Events
Diversity Career Reception
@ SLS: Cooley Courtyard 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA meet-the-firms event co-sponsored by Stanford Law School BLSA (Black Law Students Association), SLLSA (Stanford Latino Law Students Association), APILSA (Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association), NALSA (Native American Law Students Association), and OutLaw (LGBTQ+). Open to all SLS students.
BLSA Admissions Dinner with the Black Pre-Law Society
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Black Law Students Association will host the undergraduate Black Pre-Law Society to provide an overview of the law school admissions process. Dean Deal will also provide her perspective.
BLSA Black History Month Gala 2018
McCaw Hall, Frances E. Arrillaga Alumni Center 326 Galvez Avenue, Stanford, CA, United StatesStanford Law School's Black Law Students Association (BLSA) presents the fifth annual Black History Month Gala featuring Michele Moore, ACLU Chief Communications Officer. Stanford Law School has a long history of educating the nation's next generation of leaders, and BLSA is committed to ensuring that these leaders become champions of racial justice. The annual gala […]
TIME CHANGE: Marshall – Movie Screening & Panel Discussion
Cubberley Auditorium 485 LASUEN MALL, Stanford, CA, United States5:30pm - Doors Open 6:00pm – 6:45pm – Discussion 6:45pm – 9:00pm – Screening Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Director Reginald Hudlin’s MARSHALL, based on the early career of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, follows the young lawyer (Chadwick Boseman) to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown) against […]
Inside the Life of a General Counsel of a Professional Sports Franchise
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join SESLA for lunch on Thursday, April 6 from 12:45-2:00 pm to learn more about the life of a GC at a professional sports franchise, including answers to the following questions and more: What does a GC at a professional sports franchise actually do on a day-to-day basis? What are the biggest pros and […]
Challenge Accepted: Empowerment of the Bay Area Black Youth
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Black Law Students Association, in partnership with the Black Graduate Students Association, is hosting a Know Your Rights Presentation and Q&A about law school for local minority high school students.
Black History Month Jazz Brunch
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAnnual Black Law Students Association brunch observing Black History Month.
BLSA Gala Mixer
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesFollowing the 4th Annual Black History Month Gala, members of the SLS community are invited to join the Black Law Students Association for this event.
Rikers: A Documentary
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesSome are guilty. Some are innocent. Of the more than 7,500 people detained at Rikers Island on any given day, almost 80% have not yet been found guilty or innocent of the charges they face. All are at risk in the pervasive culture of violence that forces people to come to terms with what they […]
"The 13th" on the 13th
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesCome join the Stanford Law Black Law Students Association and National Lawyers Guild chapters for a screening of THE 13TH, a new documentary on Netflix.  Directed by Ava DuVernay, the director of Selma, the film focuses on the role of race and the legacy of slavery in our criminal justice system.  There will be snacks.
Primer on Voting Rights and the Electoral Process
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesEngage the Issues A discussion with Professors Pamela Karlan and Nathaniel Persily. Co-sponsored by the Levin Center, the Stanford Constitutional Law Center, American Constitution Society, Black Law Students Association, and Native American Law Students Association. RSVP
At Arm’s Length: Investigating and Prosecuting Police Shootings
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA lunchtime presentation by the students of the Policy Practicum: Improving Investigations of Police Shootings, Amari Hammonds, Katherine Moy, Rachel Suhr, and Cameron Vanderwall, with Debbie Mukamal, SCJC Executive Director, and David Sklansky, Professor of Law and SCJC Faculty Co-Director, on how investigation and prosecution of police officer shootings should be handled. Lunch provided. RSVP here by […]
BLSA Law School Survive Guide Orientation Program
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesEach year, the Black Law Students Association hosts a crash court for its new students.
New York: SLS Black Alumni Association and BLSA Alumni and Student Social
The Stanford Law School Black Alumni Association (BAA) invites you to a summer social at the home of Cassandra Knight, JD ’94. Alumni, current students working in New York as summer associates, and friends are welcome to attend. Light appetizers and drinks will be served. Kindly register for this free event by Friday, July 22. […]
Women in Law Hackathon
@ SLS: Multiple Rooms Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Women in Law Hackathon is an event sponsored by Stanford Law School, Diversity Lab, and Bloomberg Law. The first event of its kind, the Hackathon is a Shark Tank style pitch competition to generate innovative ideas and solutions that will lead to greater retention and advancement of experienced women in law firms. We have enlisted 54 high-level partners […]
BLSA Law Student Panel with Fairfield Suisun Unified School District Students
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Black Law Students Association (BLSA) is hosting an informal law student panel for high school students of the Fairfield Suisun Unified School District.
2016 Diversity Career Fair
@ SLS: Cooley Courtyard 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Law School Black Law Students’ Association (BLSA) invites you to attend our third annual Diversity Career Fair. The event is open to ALL SLS students! We will have representatives from public interest groups, government organizations, and law firms. This is a great opportunity to network and learn about firms and other organizations in advance of […]
Dream Defenders: Lawyering for the Movement for Black Lives
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIn the age of #BlackLivesMatter, attorneys and law students who care about advancing racial justice face major questions about how they can best use their skills in support of the movement. Join two attorneys who are members of the Dream Defenders, Jenn Ubiera and Meena Jagganath, to hear about their paths in lawyering for racial […]
Law School Debt: The Problem and Potential Solutions
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRegister Now In October 2015, the New York Times Editorial Board called the national law school debt crisis a "death spiral" marked by rapidly increasing tuition paid for with federal loans which students are increasingly unable to pay back in a faltering legal employment market. The paper noted, "Forty-three percent of all 2013 law school […]
BLSA 2016-2017 Executive Board Elections
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Black Law Students' Association will be holding a general body meeting to hear candidate statements before opening up voting for next year's executive board.
Judith Browne Dianis of the Advancement Project
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJudith Browne Dianis is an American civil rights attorney and Co-Director of the Advancement Project, a legal non-profit that focuses on racial justice issues. Dianis has an extensive background in civil rights litigation and advocacy in the areas of voting, education, housing, and employment. This is a small-group luncheon hosted by the Stanford Black Law […]
Black History Month Gala
Room offsiteHosted by the Stanford Black Law Students Association (BLSA), the 3rd Annual Black History Month Gala is an annual dinner during which we reflect on issues surrounding race and civil rights and imagine a way forward towards a more just society. We will also recognize the work of keynote speaker Judith Browne Dianis, a civil rights attorney […]
Black History Month Mural Music & Arts Project (MMAP) Presentation
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAs a part of the Black Law Students Association's Black History Month programming, we are hosting a Know Your Rights presentation with the Mural Music & Arts Project (MMAP), an East Palo Alto non-profit founded by an SLS alum that engages local youth in the arts. There will be music and snacks.
Clarence Jones and the New York Times, Co., v. Sullivan case
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP Engage the Issues Join Clarence Jones for a conversation about his experience representing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the negotiation and litigation process leading to the historic Sullivan decision. On March 29, 1960, The New York Times published a full-page advertisement written by the “Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle […]
Tirien Steinbach of East Bay Community Law Center
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesExplore Public Interest Tirien Steinbach is the executive director of the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC), the community-based clinic for Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall). She is a lecturer-in-residence and teaches a companion course on applied legal ethics and community lawyering. Steinbach joined EBCLC in 2001, where she incubated the Clean Slate Clinic, a […]