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Alumni Weekend: 2019
Alumni Weekend: 2019
Weekend highlights include: Dean's Welcome Luncheon SLS Panels: Friday Night Class Party Pan-Affinity Brunch Kid-Friendly Programs: Goldilocks Goes on Trial and Kids Amazing Race SLS Fest: Family Picnic International & Advanced Degree Reception *Don't miss out on your class-hosted event! Please register separately at https://law.stanford.edu/class-hosted-events. Football Tickets Purchase directly from Stanford Athletics http://bit.ly/AWFootball 1.800.STANFORD Promotional Code: LAW Special […]
Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh)
Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh)
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 […]
Alumni Weekend 2019 SLS Black Alumni Breakfast Gathering
Alumni Weekend 2019 SLS Black Alumni Breakfast Gathering
Please join fellow Stanford Law School black alumni for breakfast during SLS Alumni Weekend for a chance to get to know each other. This will be a casual gathering for alumni to catch up and make new connections. Local alumni, please join us even if you are not attending SLS Alumni Weekend. Special thanks go […]
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The New Patent Cliff for Biologics
The New Patent Cliff for Biologics
with Professor Ana Santos Rutschman, St. Louis University School of Law
SLS Diwali
SLS Diwali
Join Stanford Law School Students in Celebrating Diwali! We will have delicious Indian food, and will provide a brief overview of the holiday and what it means to those who celebrate. We encourage you to stay for the whole dinner, but please feel free to drop by even if you are unable to stay! We […]
Infinite Arbitration Clauses with Professor David Horton
Infinite Arbitration Clauses with Professor David Horton
Professor Horton will address how businesses have begun experimenting with what he calls “infinite” arbitration clauses: those that mandate arbitration for all disputes between any related party in perpetuity. These clauses are drafted to cover even shocking and unforeseeable misconduct, parties who did not sign the container contract, and claims that arise after the agreement […]
BLSA Lunch: Throwing the Case
BLSA Lunch: Throwing the Case
BLSA members will be having a lunch chat with Mr. Subodh Chandra, who served as Tamir Rice's attorney. The purpose of this event is to have a candid, intimate conversation on civil rights and equal justice.
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Birth of Báb (Bahá’í)
Birth of Báb (Bahá’í)
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 […]
Anglicization of and through Law: British North America, Ireland, and India Compared, 1540-1800
Anglicization of and through Law: British North America, Ireland, and India Compared, 1540-1800
with Professor Richard Ross, University of Illinois Law and History
Interfaith Breakfast with Judge Griffith
Interfaith Breakfast with Judge Griffith
The J. Reuben Clark Law Society will welcome Judge Thomas Griffith of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to Stanford. Judge Griffith has asked specifically to have a conversation with students of faith. At this breakfast, the judge will give brief remarks, and then we'll open it up to the room for informal Q&A. If […]
Policy Writing: Memos and Briefing Papers
Policy Writing: Memos and Briefing Papers
Policy Writing: Memos and Briefing Papers with Luciana Herman LUCIANA HERMAN Lecturer in Law and Director, Stanford Law and Policy Lab Learn how to organize research and data for compelling policy memos and reports that illustrate underlying findings and principles. This workshop will highlight examples from past Policy Lab projects with attention to the differences […]
RBG: A Clerk’s View
RBG: A Clerk’s View
Please join the American Constitution Society for a lunchtime panel discussion on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's jurisprudence and the experience of clerking for her. Three of Justice Ginsburg's former clerks - Ninth Circuit Judge John B. Owens, SLS Visiting Professor Aziz Huq, and Stanford doctoral candidate Hajin Kim - will discuss the role Justice Ginsburg […]
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Birth of Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í)
Birth of Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í)
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 […]
A Right to a Human Decision
SLA Board Meetings
E-IPER/Law Group Q&A Discussion
E-IPER/Law Group Q&A Discussion
Interested in environmental law? Think you might want to pursue a joint degree? The Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) will be hosting an information session on Wednesday, October 30th at 1:00 p.m. in Room 272. Law students considering a Joint Master of Science Degree in Environment and Resources are welcome to stop […]
Material Elements of the Crime of Aggression
Material Elements of the Crime of Aggression
Join the International Law Society for a conversation with Nikola Hajdin, doctoral candidate in international law at Stockholm University. Nikola will discuss his research on the outer limits of criminal responsibility for international core crimes, specifically the crime of aggression.
