The Crackdown on the Chinese Legal Profession
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesEngage the Issues China’s current nationwide crackdown on “rights defense” (weiquan) lawyers is the strongest assault to date on a small number of pioneers who have struggled to advance the rule […]
CLB Journal Club Lunch
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Center for Law and the Biosciences invites you to its biweekly(-ish) journal club lunch series, featuring delicious FREE Thai food and engaging discussion for all! Our speaker for October 29th […]
The Second Amendment and the Problem with Originalism
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJack Rakove is the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and (by courtesy) law at Stanford, where he has taught since 1980. […]
Philip K. Howard, “Put Humans in Charge”
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford Federalist Society and Philip K. Howard as we discuss rethinking the structure of the government and putting humans in charge. Lunch will be served. Mr. Howard is a well-known […]
Policy Lab Lunch with Paul Brest
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Law and Policy Lab for lunch and conversation about upcoming winter practicums. You'll hear about 15 practicums that encompass issues related to access to justice, climate change, […]
Louis Kaplow (Harvard Law School), “On the Relevance of Market Power”
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLouis Kaplow (Harvard Law School) will present “On the Relevance of Market Power” as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Autumn 2015. Please email Jackie Del Barrio at jdelbario@law.stanford.edu for a copy […]
Inside the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: An afternoon with Judge Reggie Barnett Walton
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now
How many lawyer jokes are there? Only three, the rest are true.: Lawyer Humor and the Legal Profession
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States5:00pm - 5:30pm Reception 5:30pm - 7:00pm Presentation Room 180, Stanford Law School Register Now Jokes about lawyers are as old as the profession itself […]
Energy Week: BBQ & Social
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United Stateshttp://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=ad622aa3509eda008ca244507&id=87d27f9c0d&e=18e87b61a8
How Faith Informs Meaning: One Law Professor’s Take
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLaw professor David Skeel makes a fresh case for the plausibility and explanatory power of Christianity for the central puzzles of our existence, such as our capacity for idea-making, […]
Criminal Justice over Coffee
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for bagels and coffee for the first in a quarterly brunch series being co-sponsored by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center and Criminal Law Society. The first brunch is […]
1L Judicial Externships Student Panel
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMembers of the Class of 2017 will discuss their judicial externships, including the application process, types of assignments, interaction with judges & clerks, and opportunities to view court proceedings.
From Where I Sit: Diversity in the Classroom and the Legal Profession
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMany law students have legitimate concerns about a lack of diversity in the legal profession and throughout legal education. Members of various minority groups, including people of color and members […]
Cyber Initiative Seminar: Is Privacy vs. Security a Tradeoff?
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a panel discussion on the legal and ethical challenges of privacy and security online. Is privacy vs. security a true tradeoff? Who benefits from framing it as such?
Screening of “Hate Crimes in the Heartland”
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHate Crimes in the Heartland is an award winning documentary film project by Emmy Award winner Rachel Lyon. Heartland tells powerful stories of people involved in two hate crimes – over […]
A Proposed Model Regulation for Twenty-First Century ‘Psychosurgery’
Room offsitewith Associate Professor Jennifer Chandler, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Accessible Justice: The Intersection of Disability and Law
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford Association of Law Students for Disability Rights and Professor Rabia Belt for a conversation about disability and the law focusing on the history of the disability rights […]
Learn More About the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab (SILLab)
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required. Please join Giancarlo Frosio and Daphne Keller on Tuesday for a presentation on the activities of the Stanford Intermediary Liability Lab (SILLab). The SILLab is one of […]
Constitutional Conversation with Russ Feingold: Constitutional Deliberation in Congress
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States6:00pm - 7:00pm Presentation Dinner will be served at 5:45pm Room 290, Stanford Law School Register Now Russ Feingold Former representative of Wisconsin, United States Senate Russell D. Feingold represented […]
Law & Society Film Screening #1: American Promise (USA)
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFive decades after of the landmark desegregation decision of Brown v. Board of Education, the struggle for closing the black educational achievement gap continues. American Promise, a 2013 Sundance Film […]
Unorthodox Lawmaking, Unorthodox Rulemaking
Room offsitewith Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell, UC Berkeley School of Law
PI Fellows: Advanced Brief-writing Workshop with Jocelyn Larkin
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLearn the Nuts and Bolts Jocelyn Larkin from the Impact Fund will present this workshop. This is open to PI Fellows only.
The War on Drugs: Is it Worth Fighting?
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Federalist Society as we present Scott Erickson, who will be speaking to us about the war on drugs. Chipotle will be served for lunch. Scott G. […]
Public Interest Practice Overview: Criminal Government
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesExplore Public Interes Due to a conflict with a mandatory 1L event, this event was rescheduled from 10/21. This is the final panel of a series providing 1L students with […]
Inside Washington: Lunch with Lanny Davis
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States*Please note this event is open to students only. Stanford Law School, Room 190 Register Now Please join us for a lunch with Washington lawyer and crisis manager Lanny Davis. […]