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LAW 414J: Policy Practicum: Designing a Children's Coordinating Council

The Lab would work with the San Francisco Mayor's Office, helping create the structure for a new "Our Children, Our Families Council" that was established by a recent amendment to the City's charter. It is tasked with coordinating the City's efforts, and aligning with the SF Unified School District, to better support children, youth and families. In the lab, we would look at other places that have established children's councils in order to see how they are made to work most effectively, examine the current landscape of policy activity related to children, youth and families in SF, and help shape initial structures and plans for the Council. Special Instructions: Not open to 1Ls. Requires early commitment. Minimum number of students required. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Written Assignments. NOTE: Students may not count more than a combined total of eight units of directed research projects and policy lab practica toward graduation unless the additional counted units are approved in advance by the Petitions Committee. Such approval will be granted only for good cause shown. Even in the case of a successful petition for additional units, a student cannot receive a letter grade for more than eight units of independent research (Policy Lab practicum, Directed Research, Senior Thesis, and/or Research Track). Any units taken in excess of eight will be graded on a mandatory pass basis. For detailed information, see "Directed Research/Policy Labs" in the SLS Student Handbook. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and e-mail the Consent Application Form available on the SLS Registrar's Office website (see Registration and Selection of Classes for Stanford Law Students) to the instructor. See Consent Application Form for submission deadline.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2-4
Instructors: Wald, M. (PI)

LAW 414K: Policy Practicum: Veterans Research

The Stanford Veterans Policy Practicum will explore the possibilities for veterans policy research programs at Stanford. The course is open to Stanford students from all departments, and will focus on researching the current disposition of veterans research at academic and research institutions nationwide, with a particular emphasis on entities and individuals engaged in conducting policy research. Through our research, we hope to identify the key entities, offices, and individuals engaged in veterans-related work, what they have studied and are studying, how they are funded, what models they use to operate and conduct research, how they publish their work, what impact their work has on policy and practice, and any other relevant information. Students interested in particular veterans policy issues are encouraged to study related research programs and all students will develop a strong understanding of veterans policy issues, the body of existing research on veterans issues and the current research framework. Students will present their research and findings in a suitable format, and there will be opportunities for students who choose to continue their work after the term. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Attendance, Final Paper. NOTE: Students may not count more than a combined total of eight units of directed research projects and policy lab practica toward graduation unless the additional counted units are approved in advance by the Petitions Committee. Such approval will be granted only for good cause shown. Even in the case of a successful petition for additional units, a student cannot receive a letter grade for more than eight units of independent research (Policy Lab practicum, Directed Research, Senior Thesis, and/or Research Track). Any units taken in excess of eight will be graded on a mandatory pass basis. For detailed information, see "Directed Research/Policy Labs" in the SLS Student Handbook. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and e-mail the Consent Application Form available on the SLS Registrar's Office website (see Registration and Selection of Classes for Stanford Law Students) to the instructor. See Consent Application Form for submission deadline.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2

LAW 414L: Policy Practicum: Race, Gender and Prosecution

This policy practicum will focus on the gender and racial diversity of prosecutors' offices in California. Although police departments have collected and reported data of this kind for decades, no similar information is publicly available for prosecutors, despite the longstanding belief that diversity is important for criminal justice decision makers. Recent controversies around the country about the investigation and prosecution of killings by police officers have only underscored the continued importance of attention to the role that race plays in the administration of justice in our country. Students will request workforce demographic data from the 62 prosecutors offices in CA (58 county District Attorney offices and 4 US Attorney offices) based on the California Public Records Act and the federal Freedom of Information Act, collate and analyze the collected data, and collaborate in drafting a public report describing and analyzing the results. Work on the report will likely involve a literature review on the importance of staff diversity in criminal justice agencies. Students may also research public records laws in other states in anticipation of expanding the study. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Attendance, Written Assignments. NOTE: Students may not count more than a combined total of eight units of directed research projects and policy lab practica toward graduation unless the additional counted units are approved in advance by the Petitions Committee. Such approval will be granted only for good cause shown. Even in the case of a successful petition for additional units, a student cannot receive a letter grade for more than eight units of independent research (Policy Lab practicum, Directed Research, Senior Thesis, and/or Research Track). Any units taken in excess of eight will be graded on a mandatory pass basis. For detailed information, see "Directed Research/Policy Labs" in the SLS Student Handbook. CONSENT INSTRUCTIONS: If you're interested in enrolling in this class, please send your resume, a writing sample, and a one-page statement of your interest and relevant experience to Debbie Mukamal (dmukamal@ law.stanford.edu) by March 6, 2015.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3

