The telephone number was listed incorrectly on the e-mail that was sent on November 26. The correct number to RSVP is 408-287-2557.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Santa Clara University School of Law and the Santa Clara County Bar are co-sponsoring the Swearing-In Ceremony.  The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in the Mission Church on the Santa Clara University campus.  There will be a reception following the ceremony from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. in the California Mission Room located in the basement of Benson Center.

You are welcome to bring guests.   Please RSVP to the Santa Clara County Bar and let them know how many guests you will be bringing.  RSVP to 408-287-2557 by December 7, 2008. 

If you have any questions please contact Cindy Gartner at 408-975-2113 or cindyg@sccba.com.

Dear Students,

We wanted to let you know our hours for next week, should you need our services.

We will be open Monday and Tuesday, November 24th and 25th, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.  We will be closed Wednesday, November 26th and reopen Monday, December 1st at 8:30 am.

We hope you have a relaxing Thanksgiving break.

Cowell Student Health Center

Special Holiday Hours for Dining Services! Please click on the link below to access more information.

Dining Services Hours

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Volume 49 of the Santa Clara Law Review is proud to announce the completion of its first publication of the year.  A limited number of copies of "Issue 1" have been placed in Bannan Lounge for students to flip through.  Please stop by and take a look at the work performed by your fellow classmates. 

In addition, Comments from three of Volume 49's Board of Editors have been published in Issue 1:
 
Tobias Mock, The TSA's New X-Ray Vision:  The Fourth Amendment Implications of "Body-Scan" Searches at Domestic Airport Security Checkpoints 
Citation: 49 Santa Clara L. Rev. 213

Katelyn Knight, Equitable Mootness in Bankruptcy Appeals 
Citation: 49 Santa Clara L. Rev. 253

David Major, Revocable Transfer on Death Deeds: Cheap, Simple, and has California's Trusts & Estates Attorney's Heading for the Hills  
Citation: 49 Santa Clara L. Rev. 285
     
Please be sure to congratulate our new published authors if you see them in class or around campus. 

You are invited to attend two special lectures by His Imperial & Royal Highness Archduke Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, President of the Pan-European Union, Member of the European Parliament (1995-1999).

Intangible Cultural Property
Monday November 17, 2008
8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Moot Court Room

European Integration
Tuesday November 18, 2008
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Bannan 142
 

The creation of the European Community more than 50 years ago had not only economic reasons and the wish to overcome the causes of the Second World War. It was also the logical response to the first effects of globalization. The European institutions are taking on the tasks of the constitutional body of a mature democracy - without having a constitution or being a traditional state. This has, of course, also effect on the traditional perception of sovereignty. Sovereign rights get shifted from the state to the Union, but, according to the principle of subsidiarity, also to smaller units like region or community. The role of the traditional state changes, not only in Europe but all over the world, and the EU is effectively a test bed for that new structure.

Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, born 1961 in Bavaria, Germany has since 1981 lived in Salzburg, Austria. Since 1987 Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen has been President of the Pan-European Union; from 1996 to 1999 member of the European Parliament; Captain (Hauptmann) in the Austrian Air Force. Archduke Karl of Austria is the grandson of the last Austrian emperor Charles I (Blessed Charles) after on 3 October 2004 being beatified by Pope John Paul II (Beatification is the 3 of 4 steps to declare a deceased person to be a Saint). His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Karl is head of the Austrian branch of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Ordre de la Toison d'Or).

Dear Students,

Just a reminder:

If you were unable to obtain the flu vaccine during the October clinic held in Benson, we do have the vaccine available here at the Health Center.  Walk-in requests for immunizations are Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, except Thursdays we open at 9:15 am.  The cost of the vaccine is $27.00 and the charge can be posted to your student account, or paid with your flex account, cash or check.

The influenza vaccine is the primary method of preventing influenza and its severe complications.

