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LAW 809E: Policy Practicum: AI For Legal Help

The policy client for this project is the Legal Services Corporation (https://www.lsc.gov/): This project works closely with the Legal Services Corporation's Technology Information Grant Program (https://www.lsc.gov/grants/technology-initiative-grant-program) to research how the public interacts with AI platforms to seek legal assistance, and to develop a strategy around how to mitigate risks, ensure quality, and enhance access to justice on these AI platforms. AI increase access to justice, by helping people resolve their legal problems in more accessible, equitable, and effective ways? What are the risks that AI poses for people seeking legal guidance, that technical and policy guardrails should mitigate? In this course, students will conduct research to identify key opportunities and risks around AI's use by the public to deal with common legal problems like bad living conditions, possible evictions, debt collection, divorce, or domestic violence. Especially with the launch of new A more »
The policy client for this project is the Legal Services Corporation (https://www.lsc.gov/): This project works closely with the Legal Services Corporation's Technology Information Grant Program (https://www.lsc.gov/grants/technology-initiative-grant-program) to research how the public interacts with AI platforms to seek legal assistance, and to develop a strategy around how to mitigate risks, ensure quality, and enhance access to justice on these AI platforms. AI increase access to justice, by helping people resolve their legal problems in more accessible, equitable, and effective ways? What are the risks that AI poses for people seeking legal guidance, that technical and policy guardrails should mitigate? In this course, students will conduct research to identify key opportunities and risks around AI's use by the public to deal with common legal problems like bad living conditions, possible evictions, debt collection, divorce, or domestic violence. Especially with the launch of new AI platforms like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing Chat, more people may turn to generative AI platforms for guidance on their legal rights, options, and procedures. How can technology companies, legal institutions, and community groups responsibly advance AI solutions to benefit people in need? Students will explore these questions about AI and access to justice through hands-on interviews, fieldwork, and design workshops with different stakeholders throughout the justice system. They will run interview sessions online and on-site at courts, to hear from various community members about whether they would use AI for legal help and to brainstorm how the ideal AI system would behave. Students will also observe how participants use AI to respond to a fictional legal problem, to assess how the AI performs and understand how people regard the AI's guidance. Students will be required to complete ethical training for human subjects research, which takes approximately 2 hours through the CITI program online. They will then conduct community interviews according to an approved IRB research protocol. Students will synthesize what they learn in these community interviews, observations, and brainstorm sessions, in a presentation to legal and technical experts. They will hold a multi-stakeholder workshop at to explore how their findings may contribute to technical and legal projects to develop responsible, human-centered AI in the legal domain. Students will develop skills in facilitating interdisciplinary policy discussions about how technology and regulation can be developed alongside each other. The students¿ final report will contribute to policy and technology discussions about the principles, benchmarks, and risk typologies that can guide the ethical development of AI platforms for access to justice. Students are asked to enroll in both Fall and Winter quarters of the class. The class may be extended to Spring quarter, depending on the issues raised. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, and Written Assignments. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and submit a Consent Application Form available at SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/.
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 3 | Repeatable 3 times (up to 9 units total)

LAW 809F: Policy Practicum: Regilla Project: Women Incarcerated for Killing their Abusers

