Stanford Center for Law & History presents: A Book Talk with Rowan Dorin
@ Stanford (TBD)Listen to the event The Stanford Center for Law and History is excited to announce an upcoming book talk featuring Professor Rowan Dorin (Stanford University Department of History) with Jessica Goldberg (UCLA) and Laurent Mayali (Berkeley Law) as commentators. The talk will be held on February 15, 2023 from 4:15-6:00pm PST at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and […]
Lunch Discussion: From Extractive Economies to Solidarity Economies
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHow to Decommodify Land, Housing, Finance, Work, Law and everything else. Lunch discussion on how lawyers can support movements for transformative economic change, away from hierarchy and towards democracy. For example, using transactional law tools to help worker-owned businesses, Black and Indigenous land stewards, and cooperatives of all kinds. This casual discussion will be led […]
How to Get a Job You’ll Really Like
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join Shanin Specter, founding partner of Kline & Specter, P.C. in Philadelphia, and adjunct professor at SLS for a lunchtime talk. He’ll outline how to get a job you’ll really like and achieve professional satisfaction. The presentation will be focused around survey research, articles in the legal literature and Mr. Specter’s professional experience. Mr. Specter will […]
Lunch with New Jersey Attorney General Platkin
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS) invites you to join us for lunch with New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin on February 14th at 12:45 PM. This will be a free-flowing conversation, but topics will likely include his civil rights and criminal justice efforts, gun violence prevention measures, and environmental and […]
Rethinking America’s Carceral State: Observations from Islamic Law
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the newly-formed Muslim Law Student Association for our first event of the year! On Tuesday, February 14th between 12:45-2 pm, Professor Adnan Zulfiqar - a law professor and legal historian at Rutgers Law School and currently a faculty fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center - will join us to discuss his research on criminal […]
Good Governance in Venture Capital
OnlineInterested in learning more about best practices in due diligence at VC firms, or how to design and implement internal controls at portfolio companies? Join us for a discussion on how the VC industry can enable good governance. For more information and a list of confirmed speakers, click here. Co-sponsored by: The Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship […]
#SLSLove 2023
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIn what has become an annual tradition, SLS staff and faculty show their affection for students in the form of baked goods and other delectables. Stop by Russo Commons to […]
Decolonizing Human Rights Reading Group with Prof. Tendayi Achiume
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Immigration & Human Rights Law Association is hosting a session of our Ad-hoc Decolonizing Human Rights Reading Group that will focus on Professor Tendayi Achiume's work as UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary forms of racism. We will read and discuss Prof. Achiume's report on Ecological crisis, climate justice and racial justice: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/a77549-report-special-rapporteur-contemporary-forms-racism-racial.
LLM Career Strategy: Navigating the Basics
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWant to learn more about navigating the U.S. legal market as an international attorney from LL.Ms? Please join us for a Q&A panel with Andres C Mena, partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. and Laura Rupenian, partner at Gibson Dunn. Both speakers completed an LL.M in the U.S. before finding positions here.
Introduction to the PI Clerkship Committee and Process
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Public Interest Clerkships Committee will host an introduction panel, where you can learn more about the clerkship process and meet the eight members of the committee.
Self-Defense Intro Class
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is offering an Intro to Self-Defense class to work on effective physical, verbal and emotional strategies to defend yourself and others. In a highly supportive environment, students will learn to protect themselves from dangerous situations. The class will touch on the links between personal safety and community wellness, […]
CLF Open Bible Study
@ SLS: Room 301B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome join the SLS Christian Legal Fellowship for our weekly Bible study on the Book of Colossians!
SLR Symposium Opening Lunch
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOpening keynote lunch for the Volume 75 Symposium
SLA Valentine’s Day Candy Grams
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSpread the love, SLS! SLA will provide supplies in the Law Lounge for you to create candy grams for your fellow students. We will deliver the candy grams to the student mailboxes on Valentine's Day.
Stanford Law Review Volume 75 Symposium: Access to Justice
@ SLS Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Law Review is proud to announce its Volume 75 Symposium: Access to Justice 2023 marks the sixtieth anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright. It is, then, an appropriate time to take stock of the access to justice crisis in the United States. The most recent national survey, conducted by the Hague Institute for Innovation […]
CLF Women's Bible Study
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome join the SLS Christian Legal Fellowship for our weekly Bible study on the Book of Colossians! Email hmotley@stanford.edu for location details.
California Policy Forum: Building a Better Future for the Golden State
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS), Environmental Law Society (ELS), California Policy Forum, The Bill Lane Center for the American West, and Stanford in Government (SIG) invite […]
JLSA Faculty Dinner
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMembers of the Jewish Law Student Association is welcome to attend this dinner and meet their faculty mentors.
Workers Rights Pro Bono Project: Clinic
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesClinic with Legal Aid at Work for members of the Workers' Rights Pro Bono Project.
Book Talk — The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism with Lerone A. Martin
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIn The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover, Lerone Martin draws on thousands of newly declassified FBI documents and memos to describe how, under Hoover’s leadership, FBI agents attended spiritual retreats and worship services, creating an FBI religious culture that fashioned G-men into soldiers and ministers of Christian America. Martin shows how prominent ministers from across […]
Women in M&A Panel (Zoom)
OnlineThe American Bar Association’s Women in Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee will be hosting a Zoom panel with several law schools to introduce women law students to M&A, provide insight into the practice from seasoned law firm professionals and dispel myths about what it's like to be a successful M&A lawyer.
Careers in Climate: Renewable Energy Practice
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis event is open to SLS and GSB students only. Please join us for an informal discussion and Q&A with SLS alums working in the renewable energy space. You will hear practice and career perspectives from recent graduates with law firm and in-house renewable energy experience. The panel will feature:
SLA Valentine’s Day Candy Grams
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSpread the love, SLS! SLA will provide supplies in the Law Lounge for you to create candy grams for your fellow students. We will deliver the candy grams to the student mailboxes on Valentine's Day.
CRCL Town Hall
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesOn Wednesday, February 8th at 7pm, CRCL will be holding a town hall. This will be an opportunity to talk about how the first issue went and to celebrate all of your hard work. Dinner will be served.
SJIL Issue 1 Debrief
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSJIL will be hosting a full body meeting to discuss the editorial process and receive feedback on how the first issue went.