Law@Stanford

August 2010 ISSUE

The Environmental Law Clinic

This report in the latest issue of Stanford Lawyer looks at work that students and Clinic Director Deborah Sivas ’87 are doing in the Environmental Law Clinic.

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Gulf Oil Spill: Stanford Law
Faculty Weigh In

Watch a Stanford Lawyer roundtable discussion of the Gulf oil spill with professors Meg Caldwell ’85, Deborah Sivas ’87, and Michael Wara ’06. And join the conversation during Alumni Weekend Oct. 22-24, 2010, at a panel discussion with Meg, Deborah, Buzz Thompson, JD/MBA ’76 (BA ’72), Dan Reicher ’83 (director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google) and Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes ’78.

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A Skeptical Attitude About Product Liability Is Justified: A Reply to Professors Goldberg and Zipursky

A leading expert in the applications of economic theory to law, A. Mitchell Polinsky, Josephine Scott Crocker Professor of Law and Economics and Director, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, weighs in on the timely discussion of product liability in the Harvard Law Review article “A Skeptical Attitude About Product Liability Is Justified: A Reply to Professors Goldberg and Zipursky,” co-written with Steven Shavell.

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“The Web Means the End of Forgetting”

Ryan Calo, a residential fellow at the Center for Internet and Society, is mentioned in the discussion about the effects of anthropomorphic icons in online sharing activities in this New York Times article by Jeffrey Rosen.

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UPCOMING EVENT:

Save the Date: Alumni Weekend 2010

Mark your calendars for Thursday through Sunday, October 21-24, 2010, for a weekend of informative panels, classes without quizzes, and other special events.

Registration opens August 9. Early bird discount expires September 15. For more information please visit the alumni weekend website or contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 650 723.2730 or by e-mail at alumni.relations@law.stanford.edu.

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UPCOMING EVENT:

SF Giants Game & Reception with Professor Gould

August 11, 2010
5:30 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Game

Mixer at Pete's Tavern, 128 King St., San Francisco
SF Giants vs. Chicago Cubs, AT&T Park, San Francisco

This event is nearly sold out. Don't miss your chance to join us at the ballgame!

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