Philadelphia DA Informational Panel
Philadelphia DA Informational Panel
Room 280B Register The Office of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner will be on campus for an information session and will be conducting on campus interviews.
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Samhain (Pagan)
Samhain (Pagan)
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 […]
Mental Health Office Hours
Mental Health Office Hours
Stop by to chat with SLA's Mental Health and Wellness Committee. We'll be around for about an hour to talk about mental health at the law school, mental health programming, and mental health resources in the area. Feel free to drop by for a few minutes, grab some candy, and share your thoughts.
Abortion and Sexuality in Jewish Law
Abortion and Sexuality in Jewish Law
Please join Professor Michael Broyde for a discussion about how Jewish law and the Jewish tradition approach two pressing issues in American law: abortion and sexuality. Kosher lunch will be provided. Please RSVP here.
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Theaters of Pardoning
Theaters of Pardoning
with Professor Bernadette (Bernie) Meyler; Commentary by Professor Peter Brooks (Yale University), Bob Weisberg (SLS), and Kenji Yoshino (NYU Law School)
All Saints Day (Christian)
All Saints Day (Christian)
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 […]
SLATA Transparency Team Meeting
SLATA Transparency Team Meeting
Introductory meeting for law students interested in creating guides to navigating various SLS processes
1L Curriculum Meeting with Prof. Robert Weisberg
1L Curriculum Meeting with Prof. Robert Weisberg
Professor Robert Weisberg, Associate Dean for Curriculum, will hold a meeting on November 1, promptly at 1:20 p.m. in Room 290 to discuss Winter Quarter 1L courses.
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All Souls Day (Christian)
All Souls Day (Christian)
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 […]
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Feminizing Risk
Feminizing Risk
With Professor Aziza Ahmed, Northeastern University School of Law Professor Ahmed will talk about part of her book in progress, “Feminizing Risk”, with a focus on chapters about how women were, and were not, treated, and categorized, in the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
New 2L Lunch with OSA
New 2L Lunch with OSA
OSA meets with each new group of students. We look forward to getting to know our new 2L students. 12:45 to 2:00 Room 320D
Immigration Pro Bono Training
Immigration Pro Bono Training
Second mandatory training session for all new Immigration Pro Bono members.
BigLaw Firm 1L Summer Hiring
BigLaw Firm 1L Summer Hiring
Are you interested in working at a law firm your 1L summer? Do you have questions about the law firm job search process? If yes, then we invite you to join us for a lunchtime panel talk where law firm recruiters will share valuable insights into their hiring process including what makes candidates stand out.
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SLLSA 1L Finals Panel!
SLLSA 1L Finals Panel!
SLLSA 2Ls and 3Ls will be sharing study and outline tips to help SLLSA 1Ls best succeed on the upcoming Fall Finals! Lunch will be provided.
