Center for WorkLife Law Info Session and PUMP Act Talk featuring Liz Morris SLS ’08
@ SLS: Room 320F Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us on November 8th for a lunch time event featuring Liz Morris from Center for WorkLife. In the final days of 2022, President Biden signed into law two historic pieces of workers' rights and gender justice legislation: the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). […]
SLS GiVe + If/When/How Summer Internships Advice
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis informal lunch-time gathering is meant to provide a forum for law students considering summer internships in issue areas of reproductive justice and domestic or sexual violence to hear from and ask questions of law students who have participated in these types of internships in prior summers
Historical Justice for Sterilization Survivors: Redressing Eugenics in California
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesProfessor Alexandra Stern will discuss the current bill being considered in the California legislature to compensate survivors of the state's 20th century eugenic sterilization program. She will explore the genesis of historical scholarship that informs this bill, which is based in her Sterilization and Social Justice Lab (at the University of Michigan) and encompasses qualitative and […]
Representing the Labor Movement: A Lunch Talk with Emily Maglio, JD ’09, Leonard Carder, LLP
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesExplore Public Interest Room 320F, Third Floor RSVP Emily Maglio will discuss union-side legal representation and the work of her firm, Leonard Carder, LLP, representing workers and benefit plans. She will discuss how her practice involves movement lawyering. Further, Emily will provide information about job and fellowship opportunities for law students interested in union-side practice, […]
Lunch Discussion with Lin Chan, JD ’07 and Michelle Lamy, JD ’15 of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesExplore Public Interest Room 320-F, Stanford Law School RSVP Partner Lin Chan and Associate Michelle Lamy represent employees, consumers, and small businesses in class actions challenging wage theft, discrimination, and price-fixing. Both were summer associates at Lieff Cabraser and will talk about their post-law school paths, Lieff Cabraser, and public plaintiff-side work generally. They will […]
LSRJ Screens “Trapped” – A Documentary by Dawn Porter
@ Stanford: Munger 5 554 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Law Students for Reproductive Justice and Med Students 4 Choice for a screening of Trapped - A documentary by Dawn Porter, a former-attorney-turned-documentarian who also made the award-winning Gideon's Army. The film examines the impact of TRAP laws ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers") on clinics and women across the country. The New York Times says of […]
LSRJ Open Board Meeting and Elections
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Law Students for Reproductive Justice will be electing the board for 2016-2017! If you are interested in being a board-member, please email Diana Yu at dianayu@stanford.edu with a 1 paragraph statement of interest. Please specify if you are interested in being a president of LSRJ.
Reproductive Justice 101
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome hear Lina Houston of the national Law Students for Reproductive Justice discuss the fundamentals of reproductive justice - what it means and what the role of lawyers are in the movement. "Reproductive Justice (RJ) represents an emerging framework, an analytical tool, a movement-building strategy, and a desired outcome. RJ advocates concentrate on the realization […]
LSRJ Sex Trivia
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWhose supporters are more adventurous in bed -- Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? How many fertility goddesses can you name? How many anti-abortion regulations have been passed in the last 5 years? Think you might know the answers? Interested in knowing more? Come to the Law Students for Reproductive Justice's Sex Trivia on Monday, February 22nd, in […]
LSRJ Pro Bono Training
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLooking for a new pro bono project? Care about reproductive justice? Join Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) in launching our new pro bono project this fall! We will be working with the National Center for Youth Law and the ACLU of Southern California to ensure that California youth have access to safe and affordable reproductive […]
PRO: Katha Pollitt on the Abortion Rights Movement
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesForty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, “abortion” is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by the time they reach menopause. With each passing day, the reproductive rights upheld by the Supreme […]
LSRJ Sex-tion Trivia Fundraiser
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLaw Students for Reproductive Justice Annual Event, Now a Fundraiser! Law Students for Reproductive Justice is taking over trivia this week for our annual "Sex Trivia" event. This year, we are making two fun changes. First, each 1L section will have a team, with additional "sections" from the Med School, School of Education, and GSB! […]
A Screening of “After Tiller”
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the Federalist Society for a lunch-time screening of the new documentary, "After Tiller." (85 minutes) Those who can stay after the screening are welcome to engage in a respectful discussion of their reactions and thoughts on the film. Lunch will be served. From the producers: "After Tiller […]
LSRJ Trivia Night 2.0
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law Students for Reproductive Justice is putting on trivia. Put together a team, BYOB, and answer questions to win prizes! Also learn more about hot topics in reproductive justice and our plans for next year. Related Media
Assisted Reproduction and Gay Rights
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law Students for Reproductive Justice and Outlaw will screen the film Paternal Instinct. Following the film, we'll discuss hot topics in assisted reproduction, with particular emphasis on issues facing […]
Reproductive Justice Election Update
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the American Constitution Society will host Maggie Crosby from the ACLU of Northern California and Amy Everitt from NARAL Pro-Choice California to discuss the what's at stake for reproductive rights as a result of the election. Snacks will be provided. Related Media
Stanford LSRJ Membership Meeting
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDiscuss the latest news in reproductive rights and learn how to get more involved in Stanford Law Students for Reproductive Justice. Related Media
LSRJ Trivia Night
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law Students for Reproductive Justice is putting on trivia. Put together a team, BYOB, and answer questions to win prizes! Also learn more about our organization, our plans for the year, and how you can get involved. Related Media
LSRJ Trivia Night
Law Students for Reproductive Justice present sex trivia. Related Media
MSFC & LSRJ CPC Panel
Med Students for Choice and Law Students for Reproductive Justice present a panel discussion on Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Stanford's Med. Students for Choice and Law Students for Reproductive Justice invite a panel of speakers to discuss the growth of Crisis Pregnancy Centers and comments about how they can or might be regulated. Practitioners in the […]
LSRJ Presents: Finding a Summer Job in Women’s Rights/Gender Law
Join LSRJ for a panel on how to find a summer job in gender law & policy, women's rights, and reproductive justice. 2Ls and 3Ls will discuss job search strategies, interview tips, how to negotiate offers and choosing an organization. Co-sponsored by Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the Levin Center. Related Media
Recent Challenges to Abortion Access: Litigation and Advocacy Responses by the ACLU
Hosted by Law Students for Reproductive Justice MAGGIE CROSBY is a lawyer on the staff of the ACLU of Northern California. She has brought many cases involving reproductive privacy. She argued two cases before the California Supreme Court to protect the reproductive rights of poor women and young women: in 1981, the Court ruled that […]
Sex Ed on School Suspension: The Truth about Abstinence Only Education
Law Students for Reproductive Justice hosts a discussion on the current sex education programs in the United States. Dinner will be provided. Related Media
Bake Sale Benefiting Zimbabwe Orphans
The Law Students for Reproductive Justice cordially invites you to join us in supporting the orphans at the Emerald Hill Children's Home in Zimbabwe by eating yummy baked goods this Tuesday 2/15! We are hosting a bake sale outside the law lounge from 11am - 2pm this Tuesday. There will be cupcakes, brownies, cookies, banana […]
TGIF
Open to all SLS students, Faculty and Staff. Co-sponsored by the Law Students for Reproductive Justice, Law Associationand the Office of Student Affairs. Open to all SLS students, faculty and […]