Stanford Law School Welcomes New Dean
Mary Elizabeth Magill, vice dean of the University of Virginia School of Law and a scholar of administrative and constitutional law, was named dean of Stanford Law School on July 24. She arrived on campus in mid-August and quickly got to work moving in, meeting faculty and staff, and welcoming the newest class at the 1L orientation. Stanford Lawyer: JD Entrepreneurs
Stanford Law students are more entrepreneurial than ever. Drawn to the creativity of Stanford University and the innovation of Silicon Valley, many are starting programs, classes, student groups, nonprofits, and companies. Meet just a few of them in this profile of innovation at Stanford Law. Professor Allen S. Weiner Files Petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Behalf of Seventeen Vietnamese Social and Political Activists
Allen Weiner, director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law at Stanford Law School, filed a petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in Geneva contesting the illegal arrest and ongoing detention of 17 Vietnamese social and political activists. The petition requests that the UNWGAD call upon the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) to release all of the detainees immediately to remedy the human rights violations stemming from their arbitrary arrest and detention. Justice O’Connor on Healthcare, Citizens United, and Civics
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor discusses civics, recent Supreme Court decisions, and more in this CBS News Face the Nation interview. Stanford Lawyer Online
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Stanford Lawyer Magazine: On the Olympics From the Archives: Read the 2010 Stanford Lawyer Q&A with PattiSue Plumer and Scott Blackmun here. Stanford Law School Makes Course and Career Guide for Law Students Available to the Public
Stanford Law School unveiled to the public SLSNavigator—an online career and curriculum guide that enables law students to learn about different careers in law and choose their courses accordingly. Among its many innovative features, the guide incorporates more than 1500 courses from across the university, reflecting the broad range of problem-solving and other skills today’s lawyers need to understand and help their clients. |
Highlighted EventsA Constitution Day Pint with the Founders
September 17, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Law Lounge Stanley Fish: “If You Count It, They Will Come”
September 27, 2012, 12:45 p.m., Stanford Law School (Room TBD) Stanley Fish: “Academic Freedom: From Profession to Revolution”
September 27, 2012, 4:00 p.m. Paul Brest Hall, Munger Graduate Residence Registration Is Now Open for Alumni Weekend 2012 Mark your calendars for Thursday through Sunday, October 4-7, 2012, to return to campus for some of the best programs and activities Stanford Law School has to offer. Even if you are not celebrating a reunion this year, you can still join in on all of the weekend fun. There will be a special luncheon to welcome Mary Elizabeth Magill as Stanford Law School's new Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean that will feature an address by Dean Magill.
For more information and to register visit www.law.stanford.edu/ Faculty in the NewsMcConnell on Due Process and Constitutional Separation of Powers Sivas on State Legislatures’ Intent for California Environmental Quality Act Fisher Reflects on 2011-12 Supreme Court Term Granick on Legalities of Providers Handing Over User Information Wara on How Carbon Credits Create Lucrative Opportunities for Manufacturers Weisberg on Slowdown in California’s Prison Population Reduction Greely on How Age of Parent Can Affect a Child’s Health Rhode on the Ethical Use of Law Student Attorney Fees Lemley on Critical Evidence in Apple v. Samsung Case Kramer on Decision to Make SLSNavigator Available to the Public Faculty on the RecordFried: “The Holmesian Bad Man Flubs His Entrance” Triantis: “Promissory Autonomy, Imperfect Courts, and the Immorality of the Expectation Damages Default” Rhode: “The ‘Having It All’ Debate: We’ve Heard It All Before” Wadhwa: “Smashing Silicon Valley’s Biases” Ho: Brief of Empirical Scholars in Support of Respondents: Abigail Noel Fisher, Petitioner, v. University of Texas at Austin Granick: “How to Build Effective Cyber Defenses” Gould: “Baseball Must Impose Regular Drug Testing” Fisher: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari: Jason W. Pleau v. United States of America
Maggie Filler, JD ’12, a former Public Interest Fellow at Stanford Law School offers advice to incoming law students in this video. http://bit.ly/PRaXgw
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