Spring Break
January 2008 In fall 2007, Tajira McCoy, 2L Evening student, authored an approximately 40-page 9th Circuit Appellate Brief for an immigration case that surrounds a family that illegally immigrated to the United States more than 20 years ago.
March 2008 On January 25th, students, faculty, and many distinguished guests gathered in the Bullocks Wilshire building to take part in a symposium entitled “Abandoning the Inquisitor: Latin America’s Criminal Procedure Revolution.” The symposium was organized by SW’s Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas (Law Journal), and focused on the changing criminal procedure process in Latin America.
January 2008 One norm in the law student community is progressing to your final year of school and becoming pre-occupied with the impending doom known as the California Bar Examination. Another norm is looking at the most recent Bar passage rates and wondering if you’ll be in the passing percentage.
March 2008 Elections for the 2008-2009 Student Bar Association (SBA) Executive Board will take place on April 17-18. The available positions are: President, Day Vice President, Evening Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and ABA Representative.
December 2007 Hell-bent on proving that affirmative action hurts minority students accepted to elite law schools, UCLA Prof. Richard H Sander was properly denied his request for race-based data (for the second time) in a unanimous Nov.
December 2007 Even before the 1st AnnualPublic Interest Law WeekTrivia Bowl started, “the anticipationwas high. [Everyone]spent their free time watchingTMZ and browsing Perez Hilton’sblog,” said Doug Baek,PILC President.Twenty teams of students,faculty, and staff fought hardto out-answer their opponentsthrough lightening-fastrounds.