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Kwanzaa (Pan-African)
Kwanzaa (Pan-African)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
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Last day to annul Winter Registration
Winter Preliminary Study List Deadline 5:00p.m.
Winter Preliminary Study List Deadline 5:00p.m.
JD, JSM & LLM Students: Deadline to enroll in classes and create a study list without incurring a $200 late fee. Students must be “at status” by this deadline. This means that by 5:00 p.m. on the first day of classes, JD, JSM, & LLM students must be enrolled in no fewer than 9 units. […]
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1L Spring OCI Orientation
1L Spring OCI Orientation
OCS will be holding a small virtual 1L Spring OCI program the week of January 17, 2021. Please join OCS for a brief orientation about the program, including who is participating, how to “bid” on employers and how to use Flo Recruit, our virtual interview platform.
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Epiphany (Christian)
Epiphany (Christian)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
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Christmas (Christian – Eastern Orthodoxy)
Christmas (Christian – Eastern Orthodoxy)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
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Stanford Law & Policy Lab Boot Camp
Stanford Law & Policy Lab Boot Camp
If you are interested in exploring public policy but lack the training and skills, consider joining the Policy Lab for any or all of our introductory skills workshops. The series offers an overview of methods and strategies for social change, beginning with an in-person boot camp on Saturday, 1/8, followed by a series of five […]
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A Conversation with Omar Shakir ’13, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch
A Conversation with Omar Shakir ’13, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch
Please join us for a conversation via Zoom with Omar Shakir ‘13, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch. At Human Rights Watch, Omar investigates abuses in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza and has authored several major reports, including a 2021 report comprehensively documenting how Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and […]
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Policy Writing: Short Memos and White Papers
Policy Writing: Short Memos and White Papers
Learn how to organize research and data for compelling policy memos and briefing papers that illustrate underlying findings and principles. This workshop will highlight examples from past Policy Lab projects with attention to the differences between legal advocacy and policy analysis. You will learn general principles grounded in Robert K. Yin's foundational works on writing […]
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The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) Summer 2022 Law Fellowship Virtual Information Session
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) Summer 2022 Law Fellowship Virtual Information Session
The TFAS Summer Law Fellowship in Washington, D.C. is an intensive nine-week program that aims to prepare law students to defend the values and ideals of a free society rooted in individual liberty, limited government, free enterprise, and constitutional originalism. Through this immersive academic and professional experience, participants will engage in legal internships, academic coursework […]
Mark A. Cohen (Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University), “Pain, Suffering and Jury Awards: A Study of the Cost of Wrongful Convictions”
Mark A. Cohen (Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University), “Pain, Suffering and Jury Awards: A Study of the Cost of Wrongful Convictions”
Law and Economics Seminar with Mark A. Cohen (Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University), “Pain, Suffering and Jury Awards: A Study of the Cost of Wrongful Convictions” as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Winter 2022. Download paper here. RSVP to chaom@law.stanford.edu.
The Supreme Court Commission’s Report: A Panel Discussion with Members of the President’s Commission
The Supreme Court Commission’s Report: A Panel Discussion with Members of the President’s Commission
Join Commission co-chair Cristina Rodríguez, professor of law at Yale Law School, Commission member William Baude, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School, and Noah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard Law School, to discuss the report of the Biden Administration’s Supreme Court Commission. The event will be moderated by Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez, […]
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Maghi/Makar Sankranti (Sikh)
Maghi/Makar Sankranti (Sikh)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
Design Thinking for Law and Policy
Design Thinking for Law and Policy
Revamp your thinking with this short course in design thinking tools for law students & graduate students engaged in public policy projects! Human-centered design methods will help you re-imagine complex problems and possible interventions to create breakthrough solutions. We will explore good practices in working with project clients and community partners to help solve the […]
Attacks on the Courts
Attacks on the Courts
Hosted by the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, in conjunction with Berkeley's Civil Justice Research Initiative, Berkeley Executive Education, and the Berkeley Judicial Institute, this symposium will focus on some of the ethical issues raised by increased attacks on the independence and legitimacy of the courts. Recently, these attacks have come most noticeably from […]
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“Witnesses, Judges: a Revolution Untold” with Orit Malka
“Witnesses, Judges: a Revolution Untold” with Orit Malka
The Stanford Center for Law and History will hold its first workshop of the Quarter on Tuesday, January 18, from 12:45-1:45 PM (Pacific). Orit Malka, Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford, will share the paper: “Witnesses, Judges: a Revolution Untold.”
