Policy Practicum: Regilla Project: Women Convicted of Intimate Partner Violence-Related Homicides (809F): This practicum will prepare for, facilitate, and draw lessons from a multi-stakeholder Roundtable on the legal system's treatment of women accused of homicides that grow out of their experiences of intimate partner violence. The Stanford Criminal Justice Center issued a new report, Fatal Peril: Unheard Stories from the IPV-to-Prison Pipeline, in Summer 2024. On November 12, 2024, we will convene a diverse group of 25 California-based stakeholders -- researchers, advocates, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, corrections officials, and gubernatorial and legislative policymakers -- to brainstorm and develop a consensus-driven set of state-specific legal and policy recommendations in response to the findings of the report. Recommendations will address the continuum of the criminal legal system from law enforcement through parole. The Roundtable will take place at Stanford. Students will be involved in planning the Roundtable, including helping to set the agenda and developing background materials for Roundtable participants, and synthesizing the discussions and recommendations arising from the Roundtable into a Roundtable white paper issued by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center in 2025. Students will write background papers for Roundtable participants on discrete legal and policy issues; help set the Roundtable agenda and facilitate Roundtable discussions; synthesize Roundtable minutes; research promising practices; and help to draft a full Roundtable white paper with law and policy recommendations. During the Fall 2024 quarter, the policy lab will meet on Thursdays from 10:00-11:00 am. The Roundtable will take place on Tuesday, November 12 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and students enrolled in the policy lab will be expected to attend the entire event. One or two students may receive academic credit in Winter 2025 to finalize the white paper. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments, Final Paper. Application process: Interested students should submit a Policy Lab application (go to link SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/) and copy of their resume, transcript, and a one-page statement describing their interest and relevant experience by Friday, September 20 to Debbie Mukamal (dmukamal@law.stanford.edu).

Policy Practicum: Regilla Project: Women Incarcerated for Killing their Abusers (809F): Nearly 1200 people are incarcerated in female correctional facilities in California and are serving lengthy sentences for murder and manslaughter convictions. It is not known in California (or in any other state) how many of these individuals are incarcerated for crimes that directly relate to histories of intimate partner violence. The Stanford Criminal Justice Center, through its Regilla Project, is attempting to assess this frequency. During Summer 2023, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center undertook data collection at the larger of the two women's prisons in California. The surveys were completed by individuals who have murder and manslaughter convictions to assess how their convictions were related to intimate partner violence. Nearly 500 individuals completed the survey during July 2023. Students enrolled in the policy lab will code the narrative portions of the survey responses (not everyone who participated in the surveys completed a narrative portion), analyze the quantitative data collected through the surveys, and assist in drafting a report for researchers, policymakers and practitioners aimed to better understand the nature of who is incarcerated and what their needs are, and to suggest front-end policy reforms. Application process: Interested students should submit a Consent of Instructor form (see Policy Lab Practicums webpage or https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/) with a copy of their resume, transcript, and statement of interest to Debbie Mukamal (dmukamal@law.stanford.edu) by September 11, 2023 at 5:00 pm. Only students who participated in the prior quarter's project will be admitted to the winter quarter practicum. The statement of interest should indicate relevant expertise, including whether the student has any data analysis experience (quantitative and/or qualitative) as well as the type of software the student has used in such data analysis. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments, Final Paper. Important note: Admitted students may enroll for three units. Four units is limited to one or two students with consent of the instructors.

Policy Practicum: Regilla Project: Women Incarcerated for Killing their Abusers (809F): Nearly 1200 people are incarcerated in female correctional facilities in California and are serving lengthy sentences for murder and manslaughter convictions. It is not known in California (or in any other state) how many of these individuals are incarcerated for crimes that directly relate to histories of intimate partner violence. The Stanford Criminal Justice Center, through its Regilla Project, is attempting to assess this frequency. During Summer 2023, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center undertook data collection at the larger of the two women's prisons in California. The surveys were completed by individuals who have murder and manslaughter convictions to assess how their convictions were related to intimate partner violence. Nearly 500 individuals completed the survey during July 2023. Students enrolled in the policy lab will code the narrative portions of the survey responses (not everyone who participated in the surveys completed a narrative portion), analyze the quantitative data collected through the surveys, and assist in drafting a report for researchers, policymakers and practitioners aimed to better understand the nature of who is incarcerated and what their needs are, and to suggest front-end policy reforms. Application process: Interested students should submit a Consent of Instructor form (see Policy Lab Practicums webpage or https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/) with a copy of their resume, transcript, and statement of interest to Debbie Mukamal (dmukamal@law.stanford.edu) by September 11, 2023 at 5:00 pm. Only students who participated in the prior quarter's project will be admitted to the winter quarter practicum. The statement of interest should indicate relevant expertise, including whether the student has any data analysis experience (quantitative and/or qualitative) as well as the type of software the student has used in such data analysis. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments, Final Paper. Important note: Admitted students may enroll for three units. Four units is limited to one or two students with consent of the instructors.