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2 events,
Patent Bar Exam: Everything You Need to Know
If you are a student with an undergrad degree (or at least two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, or related fields), and are interested in becoming a Patent Agent or Attorney, Stanford Intellectual Property Association and Practising Law Institute (PLI) invite you to a presentation by […]
5 events,
1L Lunch with OSA
1L Lunch with OSA
Monday, April 30th (Section 4, 5 & 6) 320D If you are not able to attend the date your section was assigned, please sign up for another date that might work with your schedule better. RSVP
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
Join Professor Khaled Beydoun for a conversation on Islamophobia from a legal, race-based and intersectional perspective, exploring the racial construction of Arab and Muslim identity, especially in the context of criminal and national security policing. Sponsored by the Stanford Muslim Law Students Association, Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law, Human Rights Center, and […]
Parenting While Lawyering
Parenting While Lawyering
Join WSL for a lunch conversation about the professional and personal impact of having children during your legal career. Panelists will discuss how they navigated having children during law school, shortly after law school, during clerkships, and while practicing law in both the public and private sector. Panelists include: Professor Lisa Ouellette Adanna Love, Senior […]
9 events,
Bruce Western in Conversation about his new book, Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison
Bruce Western in Conversation about his new book, Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison
Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison tells the stories of the men and women I met through the Boston Reentry Study, a series of interviews my research team and I conducted with people leaving prison for neighborhoods around Boston. We were trying to understand what happens when people return to a community, and the […]
May Day Celebration
May Day Celebration
The Office of Student Affairs, the Levin Center and SLA invite you to join us in celebrating May Day at Stanford Law School. In many countries, May Day is celebrated to usher in Spring, with flowers, and with cake. It is also International Workers' Day. On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 12:45 - 2:00 pm, […]
6 events,
Privacy Law in Brazil
Privacy Law in Brazil
This event is free and open to the public; lunch will be provided. Register Now Brazil is becoming known as one of the world's leading jurisdictions for the high number of lawsuits fought by tech giants such as Facebook and Google involving privacy and other issues. Learn more about key topics and court cases from […]
The Nuts and Bolts of SLS’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)
The Nuts and Bolts of SLS’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)
RSVP Learn the Nuts and Bolts Heather Trujillo Smith and Anna Wang will go over the procedures for enrolling in Stanford's Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP). Stanford Law School has offered its graduates a loan repayment assistance program since 1985 when it was one of the first programs of its kind. Now the program, named […]
10 events,
A Rough Region: Lawlessness and the Reconstruction of Indian Territory, 1866 – 1885
with Alexandra Stern, Department of History, Stanford University
Prosecuting National Security and Terrorism Cases with Former US Attorneys
Prosecuting National Security and Terrorism Cases with Former US Attorneys
Hear from US Attorneys who oversaw some of the most important national security prosecutions in history including: the Times Square Bombing, the Benghazi attacks, the Somalian pirates’ seizure of Captain Phillips’ ship, the mass killing of Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisur Square (“the Blackwater Case”), and the Russian spies in New York. Join Former US […]
Becoming Alumni: A Special Info Session to the LLMs
Becoming Alumni: A Special Info Session to the LLMs
In this meeting the LLM class of 2018 will have the opportunity to hear from Ms. Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, the SLS Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, everything they need to know about becoming alumni - from practical issues (e.g. how long they are going to have their Stanford email after graduation) to the more long-term substantive […]
Intersection of Education and Disability Law: A Conversation with Professor Bill Koski
Intersection of Education and Disability Law: A Conversation with Professor Bill Koski
Law Students for Disability Rights and Youth and Education Advocates invite you to a lunch talk on the intersection of education and disability law with Professor Bill Koski.
