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Much of the debate over AI and jobs has focused on the work the technology could eliminate. In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Stanford Law School student Anna Pasnau, JD ’28, turns to a less-discussed challenge: the skilled labor needed to build the infrastructure powering the AI boom.
...Pasnau, who worked at the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2021 to 2024, and co-author Brian Deese, an Innovation Fellow at MIT, argue that shortages of electricians, welders, plumbers, and other skilled tradespeople could slow the construction of the infrastructure needed to support the AI boom. They call for broader licensing reciprocity, AI-assisted training, and a major national investment in apprenticeships.
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Meeting a massive need for more electricians, welders and plumbers will take real ambition.
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🕶️ Summer Gatherings hosted by Stanford Law School Alumni are here! ☀️
Mingle with alumni, connect with classmates, and extend a warm welcome to the newest members of our SLS community: our recently admitted students.
Events will be hosted in cities across the country. See all ...locations and sign up through the link in bio.
Generative AI is changing who can get into federal court.
In a new JOTWELL essay, Stanford Law Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom and Aviv Caspi, research lead at the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, examine recently released empirical work by Anand Shah and Joshua Levy on AI ...and self-represented litigants in federal court.
The study documents a striking rise in non-prisoner pro se filings, alongside growing evidence of AI-generated text in federal complaints. Engstrom and Caspi see that as a potentially important access-to-justice development: if AI can help people identify valid legal claims and navigate the first steps of litigation, it may begin to chip away at a long-standing civil justice gap.
At the same time, they urge caution. Getting more people into court is not the same as helping them obtain meaningful relief. The next question is whether AI-assisted litigants can overcome procedural barriers, pursue meritorious claims, and secure outcomes that make legal rights real.
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🚨 Call for Abstracts – Tenth Conference for Junior Researchers 🚨
Full details and submission guidelines: https://brnw.ch/21x3YE6
The Law and Society Association at Stanford Law School (LSAS) invites submissions for its Tenth Conference for Junior Researchers, exploring ..."Technology, Social Change, and Law".
🔹 How does technological change generate new law and society issues?
🔹 How do legal institutions respond to technological transformation?
🔹 How can technological advances in social science methods and data science allow scholars to revisit longstanding law and society questions?
📅Date and Location: October 16, 2026, at Stanford Law School
🚨Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026
📩Questions? Contact us at stanfordlawandsociety@gmail.com