Studies on gays in the military Read More ...

Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is Friday, September 17th, commemorating the signing of the Constitution in 1787 Read More ...

Celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787 Read More ...

The Heafey Law Library at Santa Clara University's School of Law recently hosted the business meeting for the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL). Here is a picture of the SCU law librarians who attended this meeting. Read More ...

As a world leader in cyber and virtual law, Santa Clara is embarking on a new initiative within the virtual world, Second Life. Today, from 6pm-8pm there will be a "virtual" admissions event at Santa Clara Island in Second Life. Santa Clara Law is the nation's first law school to host an admissions event in an online environment. Other law schools, such as Harvard and Stanford, have created presences in Second Life, but Santa Clara will be the first to host an admissions event there. Read More ...

Santa Clara Law professors discuss cases to watch in the upcoming United States Supreme Court term. Read More ...

Dean Polden announced earlier this week that the Sixth District Court of Appeal will be sitting in SCU Law’s moot court room in Bergin Hall on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  The court’s official calendar for the morning of April 11th can be accessed on this page.  The library staff also wanted to provide quick access to the briefs available on Westlaw for these cases.  If you click on the links below, you’ll be prompted for your Westlaw sign-on information.  Enter your Westlaw sign-on information, and you’ll be taken directly to the full text of the brief:

 Cutler v. Kriens, et al.; Plotkin v. Kriens (Appellants’ Opening Brief only)

In re Stacy Marcus on Habeas Corpus (no briefs available on Westlaw)

Marriage of Ittai Bareket and Stacy Marcus (Respondent’s Brief only)

Osborn v. Pisoni, et al.; Ernst:  Appellants’ Opening Brief; Respondent’s Brief; Appellants’ Reply Brief

Foster v. KNTV Television, Inc., et al.: Appellants’ Opening Brief; Respondents’ Brief; Appellant’s Supplemental Opening Brief

Short summaries of the cases will also be available in the courtroom on April 11.   The library staff will place summaries on reserve at the library along with full-text copies of the briefs by this Friday, April 7th.