Table of Contents
Fall ’07
Issue 77/Vol. 42/No. 1
From the Dean
Cover Story
The Changing Business of Law
A look at the business of law and how issues such as billable hours, cost-saving pressures, technology, and work/life balance are affecting everyone from new associates to senior managers of large firms to general counsels.
Legal Matters
The Gonzales DOJ Firings: A Conversation with Former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam
Former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam ’85 speaks with Professor George Fisher about the DOJ, the 2006 mass firing of U.S. attorneys, and her new position at QUALCOMM.
In Brief
Alumni and School News
Reuben Jeffery Appointed Under Secretary Of State
Watson’s “Conversations” Air on NBC Stations
Cho Awarded Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Stanford Law Dramatically Expands Joint Degree Offerings
SLS Social Security Disability Project Established
Levin Center Names New Executive Director
Stanford Governance Experts Turn Spotlight on Pension Reform
New Youth Program Aims to Increase Number of Minority Lawyers
Directors’ College 2007 Examines Changing Governance Landscape
In Focus
Making Time for Government Service: Michael Kahn
Kahn ’73 (MA ’73), senior partner at Folger Levin & Kahn in San Francisco, talks about balancing life with public service and other pursuits–such as his passion for collecting political cartoons.
Clerking at the Supreme Court
Stanford Law School alumni shed light on the mysteries of applying for and taking on a clerkship at the nation’s highest court.
A Cross-Country Journey to Law School
Four graduates from the Class of 2000 remember how, as strangers, a road trip to their first year of law school brought them together.
That Stanford Thing
Ross Chanin ’09 talks about balancing his legal studies with co-founding ReputationDefender, a company that was “created to defend you and your family’s good name on the Internet.”
Joint Venture
Joseph A. Grundfest’s ’78 Venture Capital class brings some of the biggest names in the Valley to Stanford Law School.
Point of View
IP Rules
Professor Paul Goldstein on intellectual property and business
Clinic News
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Argues Pay Discrimination Case
New Organizations and Transactions Clinic Offered at Mills Legal Clinic
Faculty News
Stanford Law School faculty awards and highlights
Lessig Shifts Direction of Scholarship
Caldwell Appointed to Aquarium Board
Gilson and Klausner Articles Earn Accolade
Kathleen M. Sullivan Tops Lists
Marshall Recipient of Northwestern Service Award
Grundfest Appointed to SEC Advisory Committee, Named to Directorship 100 List
Martinez Recognized by Lawyers USA
New Faculty
An introduction to new faculty and visiting faculty
Perspectives
Law and Oil in Venezuela
David Hults ’08 on oil and the rule of law
In the News
Faculty and alumni speaking on issues of the day
Gatherings
Photos highlighting recent alumni events
Classmates
Alumni publications
Alumni profiles
Alumni obituaries