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One-year master's degree programs and a doctoral degree (JSD) for international graduate students who have earned a law degree outside the United States.

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Colombia’s Rodrigo Botero Garcia, who has worked for decades to preserve large swaths of land in the Amazon region, received Stanford University’s Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability during an Oct. 8 lecture and ceremony at Stanford Law School. The event marked the 12th anniversary of... the award, established by a gift from SLS alumnus and lifelong conservationist Raymond E. Bright, JD ’59, who passed away in 2011.

“Engaging with the local population in their daily lives, understanding their struggles and constraints, and observing their interactions with one another, provides a unique opportunity to establish connections with other levels of the state, business, and decision-making entities,” Botero said.

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Stanford Law School Lecturer Glenn Fine was featured in Washington Monthly for his new book, "Watchdogs: Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government." Fine served as inspector general in the Justice and Defense Departments, and was not just present but had ...investigative authority in the big events of the young millennium: 9/11; an FBI scandal; the Karl Rove–orchestrated mass firing of U.S. attorneys; the hecatomb of taxpayer waste in Iraq and Afghanistan; and the Trump administration’s criminally incompetent response to the coronavirus pandemic.

In "Watchdogs," Fine examines the numerous bureaucratic failures and poor communication between agencies that have almost universally been impugned as the cause of the intelligence failure that led to the tragedy of September 11.

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Who Will Protect the Watchdogs? | Washington Monthly

Inspectors general have fought for accountability in U.S. government for decades, with varying success. They will be prime targets in a second Trump...

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Stanford Law School recently named seven students Sallyanne Payton Fellows. The fellowship, now in its third year, supports SLS students who are contemplating a career in legal academia. The fellowship is named for Sallyanne Payton, JD ’68 (BA ’64), the first African-American student to ...graduate from SLS. In addition to individual mentorship and guidance, fellows convene with sponsoring faculty to discuss research methods, research design, interdisciplinary approaches to legal thought, present work in progress, and engage in other supportive programming.

"What I cherish the most about my Stanford experience is that its network has created opportunities that may have never occurred to me elsewhere," Payton said. "My hope is that this fellowship will help open doors for other people, and the existence of it will help make Stanford Law School students aware of the breadth of their career possibilities.”

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Stanford Law Announces Third Cohort of Sallyanne Payton Fellows | Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School (SLS) recently named seven students Sallyanne Payton Fellows. The fellowship, now in its third year, supports SLS students who are

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In a recent episode of the Stanford Legal Podcast, "Racism in Property Deeds: Stanford Team Develops AI Tool to Identify and Map Racial Covenants," Stanford Law School's Daniel Ho and computer science and SLS student Mirac Suzgun discuss the enduring impact of racially restrictive ...covenants in real estate.

Though unenforceable since 1948, these clauses are a lingering reminder of housing segregation and racism in the United States, as Professor Ho’s own experience of discovering a covenant barring Asians from purchasing his home highlights. The conversation also looks at legislative efforts to remove the covenants and an innovative AI tool developed by Stanford’s RegLab that helps counties identify and redact these covenants, streamlining the process while preserving the historical record.

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Racism in Property Deeds: Stanford Team Develops AI Tool to Identify and Map Racial Covenants | Stanford Law School

In this episode, Stanford Law's Daniel Ho and Computer Science/law student Mirac Suzgun discuss the enduring impact of racially restrictive covenants...

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