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Screening of “Hate Crimes in the Heartland”
Screening of “Hate Crimes in the Heartland”
Hate Crimes in the Heartland is an award winning documentary film project by Emmy Award winner Rachel Lyon. Heartland tells powerful stories of people involved in two hate crimes – over 90 years apart in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 1921 Tulsa race riots and the 2012 Good Friday shootings depicted in the film reveal how racial animosity […]
1L Judicial Externships Student Panel
1L Judicial Externships Student Panel
Members of the Class of 2017 will discuss their judicial externships, including the application process, types of assignments, interaction with judges & clerks, and opportunities to view court proceedings.
From Where I Sit: Diversity in the Classroom and the Legal Profession
From Where I Sit: Diversity in the Classroom and the Legal Profession
Many law students have legitimate concerns about a lack of diversity in the legal profession and throughout legal education. Members of various minority groups, including people of color and members of the LGBTQ community, face challenges during both their time in law school and the legal profession. Please join us as members of the SLS faculty discuss their […]
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A Proposed Model Regulation for Twenty-First Century ‘Psychosurgery’
A Proposed Model Regulation for Twenty-First Century ‘Psychosurgery’
with Associate Professor Jennifer Chandler, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Constitutional Conversation with Russ Feingold: Constitutional Deliberation in Congress
Constitutional Conversation with Russ Feingold: Constitutional Deliberation in Congress
6:00pm - 7:00pm Presentation Dinner will be served at 5:45pm Room 290, Stanford Law School Register Now Russ Feingold Former representative of Wisconsin, United States Senate Russell D. Feingold represented Wisconsin in the United States Senate from 1993 to 2011, serving on the Judiciary, Foreign Relations, Budget, and Intelligence Committees. He has since taught at […]
Accessible Justice: The Intersection of Disability and Law
Accessible Justice: The Intersection of Disability and Law
Join the Stanford Association of Law Students for Disability Rights and Professor Rabia Belt for a conversation about disability and the law focusing on the history of the disability rights movement as well as specific legal challenges facing the disability community today. Lunch will be served!
Learn More About the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab (SILLab)
Learn More About the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab (SILLab)
RSVP is required. Please join Giancarlo Frosio and Daphne Keller on Tuesday for a presentation on the activities of the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab (SILLab). The SILLab is one of the projects at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. The SILLab's goal is to serve the SLS community by sharing knowledge […]
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Unorthodox Lawmaking, Unorthodox Rulemaking
Unorthodox Lawmaking, Unorthodox Rulemaking
with Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell, UC Berkeley School of Law
PI Fellows: Advanced Brief-writing Workshop with Jocelyn Larkin
PI Fellows: Advanced Brief-writing Workshop with Jocelyn Larkin
Learn the Nuts and Bolts Jocelyn Larkin from the Impact Fund will present this workshop. This is open to PI Fellows only.
The War on Drugs: Is it Worth Fighting?
The War on Drugs: Is it Worth Fighting?
Please join the Stanford Federalist Society as we present Scott Erickson, who will be speaking to us about the war on drugs. Chipotle will be served for lunch. Scott G. Erickson is a conservative writer, policy analyst, and law enforcement professional in California. He has spent the past fifteen years working as a police officer, […]
Inside Washington: Lunch with Lanny Davis
Inside Washington: Lunch with Lanny Davis
*Please note this event is open to students only. Stanford Law School, Room 190 Register Now Please join us for a lunch with Washington lawyer and crisis manager Lanny Davis. Davis, former White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, is a lawyer, crisis manager, consultant, author, and television commentator providing strategic counsel to clients under scrutiny […]
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Fragile Democracies: Contested Power in the Era of Constitutional Courts
Fragile Democracies: Contested Power in the Era of Constitutional Courts
with Professor Sam Issacharoff, NYU School of Law
Human Rights in Action: A Conversation with David Keyes
Human Rights in Action: A Conversation with David Keyes
Crowdsourcing Human Rights, A Conversation with David Keyes Sponsored by the Stanford International Human Rights Law Association Please join SIHRLA in welcoming David Keyes this Thursday, November 5th at 12:45. Mr. Keyes will be speaking about crowdsourcing human rights and the power of an individual to challenge dictatorship. He will highlight the role law students can […]
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Alumni Reflect on Lessons Learned
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Alumni Reflect on Lessons Learned
