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Defending American Democracy: Resistance to Autocracy from Trump and Trumpism
@ SLS: Room 270 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLunch 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 […]
2024-25 Kirkwood Moot Court Competition LAW 7820 – Information Meeting
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe 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. […]
Rule of Law Speaker Series with Justice Dong-won Lee
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease 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 […]
Immigration Federalism: SB4 Litigation and the scope of federal preemption
@ SLS: Room 320F Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome 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 […]
Lessons from Practice: Nikita Appaswami
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesNikita 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 […]
Tribal Beneficial Uses – A Pathway for Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into California Water Governance
@ SLS: Room 355 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Effective Presentations for Colleagues & Clients
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesYou 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 […]
Lieff Cabraser: Lunch & Learn
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin 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.
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
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin 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.
LEAP Pro Bono Interest Lunch
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe 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 […]
Pro-Union Lawyering: Different Approaches for Effectively Organizing & Bargaining
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThere 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 […]
Life After Big Law: Perspectives from In-House Lawyers in Finance
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWant 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 […]
Writing for Advocacy: Op-Eds and Commentary
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLearn 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 Legal History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesProfessor 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 […]
Perspectives Across the Decades: 50 Years of NALSA at Stanford Law School
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe 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 […]
Getting Beyond Us vs. Them: Concrete Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis 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 […]
Judge Vince Chhabria: A Fireside Chat
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe 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, […]
In Defense of Sovereignty – Roundtable with Dr. Rebecca M. Webster
@ SLS: Room 355 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDr. 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 […]
Chevron Deference, Loper Bright, and Relentless — Prof. Christopher Walker
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Federalist Society for a lunch talk featuring Professor Christopher Walker from the University of Michigan Law School.
Trauma-Informed Lawyering Training with Carla Richmond
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAs 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. […]
Lunch Talk: Paul Davies
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSESLA is excited to announce that we will be hosting a lunch talk with SLS alum and Netflix Creator/Executive Producer/Showrunner, Paul Davies for a conversation about the entertainment industry! Paul will […]
Confronting the Catastrophe in Gaza
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOn 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 […]
A Conversation with 9th Circuit Judge Roopali Desai
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin 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 […]
Federalist Society 1L Panel Series: Legal Clinics
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAn event hosted by the Federalist Society for students interested in legal clinics.
Held v. Montana: Using State Constitutions to Achieve Climate Action
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHeld 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 […]