Events
Week of Events
Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Law Schools 2017 Junior Faculty Forum
Stanford, Yale, and Harvard Law Schools announce the 18th session of the Junior Faculty Forum to be held at Stanford Law School on June 6-7, 2017. The Forum’s objective is to encourage the work of scholars recently appointed to a tenure-track position by providing experience in the pursuit of scholarship and the nature of the […]
The Lay of the Law: Risks of Legal Misunderstanding and Bias in Lay Constructions of Criminality
with Assistant Professor Avani Mehta Sood, UC Berkeley School of Law
SLS at the Ballpark: Mariners vs. Twins
SLS at the Ballpark: Mariners vs. Twins
Join SLS alumni and guests at this popular annual event, and cheer on the Mariners as they take on the Minnesota Twins. The evening will begin with an interactive discussion with Chuck Armstrong, JD ’67, former president of the team. Then kick back and watch the game with your classmates and friends! Tickets are $40 […]
Rock Center Program for Journalists
Rock Center Program for Journalists
The Rock Center Program for Journalists: A Primer in Corporate Governance brings together a small group of media fellows, selected from leading writers in business and finance, to attend an educational event in New York City on June 8, 2017. Media fellows will gain a deeper understanding of corporate governance, accounting, and finance while learning […]
San Francisco: Lunch Talk with Professor Amalia Kessler
San Francisco: Lunch Talk with Professor Amalia Kessler
Inventing American Exceptionalism: The Origins of American Adversarial Legal Culture, 1800–1877 When Americans imagine their legal system, it is the adversarial trial—dominated by dueling larger-than-life lawyers undertaking grand public performances—that first comes to mind. But as SLS professor and award-winning author Amalia Kessler reveals in her new book, it was only in the turbulent decades […]