ON WHETHER WYOMING RESERVOIRS STOCKED WHEN WATER IS PLENTIFUL ARE REQUIRED TO RELEASE WATER WHEN SUPPLIES RUN SHORT DOWNSTREAM IN MONTANA, IN FORBES, JUNE 4, 2009 |
The language reflects a clear intent to cover all sources of water for the Yellowstone River and its tributaries.
Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson, Jr.
Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program (ENRLP)
A leading expert in environmental and natural resources law and policy, Buzz Thompson has contributed a large body of scholarship on issues ranging from the protection of endangered species and fisheries to the use of economic techniques for regulating the environment. He is the founding director of the law school’s Environmental and Natural Resources Program, director of and a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, and a senior fellow (by courtesy) at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Professor Thompson is chairman of the board of the Resources Legacy Fund and the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, a California trustee for The Nature Conservancy, and a board member of both the American Farmland Trust and the Natural Heritage Institute
ON A CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT WOULD ALLOW GOOGLE TO PROFIT FROM MILLIONS OF DIGITAL VERSIONS OF BOOKS SCANNED FROM LIBRARIES, IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 19, 2009 |
Deborah R. Hensler
Judge John W. Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies,
A political scientist who was the director of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice before joining the Stanford faculty, Deborah Hensler has won national recognition for her empirical research on dispute resolution, complex litigation, and mass tort liability. Her empirical research on class actions helped shape the 2001 amendments to the federal class action rules—the first time these important rules were changed since 1966. Professor Hensler has testified before state and federal legislatures on issues ranging from alternative dispute resolution to asbestos litigation and mass torts and consulted with judges and lawyers outside of the United States on the design of new class action regimes. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and serves on the board of overseers for the RAND Institute for Civil Justice.
ON THE LEGALITY OF NEW YORK GOV. DAVID A. PATERSON’S EFFORTS TO APPOINT A NEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RATHER THAN HAVE ONE ELECTED, IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 19, 2009 |
Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and Former Dean,
Kathleen M. Sullivan is a nationally prominent scholar and teacher of constitutional law. She authored the nation’s leading casebook in constitutional law and has published articles on federalism, religion, speech, equality, and constitutional theory. Also an outstanding litigator who has argued before numerous appeals courts and the U.S. Supreme Court, she has been named by the The National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. From 1999 to 2004, Professor Sullivan served as the 11th dean of Stanford Law School and the first woman dean of any school at Stanford. She is the co-founder and former director of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center.
ON UNLAWFUL SEX CHARGES AGAINST ROMAN POLANSKI AND CHANGES IN SENTENCING PRACTICES SINCE THE 1970S, IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, OCTOBER 11, 2009 |
A frequent commentator and expert on white-collar crime and criminal law and procedure, Robert Weisberg is the faculty co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. A well-known expert on sentencing and corrections reform, he spearheads the center’s efforts in this area. He is also one of the nation’s leading scholars on the intersection of law and literature, and co-author of the highly praised book Literary Criticisms of Law. He has served as a consulting attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the California Appellate Project, working on death penalty litigation in the state and federal courts. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty, he was a tenured English professor at Skidmore College.
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Stanford is training the next generation of leaders in environmental law and policy through innovative clinical opportunities, accessible and engaging faculty and a focus on interdisciplinary studies. My classmates and I are working on environmental issues that span the globe as well as exciting new developments in cleantech here in the heart of Silicon Valley. 
Bruce Ho ’11 |