Engage the Issues As part of the 10-year anniversary celebration of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic, a panel of Stanford Law School alumni who were students in the clinic will reflect on how the experience impacted their careers. PANELISTS: Andrew Bruck, JD '08, Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Alvaro Huerta, […]
Immigration Policy: A Conversation with Lucas Guttentag, Senior Counsel, USCIS
Immigration Policy: A Conversation with Lucas Guttentag, Senior Counsel, USCIS
the 10th Anniversary of Stanford Law School's IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS CLINIC Thursday, November 5th, 2015 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM: Program (Room 280 B) Featuring Clinic Director Jayashri Srikantiah in conversation with Lucas Guttentag, Senior Counselor, United States Immigration and Citizenship Services RSVP
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Stanford-Rotman Corporate Governance Day: Major Challenges in Today’s Boardrooms
Stanford-Rotman Corporate Governance Day: Major Challenges in Today’s Boardrooms
The Stanford-Rotman Corporate Governance Day: Major Challenges in Today's Boardrooms is an executive education program for directors and senior executives of US and Canadian companies that include hot topics and best practices relevant to both US and Canadian board directors. The 2015 program will address a broad range of trends and challenges that confront modern […]
Inside Justice: Misdemeanor Arraignments
Inside Justice: Misdemeanor Arraignments
Visit to Misdemeanor Arraignments: Palo Alto Courthouse with Professor Ron Tyler and Lecturer Suzanne Luban The Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) is launching a new series called “Inside Justice” to give small groups of law students the opportunity to experience various aspects of and processes that comprise our criminal justice system. These opportunities will include […]
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Expunge Design Day: youth building criminal justice tools
Expunge Design Day: youth building criminal justice tools
On November 7th, a team of us at Stanford Law School & d.school are hosting a day in which we work with young people in the Bay Area to imagine what more user-friendly ways to clean and seal their record might be. We'll be starting with the open source project Expunge.io from Illinois. It's a […]
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Fix the Court
Fix the Court
Please join the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for a conversation on institutional reforms to the Supreme Court with Gabe Roth of Fix the Court and Professor Karlan.
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Startup Landmines
Startup Landmines
WilmerHale attorneys address legal pitfalls to be avoided by startups. Hosted by E-Club and SLBA.
The European Refugee Tragedy and Its Implications for the United States
The European Refugee Tragedy and Its Implications for the United States
Join the American Constitution and Immigrants' Rights Clinic Director Jayashri Srikantiah in conversation with Professor Jenny Martinez and Lisa Weissman-Ward on the European refugee crisis and comparative European and U.S. refugee law.
Government in the Public Interest: the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
Government in the Public Interest: the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
Maxwell Peltz of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau will explain the work of the bureau and talk about opportunities available to students for summer and post-graduate employment. The CFPB has offices in D.C. and across the United States, including San Francisco. Mr. Peltz will also take part in our Mock Interview Program for 1Ls later […]
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Do Handguns Make Us Safer? A State-Level Synthetic Controls Analysis of Right-to-Carry Laws
Do Handguns Make Us Safer? A State-Level Synthetic Controls Analysis of Right-to-Carry Laws
with Professor John Donohue
Panel on California Prostitution Law
Panel on California Prostitution Law
Panelists, including Casey Bates (Deputy DA, Alameda County), Barbara Brents (Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Maxine Doogan (President, Erotic Sex Providers Legal, Education and Research Project), and Shelby Quast (Policy Director, Equality Now) will present and analyze four different perspectives regarding legalizing prostitution: decriminalization, criminalization, the Nordic model, and the Nevada model. […]
Understanding the life-cycle emissions of oil: Results from and implications of the new Oil Climate Index
Understanding the life-cycle emissions of oil: Results from and implications of the new Oil Climate Index
Oil is changing. Tight shale oil, oil sands, heavy oils, ultra-deep oils, depleting oils, oil shale, and an expanding array of hydrocarbons are vying for market share. Consumers may not notice the transformation—aside from recent price fluctuations, little appears to have changed at the gas pump. But behind-the-scenes, the oils themselves, how they are extracted […]
LSRJ Pro Bono Training – Client Intake Project
LSRJ Pro Bono Training – Client Intake Project
This will be a second training for the LSRJ pro bono project group that will be directly handling client intakes. Rebecca Gudeman from the National Center for Youth Law will facilitate the training.
