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The movie “Brian Banks” has won Best American Independent Film Award at the recent Cleveland International Film Festival — its third big award.
The movie will release in US theaters on August 9, 2019.
#brianbanksmovie
#xonr8
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California Innocence Project—A clinical program at California Western, freeing the innocent since 1999.
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Congrats to
@CA_Innocence
and Justin Brooks. Greg Kinnear was chosen to portray Justin in the "Brian Banks" movie.
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#CWSL
Prof. Justin Brooks, Director California Innocence Project comments on Calif. Gov. Newsom signing SB 446 into law. SB 446 reforms the compensation process to ensure that anyone who is wrongfully convicted is fairly compensated by the state.
More>
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Congratulations to Exec Director Community Advocates for Just & Moral Governance &
#CaliforniaWestern
graduate
@GJonesWright
‘05 on being named by the
@sdut
as one of the Phenomenal San Diego Women in Law & Public Safety. Learn more>
#racialjustice
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Congratulations to
@CA_Innocence
staff attorney and
#CaliforniaWestern
graduate
@AlissaBjerkhoel
‘08 on being named by the
@sdut
as one of the Phenomenal San Diego Women in Law and Public Safety. Learn more>
#XONR8
#innocence
#law
#publicsafety
#SanDiego
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Watch
@BrianBanksFREE
and
@CA_Innocence
's Justin Brooks on
@MegynTODAY
. Justin takes a few seconds to explain what CIP does and discusses his role in Brian's case.
#XONR8
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Congrats
@JustinoBrooks
on being named Statesman of the Month by
@NationalJurist
Love this photo. Alissa and Mike, and all my lawyers, are gifted and fearless. I am nothing without my team.
#XONR8
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Congratulations to Guy Miles &
@CA_Innocence
on his release from prison last night
#XONR8
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#CaliforniaInnocenceProject
client Horace Roberts has been exonerated. After spending more than 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Roberts has been declared factually innocent of the murder of his former lover Terry Cheek.
#XONR8
...
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Glad to share with you that our director
@JustinoBrooks
will be honored on the 2021 Walk of Fame in
@TjInnovadora
this October 28 at 7pm (San Diego time).
The event will be broadcast on Facebook Live, don't miss it.
#CaliforniaWestern
Contentos de compartirles que nuestro director
@JustinoBrooks
será galardonado en el Paseo de la Fama 2021 en
@TjInnovadora
este 28 de octubre a las 7pm (hora de San Diego).
El evento será transmitido por Facebook Live, no te lo pierdas.
#X0NRA2
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ICYMI: Professor Justin Brooks, director of the California Innocence Project (CIP) at California Western School of Law, appeared on Megyn Kelly TODAY, Monday on NBC. He explain what CIP does and his role in Brian Banks' case.
Read more about it below:
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Congratulations to Alex Torres and
@CA_Innocence
@CWSL_News
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California Western has one of the most established LL.M./M.C.L. programs in the country and is proud to tout students from over 60 countries around the world.
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California Western School of Law—Transforming students into lawyers since 1924.
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As Prof.
#JustinBrooks
, Director of the
#CaliforniaInnocenceProject
concludes his 100-mile
#march
for innocence he calls on Gov.
#JerryBrown
to release the remaining six members of the
#California12
.
#XONR8
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#CaliforniaWestern
’s Professor
#JustinBrooks
, co-founder and director of the California Innocence Project (
#CIP
), will be honored by the
#NACDL
Foundation for Criminal Justice at an upcoming Reception.
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#CaliforniaInnocenceProject
Associate Director
#AlexSimpson
and External Relations Administrator
#JasminHarris
with Gov.
#GavinNewsom
as he announced a moratorium on the
#deathpenaltyWednesday
, halting more than 700 executions in the state.
#CaliforniaWestern
#XONR8
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Professor
@JustinoBrooks
, Director of
@CWSL_News
’s clinical program
@CA_Innocence
is profiled in an article by
@Alex_Riggins
published in
@sdut
. Read more>
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2018 XONR8 Gala! Tickets now on sale
Come & enjoy a great night of food, drinks, & support for the
#CaliforniaInnocenceProject
at the 2018
#XONR8Gala
, Sept. 27, 6 – 9 p.m. at The Headquarters at Seaport Village, 789 W. Harbor Dr, San Diego.
