Events
Pensando Venezuela: A transformation in retrospect
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesConference Pensando Venezuela: A transformation in retrospect Conference Organizer: Venezuelan Student Association. Co-sponsors: Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law, Center for Latin American Studies, and Stanford Program in Law and Society This conference seeks to expose the factors that brought ex-president Hugo Chavez to power and led him to carry the transformations that […]
Black History Month Gala
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis winter, BLSA is proud to announce its first Black History Month Gala: “The Next 50 Years of Civil Rights and Racial Justice.” Fifty years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and “Freedom Summer,” our responsibility as future attorneys to advance civil rights continues. Stanford Law School has a long history of educating the […]
Parents’ Weekend Reception
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIf you are planning to be in town for the Stanford Undergraduate Parents' Weekend, we invite you and yours to join us at the law school for a reception at the William H. Neukom Building Terrace. Light appetizers and drinks will be served. Please RSVP to Alumni Relations by February 19, 2014 at alumni.relations@law.stanford.edu. Related […]
SJLBF General Meeting
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSpring Issue Kickoff Meeting Related Media
How the WTO Shapes Regulatory Governance
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe World Trade Organization (WTO) arguably shapes regulatory governance in more countries to a greater extent than any other international organization. Professor Gregory Shaffer will provide a new framework for assessing the broader regulatory implications of the WTO within nation states, as opposed to viewing the WTO as a form of global governance above the […]
Knobbe Martens Spring Event
Joya 339 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesJoya Restaurant, Palo Alto Stanford Law Students with Technical Degrees: Join us for a cocktail reception Knobbe Martens cordially invites 1L, 2L and 3L students with a technical background and interested in IP law to join us for a cocktail reception. Meet with lawyers from one of the country’s most prominent intellectual property law firms […]
The Fight for Internet Freedom – A Talk with David Drummond
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. (by 5pm 2/19.) 4:30pm-6:00pm The Internet makes lives better, around the world, in ways people couldn't have imagined not even a decade ago. It sparks prosperity, inspires dissent, improves education, and encourages freedom. But all of the good it does is under threat, largely from governments. David Drummond […]
Law and Economics Seminar: Michael Trebilcock (University of Toronto Law School)
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMichael Trebilcock (University of Toronto Law School) will present “Dealing with Losers: The Political Economy of Policy Transitions” as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Winter 2014. Related Media
Career Spotlight: Protecting Immigrants Rights
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAhilan T. Arulanantham is the Deputy Legal Director at the ACLU of Southern California and a Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project. He has successfully litigated a number of cases to protect the rights of immigrants and minority communities against government oppression. During his tenure at the ACLU/SC, he has successfully litigated […]
De-Risking Renewable Energy Investment
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLunch Talk with Visiting Scholar Dr. Tobias Schmidt Dr. Tobias Schmidt is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford's Precourt Energy Efficiency Center. Dr. Schmidt is a senior researcher at the Chair of Sustainability and Technology and serves as lecturer for ETH Zurich's Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences. He also works as part-time consultant for […]
LRAP Overview Workshop
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Diane Chin, Associate Dean for Public Service and Public Interest Law; Frank Brucato, the Law School’s CFO and Senior Associate Dean for Administration; and Dave Walter, Associate Director of Financial Aid for a discussion about our Loan Repayment Assistance Program. Related Media Please RSVP
CLB Journal Club Lunch
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCenter for Law and the Biosciences Journal Club. Speaker and Topic TBA. Related Media Center for Law and the Biosciences
American Governance
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPanel Discussion A panel discussion by two or more SLS professors. Full details will follow very soon. Related Media
Speaker: US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesNOTE: This event has been moved to 3pm. Pizza will stll be served Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, is one of the Senate's most forceful advocates for addressing the threat of climate change. He has raised the profile of the issue with a climate speech on […]
Public Interest Summer Funding Info Session
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis info session will outline all aspects and requirements of SLS's Summer Public Interest Funding for students. Related Media Please RSVP
Volunteering with the Reset Foundation -INFO SESSION
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome learn about volunteer project with the Reset Foundation WHAT IS THE RESET FOUNDATION: By creating an alternative model of incarceration centered on learning, education, and reentry, The Reset Foundation will allow sentenced young adults to reset their life trajectories—to envision and achieve futures of meaning, opportunity, and purpose—thus enabling communities to break the cycle […]
Patent Bar Presentation
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIf you are interested in taking the Patent Bar, Mark Dighton will be giving a presentation and answering questions during lunch on Wednesday, February 19, 2014. Related Media
The American Voting Experience: Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration
Faculty Lunch with Professor Nate Persily, Lecturer Ben Ginsberg, and Robert Bauer. Related Media
Non-violent resistance and diplomacy: Prospects for success in Israel/Palestine
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWatch Recorded Video of Event: A discussion with Rami Khouri, moderated by Janine Zacharia Rami George Khouri is a widely published journalist, scholar, and frequent commentator on Middle East politics. He is director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut. His journalistic work includes writing […]
Avishai Margalit: The ethics of unarmed vs. non-violent resistance in Israel/Palestine
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) hosts a special dinner discussion with Avishai Margalit. Avishai Margalit is now a Visiting Professor at the Stanford Law School. He was a Professor and now Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and also served as a Fellow at the University Center […]
SLPR Board Elections
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAt the event SLPR members will elect the board for Volume XXVI. Related Media
Shaking the Foundations: Wine and Cheese Info Session
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesShaking the Foundations is a conference that brings together the Bay Area progressive legal community to discuss present and future issues within the movement, explore the role of young lawyers, and encourage attendees to work toward social and environmental justice. The goal of Shaking the Foundations is to connect, inspire, and educate those who want […]
The Curious Incident of the Supreme Court in Myriad Genetics
Law and Biosciences Workshop with Professor Dan Burk, University of California, Irvine School of Law. Related Media
Launching a Career in Human Rights
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOmar Shakir is the 2013-2014 Arthur R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellow at Human Rights Watch. A part of the Middle East and North Africa Division, he investigates human rights abuses in the region. A former Fulbright Scholar in Syria, Omar holds a JD from Stanford Law School, an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown […]
Info Session on Fantasy SCOTUS
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesBloomberg Law and SCOTUSblog’s Supreme Court Challenge Come find out about the Bloomberg Law and SCOTUSblog’s Supreme Court Challenge. This year is the Third Annual Supreme Court Challenge, hosted by Bloomberg Law and SCOTUSblog. Where students : Predict how the Supreme Court of the United States will decide six merits case and six cert. petitions […]