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Elements of Policy Analysis Skills Boot Camp
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIf you are interested in exploring public policy but lack formal training, consider joining the Policy Lab for any or all of our introductory policy skills workshops. The series offers an overview of methods and strategies for social change, beginning with an in-person boot camp on Saturday, 4/6, followed by a series of six one-hour […]
Design Thinking for Law and Policy
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesHuman-centered design methods will help you re-imagine complex problems and possible interventions to create breakthrough solutions. You will learn how to work with project clients and community partners - including legal aid groups, courts, and government agencies -- to help solve the real problems that they & their users face. Students will receive close coaching […]
Basic Legal Research for Everyone
OnlineThis hands-on Zoom workshop teaches participants how to plan and carry out effective policy-related legal research from start to finish, including how to research secondary sources, statutes, regulations, cases, and policy resources, as well as how to conduct effective full-text searching within online databases. This workshop is excellently suited for anyone interested in improving their […]
Interdisciplinary Research for Public Policy
OnlineResearching public policy requires synthesizing information from many different sources and disciplines: legal research; scientific data; economic predictions; findings and recommendations from NGOs and blue-ribbon panels, think tanks, and government agencies. All of these and more guide policymakers. Join this Zoom workshop to learn how to identify and access non-legal sources of information and understand […]
Writing Policy Reports
@ SLS: Room 95 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesEffective public policy depends on gathering accurate data and then translating that data into clear, concise accounts for policymakers, analysts, experts, and lay audiences. Most public policy research finds its voice in standard policy memo formats - empirical research reports, white papers, findings memos, action memos, and briefing papers. This Policy Lab workshop will introduce […]
Effective Presentations for Colleagues & Clients
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesYou will learn techniques to organize and distill complex information for presentations for law and policy clients, colleagues, and decision-makers. If you have ever wondered how on earth you will ever deliver sophisticated research findings succinctly and effectively, this is the workshop to help put those fears to rest. Open to the Stanford community. ABOUT […]
Writing for Advocacy: Op-Eds and Commentary
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesLearn the difference between empirical policy writing and persuasive advocacy to change the minds of the public and decision-makers. Come with an issue you care about and transform it into a persuasive op-ed targeted to the interests of specific stakeholders. Discuss examples of op-eds and commentary according to the rules of the rhetorical triangle - […]