The fall issue of Stanford Lawyer magazine looks at the environmental impact that climate change has caused in California. The cover story, California Burning, looks at how environmental law experts are addressing these issues and how their work is becoming more urgent as drought and wildfires touch not only remote, unpopulated areas but suburban neighborhoods too.
California Burning
Stanford environmental law experts discuss the challenges California faces from the growing risks of climate change—including more severe drought, wildfires, and smoke.
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Legal Matters: Legal Education In Afghanistan and the Return of Taliban Rule
A timely conversation about Stanford’s Afghanistan Legal Education Project and its work with the American University of Afghanistan.
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Scholarship: A Pattern of Violence
A look at Professor David Alan Sklansky’s latest scholarship and new book, A Pattern of Violence: How the Law Classifies Crimes and What It Means for Justice.
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In Focus: Fred Alvarez
A profile of Fred Alvarez, JD ’75 (BA ’72), one of the nation’s leading employment law experts with a long record of public service and leadership in the profession.
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In Focus: Impact and Intrigue
A profile of Molly Claflin, JD ’08, looking at her career investigating political and policy questions.
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