Nearly 1200 people are incarcerated in female correctional facilities in California and are serving lengthy sentences for murder and manslaughter convictions. It is not known in California (or in any other state) how many of these individuals are incarcerated for crimes that directly relate to histories of intimate partner violence. The Stanford Criminal Justice Center, through its Regilla Project, is attempting to assess this frequency. During Summer 2023, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center undertook data collection at the larger of the two women's prisons in California. The surveys were completed by individuals who have murder and manslaughter convictions to assess how their convictions were related to intimate partner violence. Nearly 500 individuals completed the survey during July 2023. Students enrolled in the policy lab will code the narrative portions of the survey responses (not everyone who participated in the surveys completed a narrative portion), analyze the quantitative more »
Nearly 1200 people are incarcerated in female correctional facilities in California and are serving lengthy sentences for murder and manslaughter convictions. It is not known in California (or in any other state) how many of these individuals are incarcerated for crimes that directly relate to histories of intimate partner violence. The Stanford Criminal Justice Center, through its Regilla Project, is attempting to assess this frequency. During Summer 2023, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center undertook data collection at the larger of the two women's prisons in California. The surveys were completed by individuals who have murder and manslaughter convictions to assess how their convictions were related to intimate partner violence. Nearly 500 individuals completed the survey during July 2023. Students enrolled in the policy lab will code the narrative portions of the survey responses (not everyone who participated in the surveys completed a narrative portion), analyze the quantitative data collected through the surveys, and assist in drafting a report for researchers, policymakers and practitioners aimed to better understand the nature of who is incarcerated and what their needs are, and to suggest front-end policy reforms. Application process: Interested students should submit a Consent of Instructor form (see Policy Lab Practicums webpage or https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/) with a copy of their resume, transcript, and statement of interest to Debbie Mukamal (dmukamal@ law.stanford.edu) by September 11, 2023 at 5:00 pm. Only students who participated in the prior quarter's project will be admitted to the winter quarter practicum. The statement of interest should indicate relevant expertise, including whether the student has any data analysis experience (quantitative and/or qualitative) as well as the type of software the student has used in such data analysis. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments, Final Paper. Important note: Admitted students may enroll for three units. Four units is limited to one or two students with consent of the instructors.
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 3-4 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 8 units total)

LAW 809I: Policy Practicum: The Future of Eviction Prevention

Over the past 5 years, eviction prevention has become a hot topic for local policy in the US. Local coalitions of city governments, courts, and community groups have launched hundreds of pilots of laws, legal services, rent assistance, technology tools, mediation, navigators, and more in order to reduce the number of eviction lawsuits and mitigate their harmful consequences on families and communities. National groups like the American Bar Association, HUD, and the Treasury Department have issued guidance spotlighting promising interventions that could prevent evictions, reduce the number of forced moves, and improve housing stability. Five years into this work on eviction prevention, what do we know about what works? And how might policy-makers compare and assess these highly localized eviction prevention systems? This class will have students conduct interviews, workshops, and legal research to create a clearer vision of what the state of eviction prevention interventions are, and pr more »
Over the past 5 years, eviction prevention has become a hot topic for local policy in the US. Local coalitions of city governments, courts, and community groups have launched hundreds of pilots of laws, legal services, rent assistance, technology tools, mediation, navigators, and more in order to reduce the number of eviction lawsuits and mitigate their harmful consequences on families and communities. National groups like the American Bar Association, HUD, and the Treasury Department have issued guidance spotlighting promising interventions that could prevent evictions, reduce the number of forced moves, and improve housing stability. Five years into this work on eviction prevention, what do we know about what works? And how might policy-makers compare and assess these highly localized eviction prevention systems? This class will have students conduct interviews, workshops, and legal research to create a clearer vision of what the state of eviction prevention interventions are, and propose what the future agenda for eviction prevention should be over the next decade. In the course, students will learn how evictions happen, what the general court process is, and how this differs across jurisdictions. They will also familiarize themselves with the landscape of eviction prevention solutions that has developed, especially during the Covid pandemic and the increased federal funding for rental assistance and eviction prevention. Students will learn about local experiments launched in cities and states across the US, including new legislation (like a right to counsel in eviction hearings and just cause requirements for filing an eviction lawsuit), new court rules (like requiring mediation before a case could be filed or proceed to a hearing), new technology (like text message reminders and online dispute resolution), and new services (like case managers and housing navigators). Then students will conduct research with community members, service providers, and policymakers across the country, to learn about their local eviction prevention systems. What pilots have been launched, what has worked, and what has not? What kinds of policies, services, and technology would be the most useful to a person going through an eviction? What does the data show about the impact of different interventions on the number of cases filed, the number of forced moves, the participation rates of tenants in the court process, or other key metrics? In addition to qualitative interviews, students will also do legal and policy research to document how different jurisdictions meet established eviction prevention standards. Which jurisdictions have implemented the legislation, court rules, and due process protections that national groups have recommended? Students will create a policy map that gives a national view of local eviction prevention laws and court rules. Students will create deliverables that can help both national and local policy-makers understand the state of local eviction prevention systems. Class work will include a report that summarizes the interview findings about what eviction prevention initiatives have worked or not, and that recommends an agenda for the next decade of eviction prevention work. It will also include a policy map, in the form of a report and website, that assesses how different regions perform according to recommended standards. As the class progresses, students will determine what other class deliverables might be useful. For example, students might create training materials for local judiciary, bar, and civic leaders on eviction prevention best practices and assessments. They may also propose an ongoing eviction prevention assessment protocol, that national and local leaders could use to regularly measure how robust their local eviction prevention efforts are, how they are performing, and where improvements may be needed. During the class, students will be required to complete a 2 hour online CITI program on ethical human subjects research. They will then follow an IRB-approved protocol to conduct interviews with community members and experts about eviction prevention efforts. The class will be a two quarter sequence. Students will gain expertise and leadership in housing policy, court innovation, and access to justice initiatives. They will have the opportunity to present their deliverables to national and local leaders, and to build lasting relationships in the field. Elements used in grading: Attendance, performance, class participation, written assignments. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must submit a Consent Application Form at SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/. See the Consent Application Form for instructions and the submission deadline.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)