4 events,
Friday classes meet twice*
*Classes regularly scheduled for 8:00-9:50 will meet 1:30-3:00 Classes regularly scheduled for 9:55-11:00 will meet 3:15-4:30 Classes regularly scheduled for 11:10-12:40 will meet 4:45-6:15
Advance Degree Lunch with OSA
Advance Degree Lunch with OSA
All degree program students are invited to meet with OSA to touch base on the school year. Friday, May 4th 12:45 to 2:00 pm Room 320D Please RSVP here Lunch will be provided
4 events,
SJIL Symposium on International Trade
SJIL Symposium on International Trade
On Saturday, May 5, the Stanford Journal of International Law (SJIL) will be hosting a symposium entitled Changes and Challenges: Current Issues in International Trade Policy. The symposium will feature discussion about the intersection of international trade policy with the Trump Administration, global development, and e-commerce facilitation. Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/ndAYybuf1QIK6pC03
Walk the Talk for a legal career in US-China practice — a lunch conversation with Dr. Wei Zhou, JD 98
Walk the Talk for a legal career in US-China practice — a lunch conversation with Dr. Wei Zhou, JD 98
We will walk the talk: first, meet at the Crocker garden, and walk to an on-campus place (e.g., CoHo or Ray's Grill) for the lunch. Seats are limited to 20, and please RSVP. Please join China Law and Policy Association to have a lunch conversation with Dr. Wei Zhou, JD 98. While a student at Stanford Law […]
5 events,
Serving Justice in Private Practice and on the Bench: A Conversation with Judge Michelle Friedland
Serving Justice in Private Practice and on the Bench: A Conversation with Judge Michelle Friedland
Join the American Constitution Society of Stanford Law School in conversation with the Honorable Michelle Friedland, Circuit Judge on the Ninth Circuit. Judge Friedland (B.S. ’95, J.D. ’00) clerked for Judge David Tatel on the D.C. Circuit and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. After two years lecturing at Stanford Law School, Judge Friedland joined […]
Financial Regulation in the Bitcoin Era: A Conversation with Professor Joe Grundfest and Professor William Magnuson hosted by the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance and Wachtell Lipton
Financial Regulation in the Bitcoin Era: A Conversation with Professor Joe Grundfest and Professor William Magnuson hosted by the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance and Wachtell Lipton
Please join the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance (SJLBF) and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for a conversation with Professor Joe Grundfest of Stanford Law School and Professor Bill Magnuson of Texas A&M University School of Law. Professor Magnuson will discuss his piece, Financial Regulation in the Bitcoin Era, which will appear in SJLBF's […]
Big Laws in China: Opportunities and Challenges for Chinese Law Firms in the New Era
Big Laws in China: Opportunities and Challenges for Chinese Law Firms in the New Era
China has the fastest growing legal market in the world. In the last decade, an increasing number of law firms have been committed to scale, globalization, and technology. As China becomes more and more oriented towards the rule of law, how will the management of law firms look at the opportunities and challenges that lie […]
7 events,
Ethical Lawyering in the Age of Trump
Ethical Lawyering in the Age of Trump
12:50pm - 2:00pm - Discussion Stanford Law School, Room 180 Lunch will be provided. Register Now The current volatile social and political climate presents many novel legal and ethical challenges. Surprisingly, many of the most high profile controversies stem from the Trump administration and its lawyers themselves. The issue of Michael Cohen's payments to Stormy […]
Federalist Society: Writ-of-Erasure Fallacy with Jonathan Mitchell
Federalist Society: Writ-of-Erasure Fallacy with Jonathan Mitchell
Please join the Stanford Federalist Society as we welcome Jonathan Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell will discuss the "writ of erasure." Professor William Baude will comment.
6 events,
The OIX Blockchain, Identity, Trust and Governance (“BITGov”) Workshop
The OIX Blockchain, Identity, Trust and Governance (“BITGov”) Workshop
Paul Brest Hall East, Munger Graduate Residences Presented by the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology and the Stanford CodeX Blockchain Group To view the agenda and list of speakers, click here. A one day educational workshop for lawyers, policy makers and technologists involved in deploying systems at scale utilizing blockchains and distributed ledger […]
OutLaw AMA (Ask me Anything)
OutLaw AMA (Ask me Anything)
Learn more about your classmates and the LGBTQ community with OutLaw's annual AMA! No questions are too small or too large to be asked. Lunch will be provided.
Living on LRAP: Public Interest Alumni Share How They Make LRAP work
Living on LRAP: Public Interest Alumni Share How They Make LRAP work
RSVP Learn the Nuts and Bolts Join 3 public interest alumni as they talk about their ability to live in the SF Bay Area on their public interest salaries and our Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP).
