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Stanford Center for Racial Justice Students Build Community, Transform Society
As the Stanford Center for Racial Justice marks its 5-year anniversary in 2025, we reflect upon the central role of students in our work. Coming from departments across the university, law students, graduate, and undergraduate students have convened at the Center to support a multitude of projects and initiatives. Whether as interns, fellows, or practicum students, they have all found a unique community at the Center while engaging in rigorous research to advance racial justice. We are thrilled to celebrate their impact in a video featuring their work, insights, and vision for the future.
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Can the rule of law withstand present challenges? This week on Stanford Legal, Professor Pam Karlan sheds light on the politicization of the DOJ amidst a pressing institutional crisis. Engaging with Professor Diego Zambrano, Karlan discusses the historic reliance on nonpartisan career lawyers and ...how recent events have threatened this framework. Their conversation navigates the broad civil rights mandate of the DOJ and the moral consequences we face amid such challenges. Don’t miss this crucial discussion on the implications for justice in America.
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In a new opinion piece for The Hill, "Heed Daniel Webster: There is no lawful reason for the US to attack Iran," Stanford Law School Professor George Fisher emphasizes that real change in U.S.-Iran relations requires a renewed commitment to diplomacy. He urges the need for negotiations ...over military action to address Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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U.S. attacks on Iran violate a hallowed principle of international law.
stanford.ioStanford Law School's David Freeman Engstrom and Natalie Knowlton were guests on an episode of Legal Services Corporation's Talk Justice podcast: "New Data on Arizona and Utah’s Innovations After 5 Years of Legal Reform."
Engstrom and Knowlton discuss new data on ...legal services innovations in Arizona and Utah on Talk Justice and a recent report, “Legal Innovation After Reform: Five Years of Data on Regulatory Change,” which provides comprehensive data on what worked, what didn’t and what it means for expanding access to justice. These findings build on a previous report that the Rhode Center published after the first two years these regulatory reforms were enacted.
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Stanford researchers discuss new data on legal services innovations in Arizona and Utah on Talk Justice. Five years ago, Arizona and Utah launched...
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