Stanford Lawyer Magazine Issue 110

An Influence Far Beyond the Court

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, LLB ’52 (BA ’50), was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but her legacy cannot be confined to cases alone.

Table of Contents

Spring/Summer ’24
Issue 110/Vol. 58/No. 2

From the Dean

Cover Story

An Influence Far Beyond the Court
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, LLB ’52 (BA ’50), was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but her legacy cannot be confined to cases alone.

Legal Matters

International Law and Justice
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, JSM ’12, the former Chef de Cabinet to the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, discusses his decades-long career at the forefront of international law.

In Brief

Alumni and School News

Triantis Appointed Dean

Nation’s Largest Trial Court Partners with SLS

Innovative Legal Ed Finance Model

Legal Tech Hackathon

New Associate Dean of Student Affairs

SLS Podcast Relaunches

In Focus

Carol Lombardini
Carol Lombardini, JD ’79, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, discusses her career negotiating on behalf of Hollywood’s big production companies.

A Matter of Policy
Students and faculty in the Law and Policy Lab discuss their work tackling pressing policy questions.

Scholarship

Rethinking the War on Drugs
Professor George Fisher explores the facts and fallacies behind America’s great challenge

Thinking Our Way Through the Third Millennium
Professor Robert MacCoun looks to scientific reasoning.

Unkept Promises
Professor Jennifer Chacón (BA ‘94), explores the failures of immigration reform.

Clinic News

Getting to the Heart of Criminal Defense
Students and faculty discuss their work in the Criminal Defense Clinic.

Point of View

Brown: Success or Failure?
An essay by Professor Ralph Richard Banks (BA/MA ’87), on Brown v. BOE