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Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday (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 […]
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Epiphany (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 […]
Climate and Energy Workshop: State Separation of Powers and the Energy Transition
with Professor Sharon Jacobs, University of Colorado Law School
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Christmas (Eastern Orthodoxy) (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 […]
3 events,
LLM Interview Workshop
LLM Interview Workshop
This workshop is for the Advanced Degree students. This workshop will cover interview preparation for job interviews in the U.S. and provide students with an opportunity to practice interview skills. Note: PLEASE BRING TWO COPIES OF YOUR RESUME *If you want to sign up for a mock interview with a practicing attorney, please be sure […]
5 events,
Exponential Innovations, AI, and Law Bootcamp
Presented by CodeX—The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics Register Now Open to: Stanford Law School students, CS students, GSB students. Register by December 3, 2019 Hands-on accelerated course on artificial intelligence and law & ethics to equip students to explore, and then build in small teams, disruptive innovations in growth areas like: Autonomous Vehicles […]
Is Qualified Immunity Unlawful?
Is Qualified Immunity Unlawful?
Qualified immunity is one of modern law's most powerful rules. It shields police officers and other government actors from accountability when they violate constitutional rights. Courts routinely enforce it to throw out plaintiffs' civil rights suit. Is it unlawful? Professor Baude will argue yes.
Clerkship Teach-In for WSL
Clerkship Teach-In for WSL
At this event, 3L WSL members have generously agreed to be panelists to provide information pertinent to 2L WSL members who are considering applying for clerkships. Dinner will be served.
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Maghi (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 […]
Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
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 […]
The Natural Gas Paradox: Shutting Down a System Designed to Operate Forever
With Professor Heather Payne, Seton Hall University School of Law
Law and Legaltech
Law and Legaltech
Artificial intelligence is a powerful technology that has been significantly impacting numerous fields and industries. If you want to learn more about this exciting area and how it is affecting the legal field, attorneys and their practice, come to our LegalTech & AI lunch event.
E-IPER/Law Joint Degree information session
E-IPER/Law Joint Degree information session
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 holding office hours on Monday, January 13, at 1:00 p.m. Law students considering a Joint Master of Science Degree in Environment and Resources are welcome to stop by and learn about […]
Prisoner Legal Services: Cultural Sensitivity Training
Prisoner Legal Services: Cultural Sensitivity Training
Required training for PLS pro bono volunteers. SPILF lunch provided.
6 events,
The Publisher’s Unpublished Empire: Samuel French and Authority Over Theatrical Copyright, 1856-1891
The Publisher’s Unpublished Empire: Samuel French and Authority Over Theatrical Copyright, 1856-1891
With Brent Salter, Stanford Center for Law and History
Lunch Talk: “Breaking into International Arbitration” with Hugh Carlson
Lunch Talk: “Breaking into International Arbitration” with Hugh Carlson
Please join us with Hugh Carlson, Managing Director of Three Crowns, for a discussion about the field of international arbitration. Learn about this specialized area of international practice and tips for aspiring practitioners. Time will be set aside for Q&A. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP here: https://reurl.cc/qDW04R
Law and Policy Lab Climate Forum “What can we do to mitigate catastrophic climate change?”
Law and Policy Lab Climate Forum “What can we do to mitigate catastrophic climate change?”
Please join the Law and Policy Lab for a vibrant conversation about what can be done to mitigate catastrophic climate change. Over the fall term, five research teams in a practicum led by Professor Paul Brest and Steyer-Taylor Managing Director Alicia Seiger scoped policy issues in several domains: wildfires, finance and investment, food waste, healthcare, […]
Allen Weiner on the International Law implications of recent events in Iran
Allen Weiner on the International Law implications of recent events in Iran
Come join a discussion with Allen Weiner on the international law implications of events unfolding in Iran and the greater Middle East.
