Events
Notice Regarding Events
SLS has limited on-campus events for the Stanford Community. Registered attendees for in person and virtual events have/will receive emails with details. Please check the SLS Calendar for the current list of scheduled events.
Cultural Differences and Transitions
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThis workshop touches on the cultural transitions one could experience when moving from their home country to a new one. Recognizing and managing such differences could be the key to successfully planning and executing your networking strategy. As you navigate your way into different social and professional settings, awareness of the changes that are happening […]
SIHRLA Winter General Body Meeting
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CASIHRLA members and human rights and immigration faculty will gather for snacks and a discussion of what SIHRLA has planned for the term.
Salt In My Soul – Panel Discussion
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAMonday, January 23rd | 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Tresidder Oak West Join the Stanford community in discussing the documentary, Salt in My Soul, which follows Mallory Smith (Stanford, '14), who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 3. The film covers topics of mindfulness, the health care system, and living with a chronic, […]
PLA Plaintiffs’ Week Lunches
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CASLS PLA will host its annual Plaintiffs' Week again this year! Events will run from Monday, January 23 through Thursday, January 26. Like last year, we plan to host daily […]
Post-Grades II: Do Grades Affect My Job Search?
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CANow that you’ve received your first law school grades, you may have practical questions about how grades might affect things like your job search, clerking options, or law review. Perhaps you didn’t perform as well as you hoped and your confidence took a hit. We are here for all of it. Susan Robinson, Associate Dean […]
Basic Legal Research for Public Policy Workshop
OnlineThis hands-on Zoom workshop will teach participants how to plan and carry out effective policy-related legal research from start to finish, including how to research secondary sources, statutes, regulations, cases, and policy resources, as well as how to conduct effective full-text searching within online databases. This workshop is excellently suited for anyone interested in improving […]
A Guide to Interdisciplinary Research
OnlineResearching public policy requires synthesizing information from many different sources and disciplines: legal research; scientific data; economic predictions; findings and recommendations from NGOs and blue-ribbon panels, think tanks, and government agencies. All of these and more guide policymakers. Join this Zoom workshop to learn how to identify and access non-legal sources of information and understand […]
1L Panel Series: Judicial Clerkships
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAa panel discussion on the clerkship application process, featuring insights from incoming judicial clerks.
The Stanford Center for Law and History Presents “The Origins of Indigenous Constitutionalism: Choctaw Law and Governance” with Tanner Allread
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA“This Series of Strong Laws”: Choctaw Governance and the Rise of Indigenous Constitutionalism, 1826-1830 For two centuries, Native nations in the United States have written constitutions to govern their affairs and affirm their status as sovereigns. Exploring the origins of this tradition of Indigenous constitutionalism in the era of Indian Removal, this paper focuses on […]
Bringing Restoration to the Legal System: Where Do Mercy and Vengeance Fit? A Two Part Series on Restorative Justice (Part 1)
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAJoin us for a two-part series on the themes, theories, pitfalls and practices of restorative justice. During the first event on January 24th, writers Katharine Blake (SLS '12) and Josie Duffy Rice will discuss the notion of restoration (or lack thereof) in our criminal legal system, touching on the current system’s reliance on vengeance and […]
Law and the Biosciences Workshop
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThis workshop brings in outside speakers to discuss issues within the wide field of law and the biosciences. On Tuesday, January 24, from 4:30 to 6:15 (room 285), Professor Amy L. McGuire (Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine) will discuss her paper "Ethics and Regulation of Psychedelics."
PLA Plaintiffs’ Week Lunches
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CASLS PLA will host its annual Plaintiffs' Week again this year! Events will run from Monday, January 23 through Thursday, January 26. Like last year, we plan to host daily […]
Careers in Climate
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAPlease join SLS's Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program and the Levin Center for a co-sponsored "Careers in Climate" discussion focused on environmental litigation. SLS alums Peter Broderick, Urban Wildlands Legal Director and Senior Attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, and Elena Saxonhouse, Managing Attorney at the Sierra Club, will discuss their […]
Palestine Legal Lunch Talk
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAPlease join Stanford LSJP for a lunch talk with Liz Jackson, Senior Staff Attorney at Palestine Legal! Liz is a founding staff attorney for Palestine Legal and Cooperating Counsel with the Center for Constitutional Rights. Her work includes representing students, professors and activists on free speech and academic freedom issues, documenting the chilling effect of […]
A Conversation with former SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThis event is open to SLS and GSB students only. Please join the Rock Center for Corporate Governance for an evening conversation between Professor Colleen Honigsberg and former SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee. The conversation will center on the fast-changing landscape of securities law, corporate governance, and financial reporting. A small dinner with Commissioner Lee […]
Outlaw Winter Welcome Dinner & General Body Meeting
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAWinter quarter general body meeting & welcome dinner for Outlaw members.
PLA Plaintiffs’ Week Lunches
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CASLS PLA will host its annual Plaintiffs' Week again this year! Events will run from Monday, January 23 through Thursday, January 26. Like last year, we plan to host daily […]
Prof. E. Tendayi Achiume: Reflections on 5 Years as UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAProfessor E. Tendayi Achiume, the inaugural Alicia Miñana Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, served as the fifth United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance from 2017 to 2022. On Thursday, January 26th, Prof. E. Tendayi Achiume will reflect on her five years as Special Rapporteur […]
Non-Law Business Job Search Presentation
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThinking about the possibility of a non-law business job for a summer or at some point after law school? Wondering if your background and experience might be a good fit for consulting firms, venture capital firms, private equity funds, investment banking or business/corporate development positions? Join OCS for an informal presentation on searching for a […]
Workers Rights Pro Bono Project: Clinic
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAClinic with Legal Aid at Work for members of the Workers' Rights Pro Bono Project.
SLS and Stanford Native Community Gathering with the Hon. Sunshine Sykes, ’97, JD ’01
@ Stanford (TBD)Connect with the Indigenous Alumni of SLS and the Stanford Native Community to celebrate special guest, the Hon. Sunshine Sykes, ’97, JD ’01! The newly formed Indigenous Alumni of Stanford Law School (IA of SLS), in partnership with the Stanford Native American Cultural Center (NACC), Native American Law Students Association (NALSA), Stanford Natives in Pre-Law […]
Paper Option (courses with paper options are explicitly noted in course description) 4:00 p.m.
Last day to elect paper option (with instructor permission) instead of taking a final exam Last day to change course sections (with instructor permission) to elect Research credit option
Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition Deadline 4:00 p.m.
Last day to submit Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition
Winter Final Study List Deadline 5:00 p.m.
Last day to add or drop a course (unless instructor has set an earlier deadline) Last day to adjust units on a variable-unit course (variable-unit option must be explicitly noted in course description)
CLF Open Bible Study
@ SLS: Room 320F Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CACome join the SLS Christian Legal Fellowship for a Bible study on the Book of Colossians!