For Stanford Law students Brionna Bolanos and Dayle Chung, the Bremond Fellowship offered a chance to pursue racial justice work that was intellectually rigorous and connected to why they came to law school in the first place.

In this video, the Stanford Center for Racial Justice’s two ...most recent Bremond Fellows discuss their research on the California Racial Justice Act, sentencing disparities, federalism, immigration enforcement, and the role of courts.

Supported by the Wilson Sonsini Foundation, the fellowship gives participating students the opportunity to develop original research, contribute to the center’s work, and explore pro bono practice through mentorship and programming with Wilson Sonsini.

The fellowship honors Harry Bremond, a trailblazing attorney who joined Wilson Sonsini in 1967 as one of the first Black lawyers in Silicon Valley and helped build the firm’s pro bono program.

Stanford Center for Racial Justice | Bremond Fellows 2025-2026 Cohort

With continued generous support from the Wilson Sonsini Foundation,...

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Much of the debate over AI and jobs has focused on the work the technology could eliminate. In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Stanford Law School student Anna Pasnau, JD ’28, turns to a less-discussed challenge: the skilled labor needed to build the infrastructure powering the AI boom.

...Pasnau, who worked at the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2021 to 2024, and co-author Brian Deese, an Innovation Fellow at MIT, argue that shortages of electricians, welders, plumbers, and other skilled tradespeople could slow the construction of the infrastructure needed to support the AI boom. They call for broader licensing reciprocity, AI-assisted training, and a major national investment in apprenticeships.

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Opinion | AI is sparking a boom in blue-collar jobs. Here’s how to fill them.

Meeting a massive need for more electricians, welders and plumbers will take real ambition.

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Generative AI is changing who can get into federal court.

In a new JOTWELL essay, Stanford Law Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom and Aviv Caspi, research lead at the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, examine recently released empirical work by Anand Shah and Joshua Levy on AI ...and self-represented litigants in federal court.

The study documents a striking rise in non-prisoner pro se filings, alongside growing evidence of AI-generated text in federal complaints. Engstrom and Caspi see that as a potentially important access-to-justice development: if AI can help people identify valid legal claims and navigate the first steps of litigation, it may begin to chip away at a long-standing civil justice gap.

At the same time, they urge caution. Getting more people into court is not the same as helping them obtain meaningful relief. The next question is whether AI-assisted litigants can overcome procedural barriers, pursue meritorious claims, and secure outcomes that make legal rights real.

Read more in JOTWELL: https://brnw.ch/21x40mx