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Stanford Legal Podcast | The Future of Trump’s Tariffs After the IEEPA Case
On this episode of Stanford Legal, co-host Professor Pamela Karlan sits down with international trade expert Alan Sykes, professor of law and Warren Christopher Professor in the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy, to unpack the Court’s 6–3 decision. Sykes is a leading expert on the application of economics to legal problems and the author of the book "The Law and Economics of International Trade Agreements."
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Stanford Law School students put their advocacy skills to the test in the 2026 Kirkwood Moot Court competition, arguing a real Ninth Circuit case. After successive elimination rounds, four students emerged as the finalists and award winners:
Best Team Overall: Samuel Himmelfarb, JD ’27, ...and Esther Lawrence, JD ’27
Best Individual Oralist: Samuel Himmelfarb, JD ’27
Best Brief: Frances Wu, JD ’26, and Dana Alpert, JD ’26
The final round challenged students to argue—before a distinguished panel of state and federal judges—whether Oregon’s law prohibiting unannounced recordings violates the First Amendment.
Since 1952, Kirkwood Moot Court has been Stanford Law’s premier advocacy competition. Read more about the competition and the students who took the podium through the link in bio.
Emily Galvin Almanza, JD ’10, returned to Stanford Law on Feb. 23 for a lunchtime talk about her new book, “The Price of Mercy,” which pulls back the curtain on America’s criminal legal system.
A former public defender, Almanza pairs hard data with deeply human stories to show how... underfunded defense systems, prosecutorial pressures, and structural incentives often produce outcomes far from justice. “The American people deserve to know what their legal system is doing and is not doing,” Almanza told the audience.
Congratulations to Professor Dan Ho, winner of the Haas Center for Public Service's Roland Prize.
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