Q & A: Legal Matters
PayPal co-founder and Facebook backer Peter Thiel discusses investing, law, innovation, and more with Professor Mark A. Lemley in the latest issue of Stanford Lawyer. Read the Stanford Lawyer article »
Preparing for Legal Practice: Youth and Education Law Project
Read about this clinic's work and how students are preparing to practice law in this Stanford Lawyer article and this Stanford Report story.
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Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone
This latest scholarship by Professor Ralph Richard Banks is featured in a recent Time magazine article by David Kaufman and in a CNN piece.
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Does the Supreme Court Follow the People?
Dean Larry Kramer participated in an Aspen Ideas Festival panel discussion with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Justice Stephen Breyer (moderated by Jeffrey Rosen). View video »
Save the Date: Alumni Weekend 2011
Mark your calendars for Thursday through Sunday, October 20-23, 2011, for a weekend of informative panels, classes without quizzes, and other special events.
Registration is now open! Early bird discount expires September 16. For more information please visit the Alumni Weekend website or contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 650 723.2730 or by e-mail at alumni.relations@law.stanford.edu.
Constitution Day 2011
On September 21, in commemoration of Constitution Day, Judge Janice Rogers Brown will present a lecture titled “Blessed: Providence, Pessimism, and the Parable of Honor.” Judge Brown is on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was formerly an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. The event is sponsored by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center and will be from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Paul Brest Hall at the Munger Graduate Residence. Click here to RSVP for this event.
Faculty in the News
Babcock Recognized As One of 20 Top Women in Law
Lemley on “The Myth of the Sole Inventor”
Gould on Labor Issues Involved in FAA Partial Shutdown
Grundfest on Stock Market Plunge & U.S. Jobs Report
Daines on BofA’s Defense That It Lacked Corporate Separateness
Van Schewick on Complaint Verizon Is Violating U.S. Open Airwaves Rules
Weisberg on Contrast of Norwegian and American Criminal Justice Systems
Kramer on Demand for Lawyers with Technical Knowledge
Calo on Robots on the Rise
Sivas on State Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Power Plant to Operate
McConnell on Legal Hurdles Involved in Boeing Plant Dispute
Faculty on the Record
Kessler: Medicare Reform: Obama vs. Ryan
Greely: Thoughts on the Eleventh Circuit Health-Care Law Ruling
Lemley: If AT&T Marries T-Mobile, All of Us Will Lose
Calo: Tracking Is Possible, but Maybe Not Wise
Banks: An Interracial Fix for Black Marriage
Babcock: The Catalyst Behind a New Generation of Women Lawyers
Mark Your Calendar
Fall Public Service Awards Dinner at Paul Brest Hall
Join us for our annual awards dinner honoring two outstanding public interest attorneys. Admission is free for alumni, students, and faculty but RSVP is required October 19, 2011
SLS Travel/Study Trip with SAA
Join human rights scholar Helen Stacy on a journey from Johannesburg to Cape Town to explore the natural riches and historical legacy of South Africa March 24 to April 7, 2012
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Facebook
SLS Alums | Romero on Justice Denied in Puerto Rico
ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero was featured on NPR to discuss a recently released DOJ report accusing the Puerto Rico Police Department of violating the constitution and using excessive & deadly force against civilians. Listen to the interview »
Twitter
@BostonReview: Pamela Karlan: Sometimes an Amendment Is Just an Amendment http://t.co/wXNaM1c
YouTube
The 17th Annual Directors’ College brought together leading CEOs, directors, jurists, scholars, and regulators for a rigorous and balanced examination of corporate governance, strategy and compliance this past June. We’ve shared one of the discussions from the event, “ISS and the Proxy Advisory Industry,” with Professor David F. Larcker on our YouTube page. Watch now »
SLS Blogs
New National Initiative Launched: “Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers”
SLS has joined a consortium of law schools, partnered with the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, in a new initiative to help law schools showcase innovative teaching methods and curricula designed to produce more practice-ready lawyers. Read more about this initiative »
SLSConnect
Do you have a question for Professor Barbara Babcock, author of Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz? SLSConnect is giving alumni, students, faculty and staff an exclusive opportunity to reach out to the professor and discuss her book and law career. Just post a question for the professor in the “Up for Discussion” group and she’ll answer it via video. Make sure and submit your questions before the September 30th deadline!
Path to Patent Law? by Jeff Sommers
A creative and brave 1L starts the first student blog in SLSConnect, reaching out to both alumni and upper class men/women on advice for his future career in patent law. He's looking for takers. Send your thoughts!
More Events at Stanford Law School
- Black Alumni Association 1L Reception—September 28, 2011
- Asian Pacific American Alumni Association 1L Reception—September 29, 2011
- 1L Welcome BBQ—September 30, 2011
Please go to the SLS website to see all upcoming SLS events.
Regional Alumni Events
Boston | Brazil | Chicago | Los Angeles | New York | San Diego | San Francisco | Seattle | Silicon Valley | Washington D.C.
Other Regional Alumni Events
- Inaugural Brazil Law Chapter Reception—September 27, 2011
- Alumni Dinner with Faculty in Chile—September 29, 2011