LAW 809J: Policy Practicum: Juvenile Justice & Education: Re-envisioning San Mateo County Alternative Schools

This policy practicum will provide students the opportunity to be part of designing and operationalizing an innovative approach to alternative education in San Mateo County. Students will work closely with the County Office of Education, the San Mateo Community College District and the Youth Law Center. Participants in the practicum will be involved in supporting the San Mateo County Office of Education (SMCOE) as it re-envisions its alternative education program. In California, the County Office of Education is responsible for educational programs for certain students that are not attending school within their school district. This includes incarcerated students and students who have been referred to the County-run alternative school based on an expulsion from their district due to a disciplinary incident, a referral from the truancy review board, or through their involvement in the juvenile justice system. One of the alternative schools overseen by SMCOE is the community school-Gatew more »
This policy practicum will provide students the opportunity to be part of designing and operationalizing an innovative approach to alternative education in San Mateo County. Students will work closely with the County Office of Education, the San Mateo Community College District and the Youth Law Center. Participants in the practicum will be involved in supporting the San Mateo County Office of Education (SMCOE) as it re-envisions its alternative education program. In California, the County Office of Education is responsible for educational programs for certain students that are not attending school within their school district. This includes incarcerated students and students who have been referred to the County-run alternative school based on an expulsion from their district due to a disciplinary incident, a referral from the truancy review board, or through their involvement in the juvenile justice system. One of the alternative schools overseen by SMCOE is the community school-Gateway. SMCOE would like to completely redesign the Gateway program while, at the same time, consider changes and improvements in the entire alternative education system, including how students enter the County program and transition out of the program. SMCOE is particularly interested in increasing its collaboration with the community college district, which offers an exciting opportunity for an innovative approach that could be replicated throughout the state. SMCOE has already engaged the National Equity Project to begin this redesign process. Practicum students will work in collaboration with SMCOE, the community college district, the Youth Law Center and the National Equity Project to support the design and implementation of a reimagined alternative school program. Students will conduct research on legal issues, funding, best practices and models from other jurisdictions. They will provide a written to report to SMCOE to assist them in making the new vision a reality. They will also document all steps in the redesign and implementation process to create a useful tool for other counties who might wish to engage in a redesign of their alternative education program. (Note: this final portion of the project will likely be completed in the spring quarter, with both new and continuing students.). In the Winter Quarter, graduate and professional students from law, education, and public policy are invited to apply. R credit (Section 02) is possible only by consent of the instructor. After the Winter Quarter begins, students accepted into the course can transfer from section (01) into section (02), which meets the R requirement, with consent of the instructor. Winter quarter students will have completed internal research memos. The role of spring quarter students will be to synthesize that research and create a public-facing set of recommendations. During the spring quarter we will have the opportunity to present draft recommendations to community partners before finalizing a report for the County Superintendent and County Board of Education. The class will be primarily made up of continuing students but there will be a few spaces available for new students to join, with the instructor's permission. Our weekly meeting time will be determined once we have our student cohort finalized. The weekly meeting times may include a full class meeting and additional small group meetings. Elements used in grading: Attendance, performance, class participation, written assignments. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must submit a Consent Application Form at SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/. See the Consent Application Form for instructions and the submission deadline.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)
Instructors: Trillin, A. (PI)

