Assistant Visiting Professor Jessica Eaglin teaches federal sentencing at California Western and is following California’s prison plan closely. She offers her thoughts on how the plan and how incarceration disproportionately affects communities of color.

The American Bar Association plays a significant role in shaping the future of legal education. Bill Robinson serves as this year’s ABA president and was the featured speaker at California Western’s commencement exercises held December 19. Law in 10 spoke with President Robinson before the event.

Constitutional law professor Glenn Smith talks about the amendment, its chances, and how Congress and the people can better control the influence of money in politics.

Retired federal judge James Stiven and California Innocence Project Director Justin Brooks talk about the proposed SAFE Act, which would replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole. The measure is proposed for the November 2012 ballot.

In a recent article in the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, California Western Associate Professor Kenneth S. Klein explores the growing problem of underinsurance, the complicated reasons behind it, and offers a proposal to better educate consumers while protecting the ability of insurers to compete in a free market. Klein looks to the ENERGY STAR program backed by the U.S. Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency as a model for his “Coverage Guide” proposal.

The attacks carried out that day continue to resonate both here and abroad. In New York City, work continues at One World Trade Center, otherwise known as Ground Zero, where a memorial plaza honors the more than 2,700 who died in and around the twin towers. In Afghanistan, more than 30,000 U.S. forces remain on the ground, while more than 6,000 have lost their lives in the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

William Aceves, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at California Western and an expert in international law and human rights, looks back at the events of that day and the ways in which their effects are still felt.

Beginning this year, all second year students will participate in the STEPPS course, taught by practicing attorneys from the San Diego bar. The program was recently highlighted by the Chronicle of Higher Education and the ABA Journal as among the leaders in this kind of practical training for law students.

Professor Tim Casey describes the STEPPS curriculum which he describes as “reverse engineering a lawyer.”

Professor Glenn Smith examines the constitutional lessons from the debt ceiling debate. His op-ed on the subject appears in the August 10 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

Constitutional law professor Glenn Smith looks back at some of the highlights of the past term.

In this first in a two-part series of interviews, California Western Professor Susan Channick talks about health care reform, its chances of survival on a national level, and whether Americans will ever truly embrace a single-payer system. Professor Channick’s research interests include health law and public policy.

Professor Channick’s research interests include health law and public policy. She co-directs the Masters in Health Law program, a degree program sponsored by California Western and UC San Diego.

California Western teaching fellow Ryan Williams, whose research interests include national security and international terrorism, helps makes sense of the historic news event.

Earlier this month, the Wisconsin legislature passed a controversial bill stripping that state’s public employees of collective bargaining rights, increasing their benefit and pension costs, and restricting future pay increases. States including Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and New Jersey are considering similar legislation.

 California Western labor and employment expert Professor Ruben Garcia explores how much these measures would improve the financial picture of cities and state and what they mean for the future of the labor movement.

To further influence the Council, Wal-Mart promised to open 12 new stores in San Diego, bringing fresh groceries to some of the city’s most under-served communities. 

California Western Teaching Fellow Andrea Freeman talks about the Wal-Mart vote and what it could mean for local communities. Her research interests include race, economics, and access to healthy food.

Mario Conte, Distinguished Practitioner at California Western, experienced defense attorney, and friend of Judy Clarke, who was selected to represent Mr. Loughner, offers his thoughts on Arizona case.

Among those traveling to Cancun for the conference is Richard Finkmoore, professor of environmental law at California Western and author of the recent book Environmental Law and the Values of Nature. He offers his thoughts - and hopes - about the two-week talks.

California Western professor Robert DeKoven is an expert in education and civil rights law, and offers his views on the legal implications of school bullying.

Constitutional law professor and frequent Supreme Court commentator Glenn Smith talks about the case and how the First Amendment can limit the right of access to the courts.

Just this month, the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a case filed on behalf of five foreign detainees who claim to have been tortured under the so-called “extraordinary rendition” program launched by the U.S. government in the wake of September 11. The suit targeted a California subsidiary of the Boeing Company which served as the aviation services provider for the CIA and operated the plane which carried the detainees overseas, where they claim to have been tortured.

In this episode of Law in 10, California Western Associate Dean William Aceves talks about the case and what it says about justice, transparency, and the U.S. system of checks and balances.

In this special Labor Day issue of Law in 10, Professor Ruben Garcia explores current labor and employment issues. Garcia directs the Concentration in Labor and Employment Law at California Western.