LAW 414M: Policy Practicum: Policing and Data Innovation

This course will place students in projects with a local Police Department. Each student will work as part of a team that will communicate and work directly with Department officials. The projects will focus on one of three areas where the Dept. seeks to improve its operations. One project will examine ways the Department might better elicit and receive feedback from community members. Another project will examine how the Dept. might better use the information from the stop data forms that its officers complete. A third project will consider the use of body worn cameras. Each student team will produce a written report and present its findings to Dept officials. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Attendance, Final Paper. NOTE: Students may not count more than a combined total of eight units of directed research projects and policy lab practica toward graduation unless the additional counted units are approved in advance by the Petitions Committee. Such approval will be granted only for good cause shown. Even in the case of a successful petition for additional units, a student cannot receive a letter grade for more than eight units of independent research (Policy Lab practicum, Directed Research, Senior Thesis, and/or Research Track). Any units taken in excess of eight will be graded on a mandatory pass basis. For detailed information, see "Directed Research/Policy Labs" in the SLS Student Handbook. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and e-mail the Consent Application Form available on the SLS Registrar's Office website (see Registration and Selection of Classes for Stanford Law Students) to the instructor. See Consent Application Form for submission deadline.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2-4 | Repeatable 4 times (up to 8 units total)

LAW 418: Advanced Criminal Defense Clinic

Advanced clinic allows students who have taken the Criminal Defense Clinic to continue working on cases. Participation in case rounds is required. Advanced clinic may be taken for 2-7 units. Students may not enroll in any clinic (basic or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical credits during their law school career. Students must have taken Criminal Defense Clinic ( Law 408). Elements used in grading: Class participation, attendance, written assignments and case work. Writing (W) credit is for students entering prior to Autumn 2012.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 2-7

LAW 419: Three Strikes Project: Criminal Justice Reform & Individual Representation

This seminar offers a unique opportunity to study criminal justice reform in real time. In this seminar, students will read and discuss a variety of cases and articles, examining the evolution of incarceration and sentencing reform in California as a case study in the history, politics, practical considerations and legal regulation of sentencing and "mass incarceration" in the United States. Students will also have an opportunity to test their skills in the field, assisting in the representation of inmates currently seeking sentence reductions under recently enacted criminal justice legislation. California's criminal justice system has been under turmoil and scrutiny in recent years. The state remains under an order from the United States Supreme Court in its landmark decision, Brown v. Plata, to reduce its prison overall population. California began its effort to address prison overcrowding in 2011 by enacting sweeping legislation to "realign" criminal justice resources and shift major responsibilities from the state level to local counties. In 2012, voters passed the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (Proposition 36) by ballot measure, reforming the California's famously harsh recidivist sentencing statute. And this past November, voters extended the reforms by passing the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act of 2014 (Proposition 47), reducing several nonviolent crimes to misdemeanors. Past Project students were closely involved in enacting last two reforms and are now engaged in implementing the new sentencing statutes. In addition to studying the law and related criminal justice policy, students will assist with different stages of ongoing litigation on behalf of nonviolent inmates seeking sentence reductions. Students will visit a Project client in prison, conduct factual investigation in the field, and draft petitions on our client's behalf. Students will also contribute to ongoing policy work to ensure the effective implementation of reforms impacting our clients, which include individual prisoners and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The Project is an ongoing, fast-paced organization that depends on the hard work and contributions of law students enrolled in the seminar. This course offers the opportunity to both study the theory behind the law, and to hone practical litigation and advocacy skills in and out of the courtroom. The seminar will meet for 3 hours per week. Students will also meet for 1 hour individually and in teams with Project director Mike Romano each week to discuss their work on their projects. CONSENT APPLICATION: Interested students must apply to enroll in the seminar by sending a one-page statement of interest and resume by email with the subject line "application" to Mike Romano (mromano@stanford.edu). Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Attendance, Written Assignments.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Romano, M. (PI)