If you are in any of the following groups or live in a household with someone who is, the CDC recommends that you get the flu vaccine:

• You are 50 years of age or older
• You have chronic diseases of your heart, lungs or kidneys
• You have diabetes
• Your immune system does not function properly
• You have a severe form of anemia
• You have a muscle or nerve disorder that can lead to breathing or swallowing problems
• You will be pregnant during influenza season
• You want to reduce your chance of catching influenza

If you want more information about the flu vaccine go to www.immunize.org/vis/2flu.pdf

Cowell Student Health Center encourages disease prevention whenever possible.
Therefore, we encourage you to consider obtaining the flu vaccine.

The Student Bar Association (SBA) and Honors Moot Court External (HMCE) are co-sponsoring 1-2 teams of two law students to represent Santa Clara Law in the ABA Client Counseling Competition. Regionals for the competition will be held in Seattle on February 7 & 8, 2009. Students interested in this competition should read the information about the tryout process below.

The tryout will consist of a 20-30 minute mock interview of a client, followed by some questions to the student about what next steps s/he would take if the client decided to retain her/him. The student will have minimal if any information about the client's problem before the interview, which is consistent with the way the competition works.

Although students will ultimately work in a team, tryouts will be held on an individual basis on one of the following Friday afternoons: Nov. 14 & Nov. 21. To see judging criteria, please refer to page 14 of the rules, which are posted here: http://indylaw.indiana.edu/clinics/counseling/ABA%20Rules.pdf

Students are strongly urged to review the rules before trying out.

Students wishing to read up on interviewing and counseling techniques may wish to refer to Legal Interviewing and Counseling: a Client-centered Approach by Binder and Price.

Students wishing to make an appointment to try out should contact Reuben Castillo at rcastillo@scu.edu or 408.288.7030 x 223.

Students with questions about the competition or the tryout process should contact the coach, Scott Maurer at smaurer@scu.edu or 408.288.3575.

The SCU theater is putting on a production of Execution of Justice Nov 7-9 and 12- 15. I have been able to secure FREE tickets for law students for the Wednesday, November 12 show at 8:00. To get a free ticket, please reply to Sandra Vega at svega@scu.edu and leave your name. A list will be given to the theater and you must pick up your ticket in advance.

If Wednesday doesn't work, try to go Sunday, November 9 at 2:00. The production will have a legal panel and reception following the show. Tickets are from $5.00 - 15.00.

A description of the show follows:

Execution of Justice
By Emily Mann
Directed by Barbara M. Fraser
Louis B. Mayer Theatre/Nov. 7-9 and 12-15, 2008; 8pm (Sun 2pm)

Drawn from trial transcripts and documentary evidence, Execution of
Justice deftly recounts the 1978 assassination of San Francisco Mayor
George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, America's first openly
gay elected official. This compelling "theater of testimony"
examines the motives of Dan White, the conflicting social and political
ideals of the era, and the controversial courtroom ethics (such as the
infamous "Twinkie defense") that lead to one of history’s most
shocking verdicts.

Professor Ellen Kreitzberg
Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara, CA 95053
408-554-4724
408-554-4426 (fax)
ekreitzberg@scu.edu
Director, Death Penalty College
law.scu.edu/dpc

Are you interested in public policy?
Do you want to work in politics?

Consider a Panetta Fellowship in the Spring!

Santa Clara Law offers students a unique chance to improve their research, analysis and writing skills while learning about current issues facing the country today.

SCU’s Panetta Fellowship Program provides an educational opportunity for law students interested in the law and government, or public policy to work with Leon and Sylvia Panetta, and other professional staff at The Panetta Institute, while still taking classes at SCU. Students will be working at the Panetta institute assisting Mr. Panetta, former Chief of Staff to President Clinton and member of Congress, with issues facing the local, national, and global community.

For information on the Panetta Institute please visit http://www.panettainstitute.org/

To apply for the Fellowship, please submit the following application materials:
1. Resume, including your summer contact information.
2. Transcript, official or unofficial transcript with your courses and grades will be accepted.
3. Statement of interest, no longer than two pages.



Deadline extended to Friday, Nov. 7, 2008.


Please submit application materials to Professor Magliozzi by fax (408.554.5274), email or hand deliver to Loyola Hall 134 or 163A. Please do not mail in your materials.

Thank you,
Sandee Magliozzi