Library Research Workshop: Legal Research Start to Finish
Library Research Workshop: Legal Research Start to Finish
This hands-on Zoom workshop will teach participants how to plan and carry out effective policy-related legal research from start to finish, including how to research secondary sources, statutes, regulations, cases, and policy resources, as well as how to conduct effective full-text searching within online databases. This workshop is excellently suited for anyone interested in improving […]
Life After Grades I: Reviewing Exams to Improve Performance
Life After Grades I: Reviewing Exams to Improve Performance
Fall exams may be a distant memory, and you may have zero desire to review something you wrote over a month ago, but constructively reviewing your past exams or model exam answers can help you identify strategies for improving your performance so that you can do as well as possible on your Winter exams. Join […]
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Just Transition Reading Group: Towards Solidarity Economies and Decolonization
Just Transition Reading Group: Towards Solidarity Economies and Decolonization
A just transition will require moving away from extractive economies towards regenerative ones. What would it look like for land, work, food, energy, and money to be collectively stewarded, for example through worker cooperatives and community land trusts? Moreover, moving past colonial capitalist economies will also require decolonizing and returning stolen land. What does it […]
Rapid Response: The Supreme Court’s Vaccine Mandate Opinions
Rapid Response: The Supreme Court’s Vaccine Mandate Opinions
Last week, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's vaccine-or-testing employer mandate, while allowing a mandate applicable to health care workers to go forward. Join Stanford Law School Professors Michael McConnell, William B. Gould IV, and Bernadette Meyler to discuss this pair of decisions and what they mean for constitutional law, labor law, and the […]
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Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday (Sikh)
Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday (Sikh)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
Lessons for the U.S.-Mexico Relationship
Lessons for the U.S.-Mexico Relationship
Please join the Federalist Society for an event on US-Mexico relations with former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau. RSVP at https://forms.gle/3Dua3AnBpvhVh22Y6 for a Zoom link and to receive a $10 food delivery coupon.
SFI Seminar: Hot Money: high-carbon infrastructure in the developing world
SFI Seminar: Hot Money: high-carbon infrastructure in the developing world
Are you interested in learning about innovative policy and financial mechanisms designed to rapidly decarbonize the global economy? Join SFI’s monthly seminar to meet our faculty and fellows and learn more about our ongoing research projects. Jeffrey Ball | scholar-in-residence, Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance; lecturer, Stanford Law School Major infrastructure financiers will have […]
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Winter Final Study List Deadline 5:00p.m.
Winter Final Study List Deadline 5:00p.m.
Last day to add or drop a course (unless instructor has set an earlier deadline) Last day to adjust units on a variable-unit course (variable-unit option must be explicitly noted in course description)
Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition Deadline 5:00p.m.
Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition Deadline 5:00p.m.
Last day to submit Directed Research Petition or Senior Thesis Petition.
Paper Option (courses with paper options are explicitly noted in course description) 5:00p.m.
Paper Option (courses with paper options are explicitly noted in course description) 5:00p.m.
Last day to elect paper option (with instructor permission) instead of taking a final exam Last day to change course sections (with instructor permission) to elect Research credit option
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Negotiating a new international law treaty at the United Nations to protect the High Seas
Negotiating a new international law treaty at the United Nations to protect the High Seas
"Negotiating a new international law treaty at the United Nations to protect the High Seas" webinar. When: Monday, January 24, 2022 from 12:45-2pm PT Free and open to the public! RSVP link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI
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Post-Grade Panel: Do Grades Affect My Job Search?
Post-Grade Panel: Do Grades Affect My Job Search?
