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Three New Grants Enable CLP to Provide Legal Lifeline to Underserved Communities

“These funders allow us to meet the ever-growing legal needs of those most vulnerable within our community.”

California Western Community Law Project’s (CLP) Executive Director Dana Sisitsky, Supervising Attorney Ted Janowsky, and CLP Student Manager Shyam Patel work with students to provide much-needed legal services through Zoom clinics.

National Champions!

“Every win, especially on the national stage, makes other law schools more and more aware that California Western is a force to be reckoned with.”

Revenge of the State

Join California Western’s International Law Journal for a robust discussion on digital currencies and the legal implications of emerging technologies.

Professor James Cooper Leads Digital Davos 2021 Discussions

“Every year the discussions get better and the work to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems gets a boost.”

Does Patent Law Provide Adequate Incentives for Environmental Innovation?

“Such inventions could provide tremendous benefit to the public.”

Why a National Museum Dedicated to Latinx History is Long Overdue

“Latinx community contributions to the culture and history of the United States are unequivocal, and as such, deserve to be recognized in the United States’ highest cultural institution.”

Shadow Amendments, Corporate Exceptionalism, and the Supreme Court

“Should U.S corporations be held responsible when they are complicit in the use of child slave labor?”

CIP Client Joann Parks Released After 29 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment

“Nothing could be worse than losing your children and then being wrongfully convicted of their murder.”

JoAnn Parks, left, and attorney Raquel Cohen ‘09 celebrate Parks’ release from prison

Avoiding the Creation of "Paper Terrorists" Under Immigration Law

In an article published in the California Law Review, Professor Dadhania discusses the application of the terrorism bar in immigration law.

How AI Challenges Disclosure in Patent Law

“The use of AI in the inventive process presents capabilities that were not envisioned for the U.S. patent system.”

Latin America’s Blockchain Opportunity

Blockchain solutions can undo some of the region’s historic dependency on North America and end underdevelopment.

Victory For CIP Client Kimberly Long

California Supreme Court upholds reversal of murder conviction.

Advancing Human Rights at Home and Abroad

“To use force against peaceful demonstrators is antithetical to democratic principles.”

CIP Client Derrick Harris Exonerated

“That’s how wrongful convictions should be resolved: prosecutors and defense attorneys working together to fix a case when it goes wrong.”

Maestría Program Welcomes 108 New Students

“None of this could have happened without tremendous work from everyone in the Instituto.”

Be Empowered

When you choose to become a lawyer, you are choosing more than a career—you are making a commitment to using your broad skills and rigorous training for what is right and just, and to being able to use those skills straight out of law school. Be empowered with a law degree from California Western and become the lawyer you want to be.

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Inclusive community

California Western ranks in the top 10 for diversity among U.S. law schools, according to U.S. News.

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Faculty Scholarship

California Western faculty have been published recently in more than a dozen top-50 law reviews and leading specialty journals including:
• California Law Review
• Northwestern Law Review
• UC Irvine Law Review
• Boston College Law Review
• Iowa Law Review
• Washington Law Review

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Inspiration Corner

"Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family."

Kofi Annan