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Patent Bar Exam: Everything You Need to Know
If you are a student with an undergrad degree (or at least two years of coursework) in engineering, computer sciences or the hard sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, or related fields), and are interested in becoming a Patent Agent or Attorney, Stanford Intellectual Property Association and Practising Law Institute (PLI) invite you to a presentation by […]
3 events,
CLB Lunch Chat with Professor Emily Murphy
CLB Lunch Chat with Professor Emily Murphy
Professor Emily Murphy earned a PhD in Neuroscience from Cambridge and a JD from SLS ('12). She is currently an associate professor at UC Hastings College of Law. She will be talking about neuroscience findings pertaining to the effects of poverty on brains - and what policy implications we should draw from them.
2 events,
Stanford Law Review 1L Information Session
Stanford Law Review 1L Information Session
Come learn about the work of Stanford Law Review from Stanford Law Review President Jane Kessner and Professors Bob Weisberg and Rabia Belt.
5 events,
Whose Lands? Which Public? Trump’s National Monument Proclamations and the Shape of Public-Lands Law
Whose Lands? Which Public? Trump’s National Monument Proclamations and the Shape of Public-Lands Law
with Visiting Professor Jedediah (Jed) Purdy
Legal Tech Founders: Then and Now
Legal Tech Founders: Then and Now
12:45PM - 2:00PM Stanford Law School, Room 190 Register Now It’s been an exciting year in the world of legal technology startups, including a changing of the guard as established founders see their businesses acquired and new entrepreneurs hit the scene. This discussion will feature three well-known founders of legal tech businesses acquired over the […]
Can an AI be an Agent? Fireside Chat about Legal and Ethical Responsibility with Jerry Kaplan and Dan Siciliano
Can an AI be an Agent? Fireside Chat about Legal and Ethical Responsibility with Jerry Kaplan and Dan Siciliano
In a rush to fetch your morning latte from Starbucks, your Homebot 3000 pushes a elderly woman to her death in front of an oncoming bus. Who is responsible? Can it stand in line for you at the movie theater? Can it deliver your absentee ballot on election day? Can it vote for you in […]
Federalist Society: Judge Amul Thapar
Federalist Society: Judge Amul Thapar
Please join the Federalist Society for a lunch talk by Judge Amul Thapar. Details will be forthcoming.
7 events,
CodeX FutureLaw Conference 2018
CodeX FutureLaw Conference 2018
Click here to view and download a printer-friendly version of the CodeX FutureLaw Agenda Register Now On April 5, 2018, CodeX – the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics will host the CodeX FutureLaw 2018, CodeX’s sixth annual conference focusing on how technology is changing the landscape of the legal profession, the law itself, and how […]
Stanford Law Review Bluebook 1L Training Session
Stanford Law Review Bluebook 1L Training Session
Join one of the Managing Editors as they walk you through the Bluebook as it pertains to the Candidate Exercise!
3 events,
1L Curriculum Meeting with Prof. Nora Freeman Engstrom
1L Curriculum Meeting with Prof. Nora Freeman Engstrom
Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom, Associate Dean for Curriculum, will hold a meeting to discuss 1L courses and curriculum. Friday, April 6th 1:10 to 2:00 pm Room 290 Pizza will be […]
SLS Softball game
SLS Softball game
To celebrate the beginning of spring, OSA and SLA are co-hosting a school wide softball game. Families, spouses, partners, staff, faculty, and students are all welcome to attend. Bring your own chair or blanket. Food and entertainment will be provided. Please let us know if you plan to attend so we’ll be sure to have […]
3 events,
Startup Bootcamp for Lawyers
Presented by the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession and CodeX—The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics Hands-on crash course on product, design and pitching to give law students an insider’s view on building a startup 2-day workshop, Saturday, April 7 - Sunday, April 8, 2018 @ the d.school (9-5 pm both days) Pre-event team formation […]
Farewell to Matzah – Post Passover Feast
Farewell to Matzah – Post Passover Feast
Join JLSA as we celebrate the end of Passover and the beginning of a new quarter! Passover officially ends at 8:16 pm, but we'll set up the pizza and other chametz (leavened food) by 8:00 pm. Please RSVP here so we can get enough food.
3 events,
Litigating the Resistance: Getting Paid to Fight for Social Justice
Litigating the Resistance: Getting Paid to Fight for Social Justice
At this event, a panel of plaintiff-side lawyers will discuss the important role of (and exciting opportunities for young lawyers in) affirmative litigation in fighting for economic and social justice. Lunch will be served.
Spotlight Lunch – Tech Transactions
Spotlight Lunch – Tech Transactions
1L Private Sector Spotlight Lunch Tech Transactions - Tracy Rubin and Rosalind Schonwald, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
8 events,
International Symposium: “Parental Child Abduction and Mediation in a Globalized World: What is Happening Between the United States and Mexico?”
