Events
Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLunch will be provided. The United States has by far the world’s largest population of incarcerated people. Our criminal legal system doles out punishment—particularly to people from marginalized groups—on an unfathomable scale. At the same time, it fails to secure public safety, instead perpetuating inequalities and recidivism. Why does the United States see punishment as […]
Lunch with Stephen Bright, Longtime Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, on “The Fear of Too Much Justice”
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWatch the Event Join Stephen Bright, longtime director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, in Atlanta, Georgia, as he discusses his work in the areas of capital punishment, indigent criminal legal defense, racial discrimination in the criminal legal system, conditions and practices in prisons and jails, judicial independence, and his new book (with co-author […]
Criminal Law Society Welcome Bagel Breakfast
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesBagel Breakfast to bring the Criminal Law Society community and Criminal Law Faculty together. We'll have a bunch of bagels, cream cheese, and coffee and we look forward to gathering!
Meet U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDiscussion with students sponsored by the Levin Public Interest Law Center, Stanford Criminal Justice Center, and Stanford Criminal Law Society in Room 320D Crown; Moderated by Professor David Sklansky or Professor Bob Weisberg (Faculty Directors of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center). Students are invited to sign up for office hours with Mr. Estrada. You may […]
Qualified Immunity and Criminal Law: How the Law Insulates Police and Prosecutors from Constitutional Accountability
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the SLS Criminal Law Society for a discussion on qualified immunity with attorneys Patrick Jaicomo and Anya Bidwell from the Institute for Justice. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
Beyond Prosecution and Public Defense Panel
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesInterested in criminal law but unsure what opportunities exist beyond prosecution and public defense? Please join the Criminal Law Society for a panel with advocates from all areas of criminal law as they describe the various paths they have taken and how they have arrived at their current careers. The event will be a hybrid […]
Bringing Restoration to the Legal System: Where Do Mercy and Vengeance Fit? A Two-Part Series on Restorative Justice (Part 2)
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a two-part series on the themes, theories, pitfalls and practices of restorative justice. During the first event on January 24th, writers Katharine Blake (SLS '12) and Josie Duffy Rice will discuss the notion of restoration (or lack thereof) in our criminal legal system, touching on the current system’s reliance on vengeance and […]
Bringing Restoration to the Legal System: Where Do Mercy and Vengeance Fit? A Two Part Series on Restorative Justice (Part 1)
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a two-part series on the themes, theories, pitfalls and practices of restorative justice. During the first event on January 24th, writers Katharine Blake (SLS '12) and Josie Duffy Rice will discuss the notion of restoration (or lack thereof) in our criminal legal system, touching on the current system’s reliance on vengeance and […]
Criminal Law Internship Panel
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Criminal Law Society to learn more about internships in criminal law. We’ll have a panel of 2Ls and 3Ls discussing their experiences this past summer. Pastries and coffee will be served in Crocker Courtyard at 12:30 pm and the panel will start at 1 pm in room 280B. Please RSVP in advance.
Adversaries in Conversation: A Discussion between San Francisco’s Public Defenders and District Attorneys
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Criminal Law Society in a unique conversation between opposing players in the criminal justice system— district attorneys and public defenders. Our event will bring together four SLS alums currently serving in San Francisco as either prosecutors or defense attorneys: Rachel Marshall (SLS ‘10) and Trevor Kempner (SLS ‘15), both from the San […]
Criminal Law Society’s Philly D.A. Screening
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome watch the first episode of the highly rated documentary series Philly D.A., revolving around Philadelphia's progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner. There will be snacks and refreshments!
How to Defund the Police
OnlineWhat do activists, scholars, and politicians mean when they say “defund the police?” Is defunding the answer to police brutality and racial inequities in policing? What obstacles have legislators and activists faced when attempting to redesign policing in America? Join the Criminal Law Society and Black Law Students Association for a conversation with two individuals […]
Defending While Black: Leading Reformers in Indigent Defense
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation with three of our country's most well-respected chief public defenders: Derwyn Bunton (Orleans Public Defenders), Martesha Johnson (Nashville Defenders) and Brendon Woods (Alameda County Public Defender). Professor Ron Tyler will serve as moderator.
