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As you may already know, the LST program’s mission is to
serve law students, lawyers, academics, policy makers and
business people alike by providing a forum in which to exchange
ideas about the many new questions that arise at the intersection
of law and technology. The spectrum of these issues is broadening
as rapidly as the development and spread of ever more sophisticated
technologies. The LST program provides a fulcrum for
cultivating the knowledge and expertise needed to deal with
the wide range of issues that confront us in a
technology dependent environment.
Thanks to the support of our Dean, Kathleen M. Sullivan,
as well as the work of devoted students, faculty, alumni and
friends of the Law
School, the LST
program has evolved into the premier place for
intellectual exchange about technology-related legal issues
both in the U.S.
and globally.
The program houses three centers
that actively contribute to the domestic and international
discourse about law and technology. Under the exciting leadership
of Professor Lawrence Lessig, the Center for Internet and
Society (CIS) has done groundbreaking work, speaking to the
issues surrounding civil rights, technological innovation,
and intellectual property. The Center for E-Commerce, which
is fortunate to have Ian Ballon (a partner specializing
in IP law at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP) as
its Executive Director, has spearheaded exploration of the
critical gray areas of the law pertaining to online business
activity, and is playing a central role in the enhancement
of industry practices. The Center for Law and the Biosciences
will officially launch in February 2004, with a conference
exploring the ethical and legal questions surrounding pre-implantation
genetic diagnosis. With Professor Henry T. Greely’s vision
and leadership, the Center for Law and the Biosciences will
establish itself as an essential presence in the ongoing intellectual
exchange in this cutting-edge field. In
addition, the LST program welcomes every year a unique group
of experienced high-tech lawyers from around the globe who
come to Stanford to earn an advanced law degree (LLM) as students
of the LLM Program in Law, Science and Technology.
LST@Stanford
will provide you with a regular update on the current and
future activities of the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology and its centers.
In addition, the newsletter will cover technology-related
developments from across Stanford
University and
around the world.
Please send any ideas and suggestions
you may have regarding specific topics that you think should
be covered in future issues of LST@Stanford to Roland Vogl,
the Executive Director of the Law, Science
& Technology Program and Editor-in-Chief
of LST@Stanford (rvogl@law.stanford.edu).
Sincerely,
Margaret Jane Radin
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