The Stanford Law & Technology Association (SLATA) is a student-run organization keeping track of issues at the forefront of law and technology. SLATA’s membership stretches back for almost two decades, linking today’s students to some of the leading thinkers in the field. Former association members include Kent Walker ’87, senior vice president at Liberate Technologies; Marc Rotenberg ’87, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and Ivan Fong ’87, senior counsel for information technology at General Electric. As one of the most respected student organizations at the Law School, and as one of the best-known law and technology associations in the country, SLATA provides opportunities for law students in all degree programs to explore arising issues by meeting the practitioners, academics, and policy makers shaping the future of law and technology. SLATA sponsors several different speaker series, including talks cosponsored with the Law, Science & Technology program, and the Center for Internet and Society. SLATA also organizes “Pizza with the Profs” and “Lunch with the JDs.” "Pizza with the Profs" provides informal lunch meetings for students and faculty addressing law and technology issues in their work. Faculty discuss topic of their choice and field questions from students. "Lunch with the JDs" introduces students in all of Stanford’s degree programs to leading lawyers and firms in private practice. In addition to seminars and presentations, SLATA also sponsors a yearly conference. In past years, SLATA conferences have focused on such topics as bioterrorism, creating and protecting intellectual property in an international arena, and the interplay of new digital media, entertainment and the law. This year SLATA is engaged in a new cooperative project with the Center for Internet and Society: the Packets newsletter. The newsletter publishes summaries of important new court decisions relating to cyberlaw. SLATA also provides a number of career and course-related services for law students. SLATA’s Mentoring Program matches Stanford Law students with local practitioners in all areas of technology practice. Every year, SLATA assembles a mailing and contact list of law firms nationwide to assist students in their search for summer associate positions. SLATA also maintains outlines for many of the courses offered at the Law School – law students can download individual outlines from SLATA’s website. For further information visit the SLATA web site at http://slata.stanford.edu, or e-mail Co-Presidents Aaron Thacker (athacker@stanford.edu) or Rebecca Wais (rjw@stanford.edu). |