9 events,
VISUALIZING DATA FOR LAW AND POLICY: A conversation with researchers at the Stanford Open Policing Project
VISUALIZING DATA FOR LAW AND POLICY: A conversation with researchers at the Stanford Open Policing Project
Moderated by Policy Lab Data Science Director, Elan Dagenais This workshop brings art, creativity, and math together to help you visually digest huge chunks of data for law and policy research and advocacy. The workshop highlights data viz tools used in the Stanford Open Policing Project as a window on transforming complex data to compelling graphics. SLS Crown, room 320F Please RSVP here!
CLB Lunch with Pamela Ronald
CLB Lunch with Pamela Ronald
Join CLB for a discussion with Pamela Ronald. Dr. Ronald is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at UC Davis. She will speak with us about issues in the law and regulation of plant genetics.
2L Public Interest Job Search Workshop
2L Public Interest Job Search Workshop
RSVP Learn the Nuts and Bolts Levin Center staff will share insights and thoughts about how to approach the second summer job search, the strategic decisions that should be made, as well as how to consider the 2L summer in relation to clerkships, post-graduate fellowships and local/state/federal government honors and new attorney programs. We will […]
5 events,
Stanford Program in Law and Society Fifth Conference for Junior Researchers
Conference Theme: Law in Everyday Life The Stanford Program in Law and Society (SPLS) at Stanford Law School is pleased to announce its Fifth Conference for Junior Researchers. This two-day conference seeks to provide a stimulating platform where junior researchers from around the world can present their current research projects on law and society and […]
Lunch Conversation with Burt Neuborne
Lunch Conversation with Burt Neuborne
RSVP Join Burt Neuborne, who is visiting this quarter from NYU, for a lunchtime conversation on Friday, May 11, 2018. Prof Neuborne will speak about his 50 years of public interest litigation as National Legal Director of the ACLU during the Reagan years, Special Counsel to the NOW Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a member […]
Accountability for Impact Investing
Accountability for Impact Investing
Indigenous Peruvians, Shipibo People, protest oil spill in main water source (Accountability Counsel photo) Impact investors seek social change and sustainability. However, for investments in areas with weak rule of law, where local conflicts can undermine both financial and impact returns, unintended consequences can include harm to the very people and environments that the investors […]
4 events,
Law Prom
Stanford Law Association hosts Law Prom, an event to bring the SLS community together one last time before we head into finals.
7 events,
FGP: Sidley Summer and OCI Tips!
FGP: Sidley Summer and OCI Tips!
Join FGP for a panel with Sidley on tips for summer firm internships and general tips for OCI! Please RSVP so we can provide lunch to all. This is open to all SLS students.
PI Fellows Design Workshop: Visualizing Public Interest Law Practice Areas
PI Fellows Design Workshop: Visualizing Public Interest Law Practice Areas
PI Fellows Design Workshop: Visualizing Public Interest Law Practice Areas Monday, May 14th | 12:45-2:00PM Room N104 Lunch will be served. Please RSVP here. Join the PI Fellows for a design workshop focused on creating mind maps that provide the "lay of the land" in different PI practice areas. This workshop is a great way to […]
Women in M&A Panel
Women in M&A Panel
Female M&A attorneys from Hogan Lovells, Sullivan & Cromwell, and other firms have come together for form a new Women in M&A (WiMA) professional group. Come learn more about the initiative and what life is like as an M&A lawyer at this lunch panel. Please RSVP here.
10 events,
CLB Lunch Talk with Professor Jake Sherkow
CLB Lunch Talk with Professor Jake Sherkow
Join CLB for a lunch talk with visiting Professor and former CLB fellow, Jake Sherkow.
The Case to Abolish ICE: Human Rights Abuse & Federal Immigration Enforcement
The Case to Abolish ICE: Human Rights Abuse & Federal Immigration Enforcement
Families separated. Rife sexual abuse in detention centers. Informants handed over to certain death. Refugees physically tortured and sexually abused. Pregnant women detained. Illegal solitary confinement tactics used. Seven year old children incarcerated for prolonged periods, without access to family contact. Teenagers brutally murdered at the border. Over the last few years, the human rights […]
9 events,
On the Design of Legal Rules: Balancing Versus Structured Decision Procedures
with Professor Louis Kaplow, Harvard Law School
Class of 2018 Photo
Class of 2018 Photo
The Class of 2018 will congregate in the Cooley Courtyard for the traditional class photo.
Federalist Society: Universal Basic Income: The Solution to Wealth Inequality?
Federalist Society: Universal Basic Income: The Solution to Wealth Inequality?
