Next week’s inauguration graphically poses the specter of America’s President, our prime constitutional defender from national security threats, becoming a leading threat himself. How did this happen, and how can we mitigate this problem, over the short and long run?

Join us on ...Thursday, January 16 at 12:45pm as we hear from Harold Hongju Koh, Herman Phleger Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford for Winter Term 2025, Sterling Professor of International Law and former Dean at Yale Law School.

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In a new episode for Stanford Legal, Professor Deborah Sivas joins Pam Karlan for a discussion on California's fire crisis, examining how climate change and urban development are making residents more susceptible to the dangers of fires.

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Stanford Law School Professor Barbara van Schewick was a guest on NPR discussing the federal court's decision to strike down the Biden administration's net neutrality protections.

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Stanford Law Professor Norman Spaulding talks to Stanford Report discussing how even in a time of sharp division, people can learn how to have more open, empathetic, and constructive dialogue in disagreements. Spaulding helps people do just that through ePluribus Stanford, an initiative that seeks ...to cultivate constructive dialogue on campus.

“When we improve skills like active listening and attention to cognitive bias and the ability to charitably summarize what someone has said, we deepen intellectual rigor, critical thinking, and deliberation,” Spaulding said. “We can also de-escalate conflict, deepen human connection and understanding, reap dividends from dissent, and create the conditions for positive change.”

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