All courses are taught by notable Stanford faculty and instructors, experienced professionals, and leaders in their fields. | In Person 1-4 units | 3 times YLS: Courses Home; YLS:Inside; WebSIS; YLS Home Directed Research is an extraordinary opportunity for students beyond the first-year to research problems in any field of law. From the Black Power movement for self-governance that formed East Palo Alto to the battle to preserve the history of the "Little Manila" neighborhood in Stockton, from the anti-gentrification politics of San Francisco's historically Latinx Mission District to the settlement struggles of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees in San Jose, the history of the Greater Bay Area offers a moving picture of the hardships and heritage of American diversity. The perspectives will include the political history of our roots in both revolution and slavery and the legacy of Reconstruction, an d cultural/anthropological theories about the "frontier mentality," as well as such distinct factors as our anomalous rate of gun ownership. Section 32 | A behind-the-scenes look at how a law is made in Congress. Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | The final pro. This course examines the U.S. Constitution as drafted and—to a much greater extent—as it has come to be interpreted. INS Class # Stanford Law School reserves the right to change any part of the schedule at any time including (1) add or delete courses from its offerings; (2) change times, days, or locations of courses; (3) cancel for insufficient registration or academic/administrative decision without notice. There is a rich literature on these personal encounters, some autobiographical and others written by journalists who were given permission to closely follow victims' efforts to obtain compensation. This discussion seminar will meet four times during the Fall quarter. INS In 2014, students and faculty mentors traveled to China and Brazil to explore the global intersection of law and business. Select Attribute: Law School for only Law School classes. Section 01 | | If a student seeks to continue or expand on work that the student initiated previously (whether for a course, clinic, externship, or otherwise) a student must (1) share the initial work with the professor supervising the directed research, to the extent that work is non-privileged, and (2) obtain permission for the expansion from the instructor or supervisor who supervised the initial project. INS 1-4 units | The Stanford Bulletin is Stanford University's official catalog of courses, degrees, policies, and University and degree requirements. And for many years it has been almost a cliché that we also have an internationally anomalously high crime rate; crime gap between us and our "peer nations" has narrowed in recent years but is still remarkable, at least for violent crime. This reading group will address current controversies surrounding law enforcement in the United States, in particular the issue of police killings of African Americans and other people of color. Classes are small enough to support intensive discussion and collaboration. INS | The perspectives will include the political history of our roots in both revolution and slavery and the legacy of Reconstruction, an d cultural/anthropological theories about the "frontier mentality," as well as such distinct factors as our anomalous rate of gun ownership. Grading: Law Mand Pass Health Restr credit/Fail except | Section 01 | Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | Discussion (1L): Why is the USA Exceptional -- In Crime and Punishment? 5-8 units | | A central object of focus will be excessive force, the legal doctrines that insulate government officers from accountability, and the ways this specific form of violence is tied to racial subordination. Majors. The PDF will include all information unique to this page. Section 43 | Race and Criminal Law in the 21st Century. Class # Faculty actively engage you in exploring key concepts and new ideas. Class # Class # The thesis topic should be chosen no later than two weeks after the beginning of the seventh term of law study and may be chosen during the sixth term. | In Person, LAW 400 | Elements used in grading: Attendance and class participation. Class # Clinics are full time, so academic commitments don’t compete. Stanford University, one of the world's leading teaching and research institutions, is dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world. | Units: 9-12 Meeting dates and times to be arranged by instructor. Meeting dates and times to be arranged by instructor. | Students enrolled: 1, LAW 400 | Special Instructions: Two Research credits are possible. 