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Stanford’s Top Environmental Award Given to Jordan River Peacemakers

Stanford University is awarding Gidon Bromberg and Munqeth Mehyar, co-founders of EcoPeace Middle East, with the 2018 Bright Award. 

Government Hacking Raises New Security Concerns

Riana Pfefferkorn, Cryptography Fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, discusses issues raised in her new paper Security Risks of Government Hacking.

SLS Appoints Judge Stephen Smith to New CIS Role

Retired Federal Judge Stephen Smith has joined SLS as Director, Fourth Amendment & Open Courts at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS), where he will focus on the constitutionality of digital search and surveillance, as well as public access to court records authorizing those investigative techniques.

Shirley Mount Hufstedler, Pioneer

In an essay Professor Janet Cooper Alexander tribute pays tribute to Judge Shirley Hufstedler, feminist legal pioneer and the first secretary of education.

Stanford Legal on SiriusXM


Click here to listen to the latest episodes: View past recordings of Stanford Legal episodes on YouTube and Facebook.

Stanford Legal, co-hosted by Professors Pamela Karlan and Joseph Bankman, airs Saturdays and Sundays, bi-weekly on SiriusXM Insight 121.

Upcoming Events @ SLS


September 24: Revolution in the Profession: Women Lawyers Then & Now
September 25: Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvouz (LASERs)
September 27: Federalist Society: Word Limits – Why Textualism Constrains Judges
October 2: Lunch time talk with Jeff Toobin on the Trump Supreme Court
October 4: 2018 Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability
October 10: A Conversation with John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
October 11: Lawyers as Leaders: David Sanford
October 15: Supreme Court Roundup
October 25-28: Alumni Weekend

Access full event calendar here.

125th Anniversary

  • What stands out to you as a quintessential SLS moment? Click here to share your favorite SLS moments, memories, and impressions.
  • Check out the SLS 125 video.

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