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Nora Freeman Engstrom

Youth Social Media Case

Just prior to the settlement in the closely watched trial against Meta, Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom explained what was at stake—and why the case could have broader implications for the tech industry and thousands of related lawsuits.
Katherine Wu

Right on Target

Team USA archer, international gold medalist, and Stanford Law student Katherine P. Wu balances early-morning training, law school, and elite competition.
Department of Justice

Independence of U.S. Attorneys

In a Los Angeles Times opinion piece, Professor George Fisher argues for a constitutional safeguard to prevent presidents from using federal prosecutorial power against political enemies.
Gavel

An AI Playground for the Courts

Professor Daniel Ho and RegLab student fellow Olivia Martin argue in Lawfare that courts need a secure, judiciary-controlled environment to test leading AI models and develop informed policies for their use.
Students at CodeX Hackathon

CodeX Hackathon

A new video takes viewers inside the annual CodeX Hackathon, where Stanford Law students joined engineers and others to build new AI tools for legal practice.
Stanford Legal Podcast: Professor Fred Smith
Stanford Legal: Birthright Citizenship and the Future of the Fourteenth Amendment
Future of the Legal and Medical Professions Symposium: Technology, Trust and Transformation
Law and medicine face many of the same challenges. How will AI reshape expert work, and how should institutions adapt? How can the professions make essential services more accessible and affordable? And how can law and medicine maintain public trust in an era of rapid change? 

On October 26, Stanford Law School and Stanford School of Medicine are bringing together leaders and thinkers from both fields for a full-day symposium that explores these questions and what the sister professions can learn from one another.

October 26, 2026 
8:15 am - 4:00 pm | Reception to follow
Paul Brest Hall, Stanford University
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Rock Center 50 Minutes: Earning the Next Step, with NBA Player Spencer Keith Jones, hosted by Kimathi Marangu
Join the Rock Center for Corporate Governance for the next installment of Rock Center 50 Minutes webinar series. Designed for corporate directors and senior executives, the series brings a governance perspective to timely developments in business, technology, and leadership. This upcoming session features Spencer Keith Jones, Stanford ’23 (MS&E) and small forward for the Denver Nuggets, whose path to a full-time NBA roster spot has required him to keep earning the next step. Spencer recently secured the largest fully guaranteed offer sheet ever signed by an undrafted player converted by a two-way contract.

August 28, 2026
9:00 am - 10:00 am   
Online
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San Francisco Public Library Welcomes Professor William B. Gould IV, Image of book cover
Join Professor William B. Gould IV as he shares the story of his life
and discusses his new book, Those Who Travail and Are Heavy Laden: Memoir of a Labor Lawyer.  

September 9, 2026
6:00 - 7:15 pm
San Francisco Main Public Library
More Information

Upcoming Events


August 28: Rock Center 50 Minutes: Earning the Next Step, with NBA Player Spencer Keith Jones, hosted by Kimathi Marangu
September 9: Author: Professor William B. Gould IV, Those Who Travail and Are Heavy Laden
September 17: Constitution Day Lecture: Technology and Constitutional Rot
October 26: The Future of the Legal and Medical Professions Symposium: Technology, Trust and Transformation

Access full event calendar here.

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