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Law and Tech Innovation

CodeX recently marked two decades of pioneering work with a week of events, capped by the annual FutureLaw conference.

Presidential Powers

In this Lawfare essay, Professor Anne Joseph O'Connell discusses President Trump's claims that he can fire officers not picked by the president and hire acting leaders for Senate-confirmed roles outside the Vacancies Act.

Misunderstanding International Law?

In an essay in The Hill, Professor Allen Weiner looks at President Trump's "America First" agenda and how it is working, or not, in the context of international law.

Guarding Law Firms' Independence

Support is building for law firms targeted by executive orders, with new amicus briefs signed by law professors from across the country.

Focus on Entrepreneurship

The new Entrepreneurship Clinic, launched this year, offers students real world experience while providing legal services to individuals and organizations.
New Stanford Legal Podcast: Professor Alan Sykes
Marking the centennial of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, the Constitutional Law Center's annual conference will investigate the history, doctrinal contributions, and ongoing issues raised by this landmark opinion. Panels will consider Pierce’s key tensions: between the state and families, children and parents, secular and religious spheres, and liberty and equality (or individual rights and pluralism). Whether rightly or wrongly decided, Pierce has an enduring relevance for legal and social debates that would have been unimaginable to the litigants and judges who participated in that case in 1925. 

May 2-3, 2025
Paul Brest Hall
Sponsored by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center
 
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100 Days of the
Trump Administration

The Stanford Neukom Center for the Rule of Law is co-hosting, with the Stanford Law Review and the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, a special symposium examining the constitutional tensions revealed by recent executive actions, focusing on the boundaries of presidential authority, the independence of the legal profession, and judicial capacity to check executive overreach. 

May 2, 2025
Stanford Law School
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Upcoming Events

April 26: Shaking the Foundations 2025: Inside / Outside Strategy
April 28: Lieff Cabraser on Barriers to Veterans’ Access to Justice and the Camp Lejeune Toxic Exposure Litigation
April 29: Criminal Justice in Divided America: Police, Punishment, and the Future of Our Democracy: Book Discussion with Author/SLS Professor David Sklansky and SLS Professor Jennifer Chacon
May 2-3: Pierce v. Society of Sisters: The 100th Anniversary
May 2: 100 Days of the Trump Administration
May 5: Book Talk with Starbucks Workers United Co-Founder Jaz Brisack
May 6: The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North with Michelle Adams
May 6: A Conversation with Professor Saikrishna Prakash (UVA Law)
May 6: International Human Rights Law, Social Media, & Content Moderation
May 9: Ninth Stanford Law-and-Society Conference for Junior Researchers
May 9: Symposium: Is There Too Much Law?
May 13: Genealogy in Constitutional Law

Access full event calendar here.

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