Events
SNSLS & SIHRLA: Recent Alumni in Policy Careers Panel
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin SNSLS and SIHRLA in hearing from four recent SLS alumni working in fascinating policy-oriented careers in government, tech, international development, and humanitarian affairs. The following alumni will discuss their […]
Post-Grad International Fellowships Info Session
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Immigration and Human Rights Law Association (SIHRLA) and the Levin Center are excited to host a panel on international post-grad fellowships and the opportunities available to SLS students. The panel will consist of both current SLS students who are preparing for fellowships and have gone through the application process in the last several […]
Movement in a Warming World: Legal and Policy Responses to Climate-Induced Displacement
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Stanford Immigration & Human Rights Law Association and Stanford Law Students for Climate Action for a panel discussion of international and domestic legal and policy responses to internal and cross-border climate-induced displacement. Featuring three experts and practitioners in the field: Erica Bower ( E-IPER PhD candidate; Human Rights Watch researcher; former policy lead with […]
Immigration and International Human Rights Career Panel
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Immigration and Human Rights Law Association (SIHRLA) will be hosting a panel of current 2Ls and 3Ls, who have spent their summers working in the International Human Rights and Immigration fields. The panelists will talk about the application process, describe the sorts of substantive work they were able to do, and answer any […]
Fall 2021 SPILF Student Initiative Grants Applications Due 11/8
OnlineDear SLS, The Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation is excited to announce its upcoming cycle of Student Initiative Grants for the 2021-2022 academic year! As many of you learned at last year’s auction, SPILF uses a portion of the proceeds from its annual spring auction to fund SLS student projects and initiatives. Past projects have […]
Refugee Rights Network Discussion Group: Humanitarian and Human Rights Perspectives on the Syrian Refugee Crisis
@ SLS: Room 272 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Stanford Refugee Rights Network for a discussion on the Syrian refugee crisis through the lens of humanitarian and human rights. Sponsored by the Stanford International Human Rights Law Association (SIHRLA). RSVP here: https://forms.gle/wvuCNrh9Lj49RLC17
Career Talk with Maina Kiai
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States1:00 - 2:00 pm Room 320-D, Stanford Law School RSVP Explore Public Interest Learn the Nuts and Bolts Maina Kiai will speak about careers in international public interest lawyering. Mr. Maina Kiai was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association from 1 May 2011 until 30 […]
Stanford Journal of International Law Symposium
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Journal of International Law Symposium Global Refugee Crisis: Past, Present, Future Saturday, April 22 | Stanford Law School, Room 190 | 8:30am-4:30pm Mark your calendars on Saturday, April 22 for the Stanford Journal of International Law's Symposium. We will discuss the Global Refugee Crisis: Past, Present, Future. Don't miss this chance to engage with the experiences […]
Coffee with former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and jurist Navi Pillay
@ SLS: Room 271 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford International Human Rights Law Association hosts former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay for coffee with students.
Ayotzinapa 2 years later – family members of the disappeared students share stories of their struggle for justice
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSeptember 26, 2016 marked two years of impunity for the disappearance of 43 students from the Escuela Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa, in Guerrero, Mexico. Since then, the Ayotzinapa case has become emblematic of the widespread crisis of enforced disappearances in Mexico. Meanwhile, the 43 students' families' demand of the Mexican government has been simple, yet gone unanswered: '¿Dónde están nuestros hijos?' […]
Security Detentions and Human Rights
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School for a discussion of his new project on the divide in international humanitarian law and international human rights law on security detentions in non-international armed conflicts. Professor Jonathan Hafetz is an expert on human rights, constitutional law, national security, and international justice issues. He joined Seton […]
Innovative Mechanisms to End Impunity in Central America and Mexico: a Talk with Mirte Postema
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford International Human Rights Association and the Center for Latin American Studies in welcoming Mirte Postema, the Fellow for Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Prison Reform in the Americas in the Stanford Human Rights Center, to discuss recent innovative mechanisms to combat impunity in Central America and Mexico that have been created relatively recently, and their […]
Privatization Moves South: Prison Crises and Privatization as a (Misguided) Solution in Latin America
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford International Human Rights Law Association (SIHRLA) and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) as we host Professor James Cavallaro, the founding director of Stanford Law School’s International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic and Commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to discuss the rise in prison privatization in Latin […]
Prospects for Peace and Transitional Justice in Syria
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law School, classroom 190 RSVP 2016 Rubin International Human Rights Award recipient Deyaa Alrwishdi has worked at the national and international level to defend victims of human rights violations in Syria, including directly representing political prisoners and activists arrested at protests. He also documents violations and atrocities across Syria as a researcher with the Damascus […]
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at 25 – what did we do right, what did we do wrong and what should we aspire to?