Responding to White Nationalist Violence: Do We Need New “Domestic Terrorism” Laws?
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFollowing recent incidents of white nationalist violence, scholars and policymakers are debating the need to pass new "domestic terrorism" laws. Brennan Center for Justice Fellow and former FBI special agent Michael German will be in conversation with Stanford Law Professor Shirin Sinnar about the rising tide of white nationalist violence and how the legal community […]
Lunch Talk: The Promise of Justice Initiative on Ramos v. Louisiana
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Criminal Law Society, the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition, and the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic for a lunch event to discuss the legal, journalistic, and political movement leading to Ramos v. Louisiana. In Ramos—which will be argued on October 7, 2019— the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of permitting […]
CLS: White Collar Info and Networking Session with Latham
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Criminal Law Society (CLS) for a white collar information and networking session with Latham.
Breaking the Mold: Alternative Public Defense Models
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesProfessor Ron Tyler from the Criminal Defense Clinic will moderate a discussion about models of public defense that incorporate immigration advocacy and family participation into representation. Feature Raha Jorjani, Director of the Public Defender Immigration Representation Project, Avi Singh of the Santa Clara Public Defender's Office and Raj Jayadev of Silicon Valley Debug. Lunch will be served. Room […]
Feminist Public Defense
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWhat does it mean to identify as a feminist and defend indigent people accused of domestic violence and sex crimes? What do feminism and public defense have in common? Join us for a discussion with Santa Clara Public Defender Molly O'Neal and Assistant Federal Public Defender Jodi Linker (NDCA). Moderated by Suzanne Luban, Clinical Supervising Attorney of the Criminal Defense […]
Matt Gonzalez: Defending the Politically Unpopular in Criminal Court
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation with Matt Gonzalez, SLS alumnus and Chief Attorney of the San Francisco Public Defender's Office. Mr. Gonzalez recently won the acquittal of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a five-time deported undocumented individual charged with the murder of Kate Steinle and invoked by Trump repeatedly on the campaign trail as evidence of the need for […]
To Prosecute or Pass: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion in Shaping Criminal Justice
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA Lunch Talk with Kevin Rooney, JD '09, Deputy District Attorney, San Joaquin County RSVP Kevin Rooney is a deputy district attorney in the San Joaquin County (Stockton, CA) District Attorney's Gang Violence Suppression Unit, where he prosecutes serious and violent crimes committed by criminal street gang members in San Joaquin County. Kevin grew up […]
CLS Board Meeting
@ SLS: Room 283 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThey Call Us Monsters Screening
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin ACS, BLSA, CLS, SLLSA, and YEA for a screening of They Call Us Monsters, a critically-acclaimed new documentary about life inside The Compound, a high-security jail-within-a-jail at Sylmar Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County. Filmmaker Ben Lear will lead a discussion following the screening. Thursday, May 4th, 2017 6:00-8:00pm Stanford Law, Room 190 Dinner will […]
Criminal Law Society General Body Meeting
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCriminal Law Society Board Elections and Handover Board Meeting
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWant to form meaningful relationships with the fantastic criminal law professors at Stanford? Want to plan events that engage everyone at the school in important issues of criminal justice? Want to mentor 1Ls interested in criminal law? The Criminal Law Society will be electing the board for 2016-2017! If you are interested in being a […]
CLS Murder Mystery
@ Stanford: Munger 5 554 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Criminal Law Society at our annual community-building event! Come ask “Whodunnit?” while enjoying dinner, drinks, and crim-folk companionship. 1Ls interested in getting more involved are especially encouraged to attend, as we will briefly discuss opportunities for next year after the murder is solved. RSVP to abbee@stanford.edu ASAP to secure your spot.