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Building Cultural Responsiveness for Public Policy
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThrough the lens of Stanford Law’s Clearinghouse on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research, this Policy Lab workshop will introduce useful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) resources, with a particular focus on cultural responsiveness and reflective practice. Students will learn how to apply these resources for public policy and social problem-solving projects. The resulting framework for […]
Interviewing Stakeholders & Experts
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAJoin the Policy Lab to learn techniques to interview stakeholders and experts for your public policy research. You will learn how to conduct semi-structured interviews to communicate empathy and gain the trust of your interviewees. Professor Phil Malone, Juelsgaard IP Clinical Director, will guide you through an interactive simulation that grounds you in fundamental techniques. […]
Design Thinking For Law And Policy Workshop
@ SLS: Room 320D Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAHuman-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 work on interdisciplinary […]
Basic Legal Research for Public Policy Workshop
OnlineThis hands-on Zoom workshop will teach 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 […]
A Guide to Interdisciplinary Research Workshop
@ SLS Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAResearching 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 workshop to learn how to identify and access non-legal sources of information and understand techniques […]
Introduction to Systems Thinking Workshop
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAVirtually every public policy has causes and consequences beyond those that are intended or immediately visible. This is true of criminal law policies that use algorithmic predictions of flight before trial, environmental policies involving greenhouse gas emissions and conventional pollutants, and social and health policies that address homelessness, institutional racism, and the distribution of Covid […]