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Project ReMADE: Business & Entrepreneurship Class (#6)
Project ReMADE: Business & Entrepreneurship Class (#6)
Class covers several foundational business and entrepreneurship concepts, taught by Stanford Law School and Business School students to participants in Project ReMADE. This is the final class in the series of 6 classes. Related Media Project ReMADE
Project ReMADE: Business Plan Practice Presentations
Project ReMADE: Business Plan Practice Presentations
Participants in Project ReMADE will practice delivery of their presentations and receive feedback from volunteers and a public speaking expert. Related Media
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SESLA – Inside Sports: Perspective from an NFL Team Executive
SESLA – Inside Sports: Perspective from an NFL Team Executive
Featuring Kevin Warren, Vice President of Legal Affairs and Chief Administrative Officer for the Minnesota Vikings Related Media
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CLB Journal Club Lunch: Relationship Between Stressfulness of Claiming for Injury Compensation and Long-term Recovery: A Prospective Cohort Study
CLB Journal Club Lunch: Relationship Between Stressfulness of Claiming for Injury Compensation and Long-term Recovery: A Prospective Cohort Study
David Studdert, Professor of Law and Medicine at Stanford, will discuss his work on the relationship between the stressfulness of claiming for injury compensation and long-term recovery. Each year, millions of persons worldwide seek compensation for transport accident and workplace injuries. Previous research suggests that these claimants have worse long-term health outcomes than persons whose […]
SLATA Lunch with Legal Tech Company – Allegory Law
SLATA Lunch with Legal Tech Company – Allegory Law
Alma Asay, Founder & CEO of Allegory Law (allegorylaw.com), will discuss how her experiences working as a litigator at GIbson Dunn led her to develop Allegory, an innovative SaaS solution for litigators. Allegory acts like a smart phone for case management, leveraging single inputs of information and documents to be available through every applicable workflow. […]
Living Legend, Living History: In Conversation with Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta
Living Legend, Living History: In Conversation with Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta
SLLSA is pleased to announce that civil rights icon Dolores Huerta will be featured as the keynote speaker for our Cinco Week. An associate of Cesar Chavez, a contemporary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an awardee with Mother Teresa, the legendary Dolores Huerta is revered as one of recent history's most iconic civil rights […]
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Freed at the Font: Baptismal Manumission and Re-enslavement in Colonial Lima
Freed at the Font: Baptismal Manumission and Re-enslavement in Colonial Lima
Faculty Workshop with Professor Michelle McKinley, University of Oregon School of Law Related Media
“Beyond the UN Guiding Principles: Strategies to Improve Corporate Compliance with Human Rights”: A Talk by Professor Justine Nolan
“Beyond the UN Guiding Principles: Strategies to Improve Corporate Compliance with Human Rights”: A Talk by Professor Justine Nolan
"Beyond the UN Guiding Principles: Strategies to Improve Corporate Compliance with Human Rights" A Talk by Professor Justine Nolan Justine Nolan is Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and Deputy Director of the Australian Human Rights Centre. She has published on international human rights and, in particular, accountability for corporate violations of […]
A Survival Guide to Real Life in a Law Firm
A Survival Guide to Real Life in a Law Firm
A Secretary’s Point of View When you walk through the front doors of that law firm for the first time, both as a summer associate and then later as a full-time associate, you may wonder in the back of your mind how you will navigate all of the demands on your time, the different priority […]
4 events,
Board of Visitors Meeting
Closing Arguments in MT v WY and ND
Closing Arguments in MT v WY and ND
Thursday, May 1, 2014 9AM - 5PM Moot Courtroom Stanford Law School, Room 80 Closing argument in the trial phrase of the United States Supreme Court case of Montana v. North Dakota and Wyoming will be held before Special Master Barton Thompson, the Robert E. Paradise Professor in Natural Resources Law, on May 1, 2014 […]
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CodeX FutureLaw 2014
CodeX FutureLaw 2014
Early registration ends April 2nd! On May 2, 2014, CodeX - the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics will host the second annual CodeX FutureLaw Conference - a conference focusing on how technology is changing the landscape of the legal profession and the law more broadly. The conference will bring together leading thinkers, entrepreneurs, investors and […]
FBI-MI5: A Comparative Perspective on Domestic Intelligence.
FBI-MI5: A Comparative Perspective on Domestic Intelligence.
