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Strengthening the Rule of Law

At a time of strain for institutions in the United States and globally, Stanford Law’s Neukom Center for the Rule of Law is examining how the rule of law is defined, defended, and rebuilt.
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Bright Award for Sustainability

Promise Mabilo, a South African environmental justice activist who has spent years organizing communities affected by coal pollution, received Stanford University’s 2026 Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability.
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Permits and Environmental Law

Two faculty members recently discussed legislative proposals to gut environmental laws in the name of "permit reform." Read analysis from professors Deborah Sivas and David Hayes.
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Remembering Byron Sher

The Stanford Law School community remembers Byron Sher, professor emeritus and California state legislator who helped usher in landmark environmental laws—including the first state law to mention “global warming.”
Stanford Legal Podcast: Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell
Stanford Legal, Who Fills In When Federal Jobs Are Vacant?, Anne Joseph O'Connell
Stanford Legal Podcast: Professor Nate Persily
Stanford Legal; U.S. Elections Under Pressure from White House; Nate Persily
How Americans Enforce the Law
How Americans Enforce the Law by Diego ZambranoPlease join the Neukom Center and Hoover’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions to celebrate Faculty Director Professor Diego Zambrano’s new book How Americans Enforce the Law, the first comprehensive account of the United States’ system of private enforcement. Professor Eugene Volokh will serve as the discussant. 

October 15, 2026 
5:00 - 6:30 pm 
Room 280B
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Lunch Conversation with Kevin Roose & Ethan Mollick: The Future and Business of AI
Join us for a special lunch conversation with Kevin Roose, Host of Hard Fork and Machine Gods, and Ethan Mollick, Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, timed to the release of their new books on AI. This event is co-hosted by Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the AI Initiative.

October 20, 2026 
12:45 - 2:00 pm 
In Person: Room 290 
Virtual: Open to the public
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Future of the Legal and Medical Professions Symposium: Technology, Trust and Transformation
Law and medicine face many of the same challenges. 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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Upcoming Events


October 8: Rule of Law Speaker Series: AI and Political Freedom
October 13: The Secret Effort to Prevent the American Revolution: A New Historical Discovery
October 15: How Americans Enforce the Law
October 15: Supreme Court Roundup and Preview
October 20: American Caesarism: Confronting an Executive Unbound
October 20: Lunch Conversation with Kevin Roose & Ethan Mollick: The Future and Business of AI
October 21: AI Priorities for Boards of Directors 2.0
October 22: AI Initiative Speaker Series – The Emergence of AI Insurance and a New Incentive for Safer AI with Philip Dawson, Armilla 
October 26: The Future of the Legal and Medical Professions Symposium: Technology, Trust and Transformation
October 28: Deepfakes: What Boards & Executives Need to Know
October 29: AI Initiative Speaker Series – Manage the Machine: Human AI Collaboration and Agentic Governance with Paula Goldman, Salesforce

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