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Defending American Democracy: Resistance to Autocracy from Trump and Trumpism
Defending American Democracy: Resistance to Autocracy from Trump and Trumpism
Lunch will be provided for registered guests. Autocracy negates democracy—which requires that the state be responsible to an electorate composed of all eligible voters—by concentrating unconstrained power in a single individual. In his new book, How Autocrats Seek Power: Resistance to Trump and Trumpism (Routledge; March 26, 2024) UCLA Law Professor Richard Abel, Ph.D. chronicles […]
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2024-25 Kirkwood Moot Court Competition LAW 7820 – Information Meeting
2024-25 Kirkwood Moot Court Competition LAW 7820 – Information Meeting
The Kirkwood Moot Court Board is hosting an information lunch for those interested in learning more about the annual Kirkwood Moot Competition. The Competition is open to twenty two-person teams. At the beginning of Fall Quarter, each team will be given the record of a case, together with the decision of the appellate court. Each […]
Rule of Law Speaker Series with Justice Dong-won Lee
Rule of Law Speaker Series with Justice Dong-won Lee
Please join the Neukom Center in welcoming the Honorable Justice Dong-won Lee of the Korean Supreme Court to campus for a panel conversation on key rule of law issues in Korea, joined by Judge Kwan Mo Nam, Dr. Gidong Kim, and Ms. Michelle Shim. This event is co-sponsored by Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students […]
Immigration Federalism: SB4 Litigation and the scope of federal preemption
Immigration Federalism: SB4 Litigation and the scope of federal preemption
Come hear Nicholas Espirtu, Deputy Legal Director at the National Immigration Law Center, and SLS Professor Jennifer Chacón discuss Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) and other, ongoing state-level efforts to control immigration. SB4 is a Texas state law that criminalizes unauthorized entry into Texas and allows state judges to order noncitizens' transportation to ports of […]
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Tribal Beneficial Uses – A Pathway for Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into California Water Governance
Tribal Beneficial Uses – A Pathway for Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into California Water Governance
Join us for a fireside chat with Krystal Moreno, the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Department Manager for the Single Springs Band of Miwok Indians. Come learn about what TEK means for Shingle Springs, how Shingle Springs is revitalizing its traditions and cultures, and the ongoing fight to incorporate TEK into California water governance through tribal […]
Lessons from Practice: Nikita Appaswami
Lessons from Practice: Nikita Appaswami
Nikita Appaswami, Attorney at Cooley LLP and Columbia Law LLM, will speak to the Law, Science & Technology LLM class about her experiences advising high-growth emerging companies & venture capital investors, and her career practicing in India, New York, and Silicon Valley.
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Effective Presentations for Colleagues & Clients
Effective Presentations for Colleagues & Clients
You will learn techniques to organize and distill complex information for presentations for law and policy clients, colleagues, and decision-makers. If you have ever wondered how on earth you will ever deliver sophisticated research findings succinctly and effectively, this is the workshop to help put those fears to rest. Open to the Stanford community. ABOUT […]
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Conversation With Attorneys Neil Sawhney, Director of Appellate Advocacy at the ACLU of Northern California, and Laura Bixby, Staff Attorney and Clinical Supervisor at East Bay Community Law Center’s Housing Practice
Conversation With Attorneys Neil Sawhney, Director of Appellate Advocacy at the ACLU of Northern California, and Laura Bixby, Staff Attorney and Clinical Supervisor at East Bay Community Law Center’s Housing Practice
Join the Levin Center for an engaging conversation with attorneys Neil Sawhney, Director of Appellate Advocacy at the ACLU of Northern California, and Laura Bixby, Staff Attorney and Clinical Supervisor at East Bay Community Law Center's Housing Practice, about their public interest careers. Please RSVP by May 2, 2024.
Lieff Cabraser: Lunch & Learn
Lieff Cabraser: Lunch & Learn
Join two Lieff Cabraser attorneys and SLS alumni, Jules Ross and Sarah Zandi, for an informational lunch and learn event! Lieff Cabraser, a leading plaintiffs’ law firm headquartered in San Francisco, practices in antitrust, consumer protection, labor and employment, environmental law, and more. Lunch will be served to those who RSVP.
LEAP Pro Bono Interest Lunch
LEAP Pro Bono Interest Lunch
The Legal Education for Adolescents Project (LEAP) will be holding an info session for students interested in joining the project next year. We offer legal education to at-risk youth in local juvenile facilities and high schools. RSVP by Friday, 5/3 for lunch.
