Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession
Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession
#MeToo: Why Now? What’s Next?
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRoom 280A, Stanford Law School This event is free and open to the public. Register using the form below. #MeToo is a movement and moment in law, culture and society, and this panel seeks to take stock of where we are. For the law, #MeToo underscores the right to be free from sexual violence and […]
What’s Ailing Lawyers? A Book talk with Eilene Zimmerman, author of Smacked
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesRoom 280B, Stanford Law School This event is free and open to the public. Register using the form below. Lawyers have higher rates of mental illness and substance abuse than most other professionals. Why, and what can we do about it? Join the discussion with two experts: Journalist Eilene Zimmerman's ex-husband was a law firm […]
Pop-Up Webinar: How to run a better virtual meeting
Zoom (virtual location)After the past months of online work, legal professionals know all the ways that virtual meetings can go wrong: wasted time, audio disasters, low energy, technical confusion, lack of connection — the list goes on. In this one-hour training session, we’ll train you on how to facilitate virtual meetings that are more engaging and effective. […]
New Spaces of Justice: Design Workshop Series
What does the future of the justice system look like, especially as more courts go virtual and equity becomes more of a central principle for them? This multidisciplinary workshop series will focus on re-imagining new court infrastructures for hybrid systems. We will identify and address challenges the courts and its visitors will face in losing the benefits of physical spaces provided by courthouses. Together – in interdisciplinary law, design, and architecture teams – we will design prototypes for real-life case studies to create new inclusive court infrastructures and increase access to justice.
The Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
OnlinePlease join Professors Brian Fletcher, Deborah Rhode, and Jane Schacter Friday, 9/25 from 1:00 to 2:00, for a discussion of Justice Ginsburg's legacy. Sponsored by the Center on the Legal Profession. This event is free and open to the Stanford Community. Zoom registration with an @stanford.edu email address is required.
Conversation With Progressive Prosecutors
OnlineHosted by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center and the Center for the Legal Profession Speakers: Chesa Boudin San Francisco District Attorney To read full bio, click here. Marilyn Mosby State's Attorney for Baltimore City To read full bio, click here. Eric Gonzalez Brooklyn District Attorney To read full bio, click here. David Sklansky (moderator) Stanley […]
Indigent Defense During the Pandemic and Beyond
OnlineThe challenges of indigent defense have only become more difficult in the middle of a global pandemic and a national reckoning on racial justice. How are those on the front lines dealing with these challenges? Hear from two of our nation's leading public defenders -- Avis Buchanan, Director of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, and Ricardo […]
Building a Diverse, Inclusive Profession
OnlineSponsored by the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, Black Law Students Association (BLSA), and Women of Stanford Law (WSL), and the Stanford Center for Racial Justice.
News You Can Use: Who is in the Utah Sandbox?
OnlineRegistration is free, open to everyone, and required. When you register, you’ll receive information about how to participate.
