Events
Game Night 4 Ukraine
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOn this grim second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, join SNSLS, SIHRLA, and the Ukrainian Support Alliance for the Second Annual SLS Board Game Night 4 Ukraine. We will share information about incredible NGOs supporting Ukrainians as the full-scale war enters its third devastating year, while coming together as a community to destress, […]
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 non-traditional pathways to public service or policy innovation and offer advice for making the most of an SLS degree in the policy space. Ryan Harper […]
JAG Information Session
@ SLS: Room 320F Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesArmy LTG Stuart Risch, LTC Annie Hsieh, JD '12, and CPT Hope Salvucci, JD '18, will visit campus on Tuesday, February 6, from 12:45 - 2:00 pm to discuss national security law, environmental law and other topics that both military and civilian attorneys engage in at the Army. This event is co-sponsored by Stanford Environmental […]
Stanford National Security & the Law Society: Ice Cream Welcome Social
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford National Security & the Law Society invites you to an ice cream gathering in Crocker Garden on Thursday, October 12 from 1:00-2:00pm. SNSLS is dedicated to exploring national security (& the law) in all their forms. We have an exciting slate of events this year on topics such as foreign investment review, surveillance, […]
The SCOTUS Immigration Cases
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join our faculty panelists—Jayashri Srikantiah, Lucas Guttentag and Brian Fletcher—for a discussion of the immigration cases the Supreme Court will decide during the 2019-20 term. The Court granted cert for eight immigration cases (Barton v. Barr, Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam, Kansas […]
Felon: Poems
@ Stanford: Humanities Center 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA, United StatesSponsored by Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Stanford Law School Criminal Justice Center, Humanities Center, Program in Ethics in Society, Stanford Arts Institute Reginald Dwayne Betts transformed himself from a sixteen-year old kid sentenced to nine-years in prison to a critically acclaimed writer and graduate […]
Responding to White Nationalist Violence: Do We Need New “Domestic Terrorism” Laws?
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFollowing recent incidents of white nationalist violence, scholars and policymakers are debating the need to pass new "domestic terrorism" laws. Brennan Center for Justice Fellow and former FBI special agent Michael German will be in conversation with Stanford Law Professor Shirin Sinnar about the rising tide of white nationalist violence and how the legal community […]
Biosecurity & National Security
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Stanford National Security Law Society for a lunch with Professors Allison Berke, Ph.D. and Executive Director of the Stanford Cyber Initiative, Milana Trounce, M.D., and Megan J. Palmer, Ph.D. to learn about biosecurity threats and related national security challenges.
Lawyering in the Age of Globalization: Why Public Interest Lawyers Need New Tools with Garth Meintjes, PILnet
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesROOM 320D, Third Floor Food provided RSVP Â PILnet envisions a world where the rule of law delivers justice and protects human rights. PILnet collaborates with local partners around the […]
Government Hacking: Evidence & Court Disclosure of Vulnerabilities
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. Join Mozilla and Stanford CIS for the fourth and final installment in our series of conversations about government hacking. Information from our first three events, discussing the cybersecurity risk of government hacking, the vulnerabilities disclosure process, and recent changes to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41, can be […]
Genocide in Syria
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law School, Room 190 Co-sponsored by the Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law and the Stanford Human Rights Center RSVP ISIS is committing genocide and other international crimes against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, as determined by the latest report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the […]
Government Hacking: Vulnerabilities Equities Process
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. Suggested Reading: We've compiled background reading suggestions that might be of interest to you before you attend our event. Join Mozilla and Stanford CIS for the second installment in a series of conversations about government hacking. Information from our first event, discussing the upcoming changes to Federal […]
Government Hacking: Rule 41
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP IS REQUIRED for this free event Join Mozilla and Stanford CIS for the first in a series of conversations about government hacking. On December 1, 2016, significant and controversial changes to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 are scheduled go into effect. Today, Rule 41 prohibits a federal judge from issuing a search warrant […]
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 […]
US DOJ, National Security Division Talk
@ SLS: Room 272 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesExplore Public Interest Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, Department of Justice Adam Hickey will speak to law students; co-sponsored by The Stanford National Security & the Law Society (SNSLS). RSVP Speaker bio: Adam S. Hickey is the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Asset Protection in the National Security Division […]
Campus: The Practice and Art of Judging
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Practice and Art of Judging: A Conversation with The Honorable Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, MA '96, PhD '00, The Honorable Susan Y. Illston, JD '73, and The Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, JD '70 Moderated by Professor Pamela S. Karlan Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Reception 6:30 - 7:30 […]
Companies, Consumers & The State: Defining Private Industry’s Obligation to Protect Privacy
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required. Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International Moderated by Jennifer Granick, Director of Civil Liberties, Center for Internet and Society Consumers expect companies to respect the right to privacy. This means respecting the privacy of users by providing clear, accessible information about how personal data is used, rather than unintelligible terms and conditions. […]
Changing the World to Save the World
Room offsiteIvy Plus European Leaders in partnership with Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford Professionals in Energy, Berkeley Club of France, HEC Pole Globalisation and France-Amériques host a cutting-edge forum on climate change and COP21 with sought-after Stanford University faculty, OECD, U.S. and French climate and energy experts Speakers - Dan Reicher, Executive Director, Stanford […]
Privacy, Security and Freedom of Expression — Learning Day
@ SLS: Multiple Rooms Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesREGISTER HERE Room 290 What, if anything, should we do about extremist content on the Internet? What is the role of Internet companies in promoting free expression and privacy around the world? How should we manage data requests from law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the world, when countries have different privacy protections and different […]
European Data Privacy Colonisation: Current Developments and a Call for a New Paradigm in International Law
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRecent data-related cases, such as the Google Spain case and the dispute between Microsoft and the US Government over the access to data held by Microsoft in Ireland, highlight flaws in the current thinking on jurisdiction in both private, and public, international law. This seminar brings attention to issues such as: (1) the unproductive focus on ‘extraterritoriality’, […]
National Security Agency General Counsel, Raj De
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for an informal conversation with Raj De, the National Security Agency General Counsel. He serves as the chief legal officer for NSA and as the principal legal advisor to the NSA Director. He can speak to law students about his role as general counsel at the NSA and the value of pursuing careers […]
After Snowden: Hot Topics in the Debate over Mass Surveillance
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLunch talk by Rubin Award recipient Catherine Crump '04 Catherine Crump, JD ’04 Miles L. Rubin Public Interest Award Recipient Catherine Crump is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. An experienced litigator specializing in constitutional matters, she has represented a broad range of […]
NSA Surveillance and What To Do About It – An Evening Talk with Bruce Schneier
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIMPORTANT: Our number of RSVPs have reached capacity for room 290. We will be livestreaming the talk in room 190 for guests who cannot get into room 290. Also, we are videorecording the talk and it will be posted on our Youtube channel within a week. RSVP is required for this free event. 5:00pm Reception […]
Victims of Armed Conflicts: Law, Psychology and Implications for Conflict Resolution
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesBrought to you by the Stanford Program in Law and Society Panel Speakers: Anupma Kulkarni is a Fellow of the Stanford Center for International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) and Co-director of the West Africa Transitional Justice (WATJ) Project, a cross-national study on the impact of truth commissions and international criminal tribunals from the perspective of […]
Stanford National Security and the Law Society Movie Night!
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford National Security and the Law Society for a movie night! We'll be watching Munich, based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. Pizza and popcorn will be provided! Wednesday, February 27th, at 7 pm. Related […]