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Locality: Stanford, California
Phone: +1 650-725-2572
Address: 559 Nathan Abbott Way 94305 Stanford, CA, US
Website: law.stanford.edu/
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In a new Q&A for Legal Aggregate, Professor Shirin Sinnar, author of Hate Crimes, Terrorism, and the Framing of White Supremacist Violence (California Law Review, Vol. 110, No 2, April 2022), discusses the scale of White supremacist violence in the U.S. and the rise of hate crimes. https://stanford.io/3Nq2HHr
Stanford’s Center on the Legal Profession Renamed after Founder Professor Deborah L. Rhode: https://stanford.io/3yFrSRW
Stanford Law Professor Emeritus Robert Gordon elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: https://stanford.io/3l6frqn
Since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of the world’s leading companies, from investment banks to consumer goods, have shuttered their Russian operations. But Law firms have been slower to respond. Listen to a new episode of Stanford Legal as they talk to business law expert Robert Daines who has been leading an effort to expose leading American and British law firms about their status of work for Russian interests. https://stanford.io/38mzzSg
President Trump has repeatedly refused to state clearly that he will accept the results of the November election. In so doing, he raises critical questions for American democracyparticularly if the election is close. In this episode of Stanford Legal, Pam Karlan, one of the nation’s leading experts on the law of democracy discusses critical issues in this important election for the next American president. https://stanford.io/3jEqmo9
On October 13, Stanford Environmental Law Clinic students Amanda Zerbe, JD'21, and Ryan Gallagher, JD'21, appearedvia Zoombefore a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to argue on behalf of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) in a dispute involving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), pumped energy storage, and the California desert. https://stanford.io/3jzZju3
New Stanford research by David Hausman, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West and an affiliate of the Immigration Policy Lab and Stanford Law School’s RegLab, shows that sanctuary policies protect immigrants but don’t threaten public safety. https://stanford.io/37LDC8c
The Stanford Youth and Education Law Project write on how Native American students with disabilities and denied educational rights, reached a landmark settlement with the federal government, clearing a path toward greater equity: https://stanford.io/35rpa26
In a special episode for the Our Data podcast, hosted by Stanford Law's RegLab, they sit down with Simon Zadek, head secretariat for the United Nations Secretary General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the SDGs. In August 2020, they released a report detailing their findings, and Zadek joins the podcast to share his thoughts and add a bit of context. Listen in as they discuss the report and its implications, digital currencies, social manipulation for good, and how to reframe our ideas of value. https://stanford.io/3mafxvK
One of California’s many propositions up for consideration by voters this year is Proposition 22, which would classify app-based, gig economy drivers as independent contractors and not employees or agentsreversing California law. In a Q&A for Legal Aggregate, Stanford Law Professor William Gould discusses the existing law, the proposition, and the consequences of a change. https://stanford.io/3kkMcy4
550,000 mail-in ballots were not counted during the primaries this year due to voters mailing their ballots late, forgetting to sign them, or using a signature that did not match the one on file with their local elections office. The Stanford Law and Policy Lab look at how these inadvertent but crucial mistakes can swing close elections and may have an impact on November election results. https://stanford.io/37rrh97
In Fall 2019, the Stanford Law & Policy practicum students studied how California election officials use voters’ signatures to verify vote-by-mail ballots. Over the next year, their efforts helped the California Secretary of State rewrite the state’s election regulationsjust in time for the 2020 Presidential Election. https://stanford.io/3dFASu0
On October 8, the FBI and authorities in Michigan announced terrorism, conspiracy, and weapons charges against 13 mensome of them associated with an anti-government militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen and the so-called Patriot Movement. Six of the defendants face additional charges including conspiracy to commit kidnappingMichigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer their prime target. With the end of a contentious presidential campaign nearing, and the U.S. population straining under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Homeland Security officials and the FBI have issued warnings of potential attacks. In a Q&A for Legal Aggregate, Stanford Law Professor Gregory Ablavsky discusses the history of militias in the U.S. and their legality. https://stanford.io/340Khcl
Stanford Law Professor David Freeman Engstrom writes on Post-COVID courts for the UCLA Law Review. In his publication he states that he wants to look at "how the post-pandemic justice system will look differentand how it might even emerge from the current crisis better than before." https://stanford.io/3iZXCWo
The high-altitude mountainous regions of Pakistan are experiencing unprecedented changes in snowpack and water delivery due to climate change. Stanford’s 2019 Bright Award winner, Aisha Khan, implements on-the-ground projects to strengthen the adaptive resilience of unserved and underserved communities in these remote mountain regions. Listen to Professor Buzz Thompson’s discussion on the #BrightIdeaPod with Ms. Khan to hear about how she empowers communities by helping them to plot their own development trajectories and build capacity for local stewardship, while also promoting gender equality by requiring that women make up at least 40% of the community decision-making board. https://stanford.io/3dnWPNP
With over 80% of the world’s biodiversity occurring on Indigenous territory, respecting and reviving Indigenous conservation practices will be critical for protecting future ecosystem health. Maria Azhunova, the 2020 Bright Award winner, is an indigenous Buryat conservation leader who harnesses her people's Indigenous knowledge and culture to drive conservation projects in both Eastern Russia and Mongolia. She is the Executive Director of the Baikal Buryat Center for Indigenous Culture and the Director of the Land of Snow Leopard Network. Listen to the #BrightIdeaPod as Professor Buzz Thompson talks to Maria Azhunova about her work to preserve snow leopards and their habit, the reintroduction of aboriginal Buryat cattle, and a youth program focused on sustaining traditional Buryat culture. https://stanford.io/33RclPl
With Ukraine’s energy scene dominated by monopolistic utilities that leave little room for innovation, green entrepreneurs Andrij and Roman Zinchenko decided to spearhead a green energy revolution in their country. In 2009, the brothers formed Greencubator, a Ukrainian NGO supporting sustainable entrepreneurship, low-carbon innovations, and green economy development in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics. Since then, Greencubator has started a variety of successful prog...rams that promote green energy, launched the country’s first municipal energy co-operative, and is currently running Ukraine's largest grant program for climate entrepreneurs. In this episode of the #BrightIdeaPod join Professor Buzz Thompson as he talks with Andrij and Roman to hear how their efforts promote the goal of energy freedom and energy democracy in Ukraine. https://stanford.io/2SFA2n9 See more
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