SLS’s Jennifer Chacón Discusses the Failures of U.S. Immigration Policy Over the Last Decade
On a recent episode of the Stanford Legal podcast, Jennifer Chacón, the Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor of Law, sat down with co-hosts Pamela Karlan, the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor […]
Former Federal Judge Michael McConnell Discusses Presidential Immunity and other Hot Topics with Pam Karlan
On a recent episode of the Stanford Legal podcast, co-host Pamela Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law and co-director of Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation […]
Criminal Law Expert David Sklansky Weighs in on the Recent Dismissal of Trump’s Classified Documents Case and Other Legal Battles
On a recent episode of the Stanford Legal podcast, David Sklansky, the Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and faculty co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center, discussed the recent dismissal […]
Stanford’s Bob Weisberg Discusses Senator Menendez’s Conviction
On July 16, 2024, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez was convicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and extortion. Menendez, a Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was accused […]
Stanford’s Deborah Sivas on SCOTUS’ Loper Decision overturning Chevron and the Impact on Environmental Law
On Friday, June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The decision overturns 40 years of precedent that has been cited […]
New Data on an Old Problem: Stanford’s Nora and David Freeman Engstrom Discuss their Study on Protective Orders and Court Secrecy
For decades, protective orders—orders that prevent litigants from disclosing information unearthed in discovery—have been the subject of fierce debate. A parade of judges, rulemakers, and academics have argued, including before […]
Attorney-Client Privilege Shouldn’t Help Oligarchs Evade Russia Sanctions
(Originally published by The Hill on June 13, 2024) An obvious principle in the attorney-client relationship is that lawyers should not help their clients break the law. Yet this basic […]
How Big Tech Is Killing Innovation
(Originally published by The New York Times on June 13, 2024) Silicon Valley prides itself on disruption: Start-ups develop new technologies, upend existing markets and overtake incumbents. This cycle of […]
Justice for All? Why We Have an Access to Justice Gap in America—and What Can We Do About It?
On a recent episode of the Stanford Legal podcast, Professors David and Nora Freeman Engstrom, co-directors of Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, delve into […]
How Much Has Changed 70 Years After Brown v. Board? SLS’s Rick Banks Weighs In
To mark the 70th anniversary of the landmark school desegregation case, Brown vs. Board of Education, Stanford Law School’s Ralph Richard Banks, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, joined […]
Stanford’s Robert Weisberg on the Trump Conviction in Hush-Money Case
On May 30, former president Donald Trump was found guilty by a jury in New York and convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments made […]
Stanford’s Robert Gordon on the History of Presidential Crimes and the Significance of the Trump Conviction
On Thursday, May 30, former president Donald J. Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced a porn […]