Please join the Stanford Federalist Society as we welcome Professors Joseph Bankman and Dan Kessler. Professors Bankman and Kessler will discuss the possibility of addressing income inequality through a universal basic income.
11 events,
What’s in a Name? Leland Stanford, Junipero Serra and California’s Complex Racial History
What’s in a Name? Leland Stanford, Junipero Serra and California’s Complex Racial History
Join members of NALSA and APILSA for a teach-in on the histories of Native Californians and Asian immigrants, as they relate to Leland Stanford and Junipero Serra, two prominent California figures for whom buildings and streets on campus are named. This event is part of API Heritage Month.
Historical Justice for Sterilization Survivors: Redressing Eugenics in California
Historical Justice for Sterilization Survivors: Redressing Eugenics in California
Professor Alexandra Stern will discuss the current bill being considered in the California legislature to compensate survivors of the state's 20th century eugenic sterilization program. She will explore the genesis of historical scholarship that informs this bill, which is based in her Sterilization and Social Justice Lab (at the University of Michigan) and encompasses qualitative and […]
Anticipating the legal consequences of very smart machines in healthcare settings
Anticipating the legal consequences of very smart machines in healthcare settings
Come hear Dr. Arnold Milstein surface important legal issues related to the application of artificial intelligence to healthcare. He will in particular be focusing on applications of computer vision to bedside care for improved patient safety. Dr. Milstein and others from PAC (Partnership in AI-Assisted Care) have recently published an interesting paper in this area. Dr. Milstein is Professor […]
4 events,
The Constitution and Political Parties
The Constitution and Political Parties James Madison once observed that “n every political society, parties are unavoidable.” Yet the Constitution itself contains no reference to political parties. What is more, it could be argued that political partisanship rather than constitutional principle now plays the central role in shaping our republic. Is politics—rather than our Constitution—actually […]
Memorial for Tripp Zanetis
Memorial for Tripp Zanetis
MEMORIAL FOR TRIPP ZANETIS Friday, May 18th at 2:30 PM The Grove, Stanford Law School Reception to follow in Cooley Courtyard and the Student Lounge
4 events,
SLS Musical After Party
Join the SLS Drama Society as we dance the night away following our annual Law School Musical performance!
5 events,
AI, Blockchain, and Medicine
AI, Blockchain, and Medicine
Come hear Dr. Dexter Hadley speak about his fascinating work in AI/ML, blockchain, and medicine. Lunch will be served. Event co-sponsored by the Stanford Blockchain Collective. "Dexter Hadley thinks that artificial intelligence (AI) could do a far better job at detecting breast cancer than doctors do — if screening algorithms could be trained on millions […]
Federalist Society: Dicta on Dicta: Judging Under the Constitution and Other Problems
Federalist Society: Dicta on Dicta: Judging Under the Constitution and Other Problems
Please join the Stanford Federalist Society as we welcome the Honorable Pierre Leval. Judge Leval will discuss the challenges associated with distinguishing between dictum and holding, as well as the difficulties that result from the failure to do so properly.
7 events,
OutLaw AMA (Ask Me Anything!)
OutLaw AMA (Ask Me Anything!)
*Updated date* Please join your LGBTQ classmates for OutLaw's annual Ask Me Anything panel. In the spirit of queeriosity, come prepared with questions. Lunch will be provided.
Stanford Law Review Senior Editor Training
Stanford Law Review Senior Editor Training
Stanford Law Review will be hosting a mandatory Senior Editor training for members of Volume 71.
5 events,
JLSA Lunch with Professor Kaufman
JLSA Lunch with Professor Kaufman
This will be an informal discussion with Professor Zachary Kaufman on "Judaism as Inspiration: Faith's Impact on Scholarship, Social Entrepreneurship, and Service."
AI, Digital Health, and the Law
AI, Digital Health, and the Law
Artificial Intelligence and attendant technologies are dramatically impacting the digital health space. But as with any technological innovation, there arise novel legal, ethical, policy, and regulatory concerns. Come to this panel discussion to learn about the central issues that AI in digital health gives rise to. Panelists are Sally Daub (CEO of Enlitic), Joe Fireman […]
International Law Society Spring BBQ
International Law Society Spring BBQ
Please join the International Law Society for a Spring BBQ to welcome our new board and celebrate the outgoing board for all their hard work this year! We'll be at the Munger BBQ pit on Wednesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm with food and drink to go around. RSVP here so we can ensure there is enough for […]
14 events,
Racial and Religious Democracy”: Identity and Employment in the New York City Family Court, 1933-1962
with Elizabeth Katz, Stanford Law School
WOCC Lunch with Professor Said
WOCC Lunch with Professor Said
The Women of Color Collective will be having lunch with visiting Professor Said to hear about her career and her experiences as a woman of color in IP, academia, and the legal field more generally.
