Transition in law school interim leadership announced
Robert Weisberg is stepping down as interim dean to deal with some health issues; former Dean Paul Brest will now serve in the interim role. The search for the school’s next dean is continuing.
The pioneering justice graduated from Stanford Law School in 1952 in the top 10 percent of her class but famously struggled to find employment because so few firms would hire women at the time. “It’s good to be first,” she would later say, of her responsibility as a trailblazer. “But you don’t want to be last.”
Fresh water markets under the eye of a public watchdog could ensure the best distribution of a dwindling resource, according to a new book by Buzz Thompson.
Student report spurs action by the California Parole Board
Stanford Law’s Criminal Justice Center reported on the number of women in prison for homicides linked to intimate partner violence. Their work pushed the wheels of policy change – and fast.
The end of race-based affirmative action is an opportunity to think creatively about the role of higher education in our society, says Stanford Law’s Ralph Richard Banks.
‘If we take care of the land, the land takes care of us’
Valérie Courtois, a leader in the movement for Indigenous-led conservation and land stewardship, was honored with the Bright Award in a celebration last week.
The visiting human rights professor teaches Third World Approaches to International Law, Borders, and Migration, among other courses at Stanford Law School.
