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COP26: Promise and Limits of Vows to Rein in Methane and Protect Forests

Shadowboxing in Sacramento: Potential Wildfire Legislation—and the Evidence Legislators Should See First

As wildfires have continued to rage in California, lawmakers have repeatedly offered proposals to contain their cost. One proposal, though, has consumer groups, victims’ rights organizations, the NAACP, and even the insurance industry sounding the alarm, even though no formal legislation has been introduced.

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Registration is open! If there’s one time to return to Stanford this year, make it October 16-17. Join classmates and faculty at Stanford Law School to reconnect, celebrate, and be inspired by some of the brightest minds in law. Come back to SLS. Check out the link in bio for more details.
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Fantastic line-up of programming includes:
🎓 Faculty Talks
⚖️ Lawyering Peace: Ending Wars Through Law and Justice
✨ Signature Classes Without Quizzes
🎉 Class gatherings for 1976, 2001, and 2021
🍽️ Class Dinners for 1971, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2006, 2011, and 2016
👧 Goldilocks Goes on Trial: A Mock Trial for Kids & Teens
🌍 International & Advanced Degree Alumni & Student Reception
🗳️ Professor Nathaniel Persily, JD ‘98: How to Panic Responsibly about the 2026 Election
🎪 Family-friendly Block Party
🎊 Class gatherings

How do red and blue states find common ground in the courtroom? A Stanford Legal podcast episode explores the surprising world of bipartisan state cooperation.

Professor Pam Karlan speaks with former state solicitors general Michael Mongan, JD '06 (BA '01), of California and ...Kevin Gallagher of Virginia about the growing influence of their former offices. Now both partners at WilmerHale, they discuss how states coordinate across jurisdictional and political boundaries when shared sovereign interests are at stake.

The conversation illuminates multistate litigation strategies, the evolution of state solicitor general roles, and how states can work together to shape cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Their insights reveal a nuanced legal landscape where cooperation often transcends the partisan divisions dominating headlines.

This episode offers valuable perspective for legal professionals, policy experts, and anyone interested in federalism and constitutional law.

Listen to the episode: https://brnw.ch/21x4Qq9

In a New York Times article about Uber’s defense against thousands of sexual assault lawsuits, Stanford Law Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom points to a troubling contradiction: The company marketed its service as a safe option for women traveling alone or after drinking, then invoked those same ...circumstances to question their credibility in court.

“Uber’s strategy recycles an old and ugly script,” Engstrom says. https://brnw.ch/21x4ODa

By day: Stanford Law student, journal editor, and federal judicial clerk.

Also by day: internationally ranked archer, two-time Guinness World Record holder, and the force behind a program bringing breast cancer survivors onto the archery range.

Meet Katherine P. Wu, JD ’28, ...Stanford’s “real-life Robin Hood.”
https://brnw.ch/21x4LqV