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January was a busy month at the Environmental Law Clinic (ELC), where five students showcased their advocacy skills in three different court hearings across California, taking on oil and plastic production.
Lear more about these ELC students' work here: https://stanford.io/4iQ1Cs2
Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, Stanford Law Assistant Professor, recently spoke at Harvard's Indian Law Symposium about the challenges of federal Indian law, calling it “the law of conquest.” This truth can evoke despair, but Reese emphasizes the power of education and representation in ...reshaping the narrative.
“One of the ways to think about it is that federal Indian law is basically, by and large, the law of conquest,” Reese said. “This is all of the federal law that has been made to justify conquest and to set the rules of the road for what this conquest is going to look like, what powers these conquered domestic dependent nations are going to have, what they are not, what responsibilities and powers states versus the federal government will have with those nations, [and] what rights their people will have.”
Read more here: https://stanford.io/41Q72fT
In the latest episode of Stanford Legal, former Inspector General Glenn Fine joined Pam Karlan to shed light on the crucial function of Inspectors General (IG) in maintaining integrity within federal agencies. With the ability to detect and deter waste, fraud, and abuse, IGs serve as key watchdogs ...for taxpayer dollars.
Tune in as Glenn shares insights from his extensive experience at the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense. Discover how understanding agency culture can lead to effective oversight and accountability.
🎧 Listen to the full episode now! https://stanford.io/41EVmMN
On March 13, Stanford Law held a conference on Increasing Accessibility to Trusted Climate Data.
This conference was part of the work product for a Fall 2024 Policy Lab practicum taught by David Hayes, Professor of Practice, Doerr School of Sustainability, on "Bridging the Climate Data and... Decisionmaking Divide." The conference provided additional details that will be represented in a forthcoming policy report for the project.
Because the climate crisis requires urgent action, companies, investors, and policymakers need reliable, accessible, and discoverable climate performance information so they can prioritize investments in those mitigation activities that will produce the most effective results.