Table of Contents
Spring ’22
Issue 106/Vol. 56/No. 2
From the Dean
Cover Story
From Service To Stanford: How Military Training and a Legal Education Shape Veterans’ Careers
Stanford Law veterans discuss their military service and how it, combined with a legal education, shaped them and their careers, while faculty share how veterans contribute to the culture of the law campus.
Legal Matters
National Security and Energy Policy in the Wake of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
A conversation with Richard L. Morningstar, JD ’70, former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan and the EU and former special advisor to the president and secretary of state on assistance to Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union and then on Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy
In Brief
School News
Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession
Stanford Cyber Policy Center becomes joint SLS FSI Initiative
In Focus
Rick West: Lawyer, Museum Director, Champion of Indigenous Causes
A profile of W. Richard West, Jr., JD ’71, former director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian in D.C. and the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles
When the Client is Democracy: Global Trends in Judicial Reform
Students in Associate Professor Diego A. Zambrano’s policy lab Global Trends in Judicial Reform discuss their work, including conducting comparative research on 21st century judicial reforms in 10 countries.
Can Crypto Grant More Equal Access To Financial Systems?
A profile of Lianne Worden, JD ’09, chief of staff and counsel to the chief legal officer at cryptocurrency platform Coinbase
SLS Black Alumni Association
A look at the newly launched SLS Black Alumni Association, which is aiming for greater inclusion and connection
Clinic News
Deepening DEI Engagement
Mills Legal Clinic faculty and staff discuss a redesigned anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion effort.
Criminal Prosecution
Students in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic grapple with questions of justice and discretion.
Scholarship
The Fight To Save The Town
Professor Michelle Wilde Anderson’s new book explores how local leaders are confronting government collapse in poor communities across the country.
Point of View
Measuring Corporate Virtue and Vice
An essay by Professors Colleen Honigsberg and Paul Brest, drawn from their book chapter in Frontiers in Social Innovation
Perspectives
The Filing Fairness Project: Improving Access to Justice with Technology
An essay by Catherina Yue Xu, JD ’24 (BS/MS ’18), and Mark Chandler, JD ’81, about a new SLS project
Faculty News
Honigsberg Appointed SEC Advisor; Article Selected for Top 10
Sinnar Selected as Member of ALI
Goldin Receives Research Award
Ho Appointed to NAIAC; Awarded Prizes
O’Connell Receives Scholarship Award
Mello Awarded MD Article Prize
Karlan Receives Margaret Brent Award
Persily Appointed Special Master
The Last Word
A Stanford Law Story of Lifelong Friendship
Classmates
Classmates
Class notes PDFs
In Print
Alumni publications
Shaded Boxes
Alumni profiles
In Memoriam
Alumni obituaries