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Pro-Union Lawyering: Different Approaches for Effectively Organizing & Bargaining
Pro-Union Lawyering: Different Approaches for Effectively Organizing & Bargaining
There are many different ways to be an effective pro-union lawyer, and different scenarios call for different tactics: join us for a moderated conversation about different approaches pro-union lawyers utilize for effective organizing and bargaining. Panelists Richard McCracken (McCracken Stemerman & Holsberry) and David Rosenfeld (Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld) are both highly experienced labor attorneys with diverse experiences and […]
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Life After Big Law: Perspectives from In-House Lawyers in Finance
Life After Big Law: Perspectives from In-House Lawyers in Finance
Want to learn more about the other side of Big Law? Interested in a career as an in-house lawyer in finance? Hear from Ruchir Patel and SLS alumna Courtney Cronin (JD '18), in-house counsel at Greenoaks Capital, a private equity firm. Ruchir Patel is an associate counsel at Greenoaks Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital […]
A Legal History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Legal History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Professor Steven Zipperstein, the Associate Director at the UCLA Center for Middle East Development, will discuss the legal history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As an academic, Professor Zipperstein has written three books on law and the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He will be joining us over zoom. Before joining UCLA, Zipperstein practiced law for […]
Writing for Advocacy: Op-Eds and Commentary
Writing for Advocacy: Op-Eds and Commentary
Learn the difference between empirical policy writing and persuasive advocacy to change the minds of the public and decision-makers. Come with an issue you care about and transform it into a persuasive op-ed targeted to the interests of specific stakeholders. Discuss examples of op-eds and commentary according to the rules of the rhetorical triangle - […]
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Perspectives Across the Decades: 50 Years of NALSA at Stanford Law School
Perspectives Across the Decades: 50 Years of NALSA at Stanford Law School
The Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) in partnership with the Indigenous Alumni of Stanford Law School (IA of SLS), invite you to a lunch panel featuring esteemed special guests and Stanford Law School Alumni: Hon. Sunshine Sykes, ’97, JD ’01, Navajo Nation, District Court Judge, Central District of California Rick West, JD '71, Cheyenne, Founding Director and […]
Getting Beyond Us vs. Them: Concrete Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Getting Beyond Us vs. Them: Concrete Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
This event is open to the Stanford community only, registration is required. Stanford ID's will be required to attend the event. Join us for a conversation among Israelis, Palestinians, and others who care deeply about the region who both reject the status quo but also reject division and polarization. Supported by the work of the […]
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Judge Vince Chhabria: A Fireside Chat
Judge Vince Chhabria: A Fireside Chat
The Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession is honored to sponsor a fireside chat between Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California and Rhode Center Co-Director, Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom. Judge Chhabria and Professor Engstrom will explore a range of topics, including those related to clerking, judging, and Judge Chhabria's time […]
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Chevron Deference, Loper Bright, and Relentless — Prof. Christopher Walker
Chevron Deference, Loper Bright, and Relentless — Prof. Christopher Walker
Please join the Stanford Federalist Society for a lunch talk featuring Professor Christopher Walker from the University of Michigan Law School.
In Defense of Sovereignty – Roundtable with Dr. Rebecca M. Webster
In Defense of Sovereignty – Roundtable with Dr. Rebecca M. Webster
Dr. Rebecca M. Webster is a former attorney for the Oneida Nation and current associate professor of graduate studies at University of Minnesota - Duluth. She will speak about her book, In Defense of Sovereignty, as well as her experiences litigating for the Oneida Nation on matters that include land use law, cross-jurisdictional disputes, and […]
Trauma-Informed Lawyering Training with Carla Richmond
Trauma-Informed Lawyering Training with Carla Richmond
As lawyers seeking to provide professional, client-centered care, we will inevitably encounter situations in which our ability to connect with and support our clients is impacted by trauma and/or mental illness. Join us for this introductory training led by Carla Richmond from the UCSF Trauma Recovery Center presenting trauma-informed principles for client care. We will learn […]
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Confronting the Catastrophe in Gaza
Confronting the Catastrophe in Gaza
On Monday, May 20th, please join us for a conversation with Sari Bashi, Human Rights Watch’s Program Director and former Israel & Palestine Country and Advocacy Director, and Munir Nuseibah, the Director and Co-Founder of the Human Rights Clinic at Al-Quds University and the Community Action Center in Jerusalem. Sari and Munir will speak about their work and […]
A Conversation with 9th Circuit Judge Roopali Desai
A Conversation with 9th Circuit Judge Roopali Desai
Join us for a conversation with Roopali Desai, a judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Desai previously worked as a litigator for progressive candidates for public office in Arizona. Judge Desai will discuss and answer questions about her path in the legal profession and to the Ninth Circuit. This is an exciting […]
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Federalist Society 1L Panel Series: Legal Clinics
Federalist Society 1L Panel Series: Legal Clinics
An event hosted by the Federalist Society for students interested in legal clinics.
