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One of the nation's leading institutions for legal scholarship and education. At Stanford Law School, excellence is a given.

Our community — engaged faculty and students, influential alumni, dedicated staff — is united in its belief that a Stanford Law degree is a powerful tool for change. Our programs —intensive curriculum, hands–on legal clinics, high-profile academic centers — cultivate professional skills and values, inspire new ideas, and engage leaders in developing solutions. And our resources — from cutting-edge

facilities to the diverse advantages of Stanford University — make the Stanford Law campus an ideal environment for exploring and mastering the law. Excellence, innovation, and a commitment to the future — these are Stanford Law School's legacy to each new generation of law students and lawyers. We invite prospective students, partners, and supporters to inspire, innovate, and lead with us.

06/17/2026

We’re excited to introduce AI Sidebar with Irene Liu, a new podcast launching on Monday, June 22, exploring what happens as AI rapidly reshapes law, business, and society.

In our inaugural episode host Irene Liu is joined by George Triantis, Dean of Stanford Law School, for a timely conversation on the legal and institutional challenges—and opportunities—ahead.

At the intersection of AI and law, the ground is shifting faster than almost anyone can keep up with. From the heart of the Bay Area, where AI is being built, debated, and put to the test, AI Sidebar brings together leading academics, technologists, policymakers, lawyers, and industry leaders to cut through the noise and unpack what’s next.

Each episode tackles the questions that matter:

Who is accountable when AI calls the shots?
How should we regulate powerful new tools?
What skills will tomorrow’s lawyers need?

Listen and subscribe: https://brnw.ch/21x3qhL

06/16/2026

Are personal injury lawyers frauds and scammers?

Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom was a guest on No Such Thing as part of a conversation about personal injury law firms, including the racial and ethnic animus embedded into attorney regulation, why contingency fee caps are regressive, and the need for closing statements.

Listen here: https://brnw.ch/21x3opv

06/15/2026

For nearly five decades, Professor Mark Kelman has helped shape the intellectual life of Stanford Law School.

Faculty, former students, family members, and Kelman’s many other fans recently gathered for a day-long festschrift honoring his extraordinary career and influence as a legal theorist, teacher, mentor, colleague, and longtime vice dean. The day included substantive panels and personal reflections on a scholar whose work has crossed fields from critical legal studies and criminal law to taxation, anti-discrimination law, cognitive psychology, and the legal meaning of harm.

As Dean George Triantis put it, Kelman’s long career might be understood as “mapping the genome of the legal system." Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x3mlD

06/12/2026

🎓We look forward to celebrating the Class of 2026 tomorrow! Click the link below to find everything you need for graduation logistics.
https://brnw.ch/21x3jdC

(📸Photography by Christine Baker)

06/11/2026

Some of the Trump administration’s most consequential immigration changes aren’t the ones making headlines. On Stanford Legal, immigration law expert Lucas Guttentag joins host Professor Pamela Karlan to explain how hundreds of memos, directives and implementation shifts — many receiving little public scrutiny — are collectively reshaping the U.S. immigration system.

Guttentag, founder of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, also discusses the Immigration Policy Tracking Project he launched with law students to document each policy move and the related legal challenges.

Listen here: https://brnw.ch/21x3gR4

06/10/2026

Students in Stanford Law School’s Policy Practicum: Governing Autonomous and AI Systems in Outer Space recently wrapped up a two-quarter project examining one of the more futuristic--and fascinating--questions in law and policy: how should U.S. governance keep pace with a space environment that is growing more congested, more complex, and more autonomous?

The lab originated with students at the Stanford Space Law Society, who proposed the course concept to lecturers Erik Jensen and Dinsha Mistree from the Neukom Center for the Rule of Law. Together, they worked to establish the course as part of Stanford Law School’s Policy Lab Program and brought together students from law, engineering, international policy, and business to explore new governance frameworks for outer space. Their client for this “only at Stanford Law” policy lab was the Aerospace Corporation, a nonprofit that advises the U.S. government on space enterprise and systems engineering issues.

In the “New Space” era, private companies are rapidly transforming Earth’s orbit into a crowded, commercially driven environment. Thousands of satellites are already in orbit, with many more expected in the coming years, all navigating around millions of pieces of fast-moving debris. As AI systems support collision avoidance, navigation, and other novel operations, the legal and policy questions become harder and more urgent.

06/09/2026

🚨 Call for Abstracts – Tenth Conference for Junior Researchers 🚨

Full details and submission guidelines: https://brnw.ch/21x3dgC

The Law and Society Association at Stanford Law School (LSAS) invites submissions for its Tenth Conference for Junior Researchers, exploring "Technology, Social Change, and Law".

🔹 How does technological change generate new law and society issues?
🔹 How do legal institutions respond to technological transformation?
🔹 How can technological advances in social science methods and data science allow scholars to revisit longstanding law and society questions?

📅 Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026
📩 Questions? Contact us at
[email protected]

06/08/2026

As the academic year comes to a close, Stanford Law School is proud to celebrate some of the students, faculty, and staff recognized as part of the law school’s annual end-of-year awards.

Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell was selected by the graduating class for Stanford Law's Hurlbut Award, which honors a professor who “strives to make teaching an art.” Professor O’Connell will deliver the keynote address at graduation.

The Staff Award goes to the one and only Faye Deal, a beloved longtime member of the Stanford community who has played a meaningful role in the lives of countless Stanford Law students.

And the 2026 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service goes to Delia Appiah Mensah, JD ’26, recognized for her outstanding contributions to student life at the law school.

We also congratulate the 2026 recipients of the Leon M. Cain Community Leadership Award, which honors students who have made outstanding contributions to enhancing the law school community: Halim Labi, JD ’28; Jocelyn Tapia, JD ’27; Rebecca Han, JD ’26; and Khurliman Aytniyazova, LLM ’26.

In mid-May, the The John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law handed out its annual awards at a reception. Read more about those awards here: https://brnw.ch/21x3bdL

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees!

06/05/2026

Stanford Law School's Night of Firsts returned on May 15, bringing together students, alumni, faculty, and friends to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the First Generation and Low-Income Professionals (FLI) affinity group.

As FLI's signature gala, Night of Firsts offered a chance to honor the students and alumni who have helped build the organization and to recognize the power of being "first" while opening doors for those who follow.

This year's speakers included FLI founder Jasmine Miller, JD '19, and Christopher Middleton, JD '21, of the Youth Law Center. The event was organized by the 2025–2026 FLI Board, including Co-Presidents Jocelyn Tapia, JD '27, and Breeze Velazquez, JD '27, and led by FLI Gala Chair Blessing Roland-Magaji, JD '27.

06/04/2026

Directors are sitting on the boards of competing companies far more often than previously known.

A new study by Stanford Law Professor Mark Lemley, Lane Miles, JD ’25, and Wharton Professor Rory Van Loo identifies 2,309 instances of these overlapping board roles, raising new questions about competition, investor influence, and access to sensitive business information.

The researchers’ article, “Anticompetitive Directors,” published in the Columbia Law Review, recently received the 24th Annual Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award, which recognizes outstanding antitrust scholarship. Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x35Rp

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