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CLB Journal Club: Could Virtual Reality Reduce Implicit Racial Bias in Court?
CLB Journal Club: Could Virtual Reality Reduce Implicit Racial Bias in Court?
The Center for Law and the Biosciences invites you to its biweekly(-ish) journal club lunch series, featuring delicious FREE Thai food and engaging discussion for all! Our speaker for November 12th is Natalie Salmanowitz, M.A., Fellow at the Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society. The presumption of innocence and the right to a fair trial lie at the core […]
Neuroprediction of Behavior and Disease: Professor Russell Poldrack (Psychology)
Neuroprediction of Behavior and Disease: Professor Russell Poldrack (Psychology)
Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society (SPINS) invites you to hear Professor Russell Poldrack on November 12th. Dr. Poldrack is a professor of psychology at Stanford and will be discussing the neuroscientific and ethical issues surrounding neuroprediction. The lecture will run from 4:15pm to 5:45pm in SLS Room 280B and is open to the public. […]
Michal Barzuza (University of Virginia School of Law), “Adverse-Selection in Corporate Governance Choices”
Michal Barzuza (University of Virginia School of Law), “Adverse-Selection in Corporate Governance Choices”
Michal Barzuza (University of Virginia School of Law) will present "Adverse-Selection in Corporate Governance Choices" as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Autumn 2015. Download the paper here.
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CYBER DAY: Cybersecurity for Directors and C-Level Executives
CYBER DAY: Cybersecurity for Directors and C-Level Executives
Boards of directors are painfully aware of potential corporate exposure to a broad range of cyber-threats. The difficulty, however, is in fashioning a rational response to this ever-changing and increasingly complex challenge. This one-day session, offered jointly by Stanford's Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the Stanford Cyber Initiative, is designed for directors and executives […]
Employment Discrimination in the Entertainment Industry with Kathleen A. Tarr
Employment Discrimination in the Entertainment Industry with Kathleen A. Tarr
Stanford Entertainment and Sports Law Association (SESLA) and the Stanford Black Law Students Association (BLSA) are excited to welcome Kathleen A. Tarr, who delivered the General Session at this year's State Bar of California Annual Meeting on employment discrimination in the entertainment industry. In addition to lecturing in the Stanford Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Kathleen […]
Inside Justice: Santa Cruz Juvenile Detention Facility
Inside Justice: Santa Cruz Juvenile Detention Facility
Santa Cruz Juvenile Detention Facility with Professor Bill Koski The Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) is launching a new series called “Inside Justice” to give small groups of law students the opportunity to experience various aspects of and processes that comprise our criminal justice system. These opportunities will include police ride-alongs; visits to local jails, […]
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Cultural Competency Training
Cultural Competency Training
Cultural Competency training for all Project ReMADE teacher and mentor volunteers. RSVP here.
Black Lives Matter Reflection with Danielle Jones
Black Lives Matter Reflection with Danielle Jones
This event will bring together members of the law school community and the larger Stanford community to reflect upon the past year, the work of the Black Lives Matter movement, and how we can move forward to action. Danielle Jones will provide framing remarks and facilitate an open conversation among attendees. Lunch will be provided.
