On October 20 to 23, 2005 Stanford Law School hosted its annual Alumni Weekend celebration. The weekend featured a series of enriching panels and festive events, providing alumni, faculty and friends with numerous opportunities to gather and reconnect.

To the members of the classes of 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000: Dean Kramer, and the faculty and students wish to thank you for your generosity in contributing to your reunion 2005 class gifts. To see which of your classmates plan to attend Alumni Weekend 2005 and have contributed to your class gift effort, visit your class page. 

Class of 1955		Class of 1960
Class of 1965		Class of 1970
Class of 1975		Class of 1980
Class of 1985		Class of 1990
Class of 1995		Class of 2000

Panels

• "Controlling the Bench: The Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase Revisited," an abbreviated reenactment of the trial with appellate arguments presented by current law students, Mike Kass '06 and Lauren Kofke '06. Dean Larry Kramer joins Jack Rakove, Coe Professor of History and American Studies, Stanford University, Hon. Fern Smith '75 (BA '72), former judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and Henry Weinstein, legal affairs writer, Los Angeles Times, in a discussion of the trial's contemporary relevance.
• "From Despair to Hope? The Reconstruction of New Orleans and Its Effect on U.S. Poverty," a panel discussion moderated by Hon. Richard L. Morningstar '70, adjunct lecturer in public policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and former United States ambassador to the European Union and featuring panelists Josh B. Bolten '80, director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Reuben Jeffery III, JD/MBA '80, chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and former special assistant to the president, and senior director for international economic affairs, U.S. Department of State, and Leon Panetta, director, The Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy.

Alumni Weekend 2006

Mark your calendars for Alumni Weekend 2006, which will take place October 12 through 15, 2006. Special reunion dinners will be held for the classes of 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001.