It is true that California, like most states, needs to build more housing, renewable energy projects, and other 21st century ...

Moot Court (7820B): The major moot court activity at Stanford Law School is the Marion Rice Kirkwood Memorial Competition, which takes place each year during Autumn and Winter Terms and gives students ...

Beth Williams’s desk is buried in vendor proposals, pilot agreements, and NDAs. Virtually every week, she says, brings another AI agent or platform promising to redefine how legal research is done.

Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations and the Department of Justice searched the Washington, D.C., home of U.S. Representative Ilhan O ...

Ronald J. Gilson, Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus Ronald J. Gilson, the Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus, and one of the pioneering scholars of ...

The overwhelming majority of Stanford Law School graduates take the bar exam in either California or New York; therefore, we address those two exams here. Students contemplating taking the bar exam in ...

Please review the contents of this site for information on registering for a course at the Law School. See the “Deadlines” link on the top navigation bar for important Law School deadlines and the ...

Systems for selecting state judges vary dramatically across the United States, comprising a complex range of elective and appointive mechanisms. Each of these systems has its advantages and ...

American courts have long embraced the principle that judicial records should be presumptively public. Public access reveals threats to public health and safety. It makes law legible to those who must ...

Students in the Criminal Defense Clinic become immersed in the world of indigent defense. Each student represents members of our community accused of crimes in the courts of Santa Clara and San Mateo ...

The Stanford Law Scholars Institute was designed to provide support and training to undergraduate students seeking to explore the opportunities and benefits of a legal career for themselves, their ...

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