SJIL Conference Opening Event Moderated discussion with former heads of domestic intelligence agencies. Related Media
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SLS Day of Service
SLS Day of Service
Stanford Law School students, faculty and staff come together for a student-initiated SLS Day of Service. Last year, about 125 volunteers took part in the event, contributing their time at 10 organizations, including Acterra Redwood Grove Project, Acterra Arastradero Preserve, Second Harvest Food Bank, Almost Eden Garden Project, InnVision Shelter Network, Boys & Girls Club […]
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Head, Heart and Soul of Restorative Justice
Head, Heart and Soul of Restorative Justice
The Criminal Law Society presents a lunch time event on Restorative Justice, its effectiveness and the role it can play it shoudl play in our society. Lunch served to attendees! Speakers: Camille Perrier Depeursinge: A current LLM and a Swiss lawyer. During her PH.D work, she studied restorative justice and specifically victim-offender mediation. She also […]
Career Development Through Diversity and Pro Bono
Career Development Through Diversity and Pro Bono
Please join O'Melveny & Myers LLP, SLLSA, APILSA, NALSA, and OUTLAW for a panel discussion on career development through diversity and pro bono. Lunch will be served (Cindo de Mayo style!) Please RSVP to davidramirez@stanford.edu Related Media
Keep Calm and Carry On?: Disruption in the UK Legal Market and What It Could Mean for the US
Keep Calm and Carry On?: Disruption in the UK Legal Market and What It Could Mean for the US
In many ways, the legal market in the United Kingdom is experiencing more far reaching changes than that of the United States. Catalyzed by the 2007 enactment of the Legal Services Act which allowed for non-lawyer ownership of law firms, the UK legal market is seeing many new entrants changing the way legal services are […]
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Advocating for Trans* Youth in High Schools: Perspectives of Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers
Advocating for Trans* Youth in High Schools: Perspectives of Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers
Please join Outlaw and the wider Stanford community for this Trans* Awareness Week event that will explore the legal issues that arise for trans* youth in high schools. Plaintiffs from both the United States and Canada will share their experiences, as will local lawyers who represent youth facing these issues. Related Media
Transitioning Between the Private & Public Sector
Transitioning Between the Private & Public Sector
How to transition into a public interest job from the private sector Four lawyers who made moves between private practice and public service and public interest law discuss their career paths and recommendations for those thinking of making a similar transition. Featuring: Jef Pearlman '07, who will be joining SLS's Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic […]
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Building an Effective Climate Regime While Avoiding Carbon and Energy Stalemate
Building an Effective Climate Regime While Avoiding Carbon and Energy Stalemate
Faculty Workshop with Associate Professor Michael Wara Related Media
The Battle Against ‘Ag-gag’: Undercover Investigations of Factory Farms
The Battle Against ‘Ag-gag’: Undercover Investigations of Factory Farms
Most of the public is unaware of standard practices in modern-day factory farming. Both state and federal laws suffer from multiple deficiencies in failing to protect farmed animals from cruelty. As a result, organizations devoted to animal protection, including Mercy For Animals, have undertaken numerous recent undercover investigations of factory farms, which expose conditions to […]
BioLaw Lunch Talk: Willy Quinn, CEO of Bullet Biotech
BioLaw Lunch Talk: Willy Quinn, CEO of Bullet Biotech
Willy Quinn, CEO of Bullet Biotechnology Prior to founding Bullet Bio, Willie was one of the first employees at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, where he worked for more than 8 years. As head of Corporate Development, his role included strategy development and execution, helping Jazz transform from a raw startup to a profitable, public specialty pharma company. […]
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CodeX Speaker Series: To Catch a Thief With and Without Numbers
CodeX Speaker Series: To Catch a Thief With and Without Numbers
Evidential reasoning is a notoriously complex task, and mistakes can have severe consequences. For instance, in the Netherlands, nurse Lucia de Berk was convicted to life imprisonment for murdering several patients. She served 6.5 years in prison, before a revision court decided that she was not guilty, now that the investigated deaths were no longer […]
Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare
Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare
Please join the Stanford Federalist Society as Professor Josh Blackman tells the inside story of the challenge to the Affordable Care Act. In 2012, the United States Supreme Court became the center of the political world. In a dramatic and unexpected 5–4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts voted to narrowly save the Affordable Care Act, […]
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Barristers’ Ball
Barristers’ Ball
Mark your calendars for SLA's biggest event of the year, the annual Spring Formal/ Barrister's Ball in San Francisco. This year's formal will be held at the City Club of San Francisco, with buses running to and from San Francisco from the law school. More details TBA. Related Media
A Complicated Cleanup: The BP Oil Spill Litigation
A Complicated Cleanup: The BP Oil Spill Litigation
Second Annual Symposium for the Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation. Information TBA. Related Media
Franchise Law Symposium presented by the Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance
Franchise Law Symposium presented by the Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance
Please join us for presentations by the authors published in volume 19.2 of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance. Registration is free. Please register on Eventbrite.com. Related Media
FADs: Developing a Career in Fashion and Entertainment Law
FADs: Developing a Career in Fashion and Entertainment Law