Register here>
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Check out alumna Alissa Bjerkhoel
@CA_Innocence
on
@ABC2020
at 10PM for her work on Kim Long's exoneration!
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Can't wait to see this! Tom Shadyac to Direct Wrongful Imprisonment Film 'Brian Banks'
@CA_Innocence
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Congratulations to Vondell Lewis for being released from prison after 27 years of wrongful incarceration. Great work
@CA_Innocence
!
#XONR8
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83% of California Western graduates find employment within ten months of graduation.
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“Brian Banks” movie writer Doug Atchison has been nominated for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film) in the 51st NAACP Image Awards. Read more>
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#CaliforniaWestern
’s California Innocence Project Director
#JustinBrooks
has received the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Champion of Justice Award.
#NACDL
President Nina J. Ginsberg presented Brooks with the award at a recent NACDL Foundation reception.
#XONR8
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Today, Prof
@JustinoBrooks
, of
@CWSL_News
’s
@CA_Innocence
joined Prof Laurence Helfer
@DukeLaw
, Prof Mark Godsey
@theOhioInnProj
at
@UCincinnatiLaw
& Dr. Anat Horowitz, Public Defender State of Israel to discuss wrongful convictions & their causes at a United Nations conference.
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Congratulations to
@JustinoBrooks
, named 1 of
@SanDiegoMag
's 26 local experts with game-changing ideas for the city:
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@CA_Innocence
is committed to freeing the innocent from prison and changing the system to decrease the number of wrongful convictions. Thank you to all of our current and alumni
#XONR8ers
out on the frontline of the criminal justice system!
@CWSL_News
#justice
#wrongfulconviction
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California Western’s 15 experiential learning credits offer unprecedented opportunities for practical training.
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Nationally-acclaimed New Media Rights Clinic—Advocating for creative entrepreneurs and internet users.
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Guy Miles surprising his family after being released from prison. Great moment and work by
@CA_Innocence
#XONR8
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To contribute to the education so desperately needed on what it is like to be black in the U.S. criminal justice system
#CalWestern
’s Prof Justin Brooks Dir. of
#CIP
has secured free streaming from the distributors of the “
#BrianBanks
” movie.
#XONR8
Watch>
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#JustinBrooks
travels to
#Argentina
to investigate an apparent wrongful conviction in a case where two French girls were
#murdered
.
#CaliforniaInnocenceProject
.
#XONR8
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Oct. 28,
#California
Western Professor
@JustinoBrooks
Director of the
@CA_Innocence
was inducted into the Tijuana Hall of Fame for his work in Latin America.
@TjInnovadora
Read more>
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Oct. 28, 2022, Rodney Patrick McNeal was released from prison after 25 years of wrongful incarceration.
@CA_Innocence
a clinical program at
@CWSL_News
began investigating Patrick’s claim of innocence in 2004. Congratulations to Patrick & all at CIP! More>
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Following a comprehensive search process,
#CaliforniaWestern
’s Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Sean Megan Scott as the law school’s next president and dean, effective August 1, 2020. Read more>
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Join Dean Sean Scott & Scholar in Residence Prof. Priscilla Ocen for "Voting Rights and Reparations: A Conversation with California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber."
Oct. 13th, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Register to attend this dynamic conversation:
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#GregKinnear
, who plays Justin Brooks in
#BrianBanksMovie
, gives a shout-out to
#CaliforniaWestern
on the
#JamesCorden
show.
#XONR8
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#CaliforniaWestern
’s Instituto Latinoamericano de Derecho y Justicia (Latin American Institute of Law and Justice) recently welcomed more than 30 lawyers from Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico to their annual Advanced Trial Skills Academy.
Read more>
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Say hello to the California Innocence Project class of 22/23! These young freedom fighters are ready to work!
#XONR8
@CA_Innocence
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Oct. 28 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Join esteemed authors and professors
@ayagruber
and
@inGerri
for a conversation about the feminist war on crime, neofeminism, & the carceral state, in person
@CWSL_News
. Professor
@hannahbrenner
will be moderating.
More>
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Congratulations to seven
#CaliforniaWestern
students who were awarded
#scholarships
at the recent San Diego
#LaRaza
Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund Annual Dinner and Gala, at the Westin Hotel in downtown
#San
Diego.
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.
@CWSL_News
@sscottcwsldean
will join
@TonyVarona
@SeattleULaw
,
@ProfessorMutch
@RutgersLaw
&
@aonwuachi
@BU_Law
to discuss the intersectionalities of race, gender and gender expression at the Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop. More>
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.
