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In a new Washington Post op-ed, Stanford Law Professor Daniel Ho argues that obsolete laws and reporting requirements quietly waste enormous amounts of public servants’ time and undermine the government's ability to deliver. His team at Stanford’s RegLab is using AI to scan billions of ...words of legal code and identify the “policy sludge” that humans could never realistically find at scale.
“Clearing out remnants of outdated law is not deregulation for deregulation’s sake," he writes. "It ensures public servants can spend time on what matters.” Read more:
(Originally published by The Washington Post on August 19, 2026.) Every year, the Federal Reserve’s board of governors sends Congress a report on th
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“The office is independent only so long as the president permits it to be.”
In a new Los Angeles Times op-ed, Stanford Law Professor George Fisher argues that a constitutional amendment might be necessary to prevent future attorneys general from becoming the president’s “political ...cudgel.”
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For people facing eviction or debt collection without a lawyer, a missed deadline or confusing court notice can have life-changing consequences.
With new funding from Stanford Impact Labs, researchers at Stanford Law School’s Rhode Center on the Legal Profession and Legal Design Lab are ...working with the Superior Court of Los Angeles County to test practical ways to give unrepresented litigants a fairer chance.
The work includes clearer court notices and new AI tools designed to improve how courts handle high-volume civil cases.
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During the 2025-26 academic year, Stanford Law School faculty members and academic staff garnered an array of awards for their books, articles, teaching, and other achievements, as well as appointments to new state, federal, and other roles outside Stanford Law.
Similarly, numerous ...Stanford Law students were the recipients of awards and fellowships for their own achievements, demonstrations of academic excellence, and commitment to public service.
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