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Shafaq Khan Named Executive Director of Stanford Law School’s Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law
Stanford Law School has appointed Shafaq Khan the new executive director of the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law. Khan is a veteran member of the Levin Center staff, having joined in 2019 as its director of career development. Khan brings deep experience as…
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The Trump administration has announced plans to repeal the EPA’s 2009 "Endangerment Finding" under the Clean Air Act, a landmark determination that has served as the legal foundation for federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
In a new Q&A, Stanford Law School ...Professor of the Practice David J. Hayes, a former Biden White House climate policy adviser, explains what the Endangerment Finding is and what its repeal could mean for U.S. climate regulation.
Read more: https://brnw.ch/21wZW9n
Congratulations to Shafaq Khan, who has been named the new executive director of the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law.
A longtime public interest lawyer and advocate for underserved communities, Shafaq has been a key part of the Levin Center team since... 2019, most recently as director of career development.
In her new role, she’ll oversee the Levin Center’s fellowships, programming, and community-building, with a focus on expanding partnerships and strengthening training and support for students committed to public service.
Great news for Stanford Law School and the Levin Center!
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How do police use-of-force policies compare across U.S. cities?
Until now, that question has been surprisingly difficult to answer. Policies are often buried in lengthy department manuals, written inconsistently, and hard for the public (or policymakers) to evaluate side by side.
...A new initiative from the Stanford Center for Racial Justice is changing that.
The Center has launched a first-of-its-kind searchable database: the Use of Force Policy Explorer, designed to make police use-of-force rules accessible and far more transparent.
The database is built on what is believed to be the largest empirical study of police use-of-force regulations to date.
Read the full story: https://brnw.ch/21wZTkC
Explore the database: https://brnw.ch/21wZTkB
Let’s raise the standard. Learn about smarter use of force policies for safer communities, and explore policies in departments across America.
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In the latest episode of Stanford Legal, Professor Robert MacCoun explores why intellectual certainty can be a trap, and why “I might be wrong” is often the beginning of better thinking.
Drawing on his book Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense, co-written ...with Nobel Prize–winning physicist Saul Perlmutter and philosopher John Campbell, MacCoun explains why intellectual humility and scientific “habits of mind” like probabilistic thinking and can help people navigate uncertainty and make better decisions. Listen to the thought-provoking conversation with Stanford Legal co-hosts professors Pam Karlan and Diego Zambrano.
https://brnw.ch/21wZR4r