Join the Cyber Policy Center tomorrow, Oct. 1, at 1 p.m. for the kick-off of their Fall Seminar Series. In-person and Zoom options available. Sessions will run from October through December and will be moderated by SLS Professor and co-director of the CPC, Nate Persily, The first seminar features ...Director of the Program on Platform Regulation Daphne Keller for her talk, "The Supreme Court and Internet Platforms."

Daphne Keller's work focuses on platform regulation and Internet users' rights. She has testified before legislatures, courts, and regulatory bodies around the world, and published both academically and in popular press on topics including platform content moderation practices, constitutional and human rights law, copyright, data protection, and national courts' global takedown orders.

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The Cyber Policy Center is a joint initiative of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Law School.

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A team of Stanford University students has developed an AI tool to streamline the disability benefits application process for veterans, aiming to simplify complex systems and empower vulnerable populations. Stanford Law student and hackathon participant Camila Chabayta highlighted the potential of... AI to bridge numerous gaps in legal access in an article for Insight into Diversity.

“We used the latest regulations, 20 years of VA case findings — which are all publicly available online — and AI tools to design, write, and provide a tailored claim that helps veterans get their application for disability benefits right the first time,” Chabayta says.

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The Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Torts and Compensation has named Stanford Law School Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom the winner of the 2025 William L. Prosser Award. Engstrom will receive the award at the annual AALS meeting in January 2025. Engstrom, who also co-directs ...SLS's Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, is believed to be the youngest winner of the Prosser Award since the award’s inception in 1974.

“The Prosser Award highlights the fundamental importance of tort law to our justice system and to the promotion of fairness and responsibility throughout society,” Engstrom said. “Tort law reinforces the principle that no one is above the law, and everyone has a right to their day in court.”

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Stanford Law School Professor Jennifer Chacón is a featured speaker for North Carolina Law Review's upcoming Law Review Symposium event on Oct. 11, "The Collateral Consequences: Justice in the Age of Criminal Records." This thought-provoking event will explore the lasting impact of ...criminal records in the digital age and how technological developments have influenced the legal landscape and civil rights.

Chacón researches issues that arise at the nexus of immigration law, constitutional law, and criminal law and procedure. Her writings elucidate how legal frameworks on immigration and law enforcement shape individual and collective understandings of racial and ethnic identity, citizenship, civic engagement, and social belonging.

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The Collateral Consequences: Justice in the Age of Criminal Records Join us for the upcoming Law Review symposium on October 11, 2024, at the UNC Law...

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On Sept. 24 at 1p.m. ET, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes will moderate a panel discussion on "National Security and the 2024 Election, Election Management" featuring Stanford Law School Professor Nathaniel Persily. Persily is the director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center and ...the former research director of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration.

The panel will discuss how Congress has prepared for the 2024 election, including the passage of the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, how the government and social media companies are addressing election-related disinformation, and how states have used the lessons of 2020 to prepare for the 2024 election.

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The Marshall Project, a nonprofit publication focused on criminal justice, cited a study by Stanford Law School's Criminal Justice Center, "Fatal Peril: Unheard Stories from the IPV-to-Prison Pipeline and Other Stories Touched by Violence," in "The Domestic Abuse Survivor to ...Prison Pipeline." The study's researchers surveyed people in California women’s prisons who had been convicted of manslaughter and murder, and it was immediately clear that intimate partner violence (IPV) played a big role in many of their cases.

“When a person is experiencing extreme and severe IPV, their risk of being killed extends to everyone around the survivor,” said SCJC Executive Director Debbie Mukamal, one of the study's authors.

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A recent collaboration between the Stanford Center for Racial Justice and SLS's International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic resulted in a report on AI and education for a UN Special Rapporteur. In a first-ever collaboration, 10 SLS students had the opportunity to research and ...write a report on AI and education for Ashwini K.P., the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.

“The clinic consulted a range of experts working at the intersection of AI and human rights and decided to focus on AI and education," said SLS Assistant Professor and Director of the clinic Gulika Reddy. "Given this focus, we thought of the Center for Racial Justice and the important work they have done in that area, and it seemed like the ideal time for students in the clinic and center to work together on a project.”

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Stanford Law School's Deborah L. Rhode Center Co-Directors David and Nora Freeman Engstrom and Legal Design Lab Executive Director Margaret Hagan are co-sponsoring a free forum event at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 in SLS Room 290 that is open to all.

Since our country’s founding, ...America has struggled to realize the promise etched onto the Supreme Court building of “equal justice for all.” Today, technological innovation and collaborative community support are two of the hallmarks in bridging the “Justice Gap.” This forum, part of a series recognizing the Legal Services Corporation’s 50th anniversary, will educate attendees about the justice gap, offer insights into solutions, and serve as a call-to-action for how each of us can play a role in making our nation’s founding promise a reality.

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This is a hybrid event: Click here to register to attend in person. Click here to register to attend via live stream. Since our country's fou

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