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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition Deadline 5:00p.m.
Last day to submit Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition.
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
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 our ongoing research projects. Jeffrey Ball | scholar-in-residence, Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance; lecturer, Stanford Law School Major infrastructure financiers will have […]
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 $10 food delivery coupon.
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 one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
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 McConnell, William B. Gould IV, and Bernadette Meyler to discuss this pair of decisions and what they mean for constitutional law, labor law, and the […]
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 example through worker cooperatives and community land trusts? Moreover, moving past colonial capitalist economies will also require decolonizing and returning stolen land. What does it […]
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 exam answers can help you identify strategies for improving your performance so that you can do as well as possible on your Winter exams. Join […]
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, and policy resources, as well as how to conduct effective full-text searching within online databases. This workshop is excellently suited for anyone interested in improving […]
“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, Stanford, will share the paper: “Witnesses, Judges: a Revolution Untold.”
Attacks on the Courts
OnlineHosted by the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, in conjunction with Berkeley's Civil Justice Research Initiative, Berkeley Executive Education, and the Berkeley Judicial Institute, this symposium will focus on some of the ethical issues raised by increased attacks on the independence and legitimacy of the courts. Recently, these attacks have come most noticeably from […]
Design Thinking for Law and Policy
OnlineRevamp your thinking with this short course in design thinking tools for law students & graduate students engaged in public policy projects! Human-centered design methods will help you re-imagine complex problems and possible interventions to create breakthrough solutions. We will explore good practices in working with project clients and community partners to help solve the […]
Maghi/Makar Sankranti (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 one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
The Supreme Court Commission’s Report: A Panel Discussion with Members of the President’s Commission
OnlineJoin Commission co-chair Cristina Rodríguez, professor of law at Yale Law School, Commission member William Baude, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School, and Noah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard Law School, to discuss the report of the Biden Administration’s Supreme Court Commission. The event will be moderated by Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez, […]
Mark A. Cohen (Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University), “Pain, Suffering and Jury Awards: A Study of the Cost of Wrongful Convictions”
OnlineLaw and Economics Seminar with Mark A. Cohen (Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University), “Pain, Suffering and Jury Awards: A Study of the Cost of Wrongful Convictions” as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Winter 2022. Download paper here. RSVP to chaom@law.stanford.edu.
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) Summer 2022 Law Fellowship Virtual Information Session
OnlineThe TFAS Summer Law Fellowship in Washington, D.C. is an intensive nine-week program that aims to prepare law students to defend the values and ideals of a free society rooted in individual liberty, limited government, free enterprise, and constitutional originalism. Through this immersive academic and professional experience, participants will engage in legal internships, academic coursework […]
Policy Writing: Short Memos and White Papers
OnlineLearn how to organize research and data for compelling policy memos and briefing papers that illustrate underlying findings and principles. This workshop will highlight examples from past Policy Lab projects with attention to the differences between legal advocacy and policy analysis. You will learn general principles grounded in Robert K. Yin's foundational works on writing […]
A Conversation with Omar Shakir ’13, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch
Zoom (virtual location)Please join us for a conversation via Zoom with Omar Shakir ‘13, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch. At Human Rights Watch, Omar investigates abuses in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza and has authored several major reports, including a 2021 report comprehensively documenting how Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and […]
Stanford Law & Policy Lab Boot Camp
Zoom (virtual location)If you are interested in exploring public policy but lack the training and skills, consider joining the Policy Lab for any or all of our introductory skills workshops. The series offers an overview of methods and strategies for social change, beginning with an in-person boot camp on Saturday, 1/8, followed by a series of five […]