faculty activities New Staff Cynthia Tippett is the new assistant director of the High Tech Law Institute. Cynthia Tippett came to the law school from the University of Maryland School of Law, where she served as coordinator for the nationally ranked Law and Health Care Program and as director of health law externships. In that capacity she administered all aspects of the program; advised health law certificate students; managed conferences, speaker series, and panels; and oversaw print publications and the program’s Web site. She previously worked as an associate with Zuckerman Spaeder and concurrently as an adjunct faculty member in the department of biology at the Community College of Baltimore County. She earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, her master’s degree in biological sciences
Vinita Bali is the new associate director for the Center for Global Law and Policy. She earned both her J.D. and her LL.M. in international and comparative law from Santa Clara. She joined the law school in 2002 as director of the Academic Success Program. She has co-directed or directed summer abroad programs in Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, and was recruited to establish a faculty enrichment and student exchange program with a law university in India.
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from the University of Maryland, and her bachelor’s degree in English and biology from Georgia Southern University.
Angelo Ancheta has received two one-year renewal awards that provide funding for the Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center. The first is a City of San Jose award of $27,539; the second is a County of Santa Clara award of $31,519.
National Public Radio
San Jose Mercury News
Margaret Russell was quoted in a piece on the same-sex marriage ruling of the California Supreme Court.
Kathleen “Cookie” Ridolfi was quoted in an article by Howard Mintz, “Clean Slate For Gonzales’ Aides: Civil Suit May Follow DA’s signing of Innocence Declaration.”
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In the Media This is a selection of faculty in the news from late spring and summer 2008. For a more extensive and updated list of Santa Clara Law faculty in the news, visit law. scu.edu/news/our-faculty-in-the-media.cfm
ABA Journal Eric Goldman was quoted in a piece on the Lanham Act and what terms are used to generate online ads.
Daily Journal (California) Linda Starr, NCIP, was interviewed, quoted, and photographed with NCIP students for the a front-page story, “No Easy Prison Exit for Innocent Convicts,” in the Daily Journal of California.
The Daily News of Los Angeles Professor Ellen Kreitzberg was quoted in a piece on the death sentence for 29-year-old convicted murderer Juan Manuel Alvarez.
Los Angeles Times Gerald Uelmen was quoted in several articles concerning the California Supreme Court’s decision to allow samesex couples to wed. He was also quoted in an article on California’s administration of the death penalty and the report from the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice. Ellen Kreitzberg was quoted in a piece on California resuming executions.
San Francisco Chronicle
Gerald Uelmen was quoted in a story on David Ghent, Santa Clara County’s longest serving death row inmate. Steve Diamond was quoted in a piece on eBay’s lawsuit against Craigslist.
The Washington Post Steven Diamond was quoted in a piece on Apple selling movies through its iTunes online store the same day they are released on DVD.
Eric Goldman was quoted in a piece on Facebook and ConnectU.
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