Centers

Center for Global Law & Policy promotes scholarship in the field of international and comparative law and provides a variety of educational opportunities for law students.

Center for Social Justice and Public Service is a community for all who share the commitment to giving voice in the legal system to marginalized, subordinated, or underrepresented clients and causes.

High Tech Law Institute promotes and advances the study and development of intellectual property law and related laws and policies as applied to existing and emerging technologies.

Clinics

International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) provides Santa Clara Law students with unique, practical, and supervised real-life experiences in international human rights litigation and advocacy and represents victims of human rights violations in partnership with regional and international human rights organizations.

Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center is a free legal clinic where law students work with attorney mentors to represent clients in need.

Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic helps to ensure the fairness and integrity of the tax system for the benefit of the local community, and educates law students in the effective, professional and ethical representation of clients in tax disputes with the IRS.

Northern California Innocence Project is a clinical program providing students the opportunity to represent California prisoners raising claims of factual innocence.

Other opportunities for experiential learning

BroadBand Institute of California specializes in applied research and education in the areas of law, technology and public policy.

Death Penalty College is an intensive training program for defense attorneys who represent persons charged in capital cases.

Institute of Sports Law and Ethics (ISLE) represents a combined effort of Santa Clara Law, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, and the Department of Athletics.

Leadership Initiative promotes the development of leadership education for law students by working with academics and members of the legal profession.