@CWSL_News
@hannahbrenner
will facilitate a virtual roundtable Gender Power Law &Leadership
@law_soc
#LSA2022
7/16 with
@Dr_KMcLoughlin
@Uni_Newcastle
@ProfMonopoli
@UMDLaw
Abigail Perdue
@WFULawSchool
@TonjaJacobi
@EmoryLaw
Jonathan Stubbs
@URLawSchool
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TODAY:
#WrongfulConvictionDay
Join
@CA_Innocence
in LH2 from 1 - 2 p.m. for a panel on Innocence and the Death Penalty.
#XONR8
#CJReform
Tomorrow: OCT 2 is
#WrongfulConvictionDay
-Here We Come- Join us and hundreds of thousands around the world raising awareness for
#Innocence
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712 miles? And find out why the walk isn't over yet... Listen to the
@CA_Innocence
#PODCAST
#ThisIsWhoWeAre
#XONR8
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Prof.
#JustinBrooks
announces that admission numbers to this year’s
#Maestr
ía class have increased with 103 new students from nine different countries enrolling this month at
#CaliforniaWestern
.
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.
@CA_Innocence
Project at work!
Successful investigation by their Clinical Interns and Staff Attorney Fellow after completing 2 client interviews and tracking down some witnesses today!
#XONR8
#CaliforniaWestern
#justice
#wrongfulconviction
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#CaliforniaWestern
hosted a meeting of the
#SmartBorderCoalition
Board of Directors May 16. L-R: José Larroque, Smart Border Coalition Co-Chair; Karen Sigmond, Assoc. Dir., Latin America Institute of Law and Justice, CWSL; Gustavo de la Fuente, Smart Border Coalition Exec. Dir.
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27 years since I started working on Marilyn Mulero’s case and it finally came to an end moments ago in Chicago. All charges dismissed!
#XONR8
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#CaliforniaWestern
’s
@CA_Innocence
client Kimberly Long’s years-long legal battle has come to an end after the Riverside District Attorney’s Office chose not to re-prosecute.
#XONR8
Read more>
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Jasmin Harris,
@CA_Innocence
Associate Director of Development and Policy spoke with Maureen Kavanaugh on
@KPBSnews
Midday Edition last Friday about getting junk science out of the courtroom
Listen here>
#XONR8
#CaliforniaWestern
#wrongfulconviction
#SB467
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In the News 📰
In the wake of its 40th exoneration,
@CA_Innocence
(CIP) at CWSL continues to make news.
@Forbes
published an article detailing CIP’s recent collaboration with the AI-software developer,
@casetext
's CoCounsel - citing CWSL Campus News.
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Prof.
#JustinBrooks
, co-founder of the CaliforniaInnocenceProject at
#CalWestern
, joined the podcast
#CourtroomConfidential
to discuss the case of CIP client
#MarilynMulero
. Brooks has been fighting for Marilyn’s exoneration for nearly 25 years.
#XONR8
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In a recent article in the Coachella Valley Independent, Brian Blueskye talks to California Innocence Project attorney Raquel Cohen who is working to free
#RodneyPatrickMcNeal
#CaliforniaWestern
#XONR8
#CIP
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As Prof.
#JustinBrooks
, Director of the
#CaliforniaInnocenceProject
, embarks on his 100-mile
#march
for innocence, one more of the
#California12
wins parole and Gov.
#JerryBrown
signs the Eyewitness Identification Reform Bill into law.
#XONR8
Learn more>
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As part of the Iowa Innovation, Business, & Law Center's Fall 2022 Speaker Series
@CWSL_News
Professor Emily Behzadi
@artlawprof
will be presenting her paper on "Decolonizing Cultural Heritage Law"
@IowaLawSchool
Sept. 16 12:45 pm CT 10:45 am PT.
More>
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Dean Niels Schaumann announces that four CWSL
#LatinAmerican
legal programs are to be branded with the name Instituto Latinoamericano de Derecho y Justicia under the direction of Prof.
#JustinBrooks
.
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Congratulations to
@CWSL_News
alum Jennifer Barrera '02
@CalChamberJen
on being represented on
@Capitol_Weekly
's top 100 list!
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California Western School of Law wishes success to those taking the California Bar Exam. You can do it. We believe in you.
