Table of Contents
Fall ’22
Issue 107/Vol. 57/No. 1
From the Dean
Cover Story
Community Partnership
Santa Clara County Counsel James Williams, JD ’10, and his team tackle big issues with help from Stanford Law students.
Legal Matters
Arthur Rock on the Early Venture Capital Decisions That Sparked Decades of Innovation
The VC who helped to launch Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, and Apple discusses his career with Professor Joseph Grundfest, JD ’78.
In Brief
School News
Neukom Center For the Rule of Law
Stanford Law Scholars Institute Welcomes Aspiring JDs
Learning Responsible Data Filtering From Law
New Financing Model For Legal Ed
In Focus
At Home on California’s Highest Court
A profile of Patricia Guerrero, JD ’97, the first Latina chief justice appointed to the California Supreme Court
Big Law Trailblazer Who Fought For Diversity and Family-Friendly Policies
A profile of Mary B. Cranston, JD ’75 (BA ’70), chair emerita at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and former Stanford trustee
DEI Clearinghouse
Professor Norm Spaulding, JD ’97, and staff at the Robert Crown Law Library have created a single site for all information on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
SLS Faculty at The American Law Institute
Professors Nora Freeman Engstrom, JD ’02, David Freeman Engstrom, JD ’02, and Pamela Karlan work on key projects with the American Law Institute.
Scholarship
William B. Gould IV
Stanford Law School’s first Black faculty member celebrates 50-year milestone—and decades of contributions to labor and sports law.
Point of View
Lost, Not Stolen
An excerpt from a report co-written by Professor Michael McConnell investigating all counts of fraud and miscounting in the 2020 presidential election
Clinic News
YELP Clinic Prepares
Students discuss their work in the Youth and Education Law Project.
New Faculty
Evelyn Douek, Jennifer M. Chacón (BA ’94), and Gulika Reddy join the Stanford Law School faculty.
Perspectives
California Ruling That Bees Are Fish Is Sea Change for Environmental Law
An essay by Sam Joyce, JD ’23
Reflection on the Global Quarter
An essay by Jackie Schaeffer, JD ’23
Last Word
Three Strikes Project Marks 10 Years of Sentencing Law Reform
A look back at the Three Strikes Project’s decade of work
Classmates
Classmates
Class notes PDFs
In Print
Alumni publications
Shaded Boxes
Alumni profiles
In Memoriam
Alumni obituaries