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24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CAThe launch of the UPC could significantly alter patent law around the world. Whether you are a patent litigator, a patent prosecutor, or product counsel you need to understand this new global landscape and the impact that it could have on your existing domestic practices. This year, we bring you a special focus on the […]
(MCLE) Financial Basics for Board Members: How Lawyers Should Prepare for Private, Public, and Non-Profit Board Work
OnlineAre you interested in better understanding the financial aspects of private, public, and non-profit board work to help you contribute more productively as an attorney board member? Join us for a program geared toward lawyers, featuring a panel of distinguished board leaders and experts as they share an overview, and key insights, about Financial Basics […]
The Second Amendment After Bruen
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAIn 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court upended generations of firearm control laws in the case New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen. After Bruen, gun laws will be invalidated unless they are "consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition" of firearm regulation. Challenges to countless gun laws are now underway in federal courts. Scholars, litigators, […]
Public Interest – Fellows, Associate, Mentors, and Mentees (PI-FAMM) Winter Lunch
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAPlease join the Levin Center staff for lunch on Wednesday, January 18, 2024, from 12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Room 190 and catch up with your PI FAMM groups. Please RSVP by Monday, January 15, 2024.
In Defense of Strict Scrutiny
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAConstitutional Conversation with Professor Stephanie Barclay Is strict scrutiny consistent with originalism? And can strict scrutiny be implemented without involving judicial balancing? Professor Stephanie Barclay will argue yes on both fronts, offering a different conceptual framework for thinking about the protection of constitutional rights in a democracy.
Justice in a Divided Nation: A Dialogue with Reverend Al Sharpton
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAIn an era marked by polarization and calls for social change, join us for a thought-provoking discussion with students and Reverend Al Sharpton, who will shed light on pressing issues […]
Judicial Review in Times of Emergency: From the Founding through the COVID-19 Pandemic
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAWhether deferring to President Lincoln’s blockade at the start of the Civil War, a state’s suspension of creditors’ remedies during the Great Depression, or President’s Roosevelt’s evacuation and mass incarceration of Japanese Americans in the West during World War II, the Supreme Court has regularly permitted the political branches wide discretion to manage national emergencies, […]
More than Just a Game
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAMore details to come shortly. You can find more about MTJG conference series and our past events, speakers and sponsors here: https://www.mtjg.co.uk
Race, Originalism, and Affirmative Action
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAJoin SLS Professor Michael McConnell and UVA Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui in conversation, moderated by SLS Professor Richard Banks, as they consider the role of history and the original meaning of the Constitution in deciding contested questions of constitutional interpretation with respect to race. Speakers will examine claims about how history does and should bear on […]
Silicon Valley IP Forum
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CAThe Silicon Valley IP Forum aims to foster discussion and collaboration among IP professionals in the Silicon Valley area (and beyond). The conference will feature insightful discussions among judges, law firm and in-house counsel, and academics who practice at the forefront of IP law. More information about this conference can be found here. We look […]
Constitutional Conversation with Phillip Hamburger
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAA Constitutional Conversation with Phillip Hamburger. 4:45-5:00 PM | Dinner 5:00-6:00 PM | Lecture
Constitutional Conversation with Jorge Barrera Rojas
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAA Constitutional Conversation with Jorge Barrera Rojas.
Publius Symposium with Jacob Mchangama: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAHailed as the “first freedom,” free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a challenging principle, subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat. In Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political, […]
Constitutional Conversation with Evelyn Aswad
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAA Constitutional Conversation with Professor Evelyn Aswad. 4:45-5:00 PM | Dinner 5:00-6:00 PM | Lecture This event is being recorded and will be available on the Constitutional Law Center’s YouTube page a few days after the event.
The Second Founding: Reconstruction and America’s First Struggle for Racial Equality
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA4:45-5:00 PM | Dinner 5:00-6:00 PM | Lecture This talk, based on Professor Wurman’s book The Second Founding, will explore the nation's first civil rights struggle that culminated in the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the surprising meanings of the amendment's guarantees of due process, the equal protection of […]
Constitutional Law Spring Conference
@ SLS: Multiple Rooms Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAConstitutional Law Center Spring Conference 2024 May 17th at Stanford Law School, Room 290 May 18th at Paul Brest Hall, Stanford Campus