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Deterrence or revenge? The return of punitive house demolitions in response to recent events in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
Deterrence or revenge? The return of punitive house demolitions in response to recent events in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
The first event in the Stanford Human Rights Center's Speaker Series, Perspectives on the Current Israel-Palestine Conflict. Punitive house demolitions were routinely practiced by Israel in the Occupied Territories until 2005. In 2014, Israel renewed these demolitions, based on their purported deterrent effect. But has Israel enjoyed greater security in the past two years? The […]
San Francisco: Gender Communication, Persuasion, and Power
San Francisco: Gender Communication, Persuasion, and Power
How do women attorneys persuade and influence? What are some of the implicit biases that impact women advocates? How does gender diversity impact team performance and outcomes? Join fellow Stanford Law School alumnae for a discussion on gender communication differences and research on advancement strategies for women. One hour of MCLE credit will be offered. […]
Gender Communication, Persuasion, and Power with Michelle Greer Galloway, BA ’87, JD ’89
Gender Communication, Persuasion, and Power with Michelle Greer Galloway, BA ’87, JD ’89
How do women attorneys persuade and influence? What are some of the implicit biases that impact women advocates? How does gender diversity impact team performance and outcomes? Join fellow Stanford Law School alumnae for a discussion on gender communication differences and research on advancement strategies for women. One hour of MCLE credit will be offered. […]
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Living Places, Dying Governments
“Ag-Gag Laws” and the Fight to Save the First Amendment with Matthew Liebman
“Ag-Gag Laws” and the Fight to Save the First Amendment with Matthew Liebman
"Ag-Gag Laws" and the Fight to Save the First Amendment with Matthew Liebman
SIPA Career Panel and Networking Dinner
SIPA Career Panel and Networking Dinner
Please join the Stanford Intellectual Property Association (SIPA) for our annual Career Panel and Networking Dinner next Tuesday and Wednesday, November 17th and 18th, from 6-8pm, Stanford Law Lounge. Panelists cover the whole spectrum of intellectual property law (patent, copyright, trademark, trade secrets), both from a litigation and a transactional perspective. This is a great […]
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Pursuing Justice in Israel: the Rachel Corrie Case
Pursuing Justice in Israel: the Rachel Corrie Case
This event was the second of the Stanford Human Rights Center's Speaker Series, Perspectives on the Current Israel-Palestine Conflict. In March 2003, an Israeli army bulldozer killed Rachel Corrie, a U.S. peace activist, while she sought to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip. Cindy and Craig Corrie, Rachel’s parents, will […]
Movers and Shakers: Board Directors of the Silicon Valley 150
Movers and Shakers: Board Directors of the Silicon Valley 150
7:30 - 8:00am - Continental Breakfast 8:00 - 9:30am - Program Room 190, Stanford Law School Register Now A seminal study of the boards and board members of the largest and most influential companies in our region will be reviewed and discussed. The study, jointly sponsored by Lonergan Partners and SVDX, examines the demographics and […]
CLF Breakfast Chats
CLF Breakfast Chats
To promote scholarly reflection and mentoring for students interested in the intersection of faith and the law.
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Last day of Autumn Quarter classes
A Feather-Friendly Feast
A Feather-Friendly Feast
Come enjoy a Feather-Friendly Feast with Stanford Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and People for Animal Welfare!
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Thanksgiving Recess begins
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Lunch with Professor Hank Greely: “De-Extinction: Bringing Back Extinct Creatures – Good, Bad, or Ugly?”
Lunch with Professor Hank Greely: “De-Extinction: Bringing Back Extinct Creatures – Good, Bad, or Ugly?”
Lunch with Professor Hank Greely De-Extinction, or bringing back extinct creatures: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Tuesday, November 24, 2015 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Il Fornaio 600 Pine Street, Suite 132 Seattle, WA 98101 The Stanford Law School Seattle Alumni Chapter invites you to join Professor Hank Greely, BA '74, Deane F. and Kate Edelman […]
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1L Diversity Job Panel
1L Diversity Job Panel
Please join BLSA for a 1L Diversity Job Panel. They panel will consist of attorneys' from different firms and public interest employers. Lunch will be provided
Public Interest Study Break
Public Interest Study Break
Law students are invited to join the Levin Center staff for a study break in the Public Interest Community Center (PICC) in the basement. We will offer light refreshments.
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Privacy, Security and Freedom of Expression — Learning Day
Privacy, Security and Freedom of Expression — Learning Day
REGISTER HERE Room 290 What, if anything, should we do about extremist content on the Internet? What is the role of Internet companies in promoting free expression and privacy around the world? How should we manage data requests from law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the world, when countries have different privacy protections and different […]
Morrison & Foerster 1L Winter Reception
Morrison & Foerster 1L Winter Reception
Join MoFo for their annual 1L Winter Reception Wednesday, December 2 Pampas Restaurant 6:00- 8:00 pm
Swearing-In Ceremony
Swearing-In Ceremony
We hope you and your family will join the law school faculty, associate deans, and your fellow classmates at the Swearing-In Ceremony for the Class of 2015. A reception will follow the brief ceremony. Please note that in order to be sworn in, you must bring the packet that you received from the State Bar […]
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