Table of Contents
Spring ’16
Issue 94/Vol. 50/No. 2
From the Dean
Cover Story
Law of Democracy
In this feature, Stanford Law faculty weigh in on important legal questions raised in this election year, such as redistricting, the Voting Rights Act, the disenfranchisement of disabled Americans, campaign communications post-Citizens United, and how to improve the actual voting experience.
Rabia Belt Explores the History of Voter Disenfranchisement that Continues Today
Big Money, Campaigns, and Communication
Legal Matters
Voting in America
Benjamin Ginsberg and Robert Bauer co-chaired the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration, an investigation into voting in the United States. In this Q&A, the commission’s senior research director, Professor Nathaniel Persily, JD ’98, discusses with them this year’s election and the key findings of the commission’s report.
In Brief
Alumni and School News
SVLO Hosts Veterans Treatment Courts Conference
J. Paul Lomio Memorial Fellowship Established
First OUTLAW Conference at SLS
SLS Launches Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Clearinghouse
In Focus
Justice Cuéllar: At the California Supreme Court
Former Stanford Law Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar (MA ’96, PhD ’01) addresses the importance of diversity in legal institutions and his role as the only Latino justice on the California Supreme Court.
Applying Design Thinking to Law
Stanford Law students in this practicum apply “design thinking” to develop solutions to privacy concerns with online consumer contracts.
Ailsa Chang: Reporting from Washington
Award-winning journalist Ailsa Chang, JD ’01, discusses her career as a political reporter for NPR.
Jonathan Schwartz: From DOJ to Napster to Univision
Univision’s Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer Jonathan Schwartz, JD ’86, on his career in criminal justice and media
Bridging the Law Firm Gender Gap
Women make up close to 50 percent of law graduates in the U.S., yet only 18 percent are law firm equity partners. In this practicum, Stanford Law students explore ways to bridge the gender gap in law firms.
Hilary Tompkins: Representing America’s Lands, Waters, and Wildlife
Hilary Tompkins, JD ’96, GC at the U.S. Department of the Interior, reflects on her career choices and the role her Native American heritage has played in her life’s work.
Point of View
Adultery: Infidelity and the Law
An excerpt from Professor Deborah L. Rhode’s new book
Scholarship
The End of Sex?
A report on Professor Hank Greely’s (BA ’74) new scholarship on reproduction technologies and the accompanying legal and ethical complexities of those advances
Clinic News
Organizations and Transactions Clinic
A report on the Organizations and Transactions Clinic and its work demystifying corporate practice
Faculty News
Stanford Law School faculty awards and highlights
Ablavsky Wins Cromwell Article Prize
Wald Honored by American Orthopsychiatric Association
Daines Named Associate Dean for Global Programs
Weisberg Appointed to California Judicial Council Advisory Committee
Magill Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lemley Receives CLAY Award and Recognized in Top Lawyer Lists
Karlan Presented with John Marshall Award
Mello Appointed to National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee
Martinez Elected to American Law Institute
Persily Receives Carnegie Fellowship
Belt’s Papers Selected for Young Faculty Forum
Perspectives
Student essays
Comparative Civil Rights in Europe
The Regulation of Private Investments in Chile
Venture Capital China: Field Study
Remembrance
Last Word
The Law School Class of 1952
This piece highlights two prominent members of the Class of 1952, former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Classmates
In Print
Alumni publications
Shaded Boxes
Alumni profiles
In Memoriam
Alumni obituaries