LAW 809K: Policy Practicum: Blue Foods for Indonesia: A Human & Planetary Health Action Lab

Globally, more than 1 billion people rely on seafood, yet this source of vital nutrition is chronically neglected in discussions about the future of food systems. In 2021, the UN Food Systems Summit brought international attention to the potential of "blue foods," thanks in part to insights and evidence provided by the Stanford-led Blue Food Assessment. Now, the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning has asked Stanford to help them build blue foods into Indonesia's national development strategy. Indonesia is the 4th most populous country, home to 278 million people and the most marine biodiversity on the planet. Over the next 18 months, we will work with the Ministry, Indonesian researchers, and NGO partners to develop a Blue Food Assessment for Indonesia that can help policymakers realize the potential of blue foods to meet pressing food system priorities -- improving nutrition, food security, and livelihoods, both nationally and in rural communities. This Blue Foods Act more »
Globally, more than 1 billion people rely on seafood, yet this source of vital nutrition is chronically neglected in discussions about the future of food systems. In 2021, the UN Food Systems Summit brought international attention to the potential of "blue foods," thanks in part to insights and evidence provided by the Stanford-led Blue Food Assessment. Now, the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning has asked Stanford to help them build blue foods into Indonesia's national development strategy. Indonesia is the 4th most populous country, home to 278 million people and the most marine biodiversity on the planet. Over the next 18 months, we will work with the Ministry, Indonesian researchers, and NGO partners to develop a Blue Food Assessment for Indonesia that can help policymakers realize the potential of blue foods to meet pressing food system priorities -- improving nutrition, food security, and livelihoods, both nationally and in rural communities. This Blue Foods Action Lab is the first of a series to help Indonesia implement a far-reaching national program that could transform its food system and could be used as a model for other countries. For Spring quarter the role of the students will be to evaluate successful programs implemented by other nations in the areas that align with client interests and build from the student progress on topics from the winter quarter (i.e., aquaculture, small scale fisheries, blue food tech and justice and inclusion). A report will be produced and shared with the Indonesian Ministry and our NGO partner. The practicum seeks graduate and well-qualified undergraduate students in such programs as earth systems, computer science, public policy, international policy, business, law, sociology, and marine biology. Policy client: Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning. Graduate and professional students from law, environmental science and policy, marine sciences, food systems, and public policy are invited to apply. R credit (Section 02) is possible only by consent of the instructor. 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: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments, Final Paper. CONSENT APPLICATION: An application is required for acceptance into the course available at https://forms.gle/WzXQDpt9Wa6hy7j87 Application deadline: March 13, 2024. Cross-listed with Doerr School of Sustainability ( SUSTAIN 121/221).
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 2-3 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)

LAW 809L: Policy Practicum: Expanding Access to Justice in Eviction and Family Law

