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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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(Originally published by the Haas Center for Public Service on March 4, 2026.) When California passed a law requiring counties to identify and redact
brnw.chIn the latest episode of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars podcast, Imagine A World, host Anson Zhou interviews Stanford Law Student, Amanda Morrison, JD '27, to explore the powerful connections between her upbringing in Montana, passion for dance, and pursuit of law. Amanda shares how her ...experiences have shaped her vision for a world where human connection triumphs over division.
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Amanda Morrison (2024 cohort) shares the through line connecting her upbringing in Montana, her background in dance, her work in documentary...
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