Held v. Montana: Using State Constitutions to Achieve Climate Action
Held v. Montana: Using State Constitutions to Achieve Climate Action
Held v. Montana is a landmark Montana Supreme Court case preventing the state from ignoring climate impacts during environmental review. Our Children's Trust argued the case on behalf of 16 Montana youth. Come hear from Mat dos Santos (Managing Attorney at Our Children's Trust) and Grace Gibson-Snyder (plaintiff and current undergrad at Yale) discuss the case and […]
Lunch Chat with LA Clippers’ In-House Counsel, Marcus Banks
Lunch Chat with LA Clippers’ In-House Counsel, Marcus Banks
Lunch chat with in-house counsel for the LA Clippers. He will discuss his path after law school, all the way to breaking into the NBA.
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Virtue through Law: Islamic Law, Ethics, & the American Legal System
Virtue through Law: Islamic Law, Ethics, & the American Legal System
Please join SMLSA for an event providing a framework of Islamic law, debunking myths, sharing how the model of Islamic ethics can benefit the American legal system, and discussing how attorneys can navigate Islamic law issues to better serve Muslim clients and improve the legal system as a whole. Lunch provided!
A Discussion on Grants Pass and the Eighth Amendment
A Discussion on Grants Pass and the Eighth Amendment
Please join the Federalist Society for a conversation with Judge Thomas Hardiman (3rd Cir.). Lunch will be served.
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Defending Human Rights: A Conversation with former High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
Defending Human Rights: A Conversation with former High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
Join us for a candid conversation with Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, former High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, about his experience in championing international human rights, and about strategies for law students interested in pursuing careers as […]
Ethical and Legal Implications of Donor Conception
Ethical and Legal Implications of Donor Conception
This is a talk by the United States Donor Conceived Council (USDCC), a non-profit organization focused on advocating for the rights of donor-conceived individuals.
Using Your Law Career to Combat Climate Change: Lunch Event with Myra Pasek, former General Counsel for Tesla and Impossible Foods
Using Your Law Career to Combat Climate Change: Lunch Event with Myra Pasek, former General Counsel for Tesla and Impossible Foods
Want to use your legal career to mitigate climate change? Advocate for a kinder and more sustainable food system? Advance innovative start-ups? Join us to hear from Myra Pasek, JD, about her impactful career in startups including Tesla, Impossible Foods and SCiFi Foods– companies with a mission to mitigate climate change by reforming transportation and […]
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Lunch Talk with Sierra Club Attorneys
Lunch Talk with Sierra Club Attorneys
Two Senior Attorneys from the Sierra Club — Josh Berman and Zack Fabish (SLS ’06) — will speak about their work at the Sierra Club to facilitate the renewable energy transition.
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From Gaza’s Frontlines to Legal Battles in the Hague
From Gaza’s Frontlines to Legal Battles in the Hague
How does a democracy committed to international law fight terrorist organizations that systematically and purposely violate that law? What are some of the unique challenges - operational and legal - that Israel faces in its war against Hamas? What is the IDF doing to mitigate civilian harm and alleviate humanitarian strife? How did Israel defend […]
Climate Defenders: A Conversation with Ted Hamilton and Alfred Brownell
Climate Defenders: A Conversation with Ted Hamilton and Alfred Brownell
Join SLSCA (Stanford Law Students for Climate Action) and SIHRLA (Stanford Immigration and Human Rights Law Association) in this incredible panel on international and domestic climate defenders. This event will feature Ted Hamilton, co-founder and staff attorney at the Climate Defense Project, and Alfred Brownell, an internationally recognized environmental rights activist and lawyer from Liberia. Please […]
How Reverse Search Warrants Allow Google Searches to be Handed to Police
How Reverse Search Warrants Allow Google Searches to be Handed to Police
Join ACS and SLATA for an event on reverse search warrants! Reverse search warrants require a provider–almost always Google–to search through its entire database of location and keyword search data to identify all users or devices that have been in a geographic area during a certain time period and any person who has entered a […]
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Why They Blow the Whistle
Why They Blow the Whistle
When human research subjects are mistreated or abused, it is rare for anyone to blow the whistle. In many research scandals, doctors and other staff members remain silent for years while unwitting research subjects are deceived, exploited, or even killed. In the rare cases where someone speaks out, the act often leaves deep scars that […]
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