This policy lab will launch a significant collaboration between the Los Angeles Superior Court -- the largest court in the U.S., serving a population of 10 million -- and a Stanford research team from the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession and the Legal Design Lab. Students will work with senior court leaders and the Stanford team to understand the barriers and challenges court users face in eviction and family law matters (Winter Quarter), and then develop an actionable, evidence-based blueprint for an end-to-end process and digital pathway to promote access to justice that can be piloted and evaluated (Spring Quarter). The American civil justice system is in crisis. In roughly three-quarters of the 15 million civil cases filed in America¿s state courts each year, at least one side lacks a lawyer. Many of these cases involve significant, life-altering matters: debt collection actions, evictions, and family/domestic disputes. Such large, systemic gaps in access to legal se more »
This policy lab will launch a significant collaboration between the Los Angeles Superior Court -- the largest court in the U.S., serving a population of 10 million -- and a Stanford research team from the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession and the Legal Design Lab. Students will work with senior court leaders and the Stanford team to understand the barriers and challenges court users face in eviction and family law matters (Winter Quarter), and then develop an actionable, evidence-based blueprint for an end-to-end process and digital pathway to promote access to justice that can be piloted and evaluated (Spring Quarter). The American civil justice system is in crisis. In roughly three-quarters of the 15 million civil cases filed in America¿s state courts each year, at least one side lacks a lawyer. Many of these cases involve significant, life-altering matters: debt collection actions, evictions, and family/domestic disputes. Such large, systemic gaps in access to legal services limit who can meaningfully participate in court proceedings, magnifying disparities based on income, education, race, gender, and ethnicity. While the access to justice crisis has many causes, there is mounting evidence that a core part of the problem is the courts themselves. Many courts are difficult to navigate without a lawyer, with inscrutable forms, arcane terminology, and outdated filing systems and requirements. The result is that many people do not engage with the court at all, instead suffering default judgments. And while many courts offer a variety of in-person and digital services to people who need assistance, those services are often hard to access, kludgy, and disconnected. This policy lab will be the first in a series of two, with a second offering in Spring Quarter. During Winter Quarter, students will work with the court to study barriers to litigant access and engagement using mixed-method quantitative and qualitative analysis. Students will analyze existing court data to understand procedural patterns and litigant needs, and they will also help collect new data through surveys, interviews, and focus groups with court users and personnel. This diagnostic work will include opportunities to travel to Los Angeles. Students in the Spring Quarter will use the learnings to design a pilot for a new, end-to-end process that can improve court users¿ participation rates, their engagement, their sense of procedural justice, and their substantive justice outcomes. The practicum will be led by Professor David Freeman Engstrom, Co-Director of the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession and Margaret Hagan, Executive Director of the Stanford Legal Design Lab. We hope to draw students from a variety of disciplines from around the University. Technical or data science expertise is welcome but not required. Students need not take both the Winter and Spring quarter practicums, though they are welcome to do so. Law students wishing to undertake R credit will perform additional research or take on additional tasks analyzing the issues and results of the collective research. R credit (Section 02) is possible only by consent of the instructor. After the term begins, and with the consent of the instructor, students accepted into the course may transfer from section (01) into section (02), which meets the R requirement. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments. Policy Client: Los Angeles Superior Court. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must submit a Consent Application Form at SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/. See the Consent Application Form for instructions and the submission deadline.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)

LAW 809M: Policy Practicum: Regulating Professional Enablers of Russia's War on Ukraine

