Ninth Circuit

3Ls Land Ninth Circuit Clerkships

August 7, 2018

Federal appellate clerkships are among the most coveted opportunities for newly minted lawyers, with only a small percentage of candidates accepted. This year, two remarkable students, 3Ls Nina Gliozzo and Alyxandra Vernon, have secured highly competitive clerkships at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals headquartered in San Francisco. “Alyx and…

Professor Evan Lee Cited in Ninth Circuit Habeas Corpus Opinion

August 7, 2018

Professor Evan Lee’s scholarly article for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, entitled “Why California’s Second-Degree Felony-Murder Rule is Now Void for Vagueness,” was cited by Ninth Circuit Judge Ronald M. Gould in his opinion in the case of Henry v. Spearman. The matter involved a California state prisoner’s…