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Can We Take a Joke?: A Documentary about Comedy, Outrage, and Free Speech
Can We Take a Joke?: A Documentary about Comedy, Outrage, and Free Speech
Free speech on college campuses is one of the hottest controversies now raging in classrooms across America. Join the Constitutional Law Center as we explore this important topic through film and--well--comedy. Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education will be on hand to answer questions following a screening of his […]
Panel: Retention of Minority and Women Lawyers in BigLaw
Panel: Retention of Minority and Women Lawyers in BigLaw
Join attorneys from Sidley Austin for a discussion of issues facing lawyers from underrepresented groups at large law firms.
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SPARC/SCJC meeting with Nick Gregoratos
SPARC/SCJC meeting with Nick Gregoratos
Please join us in welcoming Nick Gregoratos, Directing Attorney with Prisoner Legal Services, for a lunchtime discussion at Stanford Law School. This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) and Stanford Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition (SPARC) SPARC is a newly created student group that aims to support and advocate for incarcerated […]
Non-traditional Legal Careers
Non-traditional Legal Careers
Discussion with Tony Lai, SLS grad and co-founder of Legal.io, and Erik Pavia, SLS grad and Director of Operations at Knotch. For law students interested in learning more about non-traditional career options. Lunch will be provided.
Unlearning Liberty and Freedom From Speech on Campus
Unlearning Liberty and Freedom From Speech on Campus
SLS Federalist Society and American Constitution Society present: Greg Lukianoff is an attorney and the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate and Freedom From Speech, as well as a co-author of The Atlantic’s September 2015 cover […]
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M&A and Antitrust in the Boardroom
M&A and Antitrust in the Boardroom
M&A and Antitrust in the Boardroom Wednesday, February 1st 12:45 - 2:00 PM Panel of corporate and litigation attorneys from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Sponsored by the Stanford Law and Business Association and the Stanford Journal of Law, Business, and Finance
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Legal Writing Workshop with Jocelyn Larkin – Canceled
Legal Writing Workshop with Jocelyn Larkin – Canceled
This event has been canceled and will be rescheduled in the Spring Quarter. Jocelyn Larkin from the Impact Fund will present this workshop. This workshop is open to PI Fellows and 2L Mentors only, with preference going to graduating 3L PI Fellows. Learn the Nuts and Bolts
Federalist Society Reading Group
Federalist Society Reading Group
Please join us for a discussion of Natural Law Theory focusing on excerpts from Chapter 2 of John Finnis's Natural Law Natural Rights. Lunch will be provided, so please RSVP. Federally, Jace Yarbrough, SLS '18
BioLaw Presents: Neuroscience and Law
BioLaw Presents: Neuroscience and Law
Director of Center for Law and the Biosciences, Professor Greely, will give a lunch talk on Neuroscience and Law: An Overview. Professor Greely is renowned for his extensive research on the topic of neuroscience and law and specializes in the ethical, legal, and social implications of new biomedical technologies.
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Public Office as Public Service: A Primer on How to Run for Elected Office
Have you wondered about whether running for elected office is the right choice for you? Have you been curious about what it is that a legislator, mayor, or school board member might do day to day? If so, the Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law and the Center for the Legal Profession […]
AMIR: Matt Platkin, ’14, Policy Director, Murphy for Governor
AMIR: Matt Platkin, ’14, Policy Director, Murphy for Governor
Stanford Law School, Room 320-F Lunch will be provided. RSVP Matt Platkin is currently Policy Director for Phil Murphy, a Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey. He has been […]
LLM Job Fair Debrief
LLM Job Fair Debrief
This meeting is for those Advanced Degree students who attended the NYC for the LLM Job Fair.
SAIR Teach-in Planning Meeting
SAIR Teach-in Planning Meeting
Come join Stanford Advocates for Immigrants' Rights (SAIR) for a planning meeting to sketch out topics for the remaining anti-Trump teach-ins.
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Tax Reform Under the Trump Administration
Tax Reform Under the Trump Administration
Please join the Stanford Tax Club to discuss expected individual, corporate, and international tax reforms under the Trump Administration!
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International Law Opportunities in Private Practice
International Law Opportunities in Private Practice
Come hear Jerry Roth, international litigation and arbitration partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, discuss private international law issues that arise in practice, career opportunities in international litigation and arbitration, and organizations […]
Meet with Environmental Faculty and Learn About Enviro Courses
Meet with Environmental Faculty and Learn About Enviro Courses
The Environmental Law Society will be hosting a casual lunch where 1Ls (and other law students) interested in environmental law, environmental course offerings, and related jobs for the summer or […]
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[SJIL] Galley Night
[SJIL] Galley Night
Stanford Journal of International Law member editors will come together to make the final set of edits to articles to be published in Volume 53.