5 events,
The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World
With Professor Anu Bradford, Columbia Law School
Working on Capitol Hill as a Law Student
Working on Capitol Hill as a Law Student
Join the American Constitution Society and SLS students who have worked on Capitol Hill as law students to learn more about what internships and externships in Congress are like. This event is especially targeted at 1Ls, but all are welcome to join. Lunch will be served.
LLM NYC Job Fair Logistics Overview
LLM NYC Job Fair Logistics Overview
This workshop is for those Advanced Degree students who will be traveling to NYC for the LLM Job Fair. We discuss the logistics of the job fair event.
9 events,
Liability Rules for Autonomous Vehicles: How Traditional Legal Relations Encourage Modern Technological Innovation
With Professor Richard Epstein, New York University Law School and University of Chicago Law School
In-House Counsel Panel
In-House Counsel Panel
Interested in learning more about working in-house? Thinking about an in-house counsel position at some point in your career? If so, please join us for an informative talk! SLS alums will speak about the rewards and challenges of their practice, what makes for a successful in-house lawyer, and how you can best prepare for that […]
Impeachment
Impeachment
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion Stanford Law School - Room 290 Sponsored by The Stanford Constitutional Law Center, The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, The Federalist Society and The American Constitution Society. Register NOW A Distinguished lecture by Professor Philip Bobbitt, Herbert Wechsler Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the Center on […]
SAIR Asylum Law Training for Border Rights Project Volunteers
SAIR Asylum Law Training for Border Rights Project Volunteers
SAIR will lead a training on asylum law and trauma-informed interview methods for all students planning to volunteer with the Al Otro Lado Border Rights Project in Tijuana.
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Alternative Spring Break Information Session
Alternative Spring Break Information Session
A "brown bag" information session about funded alternative spring break options for Stanford Law students. During the session, we will discuss the funded opportunities, including those empowering student to help: Detroit residents threatened with foreclosure Unaccompanied immigrant children in Tucson Asylum seekers in Tijuana Indigent criminal defendants in New Orleans Yurok tribe members in Del […]
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Property and Psyche: Tracing the Trajectory of Tenancy through the Lens of Cultural Psychology
With Hanjo Hamann, SPILS Fellow
Crime and Democracy
Crime and Democracy
Most observers agree America has a criminal justice crisis, characterized by mass incarceration and high crime. They disagree about the causes and the solutions. Professor Kleinfeld argues that the divide is between those who see the problem as too much democracy and those who see the problem as too little democracy. Having built a cross-ideological […]
Drug Policy Reform: Past, Present & Future with Ethan Nadelmann
Drug Policy Reform: Past, Present & Future with Ethan Nadelmann
Drug Policy Alliance founder Ethan Nadelmann will discuss his three decades of advocacy for legalizing marijuana, ending mass incarceration and treating drug use and addiction as matters of health rather than criminal justice, as well as his vision for future drug policy reform. Described by Rolling Stone as "the point man" for drug policy reform efforts and […]
5 events,
Health Insurance and Mortality: Experimental Evidence from Taxpayer Outreach
With Professor Jacob Goldin
Interviewing Stakeholders & Experts
Interviewing Stakeholders & Experts
Interviewing Stakeholders & Experts with Bill Koski BILL KOSKIEric and Nancy Wright Professor of Clinical EducationDirector, Youth and Education Law Project Join the Policy Lab to learn techniques to interview stakeholders for your public policy research. You will learn how to conduct semi-structured interviews to communicate empathy and gain the trust of your interviewees. Professor […]
The Top-Two Primary and Redistricting Reform in California: Practical Results and Legal Challenges
The Top-Two Primary and Redistricting Reform in California: Practical Results and Legal Challenges
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm | Dinner 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion Stanford Law School - Room 190 This event is free and open to the public Register Now Charles Munger, Jr. will discuss California's road to adopting a nonpartisan process for selecting candidates in primaries, the early evidence […]
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Why Aren’t There More Women Leaders in Law?
Why Aren’t There More Women Leaders in Law?
