Logic Program Insurance Contracts Hackathon #1
@ SLS: Room 270 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome contribute to the development of the next generation of computable insurance contracts! During the course of the event, you will write encodings of insurance policies as logic programs. You will use existing tools and resources for creating the encodings, and your experience at the hackathon will directly influence the development of new tools and […]
#SLSSocial Community Breakfast
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStart your week off with fellow SLS community members over a cup of coffee and a breakfast treat. Students, staff, and faculty are all welcome.
Interdisciplinary Research
OnlineResearching public policy requires synthesizing information from many different sources and disciplines: legal research; scientific data; economic predictions; findings and recommendations from NGOs and blue-ribbon panels, think tanks, and government agencies. All of these and more guide policymakers. Join this workshop to learn how to identify and access non-legal sources of information and understand techniques […]
Pathways in Youth and Education Law
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Professor Bill Koski (Stanford), Professor Abigail Trillin (Stanford), Lauren Brady (Youth Law Center), and Chris Middleton (Youth Law Center) to learn about the different pathways into youth and education law. Lunch will be provided.
1L Lunch with OSA
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOffice of Student Affairs likes to meet with each new section. Food is provided
SCLH Law and History Workshop: Jed Kroncke
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for lunch and legal history! University of Hong Kong, Jed Kroncke presents "Thomas Jefferson, Carsun Chang and A Lost Era of U.S.-China Constitutional Engagement" at the SCLH Law & History Workshop 24-25 Series.
SLS Mindfulness Meditation with Professor Ron Tyler
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesProfessor Ron Tyler will lead weekly mindfulness meditation sessions in Spring quarter. All are welcome (students, faculty, and staff), no matter your familiarity or experience with meditation. Drops in are always welcome. Tuesdays, October 1 through December 3.
Criminal Law Practice Panel
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis is the third session in a 4-part series providing 1L students with an overview of domestic public interest practice. We will feature federal prosecutor, district attorney, public defender and federal public defender alumni. Join us in a discussion about their careers and answer questions. The speakers for this panel will be announced.
Clerkships: Preparing to Apply, Part I
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFor the Class of 2026 Join Michelle Anderson and Nicole Pitman to learn about the timeline for applying for clerkships in June 2024 on the Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan. Learn how you can use your 2L year to plan for the application process, including researching judges, preparing application materials, and selecting recommenders.
CLB Law and Biosciences Workshop Seminar
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the CLB for our second workshop seminar of the Fall Quarter. Prof. Carol Heimer from Northwestern University and the American Bar Foundation will present her research on Hard Science and Soft Law: HIV and the Legal Transformation of Medicine.
Supreme Court Roundup & Preview
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe State Bar of California has approved this program for 1.5 hours of General MCLE credit. Materials can be viewed here. Join Easha Anand, co-director of Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Michael Mongan (’06), California Solicitor General, and Erin Murphy, partner at Clement & Murphy, to review the most important Supreme Court cases […]
WSL+ and WoCC Annual Welcome Potluck
@ Stanford (TBD)Join WSL+ and WoCC for our annual potluck at Professors Nora and David Engstrom's house, to welcome incoming female identifying students, and share food and drinks with classmates and female faculty.
Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning […]
Design Thinking for Law and Policy
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHuman-centered design methods will help you re-imagine complex problems and possible interventions to create breakthrough solutions. Students will receive close coaching from designers, to learn and practice design methods that catalyze new innovations for law and policy.
A Conversation with Judge Andrew Oldham
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join Stanford's Federalist Society for a lunchtime event with Judge Andrew Oldham (5th Cir.). Lunch will be served.
Global Internet Platform Regulation — Lunch Discussion with Daphne Keller
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe laws that govern Internet speech platforms like YouTube or TikTok are rapidly evolving in the U.S. and around the world. This is a roundtable lunch to discuss current developments in speech and content-related laws governing platforms, like Section 230 in the U.S. and the Digital Services Act in the EU. It will be led by Daphne Keller, who leads […]
The International Law of Forced Labor: Combatting Chinese Repression in Xinjiang
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a lunchtime talk with Professor Preston Jordan Lim on the U.S.-China relationship and the international legal tools that the U.S. and other states have at their disposal in dealing with an ever-more confident and activist Beijing. Professor Lim will discuss how the international community can effectively combat Chinese repression against the Uyghur […]
Private Public Interest Law Firm Practice Panel
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis is the final session in a 4-part series offering 1Ls an overview of domestic public interest practice. Attorneys from private public interest law firms will discuss their careers and answer questions. Speakers for this panel will be announced.
LLM Interview Workshop
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis workshop is for the Advanced Degree students. This workshop will cover interview preparation for job interviews in the U.S. and provide students with an opportunity to practice interview skills.
Business Law Practice Area Happy Hour
Room offsiteThis event is open to Stanford Law School and GSB Students only. Interested in corporate law, entrepreneurship, sustainability, or emerging technologies? Join the Rock Center for a networking event highlighting several corporate law practice areas: Venture Capital, M&A, Capital Markets, Clean Tech, and Emerging Companies. This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with partners […]
SIPA/SLATA/SAILS/BioLaw Welcome BBQ
@ Stanford: Munger BBQ Pit , United StatesSIPA, SLATA, SAILS, and BioLaw are co-hosting a welcome BBQ to bring together everyone in the SLS community interested in IP, tech, AI, or bio law. This event will also allow mentors and mentees from within this organization to meet up.
Abolitionist Happy Hour
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin SPARC (Stanford Prison Abolition Resource Coalition) for our first abolitionist happy hour! We will provide snacks, drinks, and EANABs. Partners and pets are also welcome :) Please RSVP by EOD Monday October 21st.
Simchat Torah (Jewish)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning […]
SLS Reunions
@ SLS Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law School welcomes the classes of 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, and 2023! Students are invited to SLS Block Party on Saturday, October 26, from 12:00 - 2:30 pm
When States Take Hostages: Responding to Iran and other Perpetrators
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFor more than 70 years, violent kidnapping and holding civilians for ransom has been a paradigmatic tactic of non-state actors like Al Qaeda. But the problem is rapidly changing. In the place of terrorist groups, states—particularly adversary states like Iran, Russia, China, Syria, and Venezuela—are now responsible for 90 percent of new American hostage taking […]