Santa Clara Law Alumni e-news
March 2013
2013 Celebration of Achievement Award Recipients to be named next week! Santa Clara Law and the
Law Alumni Association will announce the 2013 honorees for the Santa Clara Law Young Alumni
Rising Star Award, the Santa Clara Law Amicus Award, the Edwin J. Owens Lawyer of the Year Award
and the Santa Clara Law Special Achievement Award. The presentations will be part of the exciting
evening planned for Saturday, April 13th, at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. Reception, Dinner,
Program and Dancing to the sounds of the Alison Sharino Band - Save the Date!
Alumni Receptions featuring farewell tributes to Dean Donald J. Polden as he completes his final
semester as dean of Santa Clara Law. RSVP now:
March 6: San Diego, The Grant Grill at the U.S. Grant Hotel
March 7: Los Angeles/Hollywood, Station Hollywood at the W. Hollywood Hotel
March 20: Walnut Creek, Lark Creek Restaurant
April 3: Sacramento, The Citizen Hotel
February 27: Law Career Day, Part II – Join Law Career Services for a terrific networking opportunity
on campus. To learn more or to register, visit the website.
California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year named Daniel Selmi ‘76U, 79L as a 2013 recipient. The
honored attorneys include prosecutors, public-interest lawyers, and attorneys from international law
firms. The recipients of the CLAY Awards will be featured in the March 2013 issue of California
Lawyer. Attorneys and their achievements are briefly described in the press release.
Chen Guangcheng, Chinese Civil Rights Lawyer and Activist, will receive the 2013 Katharine and
George Alexander Center Law Prize on Monday, March 19th at 6 p.m. Chen Guangcheng, known to
many of his countrymen as “the barefoot lawyer,” was born in the village of Dongshigu in 1972. Blind
since infancy, illiterate until his late teens, he nonetheless taught himself law and became a fiery
advocate for countless Chinese who had no voice. His escape last spring from his jailers in China
made headlines around the world, and he remains uncompromising in his commitment to democracy
and human rights. In 2006 Chen was named by Time Magazine as one of the world’s most 100
influential people, and he was the winner of the prestigious 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award for
Emergent Leadership. In 2012 he won awards from the Lantos Foundation and Human Rights First.
He now lives with his wife and two children in New York City. Register or learn more here.
The High Tech Law Institute Spring Conference presents 15 Year Retrospective of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act on Friday, March 15 at Benson Center on the Santa Clara University
campus. Register or learn more here.
The Northern California Innocence Project celebrates its annual Justice for All Awards Dinner on
Thursday, March 21 at Hotel Sofitel in Redwood Shores. Register or learn more here.
Faculty and Staff News:
Congratulations to Santa Clara Law Professor and HTLI Director, Eric Goldman, for being named a
North American IP Thought Leader by Managing Intellectual Property - 2nd year in a row!
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