Law firms' withdrawal from Russia in the wake of the country's brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 surfaced challenging and timely questions around what it means to practice ethically in an increasingly challenging globalized context. This proposed policy lab explores the role of lawyers in times of conflict and crisis. Western legal professionals have garnered criticism, including from Ukrainian civil society, for their alleged role as "enablers" of Russian aggression, especially by helping sanctioned individuals move and hide their wealth. The role of Western lawyers as enablers of corrupt regimes is not new; a 2006 Senate subcommittee report found that "lawyers help establish offshore structures, draft financial instruments, and provide legal opinions justifying offshore transactions." Congress finally responded with the 2022 ENABLERS Act, which would force lawyers to investigate the source of clients' funds when making a transaction, the way banks currently do. The bill fai more »
Law firms' withdrawal from Russia in the wake of the country's brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 surfaced challenging and timely questions around what it means to practice ethically in an increasingly challenging globalized context. This proposed policy lab explores the role of lawyers in times of conflict and crisis. Western legal professionals have garnered criticism, including from Ukrainian civil society, for their alleged role as "enablers" of Russian aggression, especially by helping sanctioned individuals move and hide their wealth. The role of Western lawyers as enablers of corrupt regimes is not new; a 2006 Senate subcommittee report found that "lawyers help establish offshore structures, draft financial instruments, and provide legal opinions justifying offshore transactions." Congress finally responded with the 2022 ENABLERS Act, which would force lawyers to investigate the source of clients' funds when making a transaction, the way banks currently do. The bill failed in the Senate last year however, largely under pressure from the ABA. With sanctions effectiveness being a focus of the Freeman Spogli Institute's McFaul-Yermak International Sanctions Working Group, this SLS policy lab would contribute a unique perspective to a live area policy debate at Stanford and Washington. Students would have the chance to consider the duties of lawyers towards clients credibly linked to ongoing human rights abuses and war crimes, assessing current ABA guidelines, constitutional due process guarantees, recent policy developments like the 2022 ENABLERS Act, and the perspectives of local civil society in Ukraine and other affected areas. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments. Only students who participated in the prior quarter's project will be admitted to the spring quarter practicum. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must submit a Consent Application Form at SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/. See the Consent Application Form for instructions and the submission deadline.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)
Instructors: Jensen, E. (PI)

LAW 809N: Policy Practicum: Repairing the State and Local Relationship in a Red State / Blue City Context

Policy Client: Mississippi State Conference NAACP (Charles Taylor and Frank Figgers). As anyone in Jackson, Mississippi will tell you, the city has a terrible relationship with its state government. Chronic mistrust flows in both directions, and for at least the past 25 years, state/local acrimony has been both a cause and symptom of state actions to withdraw authority and funds from Jackson. Current measures to intervene in the governance of Jackson's infrastructure and take over the city's downtown police and courts system mark new escalation in state/city tensions. So far, these deepening tensions have been answered with the typical modes of conflict: adversarial litigation and polarized politics. But those interventions have only power and blame at stake, without fostering cooperative solutions to the city's immense challenges. Jackson has serious, urgent human needs: an old, failing water system that would need heroic reinvestment even without the extreme flood and freeze events n more »
Policy Client: Mississippi State Conference NAACP (Charles Taylor and Frank Figgers). As anyone in Jackson, Mississippi will tell you, the city has a terrible relationship with its state government. Chronic mistrust flows in both directions, and for at least the past 25 years, state/local acrimony has been both a cause and symptom of state actions to withdraw authority and funds from Jackson. Current measures to intervene in the governance of Jackson's infrastructure and take over the city's downtown police and courts system mark new escalation in state/city tensions. So far, these deepening tensions have been answered with the typical modes of conflict: adversarial litigation and polarized politics. But those interventions have only power and blame at stake, without fostering cooperative solutions to the city's immense challenges. Jackson has serious, urgent human needs: an old, failing water system that would need heroic reinvestment even without the extreme flood and freeze events now made more common by climate change; a devastating violent crime and homicide rate; a poverty rate above 25% (among the highest rates in the country); a population more than 26% smaller than it was in 1980 (and all the blight associated with such a fall); and more. Challenges that significant (especially in a state facing disinvestment and poverty from border to border) will mean that neither the city nor the state can act effectively alone. But after so many years of antipathy, state and local cooperation will require nothing less than a restorative process. As one small start toward that longer work, this policy lab will work to understand the origins and consequences of Mississippi and Jackson's legal and political relationship. Mediation, after all, requires mutual understanding the setting of baseline facts. Our group will confront the question "how did Jackson and Mississippi reach this crossroads?" from the following angles: (1) Mississippi's constitutional history, (2) the history of other state laws governing municipal power, (3) the history of public corruption cases against both state and local officials, (4) major real estate deals involving state actors within city limits, (5) a recent history of state interventions in valuable local enterprises (including the Jackson Airport and Two Mississippi Museums complex), (5) the recent history of infrastructure and other federal block grant allocation to Jackson, and (6) the history of the battle for voting rights and basic individual civil rights within Jackson. Each student in the lab will take on an independent lane of legal/political research from the list above and write up their findings in sole-authored memos that are organized both topically and chronologically. We will then share and integrate our findings across memos, fusing them in the final two weeks of the lab into a single chronological report documenting the state and local relationship. We will share this final work product with civil rights leaders in Jackson to factcheck and "ground-truth" this research, identifying next steps for sharing, factchecking, and publishing this information with state leaders in future quarters. While this policy lab will be specialized to Jackson's situation, we will take opportunities (at the start of the quarter and at the end) to read and discuss how it relates to broader red state/blue city conflicts in other Southern states. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must submit a Consent Application Form at SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/. See the Consent Application Form for instructions and the submission deadline.
Terms: Win | Units: 2-3 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)
Instructors: Anderson, M. (PI)

