News & Media
Media Coverage
SLS News & Announcements
The Rise of Legal Engineering
A new kind of leader is emerging across the legal sector. These professionals combine legal expertise with an engineering mindset, helping shape how legal teams use AI and adapt to rapid change. Stanford Law School’s Executive Education program and the Stanford Law AI Initiative are launching the Stanford Legal Engineering…
Read More : The Rise of Legal EngineeringContacts
Need photos, videos, podcasts or research articles?
Send an email to communications@law.stanford.edu.
For institutional matters:
Please contact communications@law.stanford.edu.
Legal Aggregate
(Originally published by Stanford Report on August 25, 2026.) Four states kicked off a closely-watched trial against Meta last week,…
Learn moreWhat’s at Stake in the Meta Trial
(Originally published by Lawfare on August 20, 2026.) On July 7, 2025, appellate lawyer Adam Unikowsky published a provocative claim…
Learn moreAn AI Playground for the Courts
(Originally published by The Washington Post on August 19, 2026.) Every year, the Federal Reserve’s board of governors sends Congress…
Learn moreA Mandatory $1 Coin Report? Here’s Why The Government Can’t Focus
Podcasts
Stanford Lawyer Magazine
Social Media
Ben Vagle and Will Dinneen (both JD ‘28) met during their first week at Stanford Law School—two Denver natives who instantly clicked at orientation. Within their first year of law school, they were building a company together.
Today, their company, Indexia, has helped hundreds of Read moreauthors create indexes and is nearly self-sufficient. As Ben reflects: “I don’t think at many other places I would meet someone like Will literally within a week of showing up on campus and immediately start developing a company.”
From a chance meeting to a thriving startup—this is what happens when innovation meets collaboration at Stanford Law. Read the full article through the link in bio⚖️💡
Stanford Law School’s Executive Education program is launching the Legal Engineering Academy, a first-of-its-kind, two-week residential program for attorneys, executives, and other leaders who want to move beyond talking about AI and start building with it.
Read more: Read morehttps://brnw.ch/21x5rS1
Those interested in joining the Academy’s first cohort, slated for summer 2027, can indicate their interest here: https://brnw.ch/21x5rS2
Congratulations to Promise Mabilo, winner of Stanford University’s 2026 Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability.
In Emalahleni, South Africa—the heart of the country’s coal industry—Mabilo has spent years organizing communities affected by severe fossil fuel pollution. Learn Read moremore about the winner of Stanford University's highest environmental honor, and register to attend a panel discussion and reception in her honor: https://brnw.ch/21x5pSp
California’s civil justice system often leaves people facing high-stakes legal problems on their own. The statistics are startling: Just 2% of people sued in Los Angeles debt-collection cases have lawyers. In eviction cases, only 13% of tenants are represented, compared with 92% of landlords.
Read more
Now, the California Supreme Court is considering a rule change that could help close that gap by allowing trained, supervised community justice workers to provide limited legal assistance.
In a new Los Angeles Times op-ed, Professors Nora Freeman Engstrom and David Freeman Engstrom, who co-direct the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, explain why decades of research supports the reform.
“The need is urgent. The evidence is in. The solution is ready.”
Read the op-ed (subscription may be required): https://brnw.ch/21x5nZT