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Stanford Program in Law and Society 3rd Conference for Junior Researchers
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAImpact: How Law Affects Behavior By Professor Lawrence M. Friedman — Book Launch Event
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAProfessor Friedman's new book explores the relationship between law and behavior from various angles and points of view. In this book launch event, Professor Friedman and Professor John Donohue will discuss implications of empirical and behavioral research on legal discourse as reflected in the new book published by Harvard University Press.
Child Support in the Face of Poverty: Gender Perspectives in Latin America
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAIsabel Cristina Jaramillo -- a faculty at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia -- will discuss the impact of child support legislation on low-income families.
Fighting for LGBTQ rights in Latin America
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAVenezuelan Congresswoman and LGBTQ rights advocate Tamara Adrian and Professor Javier Corrales will be discussing the status of LGBTQ rights in Latin America.
Research Methods Workshop – Identifying and Avoiding Bias in Empirical Legal Research
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThe search method workshop is opened for participants of the Fourth Conference for Junior Researchers in Law and Society as well as to the Stanford Law School community. Speakers: Professor Robert MacCoun and Professor Manuel Glomez
A Child-Centered Approach to Global Poverty: Dilemmas in Remittance, Child Labor and Intercountry Adoption
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAAccording to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), in the poorer parts of the globe, every 3.6 seconds a person dies of starvation -- and usually it is a child under the age of five. This lecture looks at three of the ways suggested in our era to address the challenges of feeding […]
Dinner with Professor Barak Richman
@ SLS: Room 271 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThis is a closed dinner for the JSD and SPILS fellows with Professor Barak Richman about empirical methodology in legal research, his new book, and the academic job market.
Stanford Program in Law and Society Fifth Conference for Junior Researchers
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAConference Theme: Law in Everyday Life The Stanford Program in Law and Society (SPLS) at Stanford Law School is pleased to announce its Fifth Conference for Junior Researchers. This two-day conference seeks to provide a stimulating platform where junior researchers from around the world can present their current research projects on law and society and […]
European Border Policing: Crimmigration versus Free Movement
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CALunch talk with Professor Maartje Van Der Woude, a Professor of Law and Society from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Prof. Van Der Woude will discuss her current research on "European Border Policing: Crimmigration versus Free Movement".
True Conviction: Seeking Justice After Trial
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAStanford Program in Law and Society presents this lunch panel discussion in January 2019. Despite the best efforts of legal professionals, mistakes happen in the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases and can result tragically in wrongful convictions. Join Professor Lawrence Marshall and the Northern California Innocence Project for a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Jamie Meltzer about […]
Critical Coverage: How the Media Criticize Supreme Courts – Evidence from Israel
@ SLS: Room 301A Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThis talk by Professor Yifat Holzman-Gazit from the Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel examines the nature of media criticism of Supreme Courts through a case study of press critique of the Israeli Supreme Court from 2000 to 2011. Drawing on insights from theories of journalistic criticism and from studies of the public […]
Book Talk | “Beyond these Walls”: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States
@ SLS: Room 280B Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CATony Platt, a distinguished Affiliated Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law & Society, University of California, Berkeley, will discuss his new book "Beyond These Walls". In his book Platt traces the disturbing history of punishment and social control in the U.S., revealing how the criminal justice system attempts to enforce and justify inequalities […]
Stanford Program in Law and Society’s Sixth Conference for Junior Researchers
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThe Stanford Program in Law and Society (SPLS) presents its Sixth Conference for Junior Researchers. This two-day conference seeks to provide a stimulating platform where junior researchers from around the world can present their current research projects on law and society and receive input from faculty and other participants. It also seeks to build a […]
Stanford Program in Law and Society Kick-Off Meeting
@ SLS: Russo Commons - Student Law Lounge 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAJoin us in our kick-off meeting to hear more about our goals and the activities we are planning to have this year.
Venezuela: Winds of a constitutional spring?
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAJoin us to get to know insights shared by our faculty members and experts on future developments of Venezuela
Book Talk — Yesterday’s Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAHadar Aviram, the Professor of Law at UC Hastings College of the Law, will discuss her new book “Yesterday's Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole”. Here […]
Stanford Program in Law and Society’s Seventh Conference for Junior Researchers
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThe Stanford Program in Law and Society (SPLS) presents its Seventh Conference for Junior Researchers. This two-day conference seeks to provide a stimulating platform where junior researchers from around the world can present their current research projects on law and society and receive input from faculty and other participants. It also seeks to build a community […]
Responses to COVID-19 in South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States
OnlineThe Stanford Program in Law and Society's spring event featured Professor Haksoo Ko, Seoul National University Law School (South Korea), Professor Ching-Fu Lin, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), Professor Michelle […]
Responses to COVID-19 in South Korea, Taiwan, and the US
OnlineJoin us for the discussion focusing on the rule of law, privacy concerns, and other legal and ethical issues that arise from innovating against Covid-19.
Stanford Program in Law and Society Kick-off Meeting
OnlinePlease join us in our kick-off meeting to hear more about our goals and the activities we are planning to have this year. Professor Lawrence Friedman, our program’s faculty mentor, will also be there to greet you and tell you about how great the program is!
Portrait Project 2.0: Asian Americans in the Legal Profession
OnlineBuilding on findings from the American Bar Foundation’s After the JD study, the initial National Asian Pacific Bar Association and Yale Law School study Portrait Project examined the role of Asian Americans in the legal profession. The original Portrait Project research documented the historically dramatic growth of Asian American lawyers over the past three decades, […]
SPLS Kick-off Board Meeting
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAJoin us in our kick-off meeting to get to know each other and to hear more about our goals and the activities we are planning to have this year. Members […]
SPLS Talk: Testing a Legitimacy Based Approach to Managing Online Platform Content
Zoom (virtual location)The first speaker in a series of SPLS talks. Professor Tom Tyler will be sharing his results of several studies that articulate and test the viability of a self-regulatory approach […]
Lunch Talk with Retired Mexican Supreme Court Justice José Ramón Cossío: Thursday, February 16, at 12:45 in Room 90
@ SLS: Room 90 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAJustice Cossio served as the Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico between 2003 and 2018. He has written 31 books and hundreds of articles in his career […]
Lunch Talk with Colombian Constitutional Court Magistrate Justice Natalia Angel-Cabo
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CAThe lunch talk will be Monday, March 6, at 12:45 pm in Room 185 Sponsored by: Global Trends in Judicial Reform Policy Lab, SLLSA, Stanford Global Studies (Part of the SGS Global Research Workshop Series), Stanford Law and Society Association; Stanford Center for Latin American Studies Colombia is seen as a pioneer among Latin American […]