LAW 809O: Policy Practicum: Drafting a Foreign Sovereign Anti-SLAPP Statute

Client: Neukom Center for the Rule of Law. It's almost impossible to sue a foreign government in U.S. courts. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the court-created "act of state" doctrine, and other common-law immunities shield foreign officials and governments from most lawsuits. For instance, courts have dismissed claims against China, Cuba, Venezuela, and Russia over allegations of torture, detentions, and election interference. Yet foreign governments have unfettered access to U.S. courts as plaintiffs. And foreign dictatorships--including Russia, China, Turkey, and Venezuela--have leveraged this access to harass political dissidents, critics, and even newspapers in the United States. These doctrines create an asymmetry: foreign dictators and their proxies can access our courts as plaintiffs to harass their opponents, but their regimes are, in turn, immune from lawsuits here. Congress and the U.S. China Commission have asked the Neukom Center for the Rule of Law to propose a bill more »
Client: Neukom Center for the Rule of Law. It's almost impossible to sue a foreign government in U.S. courts. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the court-created "act of state" doctrine, and other common-law immunities shield foreign officials and governments from most lawsuits. For instance, courts have dismissed claims against China, Cuba, Venezuela, and Russia over allegations of torture, detentions, and election interference. Yet foreign governments have unfettered access to U.S. courts as plaintiffs. And foreign dictatorships--including Russia, China, Turkey, and Venezuela--have leveraged this access to harass political dissidents, critics, and even newspapers in the United States. These doctrines create an asymmetry: foreign dictators and their proxies can access our courts as plaintiffs to harass their opponents, but their regimes are, in turn, immune from lawsuits here. Congress and the U.S. China Commission have asked the Neukom Center for the Rule of Law to propose a bill that would remedy this asymmetry. The policy lab will focus on researching and drafting proposed bill language to present to Congress. The lab will need students who are knowledgeable about statutory interpretation and are ready to research jurisdictional and foreign relations law questions. We plan to enroll no more than four students by consent of the instructor. Elements used in grading: Attendance, performance, class participation, and written assignments. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must submit a Consent Application Form at SLS Registrar https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/. See the Consent Application Form for instructions and the submission deadline.
Terms: Win | Units: 1-2
Instructors: Zambrano, D. (PI)

LAW 881: Externship Companion Seminar

The practice of public interest law -- whether in the criminal or civil context, or a government or non-profit setting -- requires an attorney to consider a host of issues distinct from one in private practice. How should decisions be made about priorities with limited resources? Where an organization has a broad social justice mission, where does litigation on behalf of individual clients or a group of clients fit in? Prior to initiating litigation or advancing a defense, what quantum of evidence should an attorney require? What role, if any, should an attorney's personal beliefs play in a course of representation? Through directed supervision of their externships, as well as participation in weekly seminars, students will evaluate such questions in the context of their practical experience. Students are required to write weekly reflection papers of 2 to 3 pages. Elements used in grading: Attendance, class participation, weekly reflection papers and final reflection paper.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 2
Instructors: Winn, M. (PI)
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