Events
“Witnesses, Judges: a Revolution Untold” with Orit Malka
OnlineThe Stanford Center for Law and History will hold its first workshop of the Quarter on Tuesday, January 18, from 12:45-1:45 PM (Pacific). Orit Malka, Taube Center for Jewish Studies, […]
Library Research Workshop: Legal Research Start to Finish
OnlineThis hands-on Zoom workshop will teach participants how to plan and carry out effective policy-related legal research from start to finish, including how to research secondary sources, statutes, regulations, cases, […]
Life After Grades I: Reviewing Exams to Improve Performance
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFall exams may be a distant memory, and you may have zero desire to review something you wrote over a month ago, but constructively reviewing your past exams or model […]
Just Transition Reading Group: Towards Solidarity Economies and Decolonization
OnlineA just transition will require moving away from extractive economies towards regenerative ones. What would it look like for land, work, food, energy, and money to be collectively stewarded, for […]
Rapid Response: The Supreme Court’s Vaccine Mandate Opinions
OnlineLast week, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's vaccine-or-testing employer mandate, while allowing a mandate applicable to health care workers to go forward. Join Stanford Law School Professors Michael […]
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday (Sikh)
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but […]
Lessons for the U.S.-Mexico Relationship
OnlinePlease join the Federalist Society for an event on US-Mexico relations with former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau. RSVP at https://forms.gle/3Dua3AnBpvhVh22Y6 for a Zoom link and to receive a […]
SFI Seminar: Hot Money: high-carbon infrastructure in the developing world
OnlineAre you interested in learning about innovative policy and financial mechanisms designed to rapidly decarbonize the global economy? Join SFI’s monthly seminar to meet our faculty and fellows and learn more about […]
Paper Option (courses with paper options are explicitly noted in course description) 5:00p.m.
Last day to elect paper option (with instructor permission) instead of taking a final exam Last day to change course sections (with instructor permission) to elect Research credit option
Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition Deadline 5:00p.m.
Last day to submit Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition.
Winter Final Study List Deadline 5:00p.m.
Last day to add or drop a course (unless instructor has set an earlier deadline) Last day to adjust units on a variable-unit course (variable-unit option must be explicitly noted […]
CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans
OnlinePlease join the Stanford Technology Law Review and Stanford Law School for an interactive panel discussing Stanford Law School Professor Hank Greely’s new book CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics […]
Interviewing Skills for Public Policy
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Policy Lab to learn techniques to interview stakeholders and experts for your public policy research. You will learn how to conduct semi-structured interviews to communicate empathy and gain […]
Law and Political Economy Reading Group: Session 4 on Property and Housing
@ SLS: Cooley Courtyard 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLaw and Political Economy (LPE) at Stanford will be hosting a fourth reading group session focused on the political economy of property and housing law on Friday, January 21st at […]
Negotiating a new international law treaty at the United Nations to protect the High Seas
"Negotiating a new international law treaty at the United Nations to protect the High Seas" webinar. When: Monday, January 24, 2022 from 12:45-2pm PT Free and open to the public! […]
Post-Grade Panel: Do Grades Affect My Job Search?
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesNow that you’ve received your first law school grades, you may have practical questions about how grades may affect things like your job search, clerking options, or law review. Perhaps […]
Climate Change and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join Prof. Buzz Thompson and the Energy & Infrastructure Club as we discuss the energy and climate implications of the recently-passed infrastructure bill. Lunch will be provided, RSVP by […]
The Future of Stablecoin Regulation
OnlineThe market cap for stablecoins, a type of digital asset pegged to a “stable” reserve asset like the U.S. dollar or gold, exploded in 2021, reaching more than $160 billion […]
WellnesSLS Wednesday: Meditation at Windhover
@ Stanford (TBD)Join the Mental Health & Wellness Committee on a journey to Windhover Contemplative Center.
Interdisciplinary Research for Public Policy
OnlineResearching public policy requires synthesizing information from many different sources and disciplines: legal research; scientific data; economic predictions; findings and recommendations from NGOs and blue-ribbon panels, think tanks, and government […]
When a Witness Recants: Legal and Ethical Duties Arising from Wrongful Convictions
OnlineIn her recent New Yorker article, staff writer Jennifer Gonnerman wrote about a criminal case from Baltimore in which a 14-year-old provided eyewitness testimony in a murder trial resulting in the convictions […]
Northern District of California Bankruptcy Court Judges Panel
OnlineThe judges of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, will speak about the work of the bankruptcy court, as well as externship and clerkship opportunities at the Court, which also has divisions in San Francisco and San Jose. If you're interested […]
Manisha Padi (School of Law, University of California, Berkeley), “Contractual Inequality”
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLaw and Economics Seminar with Manisha Padi (School of Law, University of California, Berkeley), “Contractual Inequality” as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Winter 2022. Download paper here. RSVP […]
WellnesSLS Wednesday: Meditation at Windhover
@ Stanford (TBD)Join the Mental Health & Wellness Committee on a journey to Windhover Contemplative Center.
Deciding Dobbs: A Constitutional Right to Choose?
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Federalist Society for an event featuring Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart and Prof. Jeffrey Fisher on Dobbs v. Women's Health Organization and the constitutional right to choose. Lunch will […]