Events
Morrison & Foerster 1L Spring Reception
Room offsiteThursday, May 4, 6:00pm, Garden Court Hotel RSVP to cdavis@mofo.com
New York: A Special Wine Tasting with Mark Oldman
Mark Oldman's Private Loft in Chelsea New York, NY, United StatesEntrepreneur, renowned wine expert, and Stanford alumnus Mark Oldman, AB '91, AM '93, JD '98, is once again opening the doors of his art-filled, Flatiron loft to fellow SLS alumni. Mark will walk you through a special sit-down tasting of insider wine types in his signature style that has been referred to as an "ideal […]
They Call Us Monsters Screening
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin ACS, BLSA, CLS, SLLSA, and YEA for a screening of They Call Us Monsters, a critically-acclaimed new documentary about life inside The Compound, a high-security jail-within-a-jail at Sylmar Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County. Filmmaker Ben Lear will lead a discussion following the screening. Thursday, May 4th, 2017 6:00-8:00pm Stanford Law, Room 190 Dinner will […]
Lunch Discussion with Lin Chan, JD ’07 and Michelle Lamy, JD ’15 of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesExplore Public Interest Room 320-F, Stanford Law School RSVP Partner Lin Chan and Associate Michelle Lamy represent employees, consumers, and small businesses in class actions challenging wage theft, discrimination, and price-fixing. Both were summer associates at Lieff Cabraser and will talk about their post-law school paths, Lieff Cabraser, and public plaintiff-side work generally. They will […]
Lawyers as Leaders: Russ Feingold on the Lawyer’s Role in an Era of Threat to Our Most Basic Democratic Institutions
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now Lunch will be served. In a recent article in The Nation, Russ Feingold outlined several potential threats to American democracy. In this talk, Feingold will expand on his article’s thesis, speaking directly about the leadership role of lawyers in the face of these threats. In particular, Feingold will discuss legal profession’s role in […]
CLB Lunch with Gabrielle Goldstein
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPatent Venue Wars and TC Heartland
@ SLS: Room 271 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join Latham & Watkins and SIPA for a discussion on the one of the hottest current issues in IP- the Patent Venue Wars. Because of its patentee-friendly reputation, a disproportionate amount patent litigation cases are filed in the Eastern District of Texas. TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods was argued at the Supreme Court last […]
First Generation Professional’s Kick-Off Event
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis is the first event of SLS'Â new First Generation Professionals organization. FGP members, please join us for an evening of pupusas and community.
Women in Politics Campaign Fundraising Workshop
@ SLS: Room 283 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesErica Kwiatkowski, Vice President of California Women's List and SCN Strategies, will lead a workshop on campaign fundraising, particularly addressing issues faced by women in politics. Co-sponsored by Women in Politics and SPILF.
Summer Funding Orientation
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLearn the Nuts and Bolts RSVP This is a mandatory meeting for 1L students and students are applying to receive summer funding for the first time. We will cover the summer funding essential forms that will need to be completed prior to the start of summer as well as what to expect during the summer. […]
EJW and Skadden Fellowship Workshop
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis is a brown bag lunch, so please eat beforehand or bring your own lunch.
CIS Lunchtime Career Talks – The Winding Road to Tech Policy
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. In-house policy teams at major tech companies have become a significant option for lawyers interested in building a career in tech policy. Shane Witnov is on the policy team at Facebook. Shane thinks about data flows and protecting people’s privacy.  He will discuss his journey from law school to tech policy […]
Prosecution Clinic Brown-Bag Orientation
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesTo the Classes of 2018 and 2019: Professor George Fisher would like to invite you to an optional brown-bag orientation meeting for students interested in next year's winter-term Prosecution Clinic on Wednesday, May 3, from 12:45 till 2:00 p.m., in Room N104. Supervising prosecutors from the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office and past clinic […]
Family Impacts of Sentencing and Incarceration
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA lunch event on the impacts of sentencing and incarceration on families. RSVP Co-sponsored by the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition (SPARC) and Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC)
Jurisdictional Competition in the Market for Chinese Companies
Room offsitewith Professor Marcus Cole
Portland: Reception and Talk with Paul Goldstein
Perkins Coie - Portland 1120 NW Couch Street, 10th Floor, Portland, OR, United StatesThe Portland Alumni Chapter invites you to a reception and talk with author Paul Goldstein, Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law. Professor Goldstein will talk about his latest novel, Legal Asylum: A Comedy, a send-up of American legal education that has most of your former professors (those who don't appear in the […]
The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration: Implications for Energy and Climate — A Bipartisan Discussion
@ SLS: Room 80 Moot Courtroom Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesYou can read key points from the panelists on this Storify. Stay tuned for the full program video. After the first 100 days of the Trump administration, along with a new Congress, what does US energy policy look like? And what are the implications for U.S. and international efforts to address climate change? The Steyer-Taylor […]
SLLSA Lunch Talk with Puerto Rican Senator Eduardo Bhatia
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Tax Club – Lunch With Fenwick & West
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Tax Club - Lunch With Fenwick & West
Pro Bono Systems: Plot Your Path to Firms, Fellowships, and Fun
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP Understanding our legal system's complex pro bono system will allow you to: - Vet and pick law firm employers - Make your public interest fellowship applications unbeatable - Be strategic about how you use your private sector career to pursue social justice - Impress (certain) friends Come join your friends at the Levin Center […]
1L Curricular Meetings with Dean Engstrom
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDean Engstrom will meet with 1Ls to answer questions about the curriculum, pathway B, and selecting courses. Please try to attend the session for your Fall class section. If you have a scheduling conflict, you are welcome to attend one of the others. Sections 1 & 2: Tuesday, May 2 - Room 280A Sections 3 […]
The Way Forward: Title IX Advocacy in the Trump Era: May 1 -2, 2017 (Stanford, CA)
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesSponsored by Stanford Law School and the National Women's Law Center With Funding by the Taubman Family Foundation This 2 day conference of leading advocates working in the Title IX space including scholars, lawyers, activists, and others will feature closed working groups for developing strategy across litigation, advocacy, federal and state legislation, and activism as […]
SLLSA Cinco Week Keynote
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin SLLSA in kicking off Cinco week by coming to our keynote address, delivered by Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel, who will speak about the challenges Latino communities face in the United States, and the ways in which we can come together to support these communities. Note that Judge Curiel cannot discuss cases pending or likely […]
Congressional Checks on Presidential Power
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now 6:00PM - 7:15PM | Discussion Dinner will be served at 5:45PM In Federalist 51, James Madison argued that an important defense against tyranny resides in what we now call checks and balances--the idea that each branch of government possess the "constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others." Yet does […]
California’s Environmental Policies Under Trump: The Impact of Federal Preemption
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPanel discussion on strategies states and local governments can use in light of federal preemption.