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a panel discussion on the accomplishments, missed opportunities, and future developments relating to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA is a comprehensive antidiscrimination statute that was regarded by the disability community as an “emancipation proclamation” for one of America’s largest minority groups when it was first enacted in 1990. The […]
Bringing Human Rights Home: the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act in Latin America
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford International Human Rights Law Association (SIHRLA) and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) for a discussion with Almudena Bernabeu, the International Attorney & Transitional Justice Program Director at the Center for Justice & Accountability, on how the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act can and do affect human rights […]
Limits on Free Speech on U.S. Campuses?
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOn January 7, 2016, the Stanford Human Rights Center hosted the third and final event in its Speaker Series, Perspectives on the Current Israel-Palestine Conflict. The Israel-Palestine conflict is a complex and sensitive issue that generates strong reactions. Universities should be the ideal environment to discuss this conflict. However, a recent report from the Center for Constitutional Rights […]
Pursuing Justice in Israel: the Rachel Corrie Case
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis event was the second of the Stanford Human Rights Center's Speaker Series, Perspectives on the Current Israel-Palestine Conflict. In March 2003, an Israeli army bulldozer killed Rachel Corrie, a U.S. peace activist, while she sought to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian house in the Gaza Strip. Cindy and Craig Corrie, Rachel’s parents, will […]
Deterrence or revenge? The return of punitive house demolitions in response to recent events in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe first event in the Stanford Human Rights Center's Speaker Series, Perspectives on the Current Israel-Palestine Conflict. Punitive house demolitions were routinely practiced by Israel in the Occupied Territories until 2005. In 2014, Israel renewed these demolitions, based on their purported deterrent effect. But has Israel enjoyed greater security in the past two years? The […]
Employment Discrimination in the Entertainment Industry with Kathleen A. Tarr
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Entertainment and Sports Law Association (SESLA) and the Stanford Black Law Students Association (BLSA) are excited to welcome Kathleen A. Tarr, who delivered the General Session at this year's State Bar of California Annual Meeting on employment discrimination in the entertainment industry. In addition to lecturing in the Stanford Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Kathleen […]
Human Rights in Action: A Conversation with David Keyes
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCrowdsourcing Human Rights, A Conversation with David Keyes Sponsored by the Stanford International Human Rights Law Association Please join SIHRLA in welcoming David Keyes this Thursday, November 5th at 12:45. Mr. Keyes will be speaking about crowdsourcing human rights and the power of an individual to challenge dictatorship. He will highlight the role law students can […]
Current Issues in International Criminal Law and Pathways to Practice
Room 320D Noted lawyers Almudena Bernabeu and Toby Cadman will speak on current issues and pathways to practice in international human rights law. Almudena is the Transitional Justice Program Director at the Center for Justice and Accountability. She has helped lead prosecutions against war crimes perpetrators across Latin America, most notably against the former President […]
Living on LRAP: Alumni Perspectives
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWondering how you can survive and thrive on LRAP? Come hear from SLS grads who've been there. Brian Blalock '07, Bay Area Legal Aid Nicole Janisiewicz '07, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Dave Sapp '05, ACLU of Southern California Anna Scholin '11, Leonard Carder This is a brown-bag lunch event. Alumni Bios: Brian Blalock ’07 […]
Constitutional Conversation with Professor Nicholas Aroney: American Federalism in Comparative Perspective: A View from the Antipodes
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDinner will be served at 5:45pm. The talk will begin at 6:00pm Please join Professor Nicholas Aroney of the University of Queensland, Australia, for a discussion about comparative federalism. Nicholas Aroney Professor of Law, The University of Queensland, Australia Nicholas Aroney is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Centre for Public, International and […]
Just Mercy: Bryan Stevenson on Justice, Redemption, and the Death Penalty
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States“I…believe that in many parts of this country, and certainly in many parts of this globe, that the opposite of poverty is not wealth… I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice… Ultimately, you judge the character of a society, not by how they treat their rich and the powerful […]