Bayless Manning, a former Stanford Law School dean and leading authority on corporate law, died on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at his home in Boise, Idaho. He was 88 years old.
A report, written by attorneys and law professors here at SLS, along with the National Immigration Law Center, and Western State University College of Law, determined that DHS agents administering the "stipulated order of removal" program provided legally inaccurate portrayals...
Judge Royce Lamberth issued an opinion and order granting summary judgment to the NIH in Sherley v. Sibelius and denying summary judgment to the plaintiffs. This is another step toward ending the uncertainty about the legality of federal funding of such research, uncertainty largely...
At Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School, students receive hands-on training by representing real people with real cases – with close supervision by faculty. In the Youth and Education Law Project, students represent children and families...
Dean Larry Kramer is featured in the Bloomberg News article, "Apple-Google Duel for Mobile Supremacy Boon for Lawyers: Tech" in which he discusses how the law school has "shifted curriculum to reflect demand for lawyers with technical knowledge."
Each year ALEP students join their faculty co-advisor, Erik Jensen, on a trip to Kabul. In this video, ALEP executive directors Daniel Lewis (JD '12) and Rose Ehler (JD '12) discuss their recent trip to Afghanistan and the project's progress and aims.
Over 100 professors who teach and write about intellectual property, Internet law, innovation, and the First Amendment are urging the members of Congress to reject the PROTECT-IP Act of 2011 (S. 968). The professors have signed onto a letter written by Stanford Law School's Mark A. Lemley...
Photos are shared from the 2011 Directors' College held at Stanford Law School on June 19th - 21st. In its seventeenth year, the event brings together leading CEOs, directors, jurists, scholars, and regulators for a rigorous and balanced examination of corporate governance, strategy and compliance.
The topic of clean energy is at the forefront of the 2011 Spring edition of the Stanford Lawyer, with a cover story that focuses on how the newly created Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance will explore new approaches to policy and finance to help accelerate the deployment of clean energy.
According to recent news reports, Verizon Wireless has asked Google to disable tethering applications in Google's mobile application store, the Android Market. Tethering applications allow users to use laptops or other devices over their mobile Internet...
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Stanford Law School announced in June that three leading legal scholars have joined the faculty. They are commercial law scholar George G. Triantis, legal historian Robert W. Gordon, and international human rights law expert James Cavallaro.
Dean Larry Kramer was interviewed about the secrecy of the Supreme Court following his participation in a panel discussion at the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival. You can watch the full interview and the panel discussion at the Aspen Idea Festival's website.