Events
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 […]
SJIL: Current Issues in International Law with General H.R. McMaster
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRetired United States Army general and 26th United States National Security Advisor, General H.R. McMaster will speak to interested Stanford Law students on current issues in international law. Stanford Journal in International Law (SJIL) will host the event.
Biosecurity & National Security
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Stanford National Security Law Society for a lunch with Professors Allison Berke, Ph.D. and Executive Director of the Stanford Cyber Initiative, Milana Trounce, M.D., and Megan J. Palmer, Ph.D. to learn about biosecurity threats and related national security challenges.
2019 Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Keynote
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAnnual keynote speech and dinner to commemorate 2019 AAPI Heritage Month celebrations at SLS. Come hear Keynote Speaker Cecillia Wang, a deputy legal director at the national ACLU and directs the Center for Democracy, which encompasses the ACLU’s work on immigrants’ rights, voting rights, national security, human rights, and speech, privacy and technology. Ms. Wang […]
SIAA – Arbitration in Technology Disputes
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSpeakers Hugh Carlson Hugh Carlson is the Managing Director of Three Crowns. In that capacity, he is responsible for the Firm’s global operations. Hugh also acts as counsel in international arbitration, and has advised clients under most major arbitral rules systems. Hugh is an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School and co-directs the International Arbitration […]
National Security Investigations in the Era of Donald Trump
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join SNSLS as we host Joon Kim for a discussion about national security cases that he oversaw in his tenure as Acting U.S. Attorney for the S.D.N.Y, as well Trump-related investigatory matters (including: warrants in domestic politics, and concerns specific to political elections when national security is involved). Mr. Kim prosecuted New York City’s […]
AI, Warfare, and Autonomous Weapons
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesArtificial Intelligence has been revolutionizing myriad commercial products and services, as well as changing the ways businesses interact with data and technology. But this same AI technology is also having marked impact on the areas of defense and national security. Come to this panel event to hear experts discuss the promises and concerns of implementing […]
The OIX Blockchain, Identity, Trust and Governance (“BITGov”) Workshop
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesPaul Brest Hall East, Munger Graduate Residences Presented by the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology and the Stanford CodeX Blockchain Group To view the agenda and list of speakers, click here. A one day educational workshop for lawyers, policy makers and technologists involved in deploying systems at scale utilizing blockchains and distributed ledger […]
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Professor Khaled Beydoun for a conversation on Islamophobia from a legal, race-based and intersectional perspective, exploring the racial construction of Arab and Muslim identity, especially in the context of criminal and national security policing. Sponsored by the Stanford Muslim Law Students Association, Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law, Human Rights Center, and […]
Legal Careers in Foreign Policy and National Security: A Conversation with Tess Bridgeman
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCurious what it’s like to negotiate and interpret international agreements like the Iranian Nuclear Deal? Join Tess Bridgeman to hear about her career path, from law clerking to serving at the State Department and then as Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council and as Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to the President, working […]
Lunch Talk with Tess Bridgeman on the Iran Nuclear Deal
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford National Security and the Law Society presents a lunchtime conversation with Tess Bridgeman, former Special Assistant to the President, Associate Counsel to the President, and Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (NSC), regarding the future of the 2015 JCPOA (aka the Iran Nuclear Deal). Tess Bridgeman also previously served at the Department of […]
Lawyering in the Age of Globalization: Why Public Interest Lawyers Need New Tools with Garth Meintjes, PILnet
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesROOM 320D, Third Floor Food provided RSVP PILnet envisions a world where the rule of law delivers justice and protects human rights. PILnet collaborates with local partners around the globe to develop the legal landscape essential to rights-respecting societies. It provides lawyers with the tools they need to challenge injustice, strengthens the ability of […]
The Ins and Outs of a Career in International Law: A Conversation with Dr. Zachary Kaufman
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWondering what a career in public international law can really look like? Join Dr. Zachary Kaufman for an afternoon coffee hour and hear about his career path through all three branches of government, international war tribunals, academia, and beyond. This event is limited to 15 students on a lottery basis. Please RSVP here by Friday […]