A conversation with Emily Evitt, '08 Don't miss the first Fashion, Art, and Design Society event! Emily Evitt, '08 will join us to discuss her career in fashion and entertainment law and to share her insight on how students can find a career that combines their interest in law and the arts. Lunch will be […]
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2L & 3L class chat on the state of public interst at Stanford Law School
2L & 3L class chat on the state of public interst at Stanford Law School
Open to 2L & 3L students. Related Media
Phil-Law-Sophy Journal Club: Blame and Responsibility in Criminal Law
Phil-Law-Sophy Journal Club: Blame and Responsibility in Criminal Law
A Conversation with Barbara Fried Barbara Fried, William W. and Gertrude H. Saunders Professor of Law, leads a discussion based on her recent article in the Boston Review on the philosophical foundations of criminal punishment. Certain assumptions about what makes individuals blameworthy underlie current debates about crime rates, recidivism, and prison overpopulation. But serious reflection […]
Backpack to Briefcase: How to Transition from Student to Lawyer
Backpack to Briefcase: How to Transition from Student to Lawyer
Join us and our guest panelists as we discuss the qualities of a great junior associate, the importance of case/deal knowledge, and tips for effective communication as a junior associate. Niki Khoshzamir Moore, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of 3L+ Law Prep. Tomomi Glover, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of 3L+ Law Prep. John Demeter, […]
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Screening of American Violet
Screening of American Violet
Sponsored by the Criminal Law Society Lunch provided. Set in the midst of the 2000 presidential election, American Violet tells the story of a young mother named Dee Roberts (Nicole Beharie), a 24 year-old African-American single mother of four living in the town of Melody (based on Hearne, Texas, where the real incident took place). […]
CLB Journal Club Lunch: The Time is Ripe for an Ethics of Entrepreneurship
CLB Journal Club Lunch: The Time is Ripe for an Ethics of Entrepreneurship
Christopher Thomas Scott, PhD, from Stanford's Center on Biomedical Ethics, will discuss his work on the ethics of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship has been hailed as an important engine for economic growth, productivity, innovation, and employment. In higher education, entrepreneurship programs have become one the fastest-growing field of study on campus. These new initiatives signal exciting times […]
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Military Courts and Article III
Military Courts and Article III
Faculty Workshop with Professor Stephen Vladeck, American University Washington College of Law Related Media
SKB v. Abbott Labs: Heightened Scrutiny and Sexual Orientation
SKB v. Abbott Labs: Heightened Scrutiny and Sexual Orientation
Please join Outlaw for a discussion on the Ninth Circuit's recent decision extending Batson protection to gay individuals and applying heightened scrutiny on the basis of sexual orientation. Brian Hennigan and Alex Wiles, the two partners at Irell & Manella who argued before the circuit court, will be on campus to discuss the litigation and […]
The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession 5th Anniversary
The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession 5th Anniversary
The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession 5th Anniversary Keynote Address by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of the New York Court of Appeals Please click here to register for this event. Related Media
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Make-up Class for Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
Make-up Class for Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
There will be a make-up class for Criminal Procedure: Adjudication on May 15 and May 20. This is a large class, so student groups and departments are scheduled their events around the make-up classes. Related Media
A Screening of “After Tiller”
A Screening of “After Tiller”
Join the Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the Federalist Society for a lunch-time screening of the new documentary, "After Tiller." (85 minutes) Those who can stay after the screening are welcome to engage in a respectful discussion of their reactions and thoughts on the film. Lunch will be served. From the producers: "After Tiller […]
Preparing for OCI: How to Ace Your Law Firm Interviews, feat. Brendan Cullen, ’95, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner
Preparing for OCI: How to Ace Your Law Firm Interviews, feat. Brendan Cullen, ’95, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner
Brendan Cullen is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Group. Mr. Cullen has litigated a broad range of matters, including complex securities, commercial, intellectual property and antitrust litigation, frequently with a substantial technological element. He has advised and represented clients in arbitrations, in cases in state and federal trial courts and on appeals before state […]
5 events,
Inaugural Conference for Junior Researchers on Law and Society
Inaugural Conference for Junior Researchers on Law and Society
On Law and (In)formality The Stanford Program in Law and Society (SPLS) at Stanford Law School is pleased to announce its Inaugural Conference for Junior Researchers. As there are limited opportunities for the international community of aspiring scholars to meet and discuss their current projects on law and society, this conference is intended to provide […]
Stanford IP Law and the Biosciences Conference
Stanford IP Law and the Biosciences Conference
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Paul Brest Hall Munger Graduate Residences Join us on May 16, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m for an informative discussion with leading experts from academia, industry and the judiciary on the latest developments in intellectual property law and the biosciences. Judges, top legal scholars and experienced practitioners from […]
Good People Should Not Be Prosecutors: A Debate
Good People Should Not Be Prosecutors: A Debate
An Oxford-style debate over whether it is possible to be a good person and prosecute in today's criminal justice system. As a part of the inagural symposium of the Stanford Journal of Criminal Law and Policy, the Journal, the Center on the Legal Profession, the Criminal Law Society, and the Criminal Justice Center are pleased […]
Faculty Seminar: Resource Revolution: Are we on the cusp of sectoral transformations and a step change in productivity?
