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The 2024 Law Firm Expo Series wrapped up on April 23 with attorneys and recruiters (including 40 SLS alumni!) from more than 35 law firms giving students the chance to expand their knowledge of the legal market. The Law Firm Expos were a fantastic opportunity for Stanford Law School students to ...network with private sector attorneys, develop valuable contacts, and receive first-hand advice on navigating the legal profession.
“It was wonderful to be back at SLS and see Paul Brest Hall packed with students eager to learn about the wide variety of private practice opportunities. I loved getting to share my work experience with students and, as always the case at SLS, the students ask great, probing questions and are impressive, engaged and enthusiastic,” said Haley Schwab, J.D. ‘22, who works as an associate in the Capital Markets practice at A&O Sherman. We are grateful for all of the firm representatives who came to SLS to give our students invaluable insights and advice.
Join us tomorrow from 10:30-1:00 PM PST for an important live-streamed discussion on the current threats to judicial independence in Mexico, focusing on the impacts of recent constitutional reform proposals. This event is organized in a hybrid format at the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, ...UNAM.
Adriana García from SLS's Rule of Law Impact Lab will discuss the findings from their recent report "A Threat to Judicial Independence: Analysis of the Constitutional." Tune in on IIJ media accounts: https://stanford.io/3UvXToV, https://stanford.io/4drhBee, https://stanford.io/3Ux1kvu, https://stanford.io/3JPwfyc, https://stanford.io/4dtlzTp
On April 6th, FutureLaw Week, "the ever-expanding, premier industry-and-academia event" that examines the intersection of law and technology, kicked off at Stanford Law School. Organized by Stanford's Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX), the event had panels on topics such as ...“Hybrid Legal Intelligence: Bridging the Neuro-Symbolic Divide” and “Generative AI and Intellectual Property." 200 people attended the all-day conference in Paul Brest Hall on April 11th.
“FutureLaw always feels like a homecoming for people in the law and tech community,” said Megan Ma, Associate Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology, CodeX Fellow, and co-organizer of and presenter at FutureLaw. “There is this tremendous excitement every year that just gets stronger,” said Roland Vogl, the conference's organizer and co-founder and executive director of CodeX.
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SLS's Rule of Law Impact Lab, Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados AC, & the Inter-American Dialogue conclude Mexico's Constitutional Reform proposals directed at the federal judiciary constitute a threat to judicial independence, violate international legal standards, & undermine ...democracy in Mexico.
Read more: https://stanford.io/4a8dEbf
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El Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho de la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Stanford, Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados AC, y el Programa de Estado de Derecho del Diálogo Interamericano concluyen que las propuestas de Reforma Constitucional de México dirigidas al poder judicial federal constituyen una amenaza a la independencia judicial, violan los estándares legales internacionales, y socavan la democracia en México.
Leer más: https://stanford.io/4a2G7zr