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Want To Be a More Powerful Public Speaker?
Want To Be a More Powerful Public Speaker?
This is an invitation-only event for Public Interest Fellows and 2L Public Interest Mentors. Carol Hazenfield, an acclaimed communications coach, has offered this annual workshop to SLS students for over […]
Discussion with Hilary Tompkins, Solicitor of the Dept. of Interior
Discussion with Hilary Tompkins, Solicitor of the Dept. of Interior
Please join NALSA for a lecture and discussion with The Honorable Hilary Tompkins '96, Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, 2009-2017. A member of the Navajo Nation, Solicitor Tompkins […]
LLM Workshop – Foreign Lawyer Internship Program at Fenwick
LLM Workshop – Foreign Lawyer Internship Program at Fenwick
This workshop is for the LLM and Advanced Degree Students. Fenwick and West, a leading technology law firm, is once again sponsoring a short-term internship in the Bay Area for […]
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CLB Lunch with Lindsey Chambers
CLB Lunch with Lindsey Chambers
Please join the Center for Law and the Biosciences for a talk and Q&A with Lindsey Chambers, interdisciplinary ethics fellow at the Center for Ethics and Society. Her work focuses on […]
Lawyers Pursuing Social Change at the Local and State Levels
Lawyers Pursuing Social Change at the Local and State Levels
Stanford Law School, Room 280B RSVP Join us for a conversation with three lawyers pursuing social change at the local and state levels: Tanya Broder, Senior Staff Attorney at the […]
Risk Management in Finance and Geopolitics: A Tale of Two Silos featuring Niall Ferguson
Risk Management in Finance and Geopolitics: A Tale of Two Silos featuring Niall Ferguson
Register 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, […]
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Raising the Bar: Lawyers and Leadership
Stanford Law Review 2017 Symposium The legal profession provides a disproportionate number of leaders in American society, everywhere from law firms, to politics, the private sector, and the nonprofit realm. Why do so many lawyers end up in leadership positions? How can lawyers do better in these roles? This Symposium will focus on the role lawyers […]
Coffee with Eric Holder
Coffee with Eric Holder
The Stanford Criminal Justice Center and Center on the Legal Profession invite you to join a small student discussion with former Attorney General, Eric Holder. Eric H. Holder, Jr., served under […]
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Post and Trauma: The Use of Social Media by Sexual Assault Victims
Post and Trauma: The Use of Social Media by Sexual Assault Victims
Dr. Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg and Dr. Anat Peleg, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law (Israel) In the last few years social media has created supportive spaces in which sexual assault victims can share their testimonies and describe the ongoing impacts of sexual violence on their lives. Victims who turn online have access to advice, information, and narratives […]
Corporate Governance Trends and Practice in Chile and Latin America
Corporate Governance Trends and Practice in Chile and Latin America
Monday, February 13, 2017 12:45pm – 2:00pm Room 185, Stanford Law School Lunch will be provided *** Open to Stanford Law Students Only *** Register Now Join us for a Rock Center sponsored roundtable lunch conversation with Professor Matias Zegers. Mr. Zegers will discuss corporate governance trends and practice in Chile and Latin America. Matias […]
Defending the Bill of Rights: Decisionmaking and Advocacy at the ACLU
Defending the Bill of Rights: Decisionmaking and Advocacy at the ACLU
Please join the American Constitution Society for a timely discussion with Steven Shapiro on how progressive legal organizations can use impact litigation to defend constitutional rights. The talk, titled "Defending the Bill of Rights: Decisionmaking and Advocacy at the ACLU," will provide insight into the thinking and strategy behind this kind of impact litigation. Mr. Shapiro is […]
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How Judicial Restraint Led to Our Populist Movement
How Judicial Restraint Led to Our Populist Movement
SLS Federalist Society Presents: A talk on judicial restraint with Ilya Shapiro (details coming).
OCI or No-CI: Understanding the Impact of Your Summer Plans on Career Goals
OCI or No-CI: Understanding the Impact of Your Summer Plans on Career Goals
Wondering whether it's worth cutting your summer short to attend OCI? Want to know how you can use OCI, or strategically skip it, to fulfill your career goals? Ever wondered whether OCI can help you--or hurt you--in your efforts to become a prosecutor? Public defender? Nonprofit attorney? Astraunaut lawyer?
