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SLS's Franke Global Business Law Fellowship and the Global Quarter is a one-of-a-kind opportunity that provides an immersive experience in the world of international business, law and policy. The fellowship helps students develop the skills, conceptual tools and international experiences to ...prepare them for a globalizing world. Franke Fellows spend the first seven weeks of the spring quarter on the SLS campus taking required courses and the last three weeks on a field study trip.
A cohort of second- and third-year SLS students traveled to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, during the 2024 Spring Quarter, getting a taste of life as global transactional attorneys–including how to manage jet lag and back-to-back meetings.
One of the focuses of the Brazil portion of the trip, led by Michael Klausner, Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business, involved exploring issues of inequality in Latin America’s largest country, as well as the relationship between business interests and the environment. The students met with the CEO of Viva Rio, an NGO that works in Brazil’s favelas, to provide health care, dispute resolution, and athletic training for young people. “We continued the theme of inequality in a meeting with Marcos Pinto, the Secretary of Reforms in the Finance Ministry, who discussed with us ways in which Brazil is working to reduce poverty by enhancing incentives for education and improving market forces,” Klausner said.
The destination for the 2025 Spring Quarter is Latin America. Apply now! #SLS #FrankeGlobalFellowship #GlobalQuarter
A Stanford Law School alumnus Afam Onyema J.D. ’07 founded a nonprofit that brings healthcare and education to communities in Nigeria. Onyema, the nonprofit’s CEO, grew up hearing of his father’s dream to provide support to people in Nigeria — a desire he said did not yet fully resonate ...with him at that time.
It all clicked when Onyema enrolled in Stanford Law School and found himself in an environment where “people in coffee shops create the future,” he said. Upon graduating, Onyema turned down offers from law firms, instead choosing to fully invest himself in developing his nonprofit, GEANCO.
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GEANCO, a nonprofit that brings healthcare and education to communities in Nigeria, was founded by Stanford Law School alumnus Afam Onyema J.D. ’07.
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Last week, about 85% of 1Ls (156 students!) signed up for pro bono projects at our annual Pro Bono Fair. As part of SLS's 23 projects, these students will soon be helping community members avoid eviction, apply for immigration relief, and demand unpaid wages. The JD students are joined by 22 ...incoming Advanced Degree students.
Join the Cyber Policy Center tomorrow, Oct. 1, at 1 p.m. for the kick-off of their Fall Seminar Series. In-person and Zoom options available. Sessions will run from October through December and will be moderated by SLS Professor and co-director of the CPC, Nate Persily, The first seminar features ...Director of the Program on Platform Regulation Daphne Keller for her talk, "The Supreme Court and Internet Platforms."
Daphne Keller's work focuses on platform regulation and Internet users' rights. She has testified before legislatures, courts, and regulatory bodies around the world, and published both academically and in popular press on topics including platform content moderation practices, constitutional and human rights law, copyright, data protection, and national courts' global takedown orders.
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The Cyber Policy Center is a joint initiative of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Law School.
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