#CWSL
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Everything I know about wrongful convictions coming soon! I’ve been working hard on this book for the past year and I’m very proud of it. Preorders begin next month! Please buy it, read it, and share it! The only way to stop wrongful convictions is to learn how they start.
#XONR8
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José Caraveo, liberado en febrero de 2020.
#XONRA2
José Caraveo, un hombre raramuri del norte de México que fue condenado injustamente a 40 años de prisión, fue liberado con el apoyo del Proyecto Inocente de Chihuahua hace dos años.
José estuvo más de 12 años en prisión por un delito que no cometió.
#X0NRA2
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#CWSL
’s
@CA_Innocence
Proj at
#InConf2017
in SD, celebrates partnership with
@InnocenceNTWRK
which surpassed 2K exonerations in 2017.
#XONR8
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HAPPENING SOON - SEPT. 17
@CWSL_News
@sscottcwsldean
will join
@TonyVarona
@SeattleULaw
,
@ProfessorMutch
@RutgersLaw
&
@aonwuachi
@BU_Law
at the Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop.
More>
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Thank you, Alicia Jessop
@rulingsports
, for a most illuminating presentation on how to advance international NCAA athletes rights.
Next up:
@CS0
@SanJoseSharksPR
Caroline Perry
@Padres
@DavidCohenEsq
@CWSL_News
Intl Law Journal Symposium.
Join here>
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.
@CWSL_News
Professor James Cooper’s article AI and Threats to the Criminal Justice System, co-authored by Kashyap Kompella, has been published in the October 2022 edition of the
@LALawyerMag
.
@LACBA
More>
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Congratulations
It only felt right to be officially sworn in as an “Esquire” surrounded by my CIP family and by a badass CIP attorney! ⚖️
@CA_Innocence
@AlissaBjerkhoel
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Check out
@CA_Innocence
on
@CBS8
for Wrongful Conviction Day & the march to release the other 8 members of the CA 12
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REGISTER TODAY!
California Western Women's Community presents
Online Program Series Part 3 Featuring:
Alissa Bjerkhoel ’08, Litigation Coordinator, California Innocence Project, & Kimberly Long, Exoneree
Thurs., Feb. 18 5:30–6:30pm (PT)
RSVP by email to: alumni-events
@cwsl
.edu
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.
@CWSL_News
’s
@CA_Innocence
was heavily featured on
@BravoTV
’s The Real Housewives of Orange County (S16 E13). Cast member & CIP Board member
@EmilySimpson_OC
’s husband Shane was sworn-in in the Moot Court & Emily met with exoneree Terrill.
#XONR8
Watch>
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#CaliforniaWestern
’s
#InstitutoLatinoamericano
de Derecho y Justicia recently celebrated the
#graduation
of its fifth class of students who completed the
#Maestr
ía en Derecho con Especialización en Litigación Oral program. Read more>
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#JustinBrooks
, director of the California Innocence Project comments on the case of the mother of two who could be headed back to prison — after being
#exonerated
.
“ … there’s a case here with...
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PODCAST:
@CA_Innocence
released the second episode of their podcast. The new episode covers the story of Kimberly Long, an exoneree that spent 7 years in prison after a wrongful conviction. Take a listen below:
LISTEN: the second installment of our podcast covers Kimberly Long's story, including returning home to her children after 7 years of wrongful incarceration.
#XONR8
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Day 3: “What I regret is that in a hearing about my qualifications to be a justice on the Supreme Court, we’ve spent a lot of time focusing on this small subset of my sentences.” - Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
#SCOTUSConfirmation
#SupremeCourt
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California Western's Competitive Advocacy Program (CAP) trial team placed fifth nationwide in the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) Tournament of Champions.
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Billy Bennight reviews "
#BrianBanks
" in The LA Beat. “It’s a movie that is as moving as it is uplifting …” Read the review here>
#XONR8
#CaliforniaInnocenceProject
#CaliforniaWestern
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Moving forward 🚦
On 9/22,
@ShawnProf
will be the keynote speaker at the
@IUMcKinney
symposium "State Governments’ Roles: Creating, Defining, and Dismantling Liberty." He will highlight the need to decouple most armed police from motor vehicle regulation and enforcement.