International Symposium: “Parental Child Abduction and Mediation in a Globalized World: What is Happening Between the United States and Mexico?”
The Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at Stanford Law School, the Center for Latin America Studies at Stanford University and the Legal Research Institute at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) cordially invite you to a one day international symposium: "Parental Child Abduction and Mediation in a Globalized World: What is Happening Between the United States and Mexico?" with […]
Candidate Exercise Workshop with BLSA
Candidate Exercise Workshop with BLSA
Come join BLSA and SLR to learn how to best attack the SLR Candidate Exercise!
Recent Developments in International Arbitration – Promise and Peril
Recent Developments in International Arbitration – Promise and Peril
More than at any point in recent history, international arbitration is amidst a time of flux. Hugh Carlson and Ben Jones from Three Crowns, a leading international arbitration firm, will present on these recent developments and what they mean for future practitioners in the field. Hugh and Ben will begin with an overview of the […]
4 events,
Law and Technology as Study and Practice
with Professor Ryan Calo, University of Washington School of Law
Partisan Gerrymandering and the Constitution: A Panel Discussion
Partisan Gerrymandering and the Constitution: A Panel Discussion
4:00pm - 5:30pm - Discussion 5:30pm - 6:00pm - Reception Stanford Law School, room 290 Register Now Since the dawn of the republic, political parties have used gerrymandering as a tool to influence elections. But is such a practice actually prohibited by the Constitution? And if it is, does the judiciary possess the tools to […]
10 events,
We Robot 2018
We Robot is the annual gathering of academics, policy makers, roboticists, economists, ethicists, entrepreneurs, and lawyers who care about robots and the future of robot law and policy. The 2018 Conference will be held at Stanford Law School. In past years, the conference has been held at University of Miami School of Law, University of […]
Candidate Exercise Workshop with WSL and WOCC
Candidate Exercise Workshop with WSL and WOCC
Join WSL and WOCC for a workshop on how to best tackle the SLR CE!
McKinsey & Company Informational Session
McKinsey & Company Informational Session
Please join consultants from McKinsey for an informal lunchtime presentation where they can answer your questions about their work and how to join. Bring your appetites and questions about McKinsey!
Algorithmic Discrimination Lunch Talk with Andrew Selbst
Algorithmic Discrimination Lunch Talk with Andrew Selbst
Decision-making based on machine learning algorithms is becoming ever more prevalent in society, in such varied domains as consumer finance, housing, employment, health care, sentencing, and policing, among others. Such decisions can result in unintentional discrimination, due to the necessarily subjective decisions that people in system design. These decisions—including defining the goals of the problem, […]
4 events,
Advanced Degree Q&A for PayPal LLM Legal Fellowship Program
Advanced Degree Q&A for PayPal LLM Legal Fellowship Program
This program is for Advanced Degree students who are interested in learning more about PayPal’s Legal Fellowship Program for LLMs. Two recent SLS LLM grads will be campus to talk about the program and answer questions.
Federalist Society: Andrew Bradt
Federalist Society: Andrew Bradt
Please join the Federalist Society for a lunch talk by Andrew Bradt. Details will be forthcoming.
4 events,
Stanford Law Review Bluebook 1L Training Session
Stanford Law Review Bluebook 1L Training Session
Join one of the Managing Editors as they walk you through the Bluebook as it pertains to the Candidate Exercise!
Afghanistan Legal Education Project Information Session
Afghanistan Legal Education Project Information Session
Interested in rule of law and international development? Come to this information session to learn more about the Afghanistan Legal Education Project and the application process. ALEP is a student-driven initiative that is part of Stanford Law School’s Rule of Law Program. Since 2007, ALEP has published ten textbooks about Afghan law intended for Afghan […]
SLA Presidential Candidate Q&A
SLA Presidential Candidate Q&A
Join SLA for a Q&A session with candidates for SLA 2018-2019 Co-Presidents.
11 events,
Candidate Exercise Workshop with SLLSA
Candidate Exercise Workshop with SLLSA
Join SLR and SLLSA for a workshop on how to approach the Candidate Exercise
Renting In New York
Renting In New York
In our seminar by Cooper & Cooper Real Estate (~45 minutes, then Q&A), the organization will discuss the NYC rental market (pricing & floorplan sizes), highlight the steps in the rental process, […]
AI, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Regulatory Road Ahead
AI, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Regulatory Road Ahead
Artificial Intelligence along with a variety of other technologies have launched marked advances in the rapidly burgeoning field of autonomous vehicles. With these technological leaps come a vast array of legal, policy, and regulatory questions. Come to this event to hear Mark Rosekind (Chief Safety Innovation Officer of Zoox and former Administrator of NHTSA) and […]
10 events,
Candidate Exercise Workshop with OutLaw
Candidate Exercise Workshop with OutLaw
Come join OutLaw and SLR to learn how to best attack the SLR Candidate Exercise!
