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Senior Lawyers Serving Public Interests: Pro Bono and Second-Stage Careers

Publication Date: 2011-12-18
Bibliography: Deborah L. Rhode, Senior Lawyers Serving Public Interests: Pro Bono and Second-Stage Careers, 21 The Professional Lawyer 1 (2011).

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Overview

The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, founded in 2008, supports research, teaching, programs and public policy initiatives on crucial issues facing the bar. Building on the legacy of its predecessor, the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Profession, the Center focuses on issues of professional responsibility and the structure of legal practice. Central concerns include how to enhance access to justice, sustain ethical values, improve bar regulatory structures, and effectively respond to the changing dynamics of legal workplaces.

In support of that mission, the Center promotes research by Stanford professors, students, and post-graduate fellows, as well as collaborative projects with other institutions. It also encourages new courses and joint teaching, and provides innovative materials and web-based resources for curricular integration of issues related to the legal profession. In collaboration with other institutions at Stanford and leading universities, the Center offers lectures, panels, workshops, conferences, and continuing education programs. Through such efforts, the Center seeks to connect theory with practice and advance policies that will address the challenges of a rapidly changing legal profession.

News & Announcements

Why Cain's Accusers, Under Scrutiny, May Seek Strength In Numbers
November 10, 2011 The Christian Science Monitor
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Chief Judges’ Message: Shut Up
October 17, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle Blog
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Why These Shoes Matter More Than An M.B.A.
September 24, 2011 Maclean's
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Anti-DOMA Law Firm Loses Two Clients
May 04, 2011 The Washington Times
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Experts: Substitute Judges In Need Of Vetting
April 25, 2011 Newsleader.com
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Thomas Cites Failure To Disclose Wife’s Job
January 24, 2011 The New York Times
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Attractive People Profit From Their Beauty
December 06, 2010 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Judge Refuses To Step Aside In Prop. 8 Case
December 03, 2010 San Francisco Chronicle
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Activism By Thomas's Wife Could Raise Judicial Issues
October 08, 2010 The New York Times
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GMAC Drew `False Testimony' Sanction Years Before Eviction Halt
September 23, 2010 Bloomberg.com
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Fair Enough?
September 16, 2010 Stanford Magazine
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Sexual Harassment A Common Pattern Say Experts
August 06, 2010 Reuters
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A Mailroom Mix-Up That Could Cost A Life
August 02, 2010 The New York Times
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Attractive People Paid Better At Work, Get More Attention From Their Bosses: Report
July 20, 2010 New York Daily News
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The Beauty Advantage
July 19, 2010 Newsweek
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Groups Seek Judge's Removal In Drilling-Moratorium Case
July 02, 2010 The Wall Street Journal Online
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The Investing Rules Judges Must Follow
June 23, 2010 Marketplace
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Ugly Face Of Discrimination
June 22, 2010 The Australian
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Too Sexy For My Bosses
June 11, 2010 Slate
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Business: Beastly Toward Beauty?
June 10, 2010 Los Angeles Times
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Our Beauty Bias Is Unfair
June 04, 2010 Newsweek
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June 02, 2010 KQED 88.5 - Forum with Michael Krasny
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Should the Law Explicitly Protect Unattractive People?
May 25, 2010 The Takeaway
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Court To Hear Age Discrimination Case Against Google
May 24, 2010 KQED 88.5
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Law Prof Decries ‘Beauty Bias’ and Killer Shoes, Suggests Legal Remedies For The Former
May 20, 2010 ABA Journal
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The Beauty Bias
May 20, 2010 The Christian Science Monitor
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Blumner: Cheap Shots At Kagan Show Double Standard
May 16, 2010 Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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Just One Look
May 16, 2010 The New York Times Book Review
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NY Times Gently Mocks Matrimaniacs
May 16, 2010 Psychology Today
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The Supreme Court Needs More Mothers
May 16, 2010 The Washington Post
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Then Comes The Marriage Question
May 14, 2010 The New York Times
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Law Firms Take Heat For 'Juicing' Partner Stats
March 15, 2010 Law 360
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CalPERS And CalSTRS: Moving Beyond ‘Male, Pale, Stale’
September 17, 2009 Capitol Weekly
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Center Will Study The Globalization Of Law
August 11, 2009 The National Law Journal
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Women and the Court
May 12, 2009 On Point with Tom Ashbrook
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Economy Will Force Law Firms To Retool For New Environment
March 13, 2009 San Francisco Business Times
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Law Center Launched On The Farm
February 06, 2009 The Stanford Daily
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Stanford Center On The Legal Profession - Now Open
January 30, 2009 National Post
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Roadmap To Justice Project Launches
October 17, 2008 Suffolk University News
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Fellowship

The Center on the Legal Profession is not currently accepting fellowship applications. Please check back in the Fall of 2012 for updates.

Publications

Faculty

Deborah L. Rhode: Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law; rhode@stanford.edu; 650 723.0319

Program Contacts

Deborah L. Rhode: Director (E.W. McFarland Professor of Law); rhode@stanford.edu; 650 723.0319; Deborah L. Rhode is the former president of the Association of American Law Schools, the former chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession, the former founding director of Stanford's Center on Ethics, and the former director of Stanford’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender. She also served as senior counsel to the Minority members of the Judiciary Committee, the United States House of Representatives, on presidential impeachment issues during the Clinton administration. She is the most frequently cited scholar on legal ethics. She has received the American Bar Association’s Michael Franck award for contributions to the field of professional responsibility, the American Bar Foundation’s W. M. Keck Foundation Award for distinguished scholarship on legal ethics, and the American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Publico Award for her work on expanding public service opportunities in law schools.

Amanda K. Packel: Executive Director; apackel@stanford.edu; 650 736.9770; As the Executive Director, Amanda K. Packel coordinates all aspects of the Center on the Legal Profession’s activities, including developing the direction and goals for the Center and overseeing operations, publications, programs, research, and other inter-disciplinary projects. Amanda conducts research and writes on topics such as changes in the legal profession, diversity, and ethics in nonprofits. She recently co-authored a text specifically designed for teaching leadership in law schools (Deborah L. Rhode & Amanda K. Packel, Leadership: Law, Policy, and Management (Aspen, 2011)). Amanda joined Stanford Law School in 2008 after practicing white collar criminal defense and conducting corporate investigations as an associate at Covington & Burling and at Orrick. She has also worked in a research capacity at the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Northern California and in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. Amanda received her B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law in 2001, where she was an Articles Editor of the California Law Review. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk to Judge Marsha S. Berzon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Dena Evans: Project Coordinator; islander@stanford.edu; As Project Coordinator for the Center on the Legal Profession, Dena Evans handles the planning and public relations for Center events and ongoing initiatives. Most recently, she served in a similar capacity for the Stanford Center on Ethics. Evans is a 1996 Stanford graduate in American Studies, and holds an MA in Secondary Education from the Stanford Teacher Education Program. Evans spent six years as on the cross country / track & field coaching staff at Stanford, where she earned 2003 NCAA Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year and 2004 USTCA Assistant Track Coach of the Year honors.

Events

A Question of Integrity: Politics, Ethics and the Supreme Court: February 16, 2012 from 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm; sponsored by the Center on the Legal Profession, Stanford Constitutional Law Center, and StanfordACS