March Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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St. Thomas More Society

Mass and breakfast

St. Francis Chapel

(on the side of the Mission Church)

7:00am

John Van de Kamp

12:00-1:00pm Bannan 127

HCLS Networking

Event Nobili Hall

LCS Start Your Own

Firm 12-1:00pm

Bannan 135

Health Law Networking

HCLS 5:30 pm

Stanford West Clubhouse

Social Justice Thursday

William Quigley 12-1:00pm Bannan 137

PAD, SALDF & LELS

Banquet 7:30– 10:00pm

Judicial Externships/ Clerkships 12-1:00pm Bannan 127

APD

12-4:00pm Bar Prep I

Climate Change Litigation 12-1:00pm Bannan 139

CLS & ACS

Jeffrey Fisher Noon

Bannan 135

Hon. Edward Damich

8:45– 9:30pm Bannan 135

Barrister’s Tickets On Sale NOW!

GRAPEVINE Calendar of Events

Week of March 12th 2007

The

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SBA Executive Board

President Dan Schaar

VP (Full-Time) Jennifer Leung

VP (Part-Time) Mary Likins

Treasurer Justin Bates

Secretary Candice Macario

3L Representatives

Erika Rivera Erica Tierney Racole Henry

Jenni Klock ALTERNATE

Ramon Lopez

2L Representatives

Ben Procter Curtis Macon

Jason Mendelson Kevin Magnus ALTERNATES

Sonia Feldstein Monica Davis

1L Representatives

ABA LSD

Quote Of The Week

Jessica Tipton Christine W ang

Molly Healy Bo Cotton

ALTERNATES Lauren Ogata Sherin Rashedi

Ankita Patel Emily Andrews Jessica Anderson Hannah Yu Catherine DeCoro

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The

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Week of September 4th, 2006

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From the Editor Candice

Happy Monday! Welcome Back! I hope everyone

enjoyed their Spring Break!

It is now Spring and the clocks have moved one hour ahead and the days are get-ting longer.

As the sun is warming up I always find this time of year the hardest to concen-trate on school.

Baseball is start-ing and March Madness is on its way. With all of these distractions it seems the club ban-quets and Barrister’s Ball are also right around the corner.

Congratulations to all those students who took the MPRE this weekend.

I wish everyone luck in remaining fo-cused this week dur-ing our first real heat wave!

Keep on the llok-out for SBA Elec-tions, Barrister’s tickets and all of the talented and intelli-gent speakers this week!

Take care, Candice B.

Macario

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Candice Macario, 2L SBA Secretary cmacario@scu.edu

Justin Bates, 3L SBA Treasurer jbates@scu.edu

Jen Leung, 2L SBA VP (Full Time) jyleung@scu.edu

Dan Schaar, 2L SBA President dschaar@scu.edu

Mary Likins, 3L SBA VP (Part Time) mlikins@scu.edu

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SCU Event Information

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Present

Professor Jeffrey Fisher on Cunningham v. California: Criminal Sentencing in CA

The US Supreme Court just decided Cunningham v. California where California defendants’ right to a jury trial was at issue. Spe-cifically, “whether the [California’s Determinate Sentencing Law], by placing sentence-elevating factfinding within the judge’s province, violates a defendant’s right to trial by jury safeguarded by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.”

A leading Supreme Court litigator and nationally recognized expert on criminal procedure, Jeffrey Fisher has argued several and worked on dozens of other cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. His successes include bringing and winning the landmark cases of Blakely v. Washington, in which the Court held the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial applies to sentencing guidelines and Crawford v. Washington, in which he persuaded the Court to adopt a new approach to the Constitution's Confrontation Clause. In 2006, the National Law Journal named Professor Fisher one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.

Monday, March 12, Noon, B135. Lunch Provided

Interested in Health Law?

Not sure what Health Law is about?

The Health Care Law Society

cordially invites your to the

Spring Networking Event

The Health Care Law Society is a new, rapidly grow-ing network of law students at SCU Law School that seeks to maintain a connection with the surrounding health law community. We are very excited to invite you to our spring networking event where we will in-troduce our incoming executive board. Join us for wine, appetizers, and engaging conversation about

your involvement or interest in the health law profes-sion.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Nobili Hall (adjacent to the Adobe Lodge and be-hind the Mission Church)

Phi Alpha Delta (PAD), Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF),

and the Labor and Employment Law Society (LELS)

would like to invite you to our banquet!

Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:30 – 10:00pm

Dinner, Music, and Cocktails!

Come to learn about us, meet our members, and have a great time!

***Look for ticket sales this week!

The Northern California Innocence Project is proud to present The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice (CCFAJ)

Who: John Van de Kamp, Former Attorney General and Chair of CCFAJ,

along with members of CCFAJ

What: Lunch Presentation on the Commission’s origin and work thus far

When: Wednesday March 14, 2007, 12-1

Where: Bannan 127

The CCFAJ was created by the California State Senate to examine the causes of wrongful convictions, and to make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature to insure that the administration of criminal jus-tice in California is just, fair, and accurate. CCFAJ’s membership represent a diverse array of viewpoints, from the criminal defense community, law enforcement and prosecutors, the judiciary, victims’ rights, and the public at large. For more info on the Commissioners, visit www.ccfaj.org

John Van de Kamp was elected California's Attorney General in 1982 and served two terms. In 2006 the California Senate Rules Committee appointed him to serve as the Chair of CCFAJ. The Commission in-cludes three members of the Santa Clara Law School community: Professor Jerry Uelmen, Executive Direc-tor; Professor Cookie Ridolfi, Commission Member; and Chris Boscia, part-time 3L and Executive Assistant. The Commission’s final report is due at the end of 2007.

For more information please contact NCIP at 408-554-1945.

Lunch will be provided.