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Law Library Leads on AI

The Robert Crown Library has been leading on legal AI, introducing a schoolwide AI framework, hiring two new AI-focused librarians—and much more.

Problems in Prediction Markets

Professor Joseph Grundfest examines the rise of prediction markets and the regulatory and manipulation concerns surrounding them.
May the Torts be With You
“Law of Star Wars” panel takes on droid ownership, Death Star liability, and other urgent galactic legal questions.

Hackathon Prizewinners

Joshua Waldman, JD ’27, and Will Dinneen, JD ’28, helped create Warhol, an award-winning AI copyright tool built in a day at the CodeX LLM x Law Hackathon.

Top of Their Game

Mari Guttman, Kaleisha Stuart, and Krista Whitaker, all class of 2015, now experience the thrill of sports from the inside as team counsel.
Stanford Legal Podcast: The ACLU’s Sophia Lin Lakin, JD '11

The Declaration of Independence at 250: What New Can Be Said?


On the eve of the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary, the Stanford Constitutional Law Center convenes eight prominent scholars, historians, and jurists from across the ideological spectrum to explore a simple but challenging question: What new can be said about the Declaration of Independence today? Through a series of lectures and conversations, participants will revisit the document’s history, meaning, and continuing significance for American constitutional thought.

May 15-16, 2026
Stanford Law School, Paul Brest Hall 
 
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Stanford Law School will host a Festschrift honoring Mark Kelman, James C. Gaither Professor of Law and Vice Dean, his scholarship—and the many contributions he has made to the legal academy, pedagogy, and the Stanford Law and Stanford University administrations.

May 15, 2026
9:00 am- 5:30 pm
Stanford Law School, Room 290


 
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Upcoming Events


May 7: AI Initiative Speaker Series: How to Keep the Internet Human in the World of AI Agents with Ben Lee of Reddit
May 7: A Conversation with Judge Jennifer Sung (9th Cir.)
May 8: Water Quality Permitting and Reporting for Confined Animal Facilities in California: An Analysis of Annual Reporting
May 11: AI Buildout and Populism
May 13: Lawyers’ Monopoly Webinar Series 3: The Comparative Lens
May 14: AI Initiative Speaker Series: From Counsel to Code: A Lawyer’s Year Building with AI with Mark Pike, Associate General Counsel of Anthropic and creator of Claude Legal Plugin
May 15: Legal History in Times of Crisis
May 19: Constitutional Conversation with Ilan Wurman
May 21: AI Initiative Speaker Series: Generative AI and Copyright Law: Authorship, Fair Use, and the Future of Creativity with Professor Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School


Access full event calendar here.
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