Digital Gold in the Physical World: Cryptocurrency and the Law
Digital Gold in the Physical World: Cryptocurrency and the Law
This talk will cover the legal and policy issues surrounding blockchain technologies such as cryptocurrencies, including providing an understanding of the basics of blockchain, outlining the applicable laws and regulations, describing the major legal events that have affected the blockchain industry, and looking forward to the future regulatory and legal landscape. Topics will include initial […]
Not So 3LOL
Not So 3LOL
An informal conversation about what 3Ls wish they'd known before starting their third year of law school. We'll discuss coursework, graduation requirements, bar requirements, fellowships and more.
5 events,
North Korea and the Prospect of Peace for the Korean Peninsula
North Korea and the Prospect of Peace for the Korean Peninsula
North Korea and the Prospect of Peace for the Korean Peninsula Format: Moderated panel followed by 20 minutes of Q&A. Panelists: Dr. Gi-Wook Shin: Dr. Shin is the director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; the Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies; the founding director of the Korea Program; […]
Remapping Taiwan’s Criminal Procedural Reforms
Remapping Taiwan’s Criminal Procedural Reforms
To construct a fairer criminal justice system in Taiwan, a series of reforms have been mapped out and implemented since 1999 up to now. In place of either a Continental “inquisitorial” pattern or an Anglo-American “adversarial” pattern, Taiwan is now experimenting an alternative adversarial pattern based solidly on its own historical and cultural traditions. Please […]
3 events,
Memorial Day MURPH
Memorial Day MURPH
SLVO hosted Murph workout in honor of Memorial Day. Located at Arguello Field and Courts, between Wilbur Field and the sand volleyball courts.
7 events,
OCI & Tech Law Student Panel
OCI & Tech Law Student Panel
Please join the Stanford Law and Technology Association and the SLS Entrepreneurship Club for a lunch panel where students will discuss different tech law practice areas, strategies for pitching yourself for these tech law positions, and ways to find tech-focused firms that fit. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP.
WSL Panel on OCI (or NO-CI)
WSL Panel on OCI (or NO-CI)
Panel of 2Ls and 3Ls with different experiences and perspectives to help 1Ls navigate the OCI process or decide whether to participate in OCI.
4 events,
Can Blockchain Solve the Hold-Up Problem in Contracts?
with Professor Anup Malani, University of Chicago Law School
125th Celebration in Dallas
125th Celebration in Dallas
2018 marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of Stanford Law School. You are cordially invited to join Dean Magill and fellow SLS alumni and friends to celebrate this historic milestone at these special events in Dallas and Houston. SLS 125 Reception in Dallas Wednesday, May 30 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Crescent Club at Hotel […]
End-of-Quarter Dinner and Memorial Comedy Show
End-of-Quarter Dinner and Memorial Comedy Show
Join SLA for our quarterly community dinner and a comedy show in honor of Dan Brenner '76.
6 events,
The Data Privacy Shake-Up
The Data Privacy Shake-Up
5:30pm - 6:00pm | Reception 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Panel Discussion Crown 290, Stanford Law School Parking: Wilbur Field Garage, any visitor parking spot. (Avoid lines at the parking machines with the Parkmobile app) Register Now As more data becomes digitized, and consumers increasingly share personal and sensitive information with devices and apps, concerns around […]
St. Louis: SLS 125 Happy Hour
St. Louis: SLS 125 Happy Hour
Join SLS alumni and friends for a casual happy hour to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Stanford Law School!
125th Celebration in Houston
125th Celebration in Houston
2018 marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of Stanford Law School. You are cordially invited to join Dean Magill and fellow SLS alumni and friends to celebrate this historic milestone at these special events in Houston. SLS 125 Reception in Houston Thursday, May 31 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. JW Marriott Houston Downtown 806 S […]