Events
BLSA Gala Mixer
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFollowing the 4th Annual Black History Month Gala, members of the SLS community are invited to join the Black Law Students Association for this event.
How to Start and Build Your Own Firm: Part 2
@ SLS: Room 272 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Plaintiffs' Lawyers Association (SPLA) is pleased to announce Part 2 of the "How to Start and Build a Successful Firm" dinner series is Thursday, Feb. 16 @ 6:30pm! This session, renowned personal injury attorney Shanin Specter will focus on Year One of starting a successful firm. Dinner and drinks will be served. The topics […]
Deborah Rhode on Women and Leadership
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States4:30PM - 5:30PM | Discussion 5:30PM - 6:30PM | Reception Register Now For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions. Today, although women occupy an increasing percentage of leadership positions, in America they hold less than a fifth of positions in both the public and private sectors.In […]
Daniel Hemel (University of Chicago Law School), “Monopoly Power, Political Power, and the Market for Bads”
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDaniel Hemel (University of Chicago Law School) will present “Monopoly Power, Political Power, and the Market for Bads” as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Winter 2017. Download paper here.
SLA Board Meeting
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPart open forum, part closed board meeting. A meeting for the SLS student government association.
AMIR: Jackie Lem, JD '07, US Dept of Justice, Antitrust Division
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a talk with Jackie Lem, JD '07, US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division RSVP Lunch will be provided. About Jackie Lem: Jackie Lem is a trial attorney […]
A Long Strange Trip: Reflections on the IPO Process from Independent Directors Who’ve Been There
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now Our panelists will discuss their experiences going through the IPO process as independent directors and advisors. In particular, they will discuss how the experience differed from what they expected going into it, what surprises came up along the way and how they dealt with issues as they arose. The discussion will focus on […]
National Lawyers Guild: Legal Observer Training
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesNLG is proud to host a Legal Observer (LO) training, a program designed to enable individuals to express their political views as fully as possible without unconstitutional disruption or interference by the police and with the fewest possible criminal consequences. Participants in the training will be taught how to effectively Legally Observe at demonstrations and […]
The Battle for Aleppo and for Human Rights Accountability
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States5:00pm: Reception 5:30 - 7:00pm: Panel Discussion Stanford Law School, Room 290 RSVP In late January 2017, the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic will release its special report examining the violations that took place in Aleppo city since late 2015. It is expected that the report will revive the issue of […]
Summer Funding Information Session
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis information session will outline all aspects and requirements of SLS's summer funding program for 2017. RSVP Learn the Nuts and Bolts
Human Decisions and Machine Predictions
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now Co-sponsored by CodeX—The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. Prof. Ludwig examines how machine learning can be used to improve human decisions. Using […]
Five Years After: Lessons from the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Debate for the Trump Era
Room offsitewith Professor Rob MacCoun
OCI or No-CI: Understanding the Impact of Your Summer Plans on Career Goals
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWondering whether it's worth cutting your summer short to attend OCI? Want to know how you can use OCI, or strategically skip it, to fulfill your career goals? Ever wondered […]
How Judicial Restraint Led to Our Populist Movement
@ SLS: Let Facilities AssignSLS Federalist Society Presents: A talk on judicial restraint with Ilya Shapiro (details coming).
Defending the Bill of Rights: Decisionmaking and Advocacy at the ACLU
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the American Constitution Society for a timely discussion with Steven Shapiro on how progressive legal organizations can use impact litigation to defend constitutional rights. The talk, titled "Defending the Bill of Rights: Decisionmaking and Advocacy at the ACLU," will provide insight into the thinking and strategy behind this kind of impact litigation. Mr. Shapiro is […]
Corporate Governance Trends and Practice in Chile and Latin America
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMonday, February 13, 2017 12:45pm – 2:00pm Room 185, Stanford Law School Lunch will be provided *** Open to Stanford Law Students Only *** Register Now Join us for a […]
Post and Trauma: The Use of Social Media by Sexual Assault Victims
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDr. Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg and Dr. Anat Peleg, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law (Israel) In the last few years social media has created supportive spaces in which sexual assault victims can share their testimonies and describe the ongoing impacts of sexual violence on their lives. Victims who turn online have access to advice, information, and narratives […]
Axess opens for Spring quarter course enrollment
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCoffee with Eric Holder
@ SLS: Room 355 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Criminal Justice Center and Center on the Legal Profession invite you to join a small student discussion with former Attorney General, Eric Holder. Eric H. Holder, Jr., served under President Barack Obama as the nation’s 82nd, and first African-American Attorney General from 2009 - 2015. Right out of law school, Holder worked for the Public […]
Raising the Bar: Lawyers and Leadership
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law Review 2017 Symposium The legal profession provides a disproportionate number of leaders in American society, everywhere from law firms, to politics, the private sector, and the nonprofit realm. Why do so many lawyers end up in leadership positions? How can lawyers do better in these roles? This Symposium will focus on the role lawyers […]
Risk Management in Finance and Geopolitics: A Tale of Two Silos featuring Niall Ferguson
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now 5:15 - 6:00pm - Reception | 6:00 - 7:00pm - Lecture In this year's Morrison & Foerster Lecture in honor of Marshall L. Small, B.A. '49, J.D. '51, Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University will discuss risk management […]
Lawyers Pursuing Social Change at the Local and State Levels
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law School, Room 280B RSVP Join us for a conversation with three lawyers pursuing social change at the local and state levels: Tanya Broder, Senior Staff Attorney at the […]
CLB Lunch with Lindsey Chambers
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Center for Law and the Biosciences for a talk and Q&A with Lindsey Chambers, interdisciplinary ethics fellow at the Center for Ethics and Society. Her work focuses on […]
Stanford Critical Law Society’s First Winter Salon: An Introduction to Critical Race Theory
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome join us to discuss the following pieces both to better understand and re-acquaint ourselves with CRT, and especially within the context of these past few weeks to consider what compromises radical leftists are willing to make in order to build a broad coalition without diluting our commitments. 1) Ian F. Haney-Lopez, "Nation of Minorities: Race, Ethnicity, […]
American Spies: Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care, And What to Do About It
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. American Spies - Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care, And What to Do About It Evening Book Talk with Jennifer Granick Reception: 4:30pm-5:30pm - Law Lounge Book Talk: 5:30pm-7:00pm - Room 190 US intelligence agencies - the eponymous American spies - are exceedingly aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal and […]