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Stanford Law School - Room 280A Avoid lines at the parking machines with the Parkmobile app This event is free and open to the public. 1 hour of CLE Elimination of Bias credit RegisTER NOW Women are nearly 40% of lawyers, but only 19% of equity partners and 22% of […]
1L Panel: Clerkships
1L Panel: Clerkships
The Stanford Federalist Society will host a panel answering questions from 1Ls about the clerkship application and selection process.
Research for Law and Policy – Start to Finish
Research for Law and Policy – Start to Finish
Research for Law and Policy - Start to Finish with Katie Ott and Kevin Rothenberg, Crown Reference Librarians This hands-on workshop will teach participants how to plan and carry out effective policy-related legal research from start to finish, including how to research secondary sources, statutes, regulations, cases, and policy resources, as well as how to […]
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Paul Grossman Event
Paul Grossman Event
RSVP Required: bit.ly/OAE-Grossman (case sensitive) The Office of Accessible Education invite staff & faculty colleagues to participate in an on-campus professional development and educational opportunity with Paul Grossman, former Chief Regional Attorney for the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), San Francisco. A full presenter bio can be found below. This event will be presented […]
2020 Kirkwood Moot Court Competition – Semifinal Rounds
2020 Kirkwood Moot Court Competition – Semifinal Rounds
Kirkwood Moot Court Competition - Semifinal Rounds The Kirkwood Competition consists of a series of brief writing and oral advocacy activities conducted by the Moot Court Board in which 40 second- and third-year law students participate. The problem is based on an actual case and typically involves issues of developing legal significance in the areas […]
2020 Lunar New Year
2020 Lunar New Year
Join SLS APILSA for a banquet celebration of the 2020 Lunar New Year with keynote speaker Judge Sallie Kim.
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Chinese New Year (Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist)
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 […]
BAAPALSA Conference: The Census in 2020
BAAPALSA Conference: The Census in 2020
SLS APILSA is hosting the 2020 Bay Area Asian Pacific American Law Students Associations (BAAPALSA) Conference. This day-long, annual convention of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) law students, practitioners, and academics from across the San Francisco Bay Area will focus on the 2020 Census. Panels will include discussions of the impact of the Census on […]
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The Specter of Compensation: Mexican Claims Against the United States, 1923-1941
With Allison Powers, Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Vision of Nonviolent Resistance: The Fierce Urgency of Now
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Vision of Nonviolent Resistance: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Join us to honor Dr. King’s memory; to hear Prof. Billingslea bring to life Dr. King’s words, and to explore why Dr. King's moral vision remains so critically important today, and indeed as urgent as ever. All welcome. No charge. Lunch provided. Information: Dana Curtis, dcurtis@scu.edu Janet Martinez, janmartinez@law.stanford.edu
Rock Center Student Lunch Series: A Conversation with James Comey
Rock Center Student Lunch Series: A Conversation with James Comey
Please join us for a conversation with James Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until May 2017. Before joining the FBI, he was general counsel at Bridgewater Associates, a Connecticut-based investment fund, and general counsel and senior vice president at defense contractor Lockheed Martin. Mr. Comey began his career in […]
3 events,
1L Life After Grades
1L Life After Grades
Hosted by the Office of Student Affairs and Stanford Law Association, this panel for 1Ls features Associate Deans Diane Chin, Susan Robinson, and Bob Weisberg, with Jory Steele moderating. No matter what grades you received, there is sure to be information you'll find useful and practical. Please rsvp here by 5:00 pm Friday (1/24): http://web.stanford.edu/dept/law/forms/lifeaftergrades.fb
Interdisciplinary Research for Lawyers
Interdisciplinary Research for Lawyers
Interdisciplinary Research for Lawyers with Shay Elbaum Researching and designing public policy requires synthesizing information from many different sources and disciplines. Legal research; scientific data; economic predictions; findings and recommendations from NGOs, blue-ribbon panels, think tanks, and government agencies: all these and more guide policy makers and shape policy recommendations. Participants in this workshop will […]
Conversations that Matter: Feminism and Judaism with Hillel
Conversations that Matter: Feminism and Judaism with Hillel
Hillel's dinner conversation series is back for winter quarter! On Tuesday, January 28, from 7 – 9 PM, we'll be exploring the relationship between feminism and Judaism. Specifically, what is feminism and how does it relate to Judaism? What are the gender issues that still prevail in the Jewish world and how can we transform […]
7 events,
The Emergence of Content and Viewpoint Neutrality
With Associate Professor Jud Campbell, University of Richmond School of Law
The International Criminal Court with Todd Buchwald
The International Criminal Court with Todd Buchwald
Todd F. Buchwald is the Former Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs and Former Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State. Ambassador Buchwald will speak about challenges facing the United States relationship with the International Criminal Court, and the prospects for finding a more constructive approach in the years ahead.
