, California Western will host 30 Peruvian prosecutors as part of the Trial Skills Academy. Sponsored by Proyecto ACCESO, the five-day program teaches Peruvian prosecutors from the Escuela del Ministerio Publica (School of the Prosecutor) litigation skills. 
“We are not only exporting a set of practical skills to legal professionals in Peru, we are spreading [...]

Next Thursday and Friday, California Western and the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at UC San Diego will host Amazonia: National Politics & Interests – Environment & Law. The two-day conference brings in international legal and environmental experts from the U.S., Latin America, and Europe to explore the challenges facing the preservation and [...]

This is a year of many milestones for California Western School of Law including the 10th anniversary of Proyecto ACCESO, a rule of law training program which works with lawyers, judges, and government officials in Latin America. The project is fueled by the work of California Western professors, students, and members of the local bench and bar [...]

Wednesday, Proyecto ACCESO will officially celebrate its tenth anniversary with a reception and film screening at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. This milestone for the judicial innovation program based at California Western is indicative of the need to promote the rule of law in Latin America and educate the public on legal [...]

 The Sixth Annual Janeen Kerper Trial Skills Academy welcomes approximately 80 attorneys from Latin American countries February 12 through 16. Sponsored by the Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy and Proyecto ACCESO, the five-day program is designed to teach Spanish-speaking attorneys litigation skills.
“This is a truly diverse international group, which shows the strength of the adversarial [...]

California Western’s Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy hosts the 4th Annual Janeen Kerper Trial Skills Academy from April 27 - May 1.  The Spanish-language program trains lawyers from Latin American countries in oral trial advocacy skills.  Sixty people are expected to participate, including lawyers from Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and the Dominican Republic.
“This is a [...]

Street vendors peddle counterfeit goods on sidewalks and in alleyways around Latin America.  While the informal economy in developing countries provides jobs and access to inexpensive consumer goods, the intellectual piracy fueling these cheap goods poses a serious danger to public health and cultural heritage.
Intellectual Property theft results in losses more devastating and widespread than [...]

The San Diego Union-Tribune highlighted the work of California Western Assistant Dean for Mission Development and Institute Professor James Cooper this past Sunday.
The feature by Arts writer Lee Grant profiles Cooper’s many film projects with students including the most recent, “Not in My Backyard”, which airs on the San Diego County Office of Education’s ITV [...]

CineFestival ‘09, a four-day event showcasing films and videos by Latinos and Chicanos, recently announced the inclusion of Not in My Backyard, a short film directed by and starring California Western professors and students.  The film screens at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 8 at the historic Guadalupe Theater in San Antonio, Texas.
According to documentary [...]