Faculty Seminar: Resource Revolution: Are we on the cusp of sectoral transformations and a step change in productivity?
Faculty Research Seminar Presentation: Stefan Heck Stefan Heck, Steyer-Taylor Center Research Fellow and Consulting Professor at Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University will present some of his most recent work. Abstract The industrial revolution triggered dramatic increases in productivity: per capita energy available increased 100x, GDP increased 13-fold after only doubling in the prior […]
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5 events,
LSRJ Jeopardy Lunch
LSRJ Jeopardy Lunch
Come watch Professor Kelman and newly minted SLA Co-President Marcus Williams (and a surprise third contestant!) as they go head-to-head in LSRJ Jeopardy! Lunch will be served. Related Media
Racial and Religious Discrimination in Post-9/11 America
Racial and Religious Discrimination in Post-9/11 America
APILSA, SALME, and SMLSA invite you to a panel discussion moderated by Prof. Shirin Sinnar and featuring attorneys who have worked on post-9/11 civil rights and racial & religious discrimination. Lunch will be provided. Related Media
Progressive Mayoral Politics and Eminent Domain to Forestall Mortgage Foreclosure
Progressive Mayoral Politics and Eminent Domain to Forestall Mortgage Foreclosure
Gayle McLaughlin is a member of the Green Party and mayor of Richmond, CA since 2006. A social activist and founder of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, Mayor McLaughlin has sought to unify local progressives in city politics. McLaughlin is a strong proponent of a plan being pioneered by the city of Richmond to use eminent […]
7 events,
Social Enterprise & the Law
Social Enterprise & the Law
Presentation by Zoe Hunton of Hunton Law: Legal Counsel for Social Enterprises and Nonprofits Lunch provided to attendees Zoe Hunton is a current practioner working in Social Enterprise law; she will discuss the following: 1) a practicing lawyer's perspective on current legal issues facing early stage social enterprises, including legal structure options and ability to […]
Make-up Class for Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
Make-up Class for Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
There will be a make-up class for Criminal Procedure: Adjudication on May 20. This is a large class, so student groups and departments are scheduled their events around the make-up class. Related Media
Planning Out 2L and 3L
Planning Out 2L and 3L
Graduation Requirements, Clinics, and Passing the Bar with a Panel of 3Ls and Cathy Glaze Related Media
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The Trouble with Too Much T: Sex, Health, and the Olympics
The Trouble with Too Much T: Sex, Health, and the Olympics
The Center for Law and the Biosciences and the BioLaw and Health Policy Society present Katrina Karkazis, from the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, discussing her work on "gender verification" policies for elite female athletes. Dr. Karkazis is a leading expert on controversies about treatment for people with intersex traits, and, among other things, recently […]
Lunch Talk with Professor Chaim Saiman
Lunch Talk with Professor Chaim Saiman
Jesus' Legal Theory: A Rabbinical Interpretation Join Jewish Law Student Association and Christian Legal Fellowship for a lunchtime discussion with Professor Chaim Saiman, author of Jesus' Legal Theory: A Rabbinical Interpretation Related Media
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Conversation with Sen. Mike Johnston
Conversation with Sen. Mike Johnston
A small-group meeting with Senator Mike Johnston and the members of Youth and Education Advocates at Stanford. Related Media
Building the System: Education Advocacy as a State Legislator
Building the System: Education Advocacy as a State Legislator
A Conversation with Senator Mike Johnston of Colorado Come hear Senator Mike Johnston of Colorado speak about his experiences as a state legislator and what has inspired him to advocate for education reform at the state level. Since assuming office as a Colorado State Senator in 2009, Mike Johnston has worked tirelessly to transform Colorado's […]
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Monday classes meet; Friday classes DO NOT meet
Monday classes meet; Friday classes DO NOT meet
Administrative Monday. Monday classes meet; Friday classes do not meet. Related Media
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CLB Journal Club Lunch: A Dose of Reality for Specialized Courts: Lessons from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
CLB Journal Club Lunch: A Dose of Reality for Specialized Courts: Lessons from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Nora Freeman Engstrom, Associate Professor, Stanford Law School will discuss what the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program can tell us about proposals to reform medical malpractice.The latest in a long line of reform proposals, health courts have been called “the best option for fixing our broken system of medical justice.” And, if health courts’ supporters are […]
SLATA: How Legal Analytics from Lex Machina will be the future of IP litigation research (with Ike’s!)