Small / Midsize Law Firms Panel
Small / Midsize Law Firms Panel
Wondering what it is like to work at a small / midsize law firm? Then please join us for an informative talk where SLS alums will discuss the challenges and rewards of working at a smaller firm and how to best prepare for this career path.
Rock Center Lunch Series: A Conversation with Noah Phillips
Rock Center Lunch Series: A Conversation with Noah Phillips
Please join us for a conversation with the Honorable Noah Phillips, a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission since April 2018. Before this role, Phillips served as Chief Counsel to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, where he advised on legal and policy matters including antitrust, constitutional law, consumer privacy, fraud, and intellectual property. Prior to his […]
6 events,
Moral Hazard Due to Parties Other Than Insureds
With Professor Peter Siegelman, University of Connecticut School of Law
Defending While Black: Leading Reformers in Indigent Defense
Defending While Black: Leading Reformers in Indigent Defense
Join us for a conversation with three of our country's most well-respected chief public defenders: Derwyn Bunton (Orleans Public Defenders), Martesha Johnson (Nashville Defenders) and Brendon Woods (Alameda County Public Defender). Professor Ron Tyler will serve as moderator.
Judge Maggs
Judge Maggs
Judge Maggs was recently appointed to the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces by President Trump. He will argue that history has proven the U.S. correct in its decision not to join the International Criminal Court.
Should we block this merger? Some thoughts on converging antitrust and privacy
Should we block this merger? Some thoughts on converging antitrust and privacy
RSVP is required for this free event. Join FTC Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips, SLS ’05, for remarks concerning the convergence of antitrust and privacy law. He will discuss the history of privacy and antitrust law enforcement by the FTC, recent policy developments in the U.S. and E.U., and his view on the role of privacy in […]
5 events,
Veterans Clinic
Veterans Clinic
A group of SLS volunteers, in collaboration with Swords to Plowshares, will be holding a free legal clinic for women veterans in the South Bay. This is a private event.
Design Thinking for Law and Policy
Design Thinking for Law and Policy
Design Thinking for Law and Policy led by the Stanford Legal Design Lab The Legal Design Lab is an interdisciplinary team based at Stanford Law School & d.school, building a new generation of legal products & services. Revamp your thinking with this short course in design thinking tools for law students & graduate students engaged […]
4 events,
Public Interest/Public Sector Career Day
Public Interest/Public Sector Career Day
The Annual Northern California Public Interest/Public Sector Legal Careers Day (PI/PS Day), is a job fair and networking event designed to increase students' exposure to a vast array of public interest organizations and government agencies. Eight northern California law schools coordinate to host this event every winter in San Francisco. The event takes place on February 1, 2020. For […]
BLSA’s 50th Anniversary Brunch
BLSA’s 50th Anniversary Brunch
Stanford's Black Law Students Association (BLSA) will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2020 by honoring its legacy. Past members of the organization, especially Stanford Law's first few Black graduates, will be recognized as trailblazers at the 50th Anniversary Brunch. This historical event will take place on February 1, 2020 to kickoff Black History Month. […]
Black History Month Gala
Black History Month Gala
This annual event is hosted by the Black Law Students Association to celebrate Black culture and the African diaspora.