Events
Federalist Society: Kevin Newsom on Pathways to the Bench
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Federalist Society for a lunch talk by Kevin Newsom on a conversation on pathways to the judicial bench, inspired by his life and career.
Abstractions, Unicorns, Photos, Recipe Cards and Dating Services. How to Win 101 Motions.
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAttorneys Heidi Keefe and Dena Chen from Cooley, LLP will discuss how to successfully invalidate software and business method patents under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice. Lunch will be provided
Women in Politics: A Conversation with Christy Holstege
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFirst Person: What Inspires You to Do Good?
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe people who make up the Stanford Law School community come from diverse backgrounds, and each of us has a unique story to share. While we have as much to learn from our peers as from our casebooks, too often these first-person narratives are lost in the doctrinal shuffle. Sharing our stories is a way to understand each other’s perspectives, […]
Gay Rights, Religion, and Free Speech: Why Masterpiece Cakeshop is a Distraction – A Constitutional Conversation with Andrew Koppelman
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States5:45pm - 6:00pm - Dinner 6:00pm - 7:00pm - Discussion Stanford Law School, Room 190 Register Now In Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the Supreme Court will decide whether requiring a baker to make a cake for a same-sex wedding violates the baker's free speech or free exercise rights. But is Masterpiece really the […]
Steven Shavell (Harvard Law School), “A Fundamental Error in the Law of Torts: The Restriction of Strict Liability to Uncommon Activities”
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLaw and Economics Seminar with Steven Shavell (Harvard Law School) will present, "A Fundamental Error in the Law of Torts: The Restriction of Strict Liability to Uncommon Activities" as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Winter 2018. Download paper here.
Federalist Society: Ray Kethledge on Leadership and Solitude
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Federalist Society for a lunch talk by Ray Kethledge on leadership and solitude.
TPS: The Humanitarian Immigration Benefit that Is Ending for Many
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesTemporary Protected Status (TPS) is an immigration benefit that affords temporary legal status to foreign nationals from certain designated countries that have been destabilized by war, catastrophe, or other extraordinary conditions. President Trump announced that the program will end for immigrants from four countries: El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan. Join us to learn about […]
Sierra Martinez, JD ’08, Energy Foundation
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRM 285, Stanford Law School Co-Sponsored with the Environmental Law Society RSVP Explore Public Interest Sierra Martinez focuses on optimizing energy use across the utility, industrial, and buildings sectors. He supports a network of grantees and teams that drive innovative policies across the country. Sierra engages in cross-programmatic national strategy development. Previously, Sierra taught energy […]
Practicing Private Sector Law in New York
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join for lunch and a discussion on the topic of “Practicing Law in New York City” with attorneys from the New York offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Race, Disability, and the Vote
Room offsitewith Professor Rabia Belt, Stanford Law School
Shaking the Foundations: Incoming Board Interest Meeting
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis is an informal meeting for 1Ls that are interested in joining the 2018 Shakings Board. At this info session, members of the 2017 Board will share their experiences and explain the logistics of being a part of the Board and how much fun the process of putting on the conference is.
Dimensions of Blackness: How Access, Identity, and Representation Affect our Experiences on Stanford’s Campus and Beyond
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis event, co-sponsored by graduate and undergraduate black student organizations across campus, will allow students across disciplines to mingle, hear from professors, lecturers, and other guests on topics that relate to access to and black identity within predominantly white spaces, and engage in discussion about how these issues affect their own experiences. Dinner will be […]
Federalist Society: Clerkship Panel: For Students
@ SLS: Room 272 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAlasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue, pp. 226-263
O’Melveny Pro Bono and Corporate Responsibility Panel
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPrivacy policy evaluation
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesArctic Issues Lunch Talk with Fran Ulmer
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHon. Fran Ulmer, chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission and Cox Visiting Professor at Earth System Science, will speak to law students about current events in the Arctic. Savannah Fletcher (3L) will speak about her research and work experiences in Alaska. Savannah will be clerking for the Alaska Supreme Court in Fairbanks after graduation. This […]
Restoring the American Dream: New Lessons from Big Data
Room offsitewith Professor Raj Chetty, Department of Economics, Stanford University
Spotlight Lunch – Plaintiff
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States1L Private Sector Spotlight Lunch Plaintiff – Douglas Saeltzer and Sara Peters, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Decarceral Justice: Transgender Women in Prisons and Jails
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a discussion of issues of safety and justice facing trans women incarcerated in prisons and jails. Michela Bowman of the National Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center will moderate a conversation with Janetta Johnson of the TGI Justice Project and Zahara Green of TRANScending Barriers Atlanta. Read more about the issues we'll be discussing […]
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesProfessors will speak about their personal experiences with impostor syndrome, and then students will break into small groups where 2Ls and 3Ls facilitate conversations about impostor syndrome.
Stanford Law School AI Society Lunch Event: Legal Practice and AI Panel
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesArtificial intelligence is a powerful technology that has been significantly impacting numerous fields and industries, from medical imaging to consumer facial recognition. Want to learn more about this exciting area and how it is affecting attorneys and their legal practice? Then come to this lunch event to hear Lindsey Tonsager (partner and co-chair of Covington's AI-Initiative) and […]
Notice and Comment Workshop
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin ACS for a Notice & Comment Workshop. We will provide training, as well as an opportunity for participants to draft their own comments on issues important to them. RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/pIq7c1DYEDhV0ynZ2
Town Hall
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA Law and Literature Perspective on Copyright
Room offsitewith Paul Saint-Amour, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania