Events
SAIR Planning Committee Meeting
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPolicy Lab Writing Workshop: Making Policy into Story
@ SLS: Room N102 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin KPFA host/reporter and Knight Journalism Fellow Brian Edwards-Tiekert for a conversation about techniques to turn dry policy topics into engaging stories for op-eds and feature articles. This workshop is for anyone working in law, policy, or government who wants their work to reach a lay audience. You'll also learn how to pitch stories to news […]
Careers in Academia–Diversity
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesProfessors affiliated with the affinity groups will talk about how they became professors.  Professor Ouellette will moderate.  Panelists include Proffesors Belt, Ho, and Martinez.  Hosted by APILSA, BLSA, NALSA, Outlaw, and SLLSA.
Trying Patent Cases To Juries
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJohn M. Desmarais, of Desmarais LLP, will present on what it's like to try a patent case all the way to a jury. John Desmarais is the founding partner of Desmarais LLP, a top-ranked IP litigation boutique located in New York City that specializes in jury trials and alternative fee structures. Prior to founding Desmarais, […]
Federalist Society: Executive Power Panel with Sai Prakash
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Federalist Society for a panel discussion on executive power. Details will be forthcoming.
Lunch with Erik Puknys, Partner at Finnegan
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesADSA & ILS would like to cordially invite you to join us for this third event in a series of 3 events providing a unique opportunity for Stanford Law students to learn from the personal experience of successful lawyers about topics such as: a) how to make the right career choices in law, b) how […]
Reconciliation and Resistance: Literatures and Cultures of Human Rights
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis symposium explores the aftermath of human rights violations in culture, as well as the effects of cultural production on law and policy. With a non-exclusive emphasis on Latin America and an interdisciplinary law & literature focus, the symposium brings together a cutting-edge group of scholars. Some of the questions to address include: how does literary […]
A Big Fix: Should We Amend Our Constitution?
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesTo view agenda and participant list, click here. To view the proposed amendments, click here. Thomas Jefferson famously remarked that the Constitution should be amended frequently, since "the imperfections of a written Constitution will become apparent" in new circumstance and social conditions. Is our current moment one in which Jefferson’s prediction has come to fruition? […]
Stanford Program in Law and Society Fourth Conference for Junior Researchers
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIntroduction The Stanford Program in Law and Society (SPLS) at Stanford Law School is pleased to announce its Fourth Conference for Junior Researchers. This two-day conference seeks to provide a stimulating platform where junior researchers from around the world can present their current research projects on law and society and receive input from faculty and […]
Friday classes meet from 1:15-9:45 p.m.
On these days, Friday classes regularly scheduled before 11:00 will meet as usual. Monday-Friday make-up classes will meet as follows: Classes regularly scheduled before 11:00 will meet 1:15-2:45. Classes regularly scheduled for 11:10 will meet 3:15-4:45. Classes regularly scheduled for 2:15 will meet 5:00-6:30. Classes regularly scheduled for 4:15 will meet 6:45-9:45, or at a […]
Project ReMADE: Final Business Plan Presentations and Graduation
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesEntrepreneurs who have completed the Project ReMADE curriculum, and have developed a formal business plan, will present their business plan and pitch to a local panel of Bay Area microfinance directors. Following these presentations, entrepreneurs will partake in graduation ceremonies from the ReMADE program, followed by a reception in nearby Neukom Terrace. RSVP here.
Research Methods Workshop – Identifying and Avoiding Bias in Empirical Legal Research
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe search method workshop is opened for participants of the Fourth Conference for Junior Researchers in Law and Society as well as to the Stanford Law School community. Speakers: Professor Robert MacCoun and Professor Manuel Glomez
Transitioning from the Private Sector to Public Interest & Government
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRoom 320-F, Third Floor RSVP This intimate workshop will support and empower students who might consider transitioning from the private sector to the public interest and/or service sectors later in their career. Space is limited to 10 students. The workshop is open to all students, regardless of graduation year or certainty of career plans, and […]
Lawyers as Leaders: A Conversation between Ben Heineman and Bruce Sewell
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Lunch will be served. With great power, comes great responsibility. One of the most significant changes in the modern legal profession is the dramatic rise in power and prestige of the general counsel role. The role is, however, one defined by challenge […]
CLB Lunch with Professor Michael Santoro
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesKirkwood Moot Court Information Session
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesInformation session for law students interested in participating in the Kirkwood Moot Court Competition during the 2017-2018 academic year. Next year's presidents, Joe DeMott and Jace Yarbrough, and vice-presidents, Nicole Allan and Matt Getz, will host the event and answer questions about the competition.
China Guiding Cases Project Writing Contest Info Session​
The China Guiding Cases Project ("CGCP") is excited to announce the China Cases InsightsTM Writing Contest. At this info session, CGCP Founder & Director Dr. Mei Gechlik, together with Jennifer Ingram (SLS 2012) and Dimitri Phillips (SLS 2013), will provide details and tips for the contest. Stanford students are invited to participate in this international […]
Stanford Patent Litigation Symposium
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now (Invitation Only) Leading experts from the public sector, private practice, and academia will gather at Stanford on May 10th and 11th, 2017, to address the phenomenon of the patent assertion entity (PAE) and the state of patent law reform. The first Stanford Patent Litigation Symposium inaugurates the public release of the Stanford NPE […]
Out in the Night, Documentary Screening and Discussion
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford's Race and Criminal Justice Reading Group, BLSA, OutLaw, and ACS are co-sponsoring a screening of Out in the Night, a documentary about the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in the criminal justice system. Refreshments will be served.
STLR Galley Night
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesACS clerkship mixer
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis event, sponsored by the Stanford chapter of the American Constitution Society, will provide an informal atmosphere for students to discuss the judicial clerkship application process with peers who have already applied for clerkships. Please RSVP here.
The New Anti-Semitism
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe latest election brought with it a wave of stories about anti-Semitism: "sheriff's stars," (((triple brackets on Twitter))), desecrated Jewish cemeteries, punched Nazis, and even swastikas on Stanford's own campus. And all of this while the decades-old debate about the line between "anti-Israel" and "anti-Semitism" rages on. Join us for a talk on Anti-Semitism in America […]
Federalist Society: Lunch Talk with Hadley Arkes
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Federalist Society as we hear Hadley Arkes talk about natural law theory (details forthcoming).
Living History: the Human Cost and Legal Legacy of Japanese Internment
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin APILSA for a conversation on race, civil liberties, and national security as we revisit a darkly relevant chapter in American history: the WWII internment of Japanese Americans. Our speakers: Stanford Professor Stephen Sano, who teaches in the Music and Asian American Studies departments, and Bob Rusky and Marjie Barrows, both members of the coram […]
Lunch Talk: Jim Dempsey: Oversight of National Security Surveillance
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe U.S. intelligence agencies are vested with tremendous powers to collect information at home and abroad, on citizens and non-citizens, but subject to extensive oversight by all three branches of government. Does that system of oversight provide appropriate checks and balances? What lessons have been learned in the years since 9/11 and since the Snowden […]