SLATA: How Legal Analytics from Lex Machina will be the future of IP litigation research (with Ike’s!)
Come learn about Lex Machina, the leader in Legal Analytics. Legal Analytics is transforming the practice of law, as companies and law firms begin to use data to analyze and formulate their legal strategies. Lex Machina is a software tool (free for students!) for IP litigation research. Unlike other big name legal research software you […]
Social Entrepreneurship in Action
Social Entrepreneurship in Action
For nearly seven weeks four teams of entrepreneurial students have been working on projects. Two groups have designed actual ventures: one helps veterans gain access to top colleges and graduate programs; and the other mobilizes discounted, authentic medications directly to patients. Two other groups will present findings to clients BUILD and Omidyar Network. Wine and […]
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New Territorialism and Old Territorialism
New Territorialism and Old Territorialism
Faculty workshop with Professor Jenny Martinez Related Media
Issues in Clean Energy Access
Issues in Clean Energy Access
It's estimated that 1.2 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity, and another billion have only unreliable access. Meanwhile, nearly 3 billion people in the developing world cook food and heat their homes with traditional cookstoves or open fires. Deploying clean and efficient modern technologies to replace the technologies and fuels used by these […]
“10 Things You Should Know as an Associate That They Don’t Teach You in Law School,” presented by Fish & Richardson
“10 Things You Should Know as an Associate That They Don’t Teach You in Law School,” presented by Fish & Richardson
Tamara Fraizer and Chrissy Brown-Marshall from Fish & Richardson's Silicon Valley office will present "10 Things You Should Know as an Associate That They Don't Teach You in Law School. Lunch will be provided. Related Media RSVP
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Speaking Up without Freaking Out: A Workshop to Develop Confident Speaking
Speaking Up without Freaking Out: A Workshop to Develop Confident Speaking
Presented by GSB Lecturers Feeling uneasy about speaking up in class or delivering your oral arguments? Many of us wish we could speak more clearly and confidently at such occasions. Informed by scholarly research, this engaging workshop provides hands-on, practical advice on how to present in a more confident and compelling way. Matt Abrahams is […]
Africa’s Elephants and Rhinos vs. Illegal Traffickers: Who Will Win?
Africa’s Elephants and Rhinos vs. Illegal Traffickers: Who Will Win?
Wildlife Trafficking lecture featuring David J. Hayes We are delighted to announce that David J. Hayes, distinguished visiting lecturer, former Deputy Secretary of the Interior, Senior Fellow at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Vice-Chair of the President’s Wildlife Trafficking Advisory Council, will be delivering a public lecture on illegal wildlife trafficking. Mr. Hayes […]
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Trial With and Without Mathematics: Legal, Philosophical, and Computational Perspectives
Trial With and Without Mathematics: Legal, Philosophical, and Computational Perspectives
DNA evidence and forensic science have once again brought mathematics into the courtroom. Numbers and statistics have helped distinguish the innocent from the guilty, but have also led to miscarriages of justice, for example, Dreyfus, Collins, Lucia de Berk. Is mathematics relevant in law at all? Do lawyers need mathematical training in statistics and logic? […]
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Reading period begins and ends on Sunday, June 1.
Reading period begins and ends on Sunday, June 1.
Reading period begins and ends on June 1, 2014. Related Media
PALS and JRCLS Resources for Families at Stanford During the Summer
PALS and JRCLS Resources for Families at Stanford During the Summer
Come enjoy one last PALS event at the Stanford Campus Recreational Association (SCRA) The SCRA is the faculty club with swimming pool and BBQ, but student families can also sign their kids up for lessons here. Come check out the facilities to see what's available to you, and enjoy a fun pool party and lunch […]
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