#CWSL
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Join Professors
@JustinNYLS
@NYLawSchool
@KeithAFindley
@WisconsinLaw
Talia Peleg
@CUNYLaw
Lissa Griffin
@PaceUniversity
& Daisy Mason law graduate
@MyBCU
for Panel 1 discussion at the
@CWSL_News
Legal Ethics Conference May 6, 9-10:30 am PT
Register now>
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Congratulations to
@CWSL_News
alum & San Diego Deputy
@SDDistAtty
Leonard N. Trinh 05 on being appointed as a judge on the
@SDSuperiorCourt
bench. Trinh led the hate crimes prosecution unit, & was the lead prosecutor in the murder case against Chabad Poway shooter John Earnest.
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Congrats to Mike Hanline, the first of the "California 12" freed today after a 36-year wrongful incarceration
#XONR8
http://t.co/MPRzPpshA0
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.
@CWSL_News
Prof.
@ProfDadhania
will be presenting her paper on “Linguistic Abuse of Migrants” at the Global Meeting on Law and Society on July 15. Her paper looks at deprivations of language access in the immigration system.
@law_soc
#LSA2022
#Lisbon2022
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.
@CWSL_News
@ProfDadhania
presented her paper, “State Responsibility for Forced Migration” at the recent Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Women in the Legal Academy Workshop
@UCDavisLaw
.
More>
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TOMORROW! MEET FERNANDO GARIBAY!
You’re invited to a Lunchtime Talk with
@FERNANDOGARIBAY
– March 16, 1 pm at
@CWSL_News
. Hear about his experience in the entertainment industry & working with artists like Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston U2 & many more.
RSVP>
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Congratulations to
#CaliforniaWestern
’s Professor
#IndiaThusi
on receiving an
#ABA
2019
#OnTheRiseAward
. The award recognizes ABA young
#lawyer
members who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, and legal and community service.
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#CWSL
graduates took the Oath of Professional Conduct this morning, before becoming newest members of the
@StateBarCA
http://t.co/RN4opSx8lm
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Professor
#JustinBrooks
, Director of
#CaliforniaWestern
’s Latin American Institute of Law and Justice, reports that the
#Maestr
ía program has exceeded its admissions goal, with a record-breaking 111 students from 11
#LatinAmerican
countries. Read more>
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#JustinBrooks
, director of the
#CaliforniaInnocenceProject
, comments on a case involving a
#black
Vista resident who became a burglary
#suspect
for just walking his dogs.
#BadIDs
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Congratulations to
@CWSL_News
alum Haera Fronjian '14 on joining the Los Angeles office of
@klinedinstlaw
as an Associate Attorney. Haera handles litigation cases in state, federal, and arbitral forums.
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REGISTER NOW! Mar 24, 12:30 pm PT.
Don't miss Keynote Speaker
@dreanyc123
lawyer, activist, & author of
@InvisibleNMBook
at
@CWSL_News
Law Review’s Symposium, State Violence & Womxn: Defining the Reaches of Modern Policing.
@interruptcrim
Register>
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#Californiawestern
’s
#JustinBrooks
speaks to
#CBSNews
about
#AmandaKnox
’s return to Italy for the first time since she was exonerated.
#XONR8
Watch>
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On the heels of their Peacemaker Award earlier this month,
@CA_Innocence
is sharing stories of what they call the "injustice" system and how they are working daily to deliver overdue justice to the innocent.
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@CWSL_News
Professor James Cooper will speak at the
@Web3SD
Conference on Saturday, October 22, at San Diego Central Library. Professor Cooper’s talk, “Fear and Loathing in the Metaverse,” will be on the Discovery Stage at 10:25 a.m. More>
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FYI:
@CA_Innocence
released the first episode of their podcast. The podcast is available on Soundcloud, iTunes, and at
@CA_Innocence
. Take a listen here:
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San Diego is the ideal city to live in during law school. The California Western campus is mere blocks from the heart of downtown.
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March 24 12:30 pm PT
Join Keynote Speaker
@dreanyc123
#DeloresJonesBrown
@jimcrowcapital
@mkwasilczuk
@Jyo_Nanda
@ChaclynHunt
&
#TrinaReynoldsTyler
for a discussion on the topic of state-inflicted race and gender violence against womxn.
Register>
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SEPT. 17 - SAVE THE DATE!
@CWSL_News
@sscottcwsldean
will join
@TonyVarona
@SeattleULaw
,
@ProfessorMutch
@RutgersLaw
&
@aonwuachi
@BU_Law
at the Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop. More>
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