Events
O’Melveny & Myers Pro Bono Panel
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin SLLSA and BLSA for a lunch panel with O'Melveny & Myers as we discuss the pro bono practice of a large law firm. Panelists include David Lash, Managing Counsel of O'Melveny's Public Interest and Pro Bono Practices, Rochelle Karr, a Talent Development Director that oversees the firm's pro bono efforts, and a junior attorney. Lunch will […]
Leadership Crimes
Room offsitewith Assistant Professor Saira Mohamed, UC Berkeley School of Law
20th U.S.-China Legal Exchange
Room offsite9:00 am - 5:15 pm Stanford University Bechtel Conference Center at Encina Hall 616 Serra Street Stanford, CA 94305 Bechtel Conference Center Parking and Location Map This event is at capacity, please email tech@law.stanford.edu to be put on a wait list. REGISTER NOW About the U.S. - China Legal Exchange Conference On February 29, 2016, […]
Criminal Justice Over Coffee
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Criminal Justice Center and the Criminal Law Society for our quarterly Criminal Justice Over Coffee brunch. This quarter’s topic: Drugs, Addiction, & Criminalization Come for brunch and enjoy a panel discussion featuring: Professor Robert Weisberg, Stanford Criminal Justice Center Professor Keith Humphreys, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Susan Champion, Stanford Three Strikes Project Download Flyer RSVP
Criminal Justice Over Coffee – Drugs, Addiction, and Criminalization
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Criminal Justice Center and the Criminal Law Society present a brunch event for students. The even will feature breakfast as well as a distinguished panel of experts discussing drug crime, sentencing, addiction, decriminalization, and other related topics. This weekend's panel will include Professor Robert Weisberg, Professer Keith Humphreys, and Susan Champion, a fellow with […]
Movement Lawyering Series with Stanford National Lawyers Guild
PICC , United StatesJoin the Stanford National Lawyers Guild for the second of a series of discussions about movement lawyering! This discussion will feature Jenny Huang from Justice First, a public interest law firm representing clients in employment discrimination, police brutality, and other human rights and civil liberties disputes, and Cameron Rhudy and Elizabeth Bennett from the Sustainable […]
BLSA TGIF
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us for BLSA's last Black History Month Event - TGIF! There will be food from Backayard, drinks, amazing music, and great people.
Matt Nosanchuk, JD ’90, White House Office of Public Engagement
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRoom 320F RSVP Matt Nosanchuk is an Associate Director of Public Engagement serving as the liaison to the American Jewish community and on international issues. Since joining the White House in 2013, he has served both in the Office of Public Engagement and as Director for Outreach on the National Security Council Staff. Matt joined […]
WilmerHale 1L Winter Workshop
Room offsitePlease join us for the WilmerHale Winter Workshop, Friday, February 26, 2-4 p.m. WilmerHale 950 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California Attendees will have the opportunity to have their resumes reviewed, participate in a mock interview and meet with WilmerHale attorneys from a variety of practices. Please RSVP to Teresa.Janezeck@wilmerhale.com
Public Interest Litigation and Labor Law in China: The Path Forward
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRoom 320F HUANG Leping is a labor law expert and the director and founder of the Beijing Yilian Labor Legal Aid and Research Center. He has spent over a decade working for labor rights protection and the development of public interest legal services. As leader of Yilian, Huang has helped more than 100,000 workers and handled more than 6,000 cases, recovering more […]
What Comes Next: The Court’s Docket Without Justice Scalia
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for a discussion with Professor Jeff Fisher and Professor Michael McConnell on the implications of Justice Scalia's passing for the Supreme Court's current docket. RSVP here. Lunch will be provided.
Shaking the Foundations Informational Dinner
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesInterested in planning next year's Shaking the Foundations Progressive Lawyering Conference? Come hear about the process from this year's board!
Apple, the FBI, and the Crypto Debate: A Talk with Marc Rotenberg
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMarc Rotenberg is President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy and Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC - and an SLS alum. He teaches information privacy and open government at Georgetown Law and frequently testifies before Congress on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues. A leader in online privacy, Mr. Rotenberg, will speak about […]
Daniel L. Rubinfeld (School of Law, University of California, Berkeley & New York University Law School), “The Hidden Costs of Free Goods: Implications for Antitrust Enforcement”
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDaniel L. Rubinfeld (School of Law, University of California, Berkeley & New York University Law School) will present “The Hidden Costs of Free Goods: Implications for Antitrust Enforcement” as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Winter 2016. Download paper here.
SESLA Spring Planning Meeting
@ SLS: Room N112 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIntroductory meeting for new 1L participants.
The Constitutional Power of Lower Court Judges to Disregard Supreme Court
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Federalist Society as we welcome Michael Stokes Paulsen to speak about lower court judges' constitutional power to ignore Supreme Court precedent. Lunch will be served. Professor Paulsen is a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and among the nation's leading scholars of constitutional interpretation. Prior to coming to the University of […]
SLS Thinks Big: Student TED Talks
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome listen to your fellow classmates share their big ideas! RSVP HERE. Max Alderman (JD '17): "Born Naked and the Rest is Drag" Matt Ball (JD '18) & Dave Ahern (MA '17): "Civil-Military Relations: The Growing Separation between America and its Military" Marcus Bourassa (JD '16): "Probably Wrong: A Theory of Betting, Success, and Star Trek" Paige Muhlestein (JD […]
From Government Service to Private Practice
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThree former government attorneys now in private practice at Munger Tolles & Olson LLP talk about how their careers developed and how the skills and experience they developed with the government hleps them today.
Smart Regulation for Smart Drugs
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA CLB Journal Club Lunch with Michael Brandt, co-founder of Nootrobox Join us for a presentation by Stanford alumnus Michael Brandt, COO and co-founder of Nootrobox, a San Francisco based cognitive supplement / biohacking company, laying out a framework for nootropic regulation.
Startup Lunch Talk with WSGR
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partners Rachel Proffitt and Adam Dinow (from WSGR's SOMA and New York offices) will talk about their emerging companies practices and life as a corporate attorney. Hosted by WSGR, E-Club, and SLATA. Lunch will be served.
States As Immigration Battlegrounds
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPresenters: S. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Pratheepan Gulasekaram Bios: Pratheepan Gulasekaram is Associate Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. He has published widely on immigration federalism and the constitutional rights of noncitizens both in popular media platforms, and in prominent legal journals, including the New York University Law Review. Before entering academia, Gulasekaram clerked […]
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 […]
Discussing Legal Design with Jay Mitchell
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOur speaker will be Jay Mitchell, professor and director of the Organizations and Transaction Clinic at SLS, and former senior in-house lawyer at Levi Strauss & Co. He will discuss two topics: (i) the value of drawing pictures and using visuals in doing legal work and (ii) bringing a design sensibility to legal documents. These matters are reflected in […]
IP Litigation Lunch Discussion
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join Davis Polk partner Matt Lehr for a lunch talk on the firm’s IP Litigation practice. Hosted by SIPA and Davis Polk. Lunch will be served!
Inside Justice: San Francisco County Jail with Professor Bob Weisberg
Room offsiteInside Justice: San Francisco County Jail with Professor Bob Weisberg The Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) is launching a new series called “Inside Justice” to give small groups of law students the opportunity to experience various aspects of and processes that comprise our criminal justice system. These opportunities will include police ride-alongs; visits to local […]