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Attorneys across the country are asking: how do we provide justice for victims of misconduct by federal officers?
The Federal Tort Claims Act exists precisely for this purpose, but its complexity has kept it underutilized. Stanford Law Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom and Rhode Center ...Executive Director Malka Herman have written "From State Tort to Federal Liability: An FTCA Field Guide for Minnesota Practitioners”—a practitioner-focused primer designed to demystify the statute and put it to work.
Their 75-page primer breaks down everything Minnesota attorneys need to know: how to meet the FTCA's demanding procedural requirements, how to defeat exceptions that have tripped up litigants for years, and how underlying state tort law shapes every claim.
The guide covers:
→ Complex procedural requirements, step-by-step
→ How to navigate and overcome the discretionary-function exception
→ The key Minnesota tort law elements underlying federal claims
→ Real-world fact patterns and how to approach them
Read the full Q&A here: https://brnw.ch/21x31Tt
This year’s MuSLSical was one for the record books.
Law Is Blind, the 2026 student-produced musical parody, sold 648 tickets and featured a cast and crew of more than 90 students, the largest in the show’s multi-decade history.
This year’s production imagined SLS running out... of money and turning itself over to a corporate studio, which transforms the law school into an ad-filled reality show where two unsuspecting 1Ls have no idea they’re on TV. Naturally, chaos follows.
Directed by Aidan Houston, JD ’26, and written by a team led by Rebecca Han, JD ’26, the show brought together students from all three JD classes and advanced degree programs. Stanford Law students, as always, handled the writing, choreography, arrangements, acting, tech, staging, and lighting, with cameo appearances from seven faculty members. To see the full list of producers, click the link in bio.
Four Stanford Law School classmates. One big idea for the future of higher education.
A new #StanfordLawMag story looks at how Joe E. Ross, Afam Onyema, Ari Simon, and Melanie Wachtell Stinnett, all members of the Class of 2007, have reunited at Reach University to help working adults turn... their jobs into degrees.
Built around an apprenticeship model, Reach is rethinking what higher education can look like for people already serving schools, hospitals, and their communities. Its premise is simple: a degree should not require leaving work, taking on heavy debt, or stepping into a model of college that was never designed for so many of today’s students. Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x308E
Agentic AI systems are planning, deciding and acting autonomously across enterprise workflows, legal processes and critical infrastructure — but legal and governance frameworks have not kept pace with the technology.
Stanford Law School will host the Digital Economy Best Practices 2026 ...Conference on June 8, examining accountability, compliance and governance challenges posed by AI agents designed to operate without human intervention. The conference, titled "Agentic AI Trends and Best Practices," will address live issues facing general counsel, technologists and policymakers as AI capabilities evolve faster than case law.
Registration and program details: https://brnw.ch/21x2Wm1
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