LAW 423: Advanced Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

The Advanced Supreme Court Litigation Clinic provides an opportunity for students who have already successfully completed the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic to continue their work in the Clinic. Work includes research and drafting petitions for certiorari and oppositions, merits briefs, and amicus briefs, compiling joint appendices, and preparing advocates for oral argument, as well as commenting on drafts of briefs being filed by lawyers in other cases. Advanced students will also continue to participate in the Clinic's discussion of cases during case rounds. For a more elaborate description of the clinic's content, see the course description for Course Number 436-0-01. Special instructions: Admission is by consent of instructor. Advanced students may arrange with the instructor to receive between two and seven units. No student may receive more than 27 overall clinical credits, however, during the course of the student's law school career. Students have the option to receive R credit upon instructor approval. After the term begins, students accepted into the course can transfer from section (01) into section (02), which meets the R requirement, with consent of the instructor. Elements used in grading: Projects and participation. Writing (W) credit is for students entering prior to Autumn 2012.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 2-7 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 14 units total)

LAW 425: Statutory Interpretation

Statutory law is the dominant source of contemporary law, and it is the form of law that lawyers are likely to confront most often in almost any area of practice. It is also an area of vibrant intellectual debate, as scholars, Supreme Court justices, and others debate the methods and aims of statutory interpretation. In this course, students will learn and apply the methods of statutory interpretation, such as the use of legislative history and the canons of construction. The goal will be to prepare students to be lawyers who can effectively identify, craft, and assess arguments and counter-arguments on behalf of a client about how a statute should be interpreted. We will also spend some time on the theoretical debates about textualist, purposive and dynamic interpretation, for example, but primarily to inform students' ability to assess and make arguments about how a statute should be interpreted. No laptops in class, except when designated by instructor. Elements used in grading: Class participation (30%), two 5-7 page (single-spaced) memos involving research, one due mid-quarter and one due at the end of the quarter (35% each).
Terms: Spr | Units: 2
Instructors: Solomon, J. (PI)

LAW 427: Local Government Law

This course will examine the source, scope and limits of local government power. It will consider the relationship of local governments to state and federal government and of the relationship of local governments to the individuals and communities within and around them. Specific themes will include the potential of local governments to be responsive democratic communities, the potential of local governments to become isolated or exclusive enclaves, and the effect of local governments on the metropolitan political economy. Using the casebook Local Government Law by Frug, Ford and Barron, the course will examine state and federal doctrine that affects local government, political/ social theory and urban planning/ development literature.nOpen to first-year Law School students with prior instructor approval.nSpecial Instructions: Students may write papers in lieu of the final exam. Upon instructor consent, students interested in writing should enroll in Law 427-0-02. Students who do not receive a spot in section 02 may enroll in section 01.nElements used in grading: Exam or paper and class participation

LAW 430: Trusts and Estates

This course will cover the following topics: intestacy; will execution and revocation; will provisions and interpretations; restrictions on the right to devise; probate; creation, amendment and termination of trusts; revocable and irrevocable trusts; trust provisions; charitable trusts; trust administration; and substitutes and conservatorships. Elements used in grading: Final exam (In-School: open book, essay).
Terms: Spr | Units: 2
Instructors: Pearson, B. (PI)
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