31892 | 1-4 units | Discussion (1L): Race and Urban Law in the Bay Area, LAW 240V | Readings will be drawn from a wide range of interdisciplinary sources including law, history, political theory, critical race theory, fiction, and psychology. For many critics of the police, reform is inadequate response; instead the police should be defunded or even abolished. Phone: (650) 723-2300 Admissions: admissions@cs.stanford.edu. An oral defense of the thesis before members of the faculty, including the thesis supervisor, will be conducted late in the student's ninth academic term. | Section 01 | INS Section 79 | This year-long course examines the foundations of civil society. Class # 1018 Abraham Lincoln as Constitutional Theorist Fall 2020 Reading Group; Sanford Levinson: T 5:00pm - 7:00pm: Access to Justice in the Digital World Spring 2021 Reading Group; Leah Plunkett: Th 5:00pm - 7:00pm: Administrative Law Fall 2020 Course; Jody Freeman: M, T 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Section 01 | Satisfactory completion of the senior thesis will satisfy graduation requirements to the extent of (a) 5 - 8 units of credit and (b) two research courses. 33611 But of course we will also look to the legal system, including our rights- and federalism-focused Constitution, as both cause and effect of our anomalies. | In Person Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | Each session will be led by one or two students who volunteer (at the beginning of the quarter) to start off and guide the discussion. Your instructors are exceptional lawyers who share what they’ve learned through experience. This course offers an introduction to American constitutional law. SEM Those interactions are rarely wholly happy, raising fundamental issues for plaintiffs about the definition of just desserts and fair procedure. 1 units | 32393 Learning for a Lifetime. Section 01 | Today, that consensus is breaking down. 33604 | In Person 1-4 units | 1015 INS | 1-4 units | | In Person | Approximately 7,000 undergraduate students attend Stanford. In the foundation courses, you will master the core competencies of leadership and learn how to make strategic and viable decisions to drive the right initiatives forward and accelerate impact in your organization. | Students enrolled: 3, LAW 400 | Terms: Aut, Win, Spr After WWII, Keynesian thinking was challenged, by 'neoliberalism'---a challenge that began to achieve success in the 1970s in response to perceived failures of government, high inflation, and other economic and social woes. | Some readings and visual media in the class will draw on place-specific legal histories of discrimination, organizing, and reform in Bay Area cities/neighborhoods. | Students enrolled: 1, LAW 400 | Elements used in grading: Attendance and class participation, written assignment. Class # Gates Computer Science Building 353 Jane Stanford Way Stanford, CA 94305. Class # Research Track projects are to be supervised by two or more professors, at least one of whom must be a member of the Law School faculty. While we will look at some more quantitively empirical perspectives, especially as they bear on recent changes in both crime and punishment rates, our main subject will be more of an "American Studies" approach to the undeniable overall stability of how we compare to other nations. Terms: Aut, Win, Spr 2021 Online Courses - Find Your 2021 Courses Understanding a Course Page. The final product must be embodied in a paper or other form of written work involving a substantial independent effort on the part of the student. Students will learn basic constitutional law and will creatively analyze “fact patterns,” i.e., specific real-world facts that call for legal interpretation. Download PDF of the entire catalog. Section 01 | | In Person Students will leave the course with a richer sense of their home region during law school, as well as a broader picture of "law" that includes local administrative proceedings, municipal codes, civil and criminal law enforcement practices, and taxes/spending decisions. 33034 1-4 units | students guaranteed housing in their first year, maximum number of students in a small section, required courses/electives in Winter quarter, Josh Berman, JD/MBA ’96, writer and television producer Stanford Lawyer Magazine, Issue 84. Traces the path of HR 6161, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act, from its inception as a bill in Subcommittee to its signature into law by the President. | In Person Directed research credit may be awarded for work that expands on work initially assigned in, or conceived during, a course, clinic, or externship, but only if the continued work represents a meaningful and substantial contribution to the already existing project, significantly beyond mere editing or polishing. | In Person Aside from course descriptions, the linked course pages may include important information specifically for Summer Session students, such as enrollment instructions, so read the course notes carefully. | Students enrolled: 1, LAW 400 | It examines the traditional general issues in the substantive criminal law, including the purposes of punishment and the appropriate limits on the use of the criminal sanction. INS Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | Class # Choose from hundreds of free courses or pay to earn a Course or Specialization Certificate. We'll each read the selected book for the session and discuss what the account tells us about the operation of tort law (and civil procedure) in real life and what potential legal reforms it suggests, if any. | In Person, LAW 400 | | In Person. Section 12 | Our readings in the course will explore a variety of themes related to these issues. | Students enrolled: 1, LAW 400 | This discussion seminar will meet four times during the Fall quarter. YLS: Courses Home. | | In Person What kinds of challenges are being presented to them, and what might alternative approaches to political economy for the 21st century look like? INS This discussion seminar will meet four times during the Fall quarter. 