Events
The People’s Constitution with John Kowal, Brennan Center VP
OnlineJoin John Kowal, VP of Programs at the Brennan Center, for a book talk on his forthcoming book, The People’s Constitution: How Social Movements and Civil Society Organizations Have Shaped the U.S. Constitution (The New Press, 2021), co-authored with SLS alumnus Wilfred Codrington III. The book evaluates the role of social movements and civil society organizations in […]
CA Ballot Measures Overview
OnlineYou probably already know who you’re voting for in the Presidential election, but do you know how you’re voting on the many California ballot measures? Want to learn more about them before you decide? Not a CA voter, but interested in an academic perspective on some big potential policy changes? Join SLS Women in Politics and […]
Conversation with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join Women In Politics as we welcome Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren to campus. Moderated by Professor Shirin Sinnar, Congresswoman Lofgren will speak about her over two decades of experience in Congress. She will focus on being a woman in politics and immigration, both issues that she has dedicated many efforts to.
Conversation with Virginia “Vigie” Ramos Rios, campaign manager for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin SLS Women In Politics and Stanford in Government for a conversation with Virginia "Vigie" Ramos Rios, campaign manager for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
So You Want to Work on a Presidential Campaign?
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join SLS Women in Politics for a phone panel with recent law school graduates who worked on the 2016 presidential campaign. We'll learn why and how each got involved in presidential politics, their campaign roles, and where their work has led them today. We'll also take questions on the best ways to get involved […]
Stanford Women in Politics Talk with Ann O’Leary
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLunch event with Ann O’Leary (former Clinton advisor, partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP).
Women in Politics: A Conversation with Christy Holstege
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWomen in Politics Training
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWomen with Power
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesActing with Power inspired workshop for Stanford Law School's Women in Politics  Women with Power The relationship between gender and power, as well as cultural identity in the workplace, (or school, or home,) is complex and dynamic, with men and women getting different results from the same behavior. Women & men, especially those in […]
Women in Politics Campaign Fundraising Workshop
@ SLS: Room 283 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesErica Kwiatkowski, Vice President of California Women's List and SCN Strategies, will lead a workshop on campaign fundraising, particularly addressing issues faced by women in politics. Co-sponsored by Women in Politics and SPILF.
The Leadership Speaker Series Featuring Justice Andrea Hoch and Justice Elena Duarte
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Women of Stanford Law (WSL) and Stanford Women in Politics (SWIP), along with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, welcome you to the Spring installment of this year's Leadership Speaker Series featuring California Justices Andrea L. Hoch and Elena J. Duarte, who both serve as Associate Justices on the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District. They […]
Women in Politics: Local Politicians Panel
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join Stanford Women in Politics for their first in a series of three panels featuring politicians who serve at every level of government: local, state, and federal. These local politicians will discuss their first campaigns, the challenges and rewards of holding public office, and the obstacles and opportunities presented by being a woman or […]
SPILF Happy Hour
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIf you haven’t heard (looking at you fellow 1Ls), SPILF Auction is the event of the year. Luckily for you, we’re warming up for the main event with SPILF Happy Hour donation/fund-raiser in the Law Lounge on Thursday 2/23. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, and free with a donation*. For the […]
Race and the Criminal Justice System
Room offsiteThe 11th Annual Kieve Distinguished Speaker Lecture Presented by the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSE) in parthernship with OpenXchange at Stanford University Bryan Stevenson, acclaimed public interest lawyer and founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, will deliver the 2016 Anne and Loren Kieve Distinguished Speaker Lecture at a […]
New York: What Women Want – Pay, Promotion and Politics – Discussion with Professor Deborah Rhode
Americas Society/Council of the Americas 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWhat Women Want – Pay, Promotion and Politics - Discussion with Professor Deborah Rhode, leading scholar on Women and Law Join Stanford alums for an insightful discussion with Professor Deborah L. Rhode of Stanford Law School about her new book What Women Want – An Agenda for the Women’s Movement. Pay, promotion, politics and more! […]
Anita Hill: Speaking Truth to Power Film Screening and Q/A with Professor Anita Hill
This event is Day One of a two-day conference. Please click here to view information about Day Two, a panel discussion on "Sexual Harassment and Barriers to Advancement: What Has Changed Since the 1990s?" Click on image to enlarge poster About the event: Please join us for a special screening of the film Anita: Speaking […]
Washington D.C.: Barbara Babcock Book Reading
Enoch Pratt Free Library 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesThe Stanford Law School Washington D.C. chapter invites SLS alumni and friends to a book reading featuring Professor Barbara Babcock, Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita. Professor Babcock will talk about her new book, Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz. Woman Lawyer tells the story of Clara Foltz, the first woman admitted to […]
Kate Kendell of National Center for Lesbian Rights
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), as she provides a snapshot of LGBT issues and why this time in our history is so important. Through direct litigation and advocacy, NCLR works to change discriminatory laws and to create new laws and policies benefiting the LGBT community. Growing up […]
Law and Society in Iran: Historical Overview & Projections into the Future
There has been heightened fascination with Iran since at least 1979. The 2009 contested presidential elections and the escalating bras de fer over the country’s nuclear programme have only fed this interest. Still, Iran and Iranians remain very much misunderstood outside of the territorial boundaries of Iran. The Stanford Program of Law & Society will […]
Washington, DC: Barbara Babcock, Woman Lawyer
The first case argued by California’s first woman lawyer was her own. Clara Foltz (1849-1934), rejected from law school because of her gender, sued for and won admission. In her biography of this remarkable woman, Babcock, professor of law emerita at Stanford, recounts Foltz’s struggles and many achievements, which included her work on progressive issues […]
Recent Challenges to Abortion Access: Litigation and Advocacy Responses by the ACLU
Hosted by Law Students for Reproductive Justice MAGGIE CROSBY is a lawyer on the staff of the ACLU of Northern California. She has brought many cases involving reproductive privacy. She argued two cases before the California Supreme Court to protect the reproductive rights of poor women and young women: in 1981, the Court ruled that […]
Channeling Justice: Television and the Legal Profession
Sponsored by the Center on the Legal Profession Paul Brest Hall, Munger Graduate Center Building 4, 555 Salvatierra Walk Stanford, CA 94305 About the event: From The Defenders and Perry Mason back in the 60s through L.A. Law, The Practice and Ally McBeal in the 80s and 90s, to Law & Order, Boston Legal, The […]
A Debate on Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, featuring David Cole, Byron Bland, and Abe Sofaer
Presented by the Gould Center and StanfordACS Congress has prohibited the provision of "material support or resources" to identified foreign organizations that engage in terrorist activity. In Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the Supreme Court ruled that the "material support" law applies to US citizens engaged in human rights advocacy or "second track" private efforts […]
Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz at UC Hastings
Join Barbara Babcock as she discusses her new book, Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz, hosted by the Hastings Women's Law Journal. Professor Babcock is the Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita, at Stanford Law School and was the first woman appointed to the regular faculty. Also, she was the first Director of […]
A Conversation with Barbara Babcock, Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz
Join Barbara Babcock, Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita, at Stanford Law School and the first woman appointed to the regular faculty for a conversation about her new book Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz. Professor Babcock was the first Director of the Public Defender Service in DC and served as an Assistant […]