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Five Years After: Lessons from the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Debate for the Trump Era
with Professor Rob MacCoun
Human Decisions and Machine Predictions
Human Decisions and Machine Predictions
Register Now Co-sponsored by CodeX—The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. Prof. Ludwig examines how machine learning can be used to improve human decisions. Using data from a large American city, he shows how an algorithm was trained to predict defendants' future behavior, and concludes releasing defendants using the predictions […]
Summer Funding Information Session
Summer Funding Information Session
This information session will outline all aspects and requirements of SLS's summer funding program for 2017. RSVP Learn the Nuts and Bolts
The Battle for Aleppo and for Human Rights Accountability
The Battle for Aleppo and for Human Rights Accountability
5:00pm: Reception 5:30 - 7:00pm: Panel Discussion Stanford Law School, Room 290 RSVP In late January 2017, the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic will release its special report examining the violations that took place in Aleppo city since late 2015. It is expected that the report will revive the issue of […]
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A Long Strange Trip: Reflections on the IPO Process from Independent Directors Who’ve Been There
A Long Strange Trip: Reflections on the IPO Process from Independent Directors Who’ve Been There
Register Now Our panelists will discuss their experiences going through the IPO process as independent directors and advisors. In particular, they will discuss how the experience differed from what they expected going into it, what surprises came up along the way and how they dealt with issues as they arose. The discussion will focus on […]
AMIR: Jackie Lem, JD ’07, US Dept of Justice, Antitrust Division
AMIR: Jackie Lem, JD ’07, US Dept of Justice, Antitrust Division
Join us for a talk with Jackie Lem, JD '07, US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division RSVP Lunch will be provided. About Jackie Lem: Jackie Lem is a trial attorney in the San Francisco office of the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. She works on both criminal and civil competition matters. Her recent […]
SLA Board Meeting
SLA Board Meeting
Part open forum, part closed board meeting. A meeting for the SLS student government association.
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BLSA Gala Mixer
Following the 4th Annual Black History Month Gala, members of the SLS community are invited to join the Black Law Students Association for this event.
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Is China becoming Pro-IP?
Is China becoming Pro-IP?
The common perception is China presents a lot more challenges on IP than opportunities. But the amazing growth in tech sectors and content distribution in recent years has started something quite different, not to mention the ongoing policy emphasis on IP and innovation by the Chinese government. With establishment of more specialized IP courts, the […]
The Intersection of Faith and Justice: A Christian Perspective
The Intersection of Faith and Justice: A Christian Perspective
A discussion with Justice Nathan Mihara from the California Court of Appeal about how one's faith tradition can enrich the work of a judicial officer. Lunch will be served! RSVP here.
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Perspectives on Solitary Confinement
Perspectives on Solitary Confinement
On February 21, Stanford’s Prisoner Advocacy and Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Stanford Criminal Justice Center will host a panel on the practice of solitary confinement and a discussion about how advocates are working to end the practice of long-term solitary confinement in California and around the nation. Keramet Reiter is a professor of criminology at […]
Heresy: Why Conservatives Should Embrace the Delegation of Legislative Power
Heresy: Why Conservatives Should Embrace the Delegation of Legislative Power
SLS Federalist Society presents: A lunch talk with Ilan Wurman, with commentary by Professor David Freeman Engstrom, about why conservatives should embrace the delegation of legislative power (details coming).
Matt Nosanchuk: Lawyers in Transition: From Political Appointees to Private Citizens
Matt Nosanchuk: Lawyers in Transition: From Political Appointees to Private Citizens
Room 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 […]
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The End of the Line: Marriage Equality, Racial Equality, and the Supreme Court
with Professor Pam Karlan
Training with Nick Gregoratos, Prisoner Legal Services
Training with Nick Gregoratos, Prisoner Legal Services
Training for students who will be volunteering in this SCJC program in the 2017 Winter and Spring quarters.
Self-care workshop with Prof. Ron Tyler
Self-care workshop with Prof. Ron Tyler
Room 320-D, Third Floor Lunch will be provided RSVP Lawyers experience higher rates of substance abuse and mental health issues than many other professionals, due to the demands of the practice. Public interest lawyers in high-stress direct services practices are at an especially high risk, despite the significant rewards and benefits of helping advance equality […]
Understanding the Global Refugee Crisis
Understanding the Global Refugee Crisis
Room 280B, Stanford Law School Lunch will be provided RSVP As we continue to address the aftermath of the Trump Administration Immigration Executive Orders, it is important to understand our immigration and refugee policies in the broader context of the ongoing global refugee crisis. In 2014, it was determined that the number of people uprooted […]
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“Human Gene Editing for Reproduction: What’s at Stake and Where Should We Draw the Lines?”
“Human Gene Editing for Reproduction: What’s at Stake and Where Should We Draw the Lines?”