Now that you’ve received your first law school grades, you may have practical questions about how grades may affect things like your job search, clerking options, or law review. Perhaps you didn’t perform as well as you hoped and your confidence took a hit. We are here for all of it. Susan Robinson, Associate Dean […]
Climate Change and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Climate Change and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Please join Prof. Buzz Thompson and the Energy & Infrastructure Club as we discuss the energy and climate implications of the recently-passed infrastructure bill. Lunch will be provided, RSVP by January 20th.
The Future of Stablecoin Regulation
The Future of Stablecoin Regulation
The market cap for stablecoins, a type of digital asset pegged to a “stable” reserve asset like the U.S. dollar or gold, exploded in 2021, reaching more than $160 billion by the close of the year. As the volume of capital in the stablecoin market intensified, so did interest from regulators. On November 1, 2021, […]
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Interdisciplinary Research for Public Policy
Interdisciplinary Research for Public Policy
Researching public policy requires synthesizing information from many different sources and disciplines: legal research; scientific data; economic predictions; findings and recommendations from NGOs and blue-ribbon panels, think tanks, and government agencies. All of these and more guide policymakers. Join this Zoom workshop to learn how to identify and access non-legal sources of information and understand […]
When a Witness Recants: Legal and Ethical Duties Arising from Wrongful Convictions
When a Witness Recants: Legal and Ethical Duties Arising from Wrongful Convictions
In her recent New Yorker article, staff writer Jennifer Gonnerman wrote about a criminal case from Baltimore in which a 14-year-old provided eyewitness testimony in a murder trial resulting in the convictions of three innocent boys. Thirty-six years later, the witness recanted. Join us for a conversation with the writer and legal experts to discuss the legal […]
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Northern District of California Bankruptcy Court Judges Panel
Northern District of California Bankruptcy Court Judges Panel
The judges of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, will speak about the work of the bankruptcy court, as well as externship and clerkship opportunities at the Court, which also has divisions in San Francisco and San Jose. If you're interested in bankruptcy law, you can't miss this. If you're not entirely sure what bankruptcy law involves, this is the perfect chance to hear about it from the experts!
Manisha Padi (School of Law, University of California, Berkeley), “Contractual Inequality”
Manisha Padi (School of Law, University of California, Berkeley), “Contractual Inequality”
Law and Economics Seminar with Manisha Padi (School of Law, University of California, Berkeley), “Contractual Inequality” as part of the Law and Economics Seminar, Winter 2022. Download paper here. RSVP to chaom@law.stanford.edu.
WellnesSLS Wednesday: Meditation at Windhover
WellnesSLS Wednesday: Meditation at Windhover
Join the Mental Health & Wellness Committee on a journey to Windhover Contemplative Center.
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The Future of Roe - Reading Group & Discussion
The Future of Roe - Reading Group & Discussion
Please join ACS and other members of the SLS community for an informal reading group discussion on the uncertain future of Roe and a woman's right to choose in America. RSVP by Thursday at 10 PM if you would like to receive lunch.
Deciding Dobbs: A Constitutional Right to Choose?
Deciding Dobbs: A Constitutional Right to Choose?
Please join the Federalist Society for an event featuring Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart and Prof. Jeffrey Fisher on Dobbs v. Women's Health Organization and the constitutional right to choose. Lunch will be served to those who RSVP at https://forms.gle/SqERaHno3ErGd4Rd7.
MEDITATION FOR LIBERATION WORKSHOP: Introduction to Meditation Practices
MEDITATION FOR LIBERATION WORKSHOP: Introduction to Meditation Practices
This is an experiential workshop series that introduces participants to meditation techniques and practices to decrease stress and increase self-awareness, focus, and compassion. This workshop, led by Associate Dean Tirien Steinbach and Stanford Law’s dedicated CAPS Psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Chaney, will focus on disrupting stress and the harm caused by cultural bias (both from others […]
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Visualizing Data
Visualizing Data
This workshop brings art, creativity, and design skills to help you visualize and communicate your policy research effectively to a wide array of audiences. Bring your creative self for an immersive experience in charts, graphs, and data dashboards. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: As the policy and design lead for the Legal Design Lab, Nora Al Haider […]
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Lunar New Year (Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist)
Lunar New Year (Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
LRAP Information Session
LRAP Information Session
Please join us virtually on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 1pm PST for the LRAP (Loan Repayment Assistance Program) Nuts & Bolts Workshop. Anna Wang and Heather Trujillo Smith will discuss SLS LRAP and take your questions.