Stanford Law Review Notes Series: Topic Development and Novelty
Stanford Law Review Notes Series: Topic Development and Novelty
Are you interested in writing a Note or Comment but not sure where to start? Already writing a Note and could use some inspiration? Not sure what a Note or Comment is but want to learn more? Please join the Stanford Law Review for a panel discussion regarding generating and developing a novel topic for an academic […]
OutLaw: Bodily Autonomy and the Legal Implications of Medically Unnecessary Interventions on Intersex Children: The Next Frontier of Conversion Therapy
OutLaw: Bodily Autonomy and the Legal Implications of Medically Unnecessary Interventions on Intersex Children: The Next Frontier of Conversion Therapy
OutLaw is hosting Alesdair Ittelson, Law & Policy Director at InterAct, to speak about the implications of medically unnecessary intersections on intersex children. Bio: Alesdair Ittelson fights for young people who expand societal ideas of what it means to be healthy. As Director of Law & Policy at interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, Alesdair and […]
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Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) Law Info Session
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) Law Info Session
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) is now accepting applications for its 2020 program. SLS students are invited to join an information session to learn about FASPE and meet with FASPE Executive Director Thorsten Wagner. Please RSVP. FASPE Law is a fully-funded, two-week fellowship program in professional ethics and ethical leadership […]
Institute for Justice Informational Session
Institute for Justice Informational Session
Room 320F Institute for Justice will be on campus for informational session. Register
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First Person: An Evening of SLS Storytelling
First Person: An Evening of SLS Storytelling
The people of SLS come from diverse backgrounds, and each of us has unique stories to share. While we have as much to learn from those around us as from casebooks, often these narratives are lost in the doctrinal shuffle. Sharing stories is a way to understand each other’s perspectives, glean new insights, and better […]
Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud Book Talk and Signing
Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud Book Talk and Signing
Join the American Constitution Society at SLS for a talk and book signing with Tom Mueller! Copies of the book will be sold at the event for a signing afterwards. Lunch will be provided. RSVP here. Drawing on seven years of interviews with hundreds of lawyers and more than 200 whistleblowers, Tom Mueller offers revealing […]
Christian Legal Fellowship Study
Christian Legal Fellowship Study
All students are welcome to join us for a time of discussion, study, and fellowship. Food and coffee will be served.
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Clearing a Regulatory Pathway for the Future of Food
Clearing a Regulatory Pathway for the Future of Food
Plant-based and cultivated meat, eggs, and dairy promise to shift our food system away from its dependence on conventional animal agriculture and its consequences on climate change, global food insecurity, public health, and animal welfare. Join The Good Food Institute’s Amy Huang to discuss the ethical case for rethinking protein, learn the science behind plant-based […]
WSL Presents: A Conversation with Moira Donegan
WSL Presents: A Conversation with Moira Donegan
WSL is hosting a private event for WSL members, during which the journalist and creator of the "Shitty Media Men" spreadsheet Moira Donegan will speak to a member of the SLS faculty about defamation, progressive lawyering, and modern feminism.
Stanford Alumni Reception at the NAPABA Convention in Austin
Stanford Alumni Reception at the NAPABA Convention in Austin
Please join fellow Stanford Law School alumni attending the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Convention for a reception with light refreshments. The meeting room will be announced in the convention program book and mobile app. Local alumni, if you are not attending the NAPABA Convention but would like to attend the reception, you are welcome […]
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Mawlid al Nabi (Islam)
Mawlid al Nabi (Islam)
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 […]
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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad (Germline Editing) Wolf?
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad (Germline Editing) Wolf?
"Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad (Germline Editing) Wolf?" with Professor Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin Law School; Fellow, Stanford Center for Advanced
The New American Halakhah: The Praxis of Contemporary American Beth Dins
The New American Halakhah: The Praxis of Contemporary American Beth Dins
"The New American Halakhah: The Praxis of Contemporary American Beth Dins" with Professor Chaim Saiman, Villanova University, Charles Widger School of Law
Boots on the Ground
Boots on the Ground
The Stanford Law Veterans Organization invites you to come celebrate Veterans Day with your veteran classmates. We're hosting our annual Boots on the Ground lunch talk, in which SLS student veterans share stories, photos, and videos from their time in the military and answer any questions you may have about their experiences. Lunch will be […]
Professor Chaim N. Saiman, “The Rabbinic Idea of Law”
Professor Chaim N. Saiman, “The Rabbinic Idea of Law”
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion Stanford Law School - Room 180 This event is free and open to the public. Register Now Lecture with Professor Chaim Saiman, Villanova University, Charles Widger School of Law, "The Rabbinic Idea of Law." The lecture follows an afternoon workshop conversation with Professor Saiman at the Center for […]
WOCC Faculty Dinner
WOCC Faculty Dinner
Please join us for the annual Women of Color Collective Faculty Dinner! The dinner is a great opportunity to not only build community among students, but also to build relationships with our community's inspiring women of color faculty members.