Leading from the Inside Out
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition (SPARC) for a panel highlighting the leadership of formerly incarcerated people in criminal justice reform efforts. Our speakers: Daniela Medina grew up in Oakland, California and was incarcerated from the age of 21 to 31 years old. During her incarceration, she completed her GED and later on, her AA. […]
Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance and the Struggle to Reform the NSA
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. America’s mass surveillance programs, once secret, can no longer be ignored. While Edward Snowden began the process in 2013 with his leaks of top secret documents, the Obama administration’s own reforms have also helped bring the National Security Agency and its programs of signals intelligence collection out of […]
Policies to Promote Women’s Economic Opportunity
Oberndorf Event Center, North (Building Room 302) 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, United States10 am – 3 pm Oberndorf Event Center, North Building Room 302 655 Knight Way Stanford, CA 94305 Register Now On October 19, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, LeanIn.Org, and Stanford Law School will co-host a forum at Stanford University exploring public policies to promote women’s economic opportunity. The forum will include a […]
Coffee Chat with Stephenie Gosnell Handler, Scott Handler, and Paul Otto
@ SLS: Room 272 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Stanford National Security and the Law Society for a small coffee chat with three experienced professionals in the private and public sectors to discuss careers in the field and current topics in national security law and policy, with a focus on cybersecurity issues. Space is limited - attendance will be determined by lottery.
The Next Chapter in Space: Environmental Law, Space Policy, and Human Missions to Mars
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Environmental Law Society as we meet with Margaret Race, an ecologist concerned with pollution between planets. Her work focuses on the scientific, technical, legal and societal issues of ensuring that Missions to the Red Planet and other solar system bodies do not either inadvertently bring terrestrial microbes along, or return any microbes to […]
Lunch Talk with Herman Phleger Visiting Professors
@ SLS: Room N112 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Herman Phleger Visiting Professorship in Law is awarded annually to individuals of great distinction in the field of law and public, domestic or foreign affairs. Professor Curtis Milhaupt will discuss his work on national security and legal implications of Chinese investment in the United States, and Professor David Grewal will talk about his current […]
Immigration Bans Past and Present: The Chinese Exclusion Act
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis year marks the 135th Anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Join APILSA for a presentation on the legal history of immigration exclusion, and a discussion of the parallels between Chinese Exclusion and the Trump executive orders that exclude nationals from six predominantly Muslim countries. This panel will place Professor Lucas Guttentag, a national expert […]
Living History: the Human Cost and Legal Legacy of Japanese Internment
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin APILSA for a conversation on race, civil liberties, and national security as we revisit a darkly relevant chapter in American history: the WWII internment of Japanese Americans. Our speakers: Stanford Professor Stephen Sano, who teaches in the Music and Asian American Studies departments, and Bob Rusky and Marjie Barrows, both members of the coram […]
Government Hacking: Evidence & Court Disclosure of Vulnerabilities
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. Join Mozilla and Stanford CIS for the fourth and final installment in our series of conversations about government hacking. Information from our first three events, discussing the cybersecurity risk of government hacking, the vulnerabilities disclosure process, and recent changes to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41, can be […]
Matt Nosanchuk: Lawyers in Transition: From Political Appointees to Private Citizens
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRoom 320-F, Third Floor RSVP Join us for a brown bag lunch talk with Matt Nosanchuk ‘90, where he will share his experiences in leaving the White House 2016 and re-energizing his career as a private citizen. Matt is a former Associate Director of Public Engagement who served as the liaison to the American Jewish […]
Risk Management in Finance and Geopolitics: A Tale of Two Silos featuring Niall Ferguson
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now 5:15 - 6:00pm - Reception | 6:00 - 7:00pm - Lecture In this year's Morrison & Foerster Lecture in honor of Marshall L. Small, B.A. '49, J.D. '51, Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University will discuss risk management […]
Government Hacking: Assessing and Mitigating the Security Risk
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. Join Mozilla and Stanford Center for Internet and Society for the third installment in a series of conversations about government hacking. Information from our first two events is available online: discussing the vulnerabilities disclosure process and recent changes to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41. The growing availability […]