Stanford Law School’s Jane Schacter on SCOTUS decision on Roe v. Wade
Stanford Law Professor Jane Schacter, an expert on constitutional law and sexuality, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion.
At the two-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, Rick Banks, director of the Center for Racial Justice, and David Sklansky, co-director of the Criminal Justice Center, look at how policing, racism, and the law have changed.
Stanford’s Shirin Sinnar on the Buffalo shooting, hate crimes, and domestic terrorism
In the wake of the Buffalo shooting, Stanford Law School’s Shirin Sinnar discusses the scale of white supremacist violence in the U.S. and the rise of hate crimes.
The nation’s leading academic center for research on policy governing digital technology has become a joint initiative of the Stanford Law School and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Stanford’s Robert Daines on law firms and Russian profits
Stanford Law Professor Robert Daines launched the Law Firms and Russian Profits project to track and highlight law firm positions on taking on new work for Russian clients or withdrawing from existing engagements.
Stanford Law faculty on Justice Breyer’s retirement
On Jan. 27, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, BA ’59, announced his plan to retire when the Court begins its summer recess this year. Here, Stanford Law faculty members discuss his legacy.
Stanford Law faculty on the Supreme Court ruling on vaccination mandates
Stanford's Michelle Mello and William B. Gould discuss the Supreme Court's ruling that struck down a Biden administration mandate that large businesses require their employees to either be vaccinated or tested once a week.
Stanford Law’s Bob Weisberg on the Elizabeth Holmes verdict
Criminal law expert Robert Weisberg discusses the verdict in the fraud case against the famed dropout who founded the blood testing disruptor Theranos.
On Nov. 30, American students were once again the victims of a school shooting. Stanford law Professor John Donohue discusses the case and gun violence in the U.S.
Stanford criminal law experts on the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal
On Friday, Nov. 19, the jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges. Stanford Law School criminal justice experts David Alan Sklansky and Robert Weisberg discuss the trial and case.
Recently, friends, colleagues and family of the late law Professor Deborah Rhode gathered to honor her life and legacy as a legal ethics pioneer and leading scholar of gender, law and policy. Rhode died in January 2021.
Erik Jensen, faculty director of Stanford Law School’s Rule of Law Program, discusses the Afghanistan Legal Education Project, the state of legal education in Afghanistan today, and the speedy withdrawal of troops from the still struggling country.
Proof of vaccination and the ongoing fight against COVID-19
A U.S. District Court judge for Northern Indiana ruled on Monday, July 19, that Indiana University could require that its students be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus before coming to campus. Stanford health law experts Michelle Mello and David Studdert discuss the decision and how the law is developing.
Looking for a good book or two to dig into this summer? Now in its 10th year, the Stanford Law School faculty’s summer reading list offers up some of our professors’ favorite reads.
Stanford Law School’s William Gould on SCOTUS student athlete’s decision
On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the NCAA cannot bar relatively modest payments for expenses to student-athletes. Stanford law Professor William Gould IV discusses the significance of this decision.
Stanford Law School’s David Studdert and Michelle Mello on the Affordable Care Act
Health law experts David Studdert and Michelle Mello discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling, the role of the Affordable Care Act during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the ACA might be strengthened during the Biden administration.
Stanford Law School graduates honored for giving back
Immediately following Stanford University’s commencement for post-graduate students, Stanford Law School graduates joined the law school’s virtual diploma ceremony that included pre-recorded and live videos featuring student and faculty speakers as well as the dean’s traditional “charge to the graduating class.”
How diverse inhabitants’ competing demands built federal law in the early West
A new book by Stanford Law School legal historian Gregory Ablavsky shows how imposing federal jurisdiction on a contested continent to create the United States was riven by contradictions that have plagued us since.
