Elements of Policy Analysis (LAW 7846) (Basic policy skills training course open to all.) PROFS. PAUL BREST & ROBERT MACCOUN A Saturday Methods Boot Camp, April 6, 9 AM to 4 PM. This one-credit course supports students undertaking public policy analysis in the Policy Lab and in other policy-based courses.
Building A Sustainable, Transparent, and Humane Food System (809T) NEW PROFS. DANIEL HO & DEBORAH SIVAS The first phase of a longer project that provides legal research and policy support to officials seeking to improve animal agricultural practices and disclosure in California.
Hopi Tribal Court Legal Assistance Project (809S) EL / R credit NEW PROF. GREG ABLAVSKY Law students assist the Hopi Tribal Appellate Court of Arizona in two tracks. Track 1: Law Clerks (3 units, EL): Students serve as off-site law clerks to the Justices. Law clerks will be assigned to a Justice with whom they meet regularly to discuss assignments. They will assist in preparing for oral arguments and drafting written decisions or other assistance. Track 2: Policy Research (2-3 units, R possible): Law students assist the Appellate Court in researching and developing internal policy documents such as creating rules of procedure and facilitating mediation and restorative justice methodologies. The team will travel to Northern Arizona to meet with clients and stakeholders over the period of April 18-21.
Nature-Based Climate Solutions (809R / Sustain 212) NEW LECTURER DAVID HAYES This project works closely with a non-profit client that is investing in nature-based climate solutions (NbS) to enhance the natural proclivity of landscapes and seascapes to combat climate change. Students will explore and analyze barriers and opportunities in developing laws and policies that affect the adoption of NbS, including means of measuring benefits.
Safeguarding Judicial Independence Around the World (809Q) NEW PROF. AMRIT SINGH Working with the policy client, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Professor Margaret Satterthwaite, the research team will prepare case studies illustrating the risk to judicial systems emanating from powerful economic or corporate interests. Topics include: The promise and perils of artificial intelligence in judicial systems and the independence of Indigenous juridical systems.
University Anti-Doxxing Policies (809P) NEW PROF. EVELYN DOUEK This practicum will advise the Stanford Provost's Office on the legal and policy issues raised by the doxxing of or by members of the Stanford community or otherwise related to activities on campus and it will develop recommendations for how the University should respond. Areas of research include the legal definition of doxxing, the First Amendment, the Leonard Law and other constraints applying to the University, what training or resources can be offered to people to protect their online privacy, and how to foster constructive discourse in light of the way that these online dynamics and the threat of doxxing can chill speech.
Expanding Access to Justice in Eviction and Family Law (809L) R credit PROF. DAVID ENGSTROM & MARGARET HAGAN (Legal Design Lab Director) The research team works with the Los Angeles County Court to design a pilot for a new end-to-end process that improves court users’ participation rates, engagement, sense of procedural justice, and substantive justice outcomes.
Juvenile Justice & Education: Re-envisioning San Mateo County Alternative Schools (809J) EL / R credit LECTURER ABIGAIL TRILLIN Students work with the San Mateo County Office of Education and the Youth Law Center on the Gateway Redesign Project to reimagine the community school with a focus on community college collaboration.
Blue Foods for Indonesia (Law 809K / Sustain 121/221) R credit NEW PROJECTS PROFS. JANET MARTINEZ & JIM LEAPE (Woods Institute Sr Fellow & Center for Ocean Solutions Dir) This Action Lab works closely with the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning to implement a far-reaching national program that could transform the Indonesian food system and serve as a model for other countries. Students will evaluate successful programs implemented by other nations on such topics as aquaculture, small scale fisheries, blue food tech, and justice and inclusion.
The Santa Clara County Litigation & Policy Partnership (807G) EL / R credit NEW PROJECTS PROF. MICHELLE ANDERSON This policy lab partners with the Office of the County Counsel for the County of Santa Clara. Students will work with the leadership and deputies of the office on both litigation and policy matters related to urgent local challenges. SCCLPP projects may include issues from a range of fields: environmental protection, consumer protection, criminal justice, land use law, the rights of immigrant residents, public health, election law, and local finance.
"What’s Next? After Students for Fair Admissions" (809D) (Open only to students continuing from previous quarter.) PROF. RICK BANKS AND DIR. HOANG PHAM
Regulating Professional Enablers of Russia's War on Ukraine (809M) (Open only to students continuing from previous quarter.) PROF. ERIK JENSEN