Candidate Exercise Workshop with FGP
Candidate Exercise Workshop with FGP
Come join Stanford Law Review and FGP for a training on how best to approach the Candidate Exercise!
Do algorithms reveal sexual orientation or just expose our stereotypes? Lunch Talk with Margaret Mitchell
Do algorithms reveal sexual orientation or just expose our stereotypes? Lunch Talk with Margaret Mitchell
The success of machine learning has surged, with similar algorithmic approaches effectively solving a variety of human-defined tasks. Tasks in image perception and language understanding have exposed strong effects of different types of bias, such as selection bias and reporting bias. In this talk, I will sketch a brief history of addressing bias and fairness […]
10 events,
The Wild Life of Law: The Bering Sea Conflict, 1885-1893
with Professor Rebecca McLennan, UC Berkeley Department of History.
The Board’s Role in Innovation and Strategy
The Board’s Role in Innovation and Strategy
7:30 - 8:00am - Continental Breakfast 8:00 - 9:30am - Program Room 190, Stanford Law School Parking: Wilbur Field Garage, any visitor parking spot. Avoid lines at the parking machines with the Parkmobile app Register Now In an environment where the focus remains on 90-day results and boards are rightly focused on governance and accountability, […]
Post-Graduate Fellowship/Gov’t Honors – An Overview
Post-Graduate Fellowship/Gov’t Honors – An Overview
RM 285 Learn the Nuts and Bolts RSVP Levin Center staff will discuss the Government Honors Program and Post-Graduate Fellowship application process. We’ll also provide advice on how to develop postgraduate fellowship applications and projects. This is a brown bag lunch, so please remember to eat before or bring your lunch to the event.
6 events,
Candidate Exercise Workshop with APILSA
Candidate Exercise Workshop with APILSA
Join SLR and APILSA for a workshop on how to approach the Candidate Exercise
ELS Water Scarcity Panel
ELS Water Scarcity Panel
Come learn about water scarcity issues from Stanford experts Jenna Davis, Leon Szeptycki, and Debbie Sivas, while enjoying delicious acai bowls.
2 events,
26th Annual SPILF Bid for Justice Auction
Tickets are now on sale for the 26th Annual SPILF Auction! Please join us on April 21st to support and celebrate public interest law at Stanford. The evening will begin at 6:00 PM in the law lounge with a cocktail hour, followed by the silent auction in the law school and the live auction in Paul Brest […]
3 events,
2 events,
Seeing Law: Using Visual Design in Legal Practice
Seeing Law: Using Visual Design in Legal Practice
Register Now The law's traditional text based nature is often a barrier to communication with important stakeholders outside the profession, people like clients, juries, and the public. How might visual design approaches help overcome this barrier? Please join the Legal Design Lab for an exploration of how visual design is being used to change how […]
9 events,
The regulation of AI: Current regulations and future predictions Lunch Talk with Cooley
The regulation of AI: Current regulations and future predictions Lunch Talk with Cooley
The rapid advances of artificial intelligence and machine learning are making it difficult for regulators and policy makers to keep up. Come to this talk to hear two partners from Cooley discuss how different industry segments, the federal government, and states view regulation of AI, the different policy approaches that could be used to regulate […]
Affinity Reception with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Affinity Reception with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Attorneys from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw and Pittman will come to the law school to meet with interested students from affinity groups. Attorneys will have a panel discussion on diversity in the law and at Pillsbury Winthrop, followed by an opportunity for students to ask questions and get to know the attorneys.
8 events,
Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
with Professor Jonathan Rodden, Political Science Department, Stanford University
Stateless Commerce: The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange: A Conversation with Professor Barak Richman
Stateless Commerce: The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange: A Conversation with Professor Barak Richman
The Stanford Program in Law & Society is proud to host Professor Barak D. Richman, Edgar P. and Elizabeth C. Bartlett Professor of Law, Duke Law School, who would be talking about his new book "Stateless Commerce: The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange" (Harvard University Press, 2017). How does Manhattan’s 47th Street […]
CLPA Presents Earth Week: Public Interest & Environmental Law in East Asia
CLPA Presents Earth Week: Public Interest & Environmental Law in East Asia
Please join the China Law & Policy Association to welcome Ms. Caidan Cao, Head of the Legal Unit for Greenpeace East Asia, for a discussion on environmental justice and sound environmental governance. Some questions she'll be covering include: how can we fill the gap between international law and domestic law? How can we defend fundamental […]
15 events,
IP Law and the Biosciences Conference
IP Law and the Biosciences Conference
Registration Closed If you would like to join the wait-list for this event, please email programs@law.stanford.edu Agenda (.pdf) Join us on April 26, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m for the Stanford IP Law and the Biosciences Conference, an informative discussion with leading experts from academia, industry and the judiciary on the latest developments […]
Environmental Law Pro Bono Meeting
Environmental Law Pro Bono Meeting
Spring Quarter meeting for the Environmental Law Pro Bono. We will discuss project timelines and leadership transitions.
