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Directors are sitting on the boards of competing companies far more often than previously known.
A new study by Stanford Law Professor Mark Lemley, Lane Miles, JD ’25, and Wharton Professor Rory Van Loo identifies 2,309 instances of these overlapping board roles, raising new questions ...about competition, investor influence, and access to sensitive business information.
The researchers’ article, “Anticompetitive Directors,” published in the Columbia Law Review, recently received the 24th Annual Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award, which recognizes outstanding antitrust scholarship. Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x35Rp
Stanford Law School’s Night of Firsts returned on May 15, bringing together students, alumni, faculty, and friends to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the First Generation and Low-Income Professionals (@sls_fli) affinity group.
As FLI’s signature gala, Night of Firsts offered a chance... to honor the students and alumni who have helped build the organization and to recognize the power of being “first” while opening doors for those who follow.
This year’s speakers included FLI founder Jasmine Miller, JD ‘19, and Christopher Middleton, JD ‘21, of the Youth Law Center. The event was organized by the 2025–2026 FLI Board, including Co-Presidents Jocelyn Tapia, JD ‘27, and Breeze Velazquez, JD ‘27, and led by FLI Gala Chair Blessing Roland-Magaji, JD ‘27.
A new Stanford Law School study led by Professor Julian Nyarko offers striking evidence about AI’s potential role in legal education.
In “Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers,” 16 law professors evaluated answers to student questions in contract law without knowing whether the ...responses came from AI or from fellow professors. Across nearly 3,000 comparisons, AI-generated answers were rated significantly higher, winning 75% of head-to-head matchups.
The findings raise important questions about how AI tools might support legal education while preserving the nuance and critical thinking at the core of legal training.
Read more: https://brnw.ch/21x340I
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