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Flaws in Veterans’ Claims System

Professor Daniel Ho joined Stanford researchers to examine the veterans’ appeals process—finding that legal errors and due process mistakes are much higher than publicly reported.

PG&E Bankruptcy

Professor G. Marcus Cole discusses what the recent bankruptcy filing by PG&E will mean to ratepayers in California.

Administering by Algorithm

Professors David Engstrom and Daniel Ho joined California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar for an interdisciplinary policy lab looking at federal administrative agencies and how they can employ artificial intelligence to improve decision making.

Excessive Fines & Civil Forfeitures

Professor Robert Weisberg discusses the problem of civil forfeitures and excessive fines in the state and local criminal justice systems and the potential impact of the recent SCOTUS decision.

Lawyers for a Sustainable Economy

Stanford Law School and Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy are working with Lawyers for a Sustainable Economy, a new group of law firms that have committed to delivering $19.5 million worth of free legal services by the end of 2020 to advance sustainability in energy, transportation and land use.

Stanford Legal on SiriusXM


Stanford Legal is available on iTunes. Listen and subscribe to the podcast here.

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

Upcoming Events @ SLS


March 7: Panel Talk – International Arbitration Practice: Perspectives from the Field
March 8: Lunch Talk with Dr. Renana Keydar, postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
March 8: Psychological, Relational, and Emotional Effects of Conversations With a Chatbot
March 12: "LGBT or TLGB: Lessons from Trans-First Jurisdictions" with Kenji Yoshino, professor at NYU School of Law
March 14: Cybersecurity and The Board’s Responsibility: What Directors Need to Know about Risk and Oversight
March 26: Stanford/NVCA Venture Capital Symposium
Apr 4: CodeX FutureLaw 2019

Access full event calendar here.

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