Candidate Exercise Workshop Training
Candidate Exercise Workshop Training
Join Stanford Law Review for a training session on how best to approach the CE. Open to all 1Ls!
2 events,
5 events,
1L Lunch with OSA
1L Lunch with OSA
Monday, April 30th (Section 4, 5 & 6) 320D If you are not able to attend the date your section was assigned, please sign up for another date that might work with your schedule better. RSVP
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
Join 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 […]
Parenting While Lawyering
Parenting While Lawyering
Join WSL for a lunch conversation about the professional and personal impact of having children during your legal career. Panelists will discuss how they navigated having children during law school, shortly after law school, during clerkships, and while practicing law in both the public and private sector. Panelists include: Professor Lisa Ouellette Adanna Love, Senior […]
9 events,
Bruce Western in Conversation about his new book, Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison
Bruce Western in Conversation about his new book, Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison
Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison tells the stories of the men and women I met through the Boston Reentry Study, a series of interviews my research team and I conducted with people leaving prison for neighborhoods around Boston. We were trying to understand what happens when people return to a community, and the […]
May Day Celebration
May Day Celebration
The Office of Student Affairs, the Levin Center and SLA invite you to join us in celebrating May Day at Stanford Law School. In many countries, May Day is celebrated […]
6 events,
Privacy Law in Brazil
Privacy Law in Brazil
This event is free and open to the public; lunch will be provided. Register Now Brazil is becoming known as one of the world's leading jurisdictions for the high number […]
The Nuts and Bolts of SLS’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)
The Nuts and Bolts of SLS’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)
RSVP Learn the Nuts and Bolts Heather Trujillo Smith and Anna Wang will go over the procedures for enrolling in Stanford's Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP). Stanford Law School has […]
10 events,
A Rough Region: Lawlessness and the Reconstruction of Indian Territory, 1866 – 1885
with Alexandra Stern, Department of History, Stanford University
Prosecuting National Security and Terrorism Cases with Former US Attorneys
Prosecuting National Security and Terrorism Cases with Former US Attorneys
Hear from US Attorneys who oversaw some of the most important national security prosecutions in history including: the Times Square Bombing, the Benghazi attacks, the Somalian pirates’ seizure of Captain Phillips’ ship, the mass killing of Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisur Square (“the Blackwater Case”), and the Russian spies in New York. Join Former US […]
Getting It Right After Getting It Wrong – What Wrongful Convictions Teach Us About Responding to Mistakes
Getting It Right After Getting It Wrong – What Wrongful Convictions Teach Us About Responding to Mistakes
Jon Eldan, the founder of After Innocence, will speak about the challenges exonerees face in getting back on their feet after a wrongful criminal conviction. Jon will share insights from his work and discuss opportunities to get involved in helping exonerees. About After Innocence: Mission After Innocence provides effective, efficient re-entry assistance for America’s wrongfully […]
Becoming Alumni: A Special Info Session to the LLMs
Becoming Alumni: A Special Info Session to the LLMs
In this meeting the LLM class of 2018 will have the opportunity to hear from Ms. Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, the SLS Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, everything they need to […]
4 events,
Friday classes meet twice*
*Classes regularly scheduled for 8:00-9:50 will meet 1:30-3:00 Classes regularly scheduled for 9:55-11:00 will meet 3:15-4:30 Classes regularly scheduled for 11:10-12:40 will meet 4:45-6:15
Advance Degree Lunch with OSA
Advance Degree Lunch with OSA
All degree program students are invited to meet with OSA to touch base on the school year. Friday, May 4th 12:45 to 2:00 pm Room 320D Please RSVP here Lunch will be provided
4 events,
SJIL Symposium on International Trade
SJIL Symposium on International Trade
On Saturday, May 5, the Stanford Journal of International Law (SJIL) will be hosting a symposium entitled Changes and Challenges: Current Issues in International Trade Policy. The symposium will feature discussion about the intersection of international trade policy with the Trump Administration, global development, and e-commerce facilitation. Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/ndAYybuf1QIK6pC03
Walk the Talk for a legal career in US-China practice — a lunch conversation with Dr. Wei Zhou, JD 98
Walk the Talk for a legal career in US-China practice — a lunch conversation with Dr. Wei Zhou, JD 98
We will walk the talk: first, meet at the Crocker garden, and walk to an on-campus place (e.g., CoHo or Ray's Grill) for the lunch. Seats are limited to 20, and please RSVP. Please join China Law and Policy Association to have a lunch conversation with Dr. Wei Zhou, JD 98. While a student at Stanford Law […]