Events
Supreme Judicial Bullshit
Room offsitewith Professor Adam Kolber, Brooklyn Law School
Spring Retreat for Public Interest Fellows and Mentors
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesStrengthen Community This day-long retreat is for incoming 2L public interest mentors and 3L public interest fellows. We’ll end the retreat with a reception in the lounge area outside 320D for all public interest students.
Law and Pop Culture: Better Call Saul​
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now 1 Hour CLE Ethics Credit Agenda: 9AM-10AM SCREENING OF BETTER CALL SAUL 10AM-11AM DISCUSSION WITH PETER GOULD AND RHEA SEEHORN, MODERATED BY PROFESSOR DAVID GINSBURG 11:15AM-12:30PM LEGAL ETHICS DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSORS DEBORAH RHODE AND MICHAEL ASIMOW AND PRACTITIONER JOHN STEELE 12:30PM-1:30PM LUNCH
CLS Board Meeting
@ SLS: Room 283 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRock Center and SVDX 2017 Year-End Dinner Celebration
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United States5:30 – 6:30 pm – Reception 6:30 – 8:30 pm – Dinner & Program Paul Brest Hall, Munger Graduate Residences Register Now Please RSVP by May 11 $200 per person (Wine, hors d'oeuvres, and dinner are included). This year we are delighted to announce that Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of […]
OCS Student Reception
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAs you start thinking about and preparing for OCI, you probably have lots of questions. With so many firms to choose from, how do you begin to tell them apart? One good way to start is to ask your 2L and 3L classmates about their OCI experience. They’ve been through it and can provide you […]
Lunch with Aaron Rubin, Partner at Morrison & Foerster
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesADSA & ILS would like to cordially invite you to join us for this second event in a series of 3 events providing a unique opportunity for Stanford Law students to learn from the personal experience of successful lawyers about topics such as: a) how to make the right career choices in law, b) how […]
Women 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 […]
Policy and Impact: Writing Op-eds & Persuasive Columns
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWrite to make a difference. Learn techniques to turn legal and policy writing into stories short on length and long on impact. Carla Spain, the SLS Associate Director of Media Relations, and Luciana Herman, Law and Policy Lab Lecturer, will guide you on shaping your writing to change minds. Learn how to find the hook, […]
CLB Lunch with Professor Maya Manian
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSummer Do’s and Don’ts
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesUnsure on how to navigate life at a law firm over the summer? Want to learn information you never thought you needed to learn? Want delicious food? If you answered yes to any and all of those, then you should come and hear from attorneys and recruiting staff from Latham & Watkins on the Summer […]
Jameel Jaffer: Human Rights and Civil Liberties Lecture
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJameel Jaffer, former Deputy Legal Director of ACLU and the inaugural director of Columbia’s Knight First Amendment Institute, will speak about his experience as a human rights and civil liberties lawyer in light of the contemporary political challenges in the U.S. and abroad. More details will be announced later. This talk is co-sponsored by the […]
Diversity Career Reception
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAll SLS students are welcome to attend this reception with legal employers. Co-sponsored by APILSA, BLSA, NALSA, OutLaw, SLLSA.
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 […]
What Is Implicit Bias and How Can It Impact My Legal Career?
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now Navigating a successful legal career is challenging for many reasons. For many of us, those challenges may be enhanced because of the implicit biases of those around us, including our own. In this talk, SLS alum and Cooley attorney Michelle Galloway will help you understand what implicit bias is, how it can play […]
Bringing Wall Street Wrongdoers to Justice: Lunch with Judge Jed Rakoff
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance in welcoming Judge Jed Rakoff, United States District Judge on senior status for the Southern District of New York, in this lunchtime discussion on his numerous leading cases involving the financial crisis, Bernie Madoff scandal, insider trading, and key criminal justice issues. RSVP Judge Rakoff has been […]
BLSA: OCI-Public Interest Clerkship Panel
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesBLSA 1Ls will have the opportunity to ask questions of 2Ls and 3Ls who have gone through the 2L summer job search process.
We Are Not Dead
Room offsitewith Professor Michelle Wilde Anderson
Annual Spring Public Interest Awards Reception
@ SLS: Manning Lounge 2nd Floor, Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP Each spring, we celebrate the end of the year with our spring public interest awards reception. We recognize the graduating students who have earned Pro Bono Distinction, students selected for public interest awards, and graduates who will be starting their careers in public service thanks to fellowships and governmental honors programs. Strengthen Community
Mental Health and Wellness in the Legal Profession
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAccording to the Dave Nee Foundation, while depression among law students is 8-9% prior to matriculation, it is 40% after three years. Lawyers are also found to be the most frequently depressed occupational group in the country. As this short quarter races to a close, please join the Stanford Association of Law Students for Disability […]
Criminal Justice for Survivors of Human Trafficking
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHave you ever wondered about the nuances and challenges of building and prosecuting a human trafficking case?  How does the investigation get started; what kinds of information must be collected; how does the prosecutor work with the investigator and the survivor; what are the unique challenges of a survivor participating in a case against his/her trafficker? […]
CIS Lunchtime Career Talks: Luis Villa on Building a Niche, and Solo, Tech Practice
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP is required for this free event. Luis Villa is a solo practitioner focused on tech transactions and open source, with clients ranging from Fortune 100 to unicorns to startups to non-profits. Before going solo, he practiced at Wikimedia, Mozilla, and Greenberg Traurig, and in a prior life was an engineer at a Linux desktop […]
Asian Box Fueled Discussion on Impacting Gender Equality, LGBTQ Rights, and Workers Rights
@ SLS: Room N102 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join OUTLaw and Feminist Students of Stanford Law for an informal discussion with Elizabeth Kristen, head of the Gender Equity & LGBT Rights Program at Legal Aid at Work. This is a great event for those interested in gender discrimination, Title IX, LGBTQ Rights, and to learn more about summer and externship opportunities to work […]
Transitioning from the Private Sector to Public Interest & Government
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRoom 320-F, Third Floor RSVP This intimate workshop will support and empower students who might consider transitioning from the private sector to the public interest and/or service sectors later in their career. Space is limited to 10 students. The workshop is open to all students, regardless of graduation year or certainty of career plans, and […]
Class of 2017 Group Photo
@ SLS: Cooley Courtyard 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAll students in the SLS Class of 2017 are invited to join the Class Photo in the Cooley Courtyard. Please arrive promptly at 12:45 pm.