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Promise Mabilo, a South African environmental justice activist who has spent years organizing communities affected by coal pollution, received Stanford University’s 2026 Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability during a September 28 online event hosted by Stanford Law School.

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Why does the United States rely on ordinary citizens and their lawyers to enforce regulatory law?

TOMORROW, October 15 at 5pm PDT, the Neukom Center and Hoover’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions will host “How Americans Enforce the Law,” celebrating a new book by Neukom Read moreCenter Faculty Director and Professor Diego Zambrano.

The book offers the first comprehensive account of an enforcement system built on more than 10,000 private rights of action embedded in regulatory statutes. Professor Eugene Volokh will serve as discussant.

RSVP: https://brnw.ch/21x6oWl

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Register for The Future of the Legal and Medical Professions Symposium, Oct. 26

Law and medicine have long been distinct professions, but they are increasingly confronting the same fundamental questions:

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⚕️ How can the professions ensure access to essential services for those who cannot afford them?
💡 How can the professions maintain public trust and confidence?

Stanford Law School and Stanford Medicine are bringing together leaders and thinkers from across both fields for a full-day symposium to examine what the professions can learn from one another as they navigate this period of rapid change.

Learn more and register: https://brnw.ch/21x6lvi

On Oct. 15, from 5-6 p.m. PDT, the Neukom Center for the Rule of Law and Hoover’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions will celebrate Professor Diego Zambrano's new book, “How Americans Enforce the Law.”

Unlike most democracies, which rely on government agencies for Read moreregulatory enforcement, the United States empowers ordinary citizens and their lawyers to enforce the law through more than 10,000 private rights of action embedded in regulatory statutes.

Zambrano, the Neukom Center’s faculty director, examines how this distinctive system developed and its implications for the rule of law and democracy. Professor Eugene Volokh will serve as discussant.

RSVP: https://brnw.ch/21x6ihD