Table of Contents
Fall ’10
Issue 83/Vol. 45/No. 1
From the Dean
Cover Story
Saving the Criminal Justice System
With prisons overwhelmed by an inmate population explosion, recidivism at record levels, and incarceration costs soaring, the criminal justice system is in dire need of saving. Will current budget concerns force change?
Feature
White-Collar Crime
A look at white-collar crime in the wake of the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression
Legal Matters
On International Cooperation and Security
INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble ’82 looks back at his accomplishments and forward to the future at the helm of the world’s largest international police organization.
In Brief
Alumni and School News
Law.Gov: Legal Documents for the People
Ms. JD Introduces Global Education Fund
Students Focus on Disability Rights
Timor-Leste Legal Education Project
In Focus
Designing Liberation Technologies
A new class inspires students to develop solutions for challenges facing residents of one of Africa’s poorest areas.
Judge Raymond C. Fisher
A profile of Judge Raymond Fisher ’66 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and his extraordinary legal career
A Growing Community of International Scholars
The JSD program at Stanford Law after a record year of growth
Faculty News
John Donohue
A profile of Stanford Law’s newest faculty appointment, John J. Donohue III
Remembering Howard Williams
Reflections on Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law, Emeritus
Clinic News
Understanding the Power of Prosecution
A report on the Criminal Prosecution Clinic at the Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School
Scholarship
Deborah L. Rhode Tackles the Beauty Bias
Linking Internet Architecture to Innovation
Point of View
Honest Services
Professors David W. Mills and Robert Weisberg ’79 explore issues of white-collar crime in light of the Skilling ruling.
Perspectives
Stanford Prison Forum
Maggie Filler ’12 reports on a multidisciplinary project with students across campus, funded by a SPICE grant
Last Word
A profile of Inbal Naveh ’09 and her work in the Middle East during a firm deferral
Classmates
In Print
Alumni publications
Shaded Boxes
Alumni profiles
In Memoriam
Alumni obituaries