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Comparative Criminal Law

A field study offered by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center offers insights, collaboration, lifelong lessons—and friendships—for Stanford Law and University of Göttingen students.

Oversight and AI-Driven Insurance

Professor Michelle Mello and co-authors examine how health insurers are using AI to boost efficiency—and how the technology can also magnify existing problems.  

Team USA’s Style

Professor Richard Thompson Ford discusses the messages embedded in Team USA’s recently unveiled uniforms for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A Labor of Love

In his new memoir, Professor William B. Gould IV reflects on his life and more than half a century as a leading scholar and practitioner of labor, sports, and discrimination law.

New ALI Member

Professor Lisa Larrimore Ouellette has been elected to the American Law Institute.
New Stanford Legal Podcast: Professor Allen Weiner

Upcoming Events

January 15: The Public Defense Crisis and the Future of the Sixth Amendment
January 21: Book Talk with Dan Wang: “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future”
January 21: Second-Order Constitutional Theory
January 29: Lord Jonathan Sumption on Democracy and the Rule of Law: The View from Europe
February 12: Is History Precedent?

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