DNA Please join the BioLaw and Health Policy Society and the Center for Law and the Biosciences on Thursday, February 23, 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm, room 95 of the Stanford Law School classroom building for a lunch talk with Marcy Darnovsky, the executive director of the non-profit Center for Genetics and Society. Lunch will be provided. RSVP Here […]
SLR Town Hall Meeting – Current Members Only
SLR Town Hall Meeting – Current Members Only
This event is a town hall meeting for current SLR members to discuss changes to SLR recruitment and the write-on process with the Vol. 70 board. Please note, this meeting is not for 1Ls interested in joining SLR.
Stanford Ignite SLS Presentation / Q&A
Stanford Ignite SLS Presentation / Q&A
Want to start a new venture? Learn about start-ups, entrepreneurship and acquire fundamental business tools? Stanford Ignite is for you. Stanford Ignite is a prestigious program at the GSB that […]
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Kabul Dreams and freedom of expression in Afghanistan
Kabul Dreams and freedom of expression in Afghanistan
Room 280A Under Taliban rule, the people of Afghanistan were severely restricted in their speech, dress, and other forms of expression. Music was no exception. But, in the fifteen years since the Taliban's almost complete ban, the popularity of music has drastically increased in Afghanistan, leading to the widespread popularity of the American […]
Family Weekend Reception
Family Weekend Reception
We invite you and your family to join us for a reception during Stanford's annual Family Weekend. Get to know other Stanford Law School alumni who have children here, and […]
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Black History Month Jazz Brunch
Black History Month Jazz Brunch
Annual Black Law Students Association brunch observing Black History Month.
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OPT Visa workshop for F-1 Visa holders
OPT Visa workshop for F-1 Visa holders
This workshop is for JDs and LLMs who are on F-1 visas and plan to apply for Optional Practice Training (OPT)
Critical Resistance Police Abolition Workshop
Critical Resistance Police Abolition Workshop
On February 27, Critical Resistance will lead a workshop that looks at the role and history of policing in the United States, its impact on communities in the Bay Area, […]
Sidley Austin 1L Reception – CANCELLED
Sidley Austin 1L Reception – CANCELLED
This event has been cancelled. We are pleased to invite all current 1L students to a cocktail reception sponsored by the Firmwide Recruiting and Diversity Committees of Sidley Austin […]
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Public Defender to Charter Educator
Public Defender to Charter Educator
Join ACS, CLS, and YEA for a talk on James Forman's and David Domenici's work founding and operating the Maya Angelou Schools in Washington, D.C. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP […]
Post-Grad Fellowships Overview Workshop
Post-Grad Fellowships Overview Workshop
This workshop will provide an overview of the post-graduate public interest fellowships planning and application processes. RSVP Learn the Nuts and Bolts
Navigating the Policy and Innovation Pathway
Navigating the Policy and Innovation Pathway
Facility already reserved by GSB Policy and Innovation Initiative
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Artificial Intelligence: Think Again
Artificial Intelligence: Think Again
Presented by CodeX—The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics Jerry Kaplan - CodeX Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, Computer Science, Stanford University This event is open to the public. Lunch will be […]
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Practicing Private Sector Law in New York
Practicing Private Sector Law in New York
Please join us for lunch and a discussion on the topic of “Practicing Law in New York City” with attorneys from the New York offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & […]
Immigration Detention and Due Process (SAIR Teach-in Series)
Immigration Detention and Due Process (SAIR Teach-in Series)
Stanford Advocates for Immigrants' Rights (SAIR), an SLS student group, is conducting a series of teach-ins open to the Stanford community. These informal lectures led by law students are intended […]
Federalist Society Reading Group
Federalist Society Reading Group
Join us for a discussion of Nationalism and Patriotism in Conservative Thought. Date: Th, 2 March Time: 12:45-2:00 Location: Rm 283 Lunch will be served, so please RSVP. Federally, Jace […]
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SLS OutLaw Conference
The Second Annual OutLaw Conference will be on Friday, March 3. This year's focus is Transgender Law and Advocacy. Women practitioners participate in a panel on LGBTQ advocacy.
Regulating Disruption: Responding to Emerging Technologies
Regulating Disruption: Responding to Emerging Technologies
We invite you to attend our symposium focusing on the regulation of disruptive technologies, such as virtual reality, 3D printing, autonomous vehicles, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Women of Stanford Law’s Annual Celebration of Women in the Law
Women of Stanford Law’s Annual Celebration of Women in the Law
Please join the Women of Stanford Law (WSL) on March 3, 2016 for our annual Celebration of Women in the Law dinner. Representative Jackie Speier will deliver the keynote at this year's dinner, […]
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Challenge Accepted: Empowerment of the Bay Area Black Youth
Challenge Accepted: Empowerment of the Bay Area Black Youth
The 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 […]