Selection of Leadership in MDLS
OnlineThis two hour Zoom event will focus on issues related to adequacy of representation, court approval of potential settlements and equitable issues in the selection of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee. Featured speakers will include The Honorable Karen Caldwell, The Honorable Robert M. Dow, Lynn Baker, Andrew Bradt, Elizabeth Burch, Sergio J. Campos, Nora Freeman Engstrom, […]
CLP + Legal Design Lab = Student opportunities in A2J + Design + Tech
@ SLS: Crocker Garden Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis event is open to the Stanford On Campus Community. Registration is required. Scroll down to the registration form. Are you driven to help people impacted by the pandemic to access legal help? Do you want to learn how to develop technology-based solutions to expand Americans’ ability to solve their justice problems? Do you want […]
Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Deborah L. Rhode
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us to celebrate the life and legacy of our beloved and esteemed colleague and friend, Deborah L. Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, and Director of the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession. This celebration includes a set of panel discussions on Friday, and a memorial service at Memorial Church on Saturday. Please see the details below. Current Stanford protocols mandate […]
Lawyers and Social Change
@ SLS Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesEvent Venue: 320F, 3rd Floor of the Crown Building, SLS At this small, informal lunch, Professor Scott Cummings (UCLA) will speak about his current book on the role of law and lawyers in the labor movement and economic justice campaigns in LA in the last few decades. He will also discuss the role of lawyers […]
Lawyers in Public Policy
OnlinePart of the Public Policy & Social Problem-Solving Pathway. Click here to learn more. A careers series with lawyers working in public policy: Part 1: Nonprofits Join the SLS Alumni […]
Attacks on the Courts
OnlineHosted 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 […]
Stanford’s Filing Fairness Project Webinar for Technology Providers
OnlineAre you a tech company, nonprofit, or university lab that's interested in building solutions to increase access to justice? Join our 1-hour presentation on July 28th, to learn about a new opportunity to build better solutions for people as they file crucial papers with the court. You will hear about the multi-jurisdiction pilot, that will […]
Debunking the Myth of the Ambulance Chaser
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin the Deborah L Rhode Center for the Legal Profession and the Stanford Law School Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Association for a discussion about personal injury practice. We’ve all heard the myth […]
Watchdogs from Within: Government Lawyers in Divided Times: Glenn Fine, in conversation with Professors Anne Joseph O’Connell and Shirin Sinnar
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMr. Fine served as Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 in the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Administrations. After practicing law at a firm, Fine returned to government, and in January 2016 he became the Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense. In this role, he led the […]
Succeeding and Thriving in the Law: Challenging Our Assumptions, Expanding Our Definitions
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United States5:00 PM - Panel Discussion 6:30 PM - Reception 1 hours of Elimination of Bias CLE credit This event is being recorded and will be available on the SLS YouTube page a few days after the event. Law is a profession characterized by particular markers of success: recognition, money, power, and impact. Building a career within the profession […]
Rhode Center Civil Justice Student Fellows Program Info Session
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesAre you interested in making an impact on urgent questions facing lawyers and the legal system? Do you want to do cutting-edge research and policy work on access to justice, legal technology, protecting consumers in legal actions, or the composition of the legal profession? Join the Rhode Center for lunch to learn more about our Civil Justice Student […]
Considering Professionalism and Racism: How the Professional Identity Defines, Impacts, and Marginalizes People of Color
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPrompted by Leah Goodridge's recent essay in the UCLA Law Review which "examines professionalism as a tool to subjugate people of color in the legal field," this discussion illuminates how racial hierarchy and inequity operates within the legal professionalism context—not only for attorneys and paralegals but also for those participating in the legal process. Please […]
Arnold & Itkin LLP: On the Ground Perspective Event
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJason Itkin from the law firm Arnold & Itkin, one of the most accomplished trial lawyers in the United States, will come to SLS to provide an on-the-ground perspective, linking what you're learning in the 1L curriculum to the real world. This event will be specifically geared to 1Ls, but all are invited to attend. […]
Access to Justice: Crisis and Crossroads
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe American civil justice system sits at a crossroads. In three-quarters of the 20 million civil cases filed in state courts each year, at least one side lacks a lawyer. Beneath those cases sit tens of millions more legal problems that never make it to court -- including life-altering cases that involve wage garnishment, eviction, […]
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump: The Trial Lawyers’ Experience
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join Women of Stanford Law (WSL+), the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, and If/When/How on Thursday, March 7th from 12:45 PM-2:00PM for a conversation with Mike Ferrara and Shawn Crowley of Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, who represented E. Jean Carroll in her litigation against Donald Trump. Mike and Shawn will […]
Rhode Center Civil Justice Fellowship Lunch & Learn
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom, Professor David Freeman Engstrom, current Student Fellows, and Rhode Center staff for an engaging lunch event to learn more about The Deborah L. Rhode Center Civil […]