33685 Stanford Law’s 11 clinics make you something unique in the world of law:  a student attorney, certified by the California State Bar to practice law under the supervision of your clinic mentors. Stanford Law School reserves the right to change any part of the schedule at any time including (1) add or delete courses from its offerings; (2) change times, days, or locations of courses; (3) cancel for insufficient registration or academic/administrative decision without notice. Acceptance of the thesis for credit requires the approval of the thesis supervisor and one or more other members of the faculty who will be selected by the supervisor. Drawing on both historical and theoretical materials, the students study changing conceptions of how a state is and should be organized. Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | Section 57 | 1017 | 33656 | The PDF will include all information in the catalog. INS This discussion seminar will meet four times during the Fall quarter. In Sao Paolo, Visiting Professor Mariana Pargendler and Professor George Triantis turned a week’s recess into a student-immersion in Latin American deals with a visit to FGV Brazil. Stanford Law’s curriculum blends courses that instill essential skills — starting with the ability to think like a lawyer — with opportunities to customize your education to your interests and ambitions. Section 67 | Section 08 | Students must meet with the instructor frequently for the purposes of report and guidance. Both the supervising faculty member and the Associate Dean for Curriculum must approve petition for "Directed Research: Curricular Development." Joint degrees in health services research and epidemiology take advantage of Stanford University’s renowned science resources, including  medical school, medical center and a wide range of interdisciplinary programs. 1-4 units | 1022 31891 | In Person | Repeatable A good place to start searching for relevant courses is Stanford University Explore Courses. Class # After WWII, Keynesian thinking was challenged, by 'neoliberalism'---a challenge that began to achieve success in the 1970s in response to perceived failures of government, high inflation, and other economic and social woes. INS See course description or department contact for detailed course information. Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | Directed research credit may not be awarded for work that duplicates the work of a course, clinic, or externship for which the student has registered. Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | | Students enrolled: 7, LAW 240X | | In Person Section 42 | Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. At least one faculty member in addition to the supervisors must read the written product of the research, and the student must defend the written work orally before the readers. There is a rich literature on these personal encounters, some autobiographical and others written by journalists who were given permission to closely follow victims' efforts to obtain compensation. SEM | In Person Grading: Law Mand Pass Health Restr credit/Fail except | Elements used in grading: Attendance and class participation. It has long been a national controversy, and for many a international embarrassment, that the imprisonment rate in this country stands at the very top among nations (currently just behind) and several multipoles higher than other developed industrialized democracies. Section 87 | Class # 9-12 units | By the mid-1980s, neoliberalism had become the new conventional wisdom, and liberals as well as conservatives accepted its core premises: that society consists of atomized individuals competing rationally to advance their own interests; that this behavior, in aggregate, produces good social outcomes and economic growth; that free markets are therefore the best way to allocate societal resources and government should intervene only to rem. Unit credit is by arrangement. INS 435 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027. What are its core tenets? INS | Directed research credit may be awarded for work that expands on work initially assigned in, or conceived during, a course, clinic, or externship, but only if the continued work represents a meaningful and substantial contribution to the already existing project, significantly beyond mere editing or polishing. Search Catalog Current Page; Search Catalog. Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | Other thematic readings will focus on racial/ethnic discrimination in housing and land ownership; incorporation movements to form majority-minority cities; Latinx and Asian-American migration into post-industrial cities; neighborhood improvement efforts in segregated enclaves; and efforts to lead or resist local political change. 1-4 units | Candidate books for discussion include an autobiographical take on the author's experience suing d. Lawsuits for compensation for personal injury often provide lay people with their first -- or even only -- interaction with the civil side of courts. Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | INS Class # With health care accounting for more than 16 percent of the U.S. gross national product — and America’s high-cost health system widely regarded as unsustainable — need is growing for leaders who can navigate the intersection of law and health policy. In the course we will read and an interdisciplinary set of explorations about whether there are things in "national DNA" that explain each of these phenomena and possibly both at once. 32330 Class # Homicide, theft (including robbery and burglary), assault, rape, kidnapping, and arson as well as attempts, conspiracies, and solicitation are covered in depth. INS Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | | In Person If you choose to reflect on a different book, it should also be an account of laypersons' experiences with the tort liability system (not a doctrinal analysis of tort law). INS Grading: Law Mand Pass Health Restr credit/Fail except | | In Person 33328 212-854-2640. The Law School course catalog includes classes, descriptions, instructors, and credit hours. 1 units | 1-4 units | Grading: Law Mand Pass Health Restr credit/Fail except | | | Students enrolled: 1, LAW 400 | Section 20 | Explore Stanford's W A Franke Global Law Program. | In Person 31880 | In Person Section 92 | We will also discuss the meaning of calls to defund the police, how they differ from call past efforts at reform, and what lessons, if any, can be drawn from those past efforts. Section 01 | Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | Elements used in grading: Attendance and class participation. Meeting dates and times to be arranged by instructor. | Students enrolled: 1, LAW 400 | Our evening classes, weekend workshops, and online courses are scheduled to fit your busy lifestyle. This discussion seminar will meet four times during the Fall quarter. (Formerly Law 401) This class will focus on the legal and non-legal tactical details of entrepreneurial endeavors.The legal specifics of corporate formation, tax, and contracts are well covered by a variety of other courses at the Law School and will only be reviewed briefly in this course. Class # Section 70 | Class # 1016 | In Person, LAW 403 | | Units: 1-4 Search Courses. INS | In Person, LAW 406 | Course Descriptions. The assignments for each session will include a variety of book chapters, articles, judicial decisions and podcasts. SEM Up one level: Electrical Engineering. Grading: Law Mixed H/P/R/F or MP/R/F | | for credit, Discussion (1L): Reform, Defund, or Reimagine? | In Person, LAW 403 | Class # Elements used in grading: Paper and as agreed to by instructor. INS In addition to examining questions of interpretive method, the course focuses on the powers of the federal government and the allocation of decision making authority among government institutions, including both federalism and separation of powers. These accounts paint a different picture of the tort liability regime than the one which 1Ls usually encounter in their Fall Torts course, which in recent decades have foregrounded a "law & economics" perspective that focuses on deterring defendants rather than on satisfying victims' desires for justice. INS The topic is subject to the approval of the thesis supervisor, who may be any member of the Law School faculty under whose direction the student wishes to write the thesis and who is willing to assume the responsibility therefor. See Directed Research under Curricular Options in the SLS Student Handbook for requirements and limitations. SEM There is no responsible person denying that those institutions that form the core of the "criminal justice system," with its explicit commitment to securing "justice," are the very institutions that have been (and continue to be) primary engines of injustice in the United States. | Repeatable | Students enrolled: 2, LAW 400 | | INS Section 01 | This discussion seminar will meet four times during the Fall quarter. Courses. 31888 1-4 units | Neoliberal policies and the particular systems of capitalism that accompany them have generated profound wealth inequality and have little to offer to address the perceived threats of globalization, climate change, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics. Criminal Law (207): This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. | In Person 1 units | An opportunity for third-year students to engage in original research and to prepare a substantial written-work product on the scale of a law review article. 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