Events
Government Hacking: Rule 41
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP IS REQUIRED for this free event Join Mozilla and Stanford CIS for the first in a series of conversations about government hacking. On December 1, 2016, significant and controversial changes to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 are scheduled go into effect. Today, Rule 41 prohibits a federal judge from issuing a search warrant […]
Justice for Trafficking Victims: An Assessment
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a discussion with Martina Vandenberg on human trafficking and violence against women. Lunch provided. Engage the Issues RSVP Biography: Martina E. Vandenberg is the Founder and President of the Human Trafficking Pro Bono Center. Vandenberg has spent nearly two decades fighting human trafficking, forced labor, rape as a war crime, and violence […]
Civil Rights Alumni Mentors in Residence: Alexandra Lampert, JD ’11 and Sophia Lin Lakin, JD ’12
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesExplore Public Interest Alex Lampert joined Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP as a Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Fellow in 2012, bringing her interest and experience in criminal defense and social justice to work on cases at the intersection of civil rights and criminal justice reform. While at Stanford Law, Alex gained litigation experience by interning […]
Security Detentions and Human Rights
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Professor Jonathan Hafetz of Seton Hall Law School for a discussion of his new project on the divide in international humanitarian law and international human rights law on security detentions in non-international armed conflicts. Professor Jonathan Hafetz is an expert on human rights, constitutional law, national security, and international justice issues. He joined Seton […]
US DOJ, National Security Division Talk
@ SLS: Room 272 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesExplore Public Interest Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, Department of Justice Adam Hickey will speak to law students; co-sponsored by The Stanford National Security & the Law Society (SNSLS). RSVP Speaker bio: Adam S. Hickey is the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Asset Protection in the National Security Division […]
Film Screening: The Return
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDean Magill and Professor Mills host a screening of The Return, an award-winning documentary film about prisoners returning to society after long prison sentences. The Return focuses on reforms to California's Three Strikes law, which were written in part by Stanford Law School students, and the film features work of the Stanford Three Strikes Project. […]
Criminal 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 […]
Campus: The Practice and Art of Judging
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Practice and Art of Judging: A Conversation with The Honorable Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, MA '96, PhD '00, The Honorable Susan Y. Illston, JD '73, and The Honorable Vaughn R. Walker, JD '70 Moderated by Professor Pamela S. Karlan Tuesday, April 26, 2016 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Reception 6:30 - 7:30 […]
Stanford Journal of Criminal Law and Society Symposium
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Journal of Criminal Law and Society presents its Third Annual Symposium. TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE 9-10am - Registration and Light Breakfast 10-11:15am - Conviction Integrity Units: Can Prosecutors Regulate Themselves? Moderator: Mike Romano (Lecturer and Director of the Stanford Justice Advocacy Project, Stanford Law School) The Honorable Alex Kozinski (Judge, Ninth Circuit […]
Fighting Mass Incarceration: Why Mercy Towards the “Non-violent” Is Not Enough
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRSVP Please join us for a small-group discussion on issues of mass incarceration with Professor James Forman, Jr. Co-sponsored by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center and the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law. Biography James Forman Jr. is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is […]
(Un)Making a Murder: Responses and Remedies in the Aftermath of Wrongful Conviction
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJon Eldan is an attorney and the founder of After Innocence, a non-profit that provides re-entry assistance for exonerees nationwide and advocates for policy reform on their behalf. He works directly with nearly 300 exonerees across 32 states, primarily on ensuring access to healthcare, public benefits and pro bono legal representation. He will talk about […]
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.
Solitary Confinement and the Constitution: A Conversation with Center for Constitutional Rights President Jules Lobel (with an introduction by Professor Robert Weisberg)
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA discussion led by Jules Lobel, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which struck the landmark settlement with the state of California on behalf of prisoners held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison.
A Textualist Theory of the 14th Amendment
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Federalist Society as we welcome Jonathan Mitchell, who will be speaking about interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment. Lunch will be served. Professor Mitchell currently teaches at George Mason University School of Law. After graduating from law school, he was a law clerk for Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
What is Prison Abolition? Brown Bag Lunch
PICC , United StatesJoin the Stanford National Lawyers Guild and the Stanford Criminal Law Society for a brown-bag discussion about prison abolition. What is prison abolition? What alternatives to prison exist, and what proposals are on the table?
Criminal Justice Over Coffee
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Criminal Justice Center and the Criminal Law Society for our quarterly Criminal Justice Over Coffee brunch. This quarter’s topic: Drugs, Addiction, & Criminalization Come for brunch and enjoy a panel discussion featuring: Professor Robert Weisberg, Stanford Criminal Justice Center Professor Keith Humphreys, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Susan Champion, Stanford Three Strikes Project Download Flyer RSVP
Criminal Justice Over Coffee – Drugs, Addiction, and Criminalization
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Criminal Justice Center and the Criminal Law Society present a brunch event for students. The even will feature breakfast as well as a distinguished panel of experts discussing drug crime, sentencing, addiction, decriminalization, and other related topics. This weekend's panel will include Professor Robert Weisberg, Professer Keith Humphreys, and Susan Champion, a fellow with […]
The Constitutional Power of Lower Court Judges to Disregard Supreme Court
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Federalist Society as we welcome Michael Stokes Paulsen to speak about lower court judges' constitutional power to ignore Supreme Court precedent. Lunch will be served. Professor Paulsen is a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and among the nation's leading scholars of constitutional interpretation. Prior to coming to the University of […]
Wrongful Convictions in Latin America and the US: A Comparative Perspective
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe wrongful conviction of innocent people is a reality in the criminal justice system. Overwhelming evidence suggests that this is the case in various parts of the world, including the U.S, Canada, Australia, the UK, and other countries. Despite obvious jurisdictional differences, these countries share common characteristics as for why innocent people are often nevertheless […]
Building a Movement Ecosystem for Ending Mass Incarceration
@ SLS: Room 230 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the American Constitution Society in welcoming Chloe Cockburn of the Open Philanthropy Project to discuss how to construct a movement ecosystem to bring about mass incarceration reform. Chloe Cockburn joined the Open Philanthropy Project in August 2015 and leads the strategy for investing in criminal justice policy and practice reforms to substantially reduce […]
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 […]
Finding a Criminal Law Job Your 1L Summer: Lunch Panel
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAre you interested in criminal law and excited to get your first taste of what criminal practice looks like during your 1L summer? Or, do you just want an interesting and substantive job that will get you lots of practical experience? This panel is for you! Come join the Criminal Law Society for a lunch time […]
Deterrence or revenge? The return of punitive house demolitions in response to recent events in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe first event in the Stanford Human Rights Center's Speaker Series, Perspectives on the Current Israel-Palestine Conflict. Punitive house demolitions were routinely practiced by Israel in the Occupied Territories until 2005. In 2014, Israel renewed these demolitions, based on their purported deterrent effect. But has Israel enjoyed greater security in the past two years? The […]
Restorative Justice Roundtable
@ SLS: Room N104 Neukom Building, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the American Constitution Society and the Criminal Law Society in a Restorative Justice Roundtable with Malachi Scott and Rose Elizondo of the North Oakland Restorative Justice Council as they discuss the reentry and restorative justice work being done in the Bay Area. Tuesday, November 10 from 7:30 to 8:45 pm in Neukom 104. RSVP here by Thursday 11/5
The War on Drugs: Is it Worth Fighting?
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Stanford Federalist Society as we present Scott Erickson, who will be speaking to us about the war on drugs. Chipotle will be served for lunch. Scott G. Erickson is a conservative writer, policy analyst, and law enforcement professional in California. He has spent the past fifteen years working as a police officer, […]