May 2010 ISSUE
My Boss, Justice Stevens
Excerpt from The New York Times opinion piece by
Jeffrey L. Fisher
One of Justice Stevens’s trademarks is the courteousness with which he
treats the lawyers who appear before the Supreme Court. When he wants
to elicit information or make a point during oral argument, he
typically interrupts the lawyer with the gentle preface, “May I ask
you a question?”
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SEC v. Goldman Sachs: Analyzing the SEC’s Complaint
In one of the most important lawsuits in the history of Wall Street,
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Goldman
Sachs, alleging fraud in the design and marketing of synthetic
collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”). Professors Darrell Duffie
(Stanford Graduate School of Business), an authority on CDO markets,
and Joseph Grundfest ’78 (Stanford Law School), a former commissioner of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, explained in a panel
discussion on April 27, 2010, the operation of the synthetic CDO market and
the strengths and weaknesses of the SEC’s complaint.
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The Beauty Bias Book Signing with Professor Deborah Rhode
May 24, 2010 @ 12:00 p.m. Cypress Room
Tresidder Memorial Union
459 Lagunita Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Join Deborah L. Rhode,
Ernest W. McFarland
Professor of Law and Director of the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, for a lunchtime talk on her new book, The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law. “It hurts to be beautiful” has been a cliché for centuries. What has been far less appreciated is how much it hurts not to be beautiful. “The Beauty Bias” explores our cultural preoccupation with attractiveness, the costs it imposes, and the responses it demands. The book explores the social, biological, market, and media forces that have contributed to appearance-related problems, as well as feminism’s difficulties in confronting them. Appearance-related bias infringes fundamental rights, compromises merit principles, reinforces debilitating stereotypes, and compounds the disadvantages of race, class, and gender. Bring your own lunch; drinks will be provided. Free and open to all. The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research is co-sponsoring this event with the Faculty Women’s Forum at Stanford.
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