SLLSA Winter General Body Meeting
SLLSA Winter General Body Meeting
SLLSA's winter general body meeting. We will serve food outside in Crocker (6-6:15pm) and then go inside with masks for meeting from 6:15-7:15.
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Candlemas (Christian)
Candlemas (Christian)
Stanford has long supported faculty, students, and staff in observing religious holidays of significance to them. In the complex process of creating the academic calendar, religious holy days are but one of many considerations. The Office for Religious Life makes available to faculty, staff and students a list of significant religious holidays at the beginning of each […]
Clerkships: Preparing to Apply, Part II
Clerkships: Preparing to Apply, Part II
For the Class of 2023 Join Michelle Anderson and Nicole Pitman to learn more about the clerkship application process. We’ll introduce OSCAR, review the timeline, highlight our resources, and answer your questions. Individual meetings with Nicole will begin on 2/3/22. Appointments are now available in Symplicity. Please attend or view the recorded program before your meeting with Nicole.
Bluebook 101 with Stanford Law Review (SLR)
Bluebook 101 with Stanford Law Review (SLR)
Dear 1Ls, Please join us for an introduction to The Bluebook! We want to provide additional support as you start your Fed Lit briefs, and this session will discuss The Bluebook tips for Fed Lit and beyond. Who: You! Join us if you’re interested in learning more about citations, legal writing, and The Bluebook in […]
SELJ Author Night
SELJ Author Night
Please join us in welcoming the authors of the articles and notes published in the Stanford Enviornmental Law Journal this year! Our authors will join us by Zoom, and attendees on campus will be able to watch the panel discussion together in a law school classroom. Dinner will be served outside beforehand at 6pm and […]
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Cyber Threats from Nation-States
Cyber Threats from Nation-States
Please join the Stanford Federalist Society for an event on cyber threats featuring former NSC official Michael Ellis and venture capitalist Joseph Malchow. Lunch will be served. RSVP at https://forms.gle/bSg1kchWhfZ4aFqD7.
Meet & Greet Lunch Social with Dr. Liz Chaney
Meet & Greet Lunch Social with Dr. Liz Chaney
Join us for lunch and an informal opportunity to get to know Dr. Liz Chaney, our SLS-dedicated CAPS counselor. When: Thursday, Feb. 3, 1:00-2:00 pm Where: Crocker Garden Who: Open to all SLS students Since lunch will be provided, please complete the RSVP form by Monday, Jan. 31st by 10am. Thank you.
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MEDITATION FOR LIBERATION WORKSHOP: Introduction to Meditation Practices
MEDITATION FOR LIBERATION WORKSHOP: Introduction to Meditation Practices
This is an experiential workshop series that introduces participants to meditation techniques and practices to decrease stress and increase self-awareness, focus, and compassion. This workshop, led by Associate Dean Tirien Steinbach and Stanford Law’s dedicated CAPS Psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Chaney, will focus on disrupting stress and the harm caused by cultural bias (both from others […]
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BLSA Black History Month Gala Afterparty
BLSA Black History Month Gala Afterparty
You know what it is. We're psyched to bring this tradition back, and the 1L reps are putting together a banger. We're bummed COVID restrictions are keeping us from inviting everyone to BLSA's Annual Black History Month Gala, but we hope you'll come through for the afterparty! Be sure to RSVP!
BLSA Gala After Party
BLSA Gala After Party
You know what it is. We're psyched to bring this tradition back, and the 1L reps are putting together a banger. We're bummed we can't invite everyone to Gala this year (s/o Covid), but we hope you'll come through for the afterparty! Be sure to RSVP!
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