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Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh)
Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh)
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 […]
Legal Research in Progress (LRIP) Workshop: Optimizing Remedial Discretion
Legal Research in Progress (LRIP) Workshop: Optimizing Remedial Discretion
“Optimizing Remedial Discretion” with Steven Collis, Research Fellow, Constitutional Law Center
Solitary Confinement Brainstorming & Discussion Lunch
Solitary Confinement Brainstorming & Discussion Lunch
Troubled by solitary confinement? Eager to get involved in curbing the torturous practice at Stanford, in California and beyond? Just curious to learn more? If so, join us as we begin to think about how we can work against this practice as students. On Tuesday, November 12th, we will meet over lunch from 12:45–2:00 to […]
1L Diversity Fellowship Student Panel
1L Diversity Fellowship Student Panel
Please join us for a discussion on how to identify and apply for law firm diversity fellowships. The panel will be made up of 2Ls and 3Ls who worked at firms their 1L summer and received diversity fellowships. Topics to be discussed include the application process, how to interview effectively, the pros and cons of […]
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Party Building or Noisy Signaling? The Contours of Political Conformity in Chinese Corporate Governance
Party Building or Noisy Signaling? The Contours of Political Conformity in Chinese Corporate Governance
with Professor Curtis Milhaupt
American Constitution Society: Progressive Lawyering Careers Panel
American Constitution Society: Progressive Lawyering Careers Panel
7:00 - 8:30 pm The American Constitution Society and the National Lawyers' Guild present: Wednesday, November 13 7:00 PM Room 280B RSVP here Please join the American Constitution Society and the National Lawyers' Guild at a panel to showcase the broad range of progressive lawyering careers beyond what you are ordinarily exposed to in law school. […]
JD/MBA joint degree information session
JD/MBA joint degree information session
Contemplating a joint JD/MBA degree with Stanford's GSB? Come to this information session to learn more. Please RSVP.
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Progressive Prosecutors
Progressive Prosecutors
Come here what progressive prosecutors around the country are doing to increase justice and fairness in the criminal justice system. Stanford Law School students who interned in progressive prosecutors' offices this past summer will discuss their experiences.
The Ethical Sellout: Maintaining Your Integrity in the Age of Compromise
The Ethical Sellout: Maintaining Your Integrity in the Age of Compromise
Have strong opinions about which pathways in the legal profession are definitively ethical or unethical? Worried about making the right choice this summer or concerned that the choice you made is less than ideal? Afraid of, or angered by, being mocked or ostracized by your community for “selling out”? In a world where “sellout” is […]
Rock Center Student Lunch Series: Anatomy of a Clawback
Rock Center Student Lunch Series: Anatomy of a Clawback
Please join us for a conversation with Audry Casusol, a corporate governance and executive compensation partner at Sidley Austin LLP. Ms. Casusol's practice includes advising boards of directors and compensation committees, and she will present a recent case study of a board's decision whether to claw back executive compensation following a financial restatement. To view […]
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What Just Happened: Will DACA Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny?
What Just Happened: Will DACA Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny?
The Stanford Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic (IRC), Stanford Advocates for Immigrants' Rights (SAIR), and El Centro Chicano y Latino will co-host a debrief following the November 12th oral arguments before the Supreme Court in DHS v. Regents of the University of California, the case which may determine the future of Deferred Action for Childhood […]
WSL/WoCC 1L Summer Chat
WSL/WoCC 1L Summer Chat
WSL will be hosting a lunchtime event to give 1Ls an opportunity to ask 2Ls and 3Ls questions about their 1L summer work experiences, as well as what the job search/application process was like. Lunch will be provided.
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1L Panel: Summer Jobs
1L Panel: Summer Jobs
The Federalist Society will host a panel answering questions from 1Ls about selecting and applying for 1L summer jobs.
Introducing Prof. Kessler and Yuri Kwak to the AD’s over lunch!
Introducing Prof. Kessler and Yuri Kwak to the AD’s over lunch!
Professor Kessler and Yuri Kwak will introduce themselves to the advanced degree students on November 18, 2019 at lunchtime. Please come and join us for some lunch and insight into how faculty and staff can assist the advanced degree students throughout the duration of their studies.
Clerkships: Preparing to Apply
Clerkships: Preparing to Apply
For the Class of 2021 Join Michelle Anderson, Susan Robinson, and Nicole Pitman for an update on the Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan. Learn how you can use your 2L year to plan for the clerkship application process, including researching judges, preparing application materials, and selecting recommenders.
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Stanford Center for Law and History Lunch Workshop: ‘She had…a Womb Subjected to Bondage’: The Afro-Atlantic Origins of British Colonial Descent Law
Stanford Center for Law and History Lunch Workshop: ‘She had…a Womb Subjected to Bondage’: The Afro-Atlantic Origins of British Colonial Descent Law
‘She had…a Womb Subjected to Bondage’: The Afro-Atlantic Origins of British Colonial Descent Law with Professor Stephanie Jones-Rogers, UC Berkeley History
What’s happening in Syria? A conversation with former counter-ISIS Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk
What’s happening in Syria? A conversation with former counter-ISIS Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk
Brett McGurk, former Special President Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, will be in conversation with Stanford Law Professor Allen Weiner to discuss the recent events in Syria and their national security and international law implications.
Rock Center Student Lunch Series: A Conversation with David Stiepleman
Rock Center Student Lunch Series: A Conversation with David Stiepleman
Please join us for an interactive conversation with David Stiepleman, Co-Founding Partner of TPG Sixth Street Partners, the global finance and investment business with over $32 billion in assets under management. He has been a cross-border corporate lawyer, senior executive and business builder for over 20 years, starting and running businesses, and representing clients, in the […]
‘She had…a Womb Subjected to Bondage’: The Afro-Atlantic Origins of British Colonial Descent Law
‘She had…a Womb Subjected to Bondage’: The Afro-Atlantic Origins of British Colonial Descent Law
Stanford Center for Law and History lunch workshop with Professor Stephanie Jones-Rogers, UC Berkeley History, "‘She had…a Womb Subjected to Bondage’: The Afro-Atlantic Origins of British Colonial Descent Law"
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Undercover Under Scrutiny: A Comparative Look at Covert Policing in the United States, Italy, Germany, and France
Undercover Under Scrutiny: A Comparative Look at Covert Policing in the United States, Italy, Germany, and France
with Professor Jacqueline (Jackie) Ross, University of Illinois College of Law; Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law
Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
How do lawyers help disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline? This panel will feature lawyers from an impact litigation nonprofit, a district attorney's office, and a public defender's office who will discuss the various strategies they utilize to help parents and schools keep children in school and out of the criminal justice system. Bill Koski, the Eric […]
Rock Center Morning Speaker Series: Trends in the IPO Market – Looking Ahead to 2020
Rock Center Morning Speaker Series: Trends in the IPO Market – Looking Ahead to 2020
Breakfast and Networking: 7:45 - 8:15 am Panel Discussion: 8:15 - 9:30 am Stanford Law School, Room 190 Register Now 2019 has been the year of the Unicorn IPO, with several high-profile companies going public (or almost going public). The market has seen continued evolution of (and pressure on) governance structures and debates about […]
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Christian Legal Fellowship Study
Christian Legal Fellowship Study
All students are welcome to join us for a time of discussion, study, and fellowship. Food and coffee will be served.
A Conversation with Judge Michelle Friedland ’00
A Conversation with Judge Michelle Friedland ’00
The American Constitution Society (ACS) at SLS presents Judge Michelle Friedland '00 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in conversation with Professor Anne Joseph O'Connell. Lunch will be served. 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 […]
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Last Day of Classes
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Thanksgiving Recess begins
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Hong Kong: Luncheon with David Yeung Founder/CEO of Green Monday Ventures
Hong Kong: Luncheon with David Yeung Founder/CEO of Green Monday Ventures
Luncheon with David Yeung Founder/CEO of Green Monday Ventures New Green, New Food: Green for the Many of Green for the Few? Prepaid Early Bird: HKD 650 (if paid by 23:59 Tuesday night, 26 November 2019) Cash Payment: HKD 850 The Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong is pleased to invite you a special luncheon […]
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Thanksgiving Recess ends
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