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This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. It deals with possession and ownership of land and with the incidents thereof, including private and public restrictions on its use and development, nuisance, trespass, concurrent interests, landlord and tenant, and eminent domain. Attendance and final exam. Your instructor will advise you of other basis of grading. This course is open to first-year Law School students only.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
LAW 224B: Federal Litigation in a Global Context: Methods and Practice
This course continues with the winter simulation with students representing the plaintiff or defendant in a global torts case. Students submit and orally argue one persuasive brief on a motion in federal district court. Students build on their writing and oral advocacy skills with more emphasis on the lawyering practice. Students lead strategy sessions, conduct legal writing by email, meet and confer with opposing counsel, research, bluebook, peer edit, moot, judge, and orally argue a motion. This course depends on participation; attendance is mandatory. Spring grading reflects all non-written aspects of the work, including research, strategy, peer review, moots, and oral argument (including your roles as a judge and colleague), and professionalism. This course is open to first-year JD students only.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Fagel, M. (PI)
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Hoffman, L. (PI)
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Linsenmayer, R. (PI)
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Fagel, M. (PI)
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Hoffman, L. (PI)
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Linsenmayer, R. (PI)
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Lupo, B. (PI)
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Martin, K. (PI)
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Merino, J. (PI)
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Mohan, A. (PI)
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Thesing, A. (PI)
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Tolman, A. (PI)
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Yorke, S. (PI)
LAW 400: Directed Research
Directed Research is an extraordinary opportunity for students beyond the first-year to research problems in any field of law. 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. 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. 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. The final pro
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Directed Research is an extraordinary opportunity for students beyond the first-year to research problems in any field of law. 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. 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. 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. 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. A student must submit a detailed petition of at least 250 words, approved by the sponsoring faculty member, outlining his or her proposed project and demonstrating that the research is likely to result in a significant scholarly contribution. A student may petition for "Directed Research: Curricular Development" when the work involves assisting a Law School faculty member in developing concepts or materials for new and innovative law school courses. Both the supervising faculty member and the Associate Dean for Curriculum must approve petition for "Directed Research: Curricular Development." Students must meet with the instructor frequently for the purposes of report and guidance. Unit credit and grading basis (H/P/R/F or MP/R/F) is by arrangement up to the allowable limit. Students whose projects warrant more than four units should consider a Senior Thesis or the Research Track (See SLS Student Handbook for requirements and limitations). With the approval of the instructor, successful completion of a directed research project of two units or more may satisfy the JD writing requirement to the extent of one research writing course (R course). See Directed Research under Curricular Options in the SLS Student Handbook for requirements and limitations. Directed Research petitions are available on the Law School Registrar's Office website (see Forms and Petitions). Elements used in grading: Paper and as agreed to by instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
8 times
(up to 8 units total)
Instructors:
Ablavsky, G. (PI)
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Anand, E. (PI)
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Anderson, M. (PI)
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Ablavsky, G. (PI)
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Anand, E. (PI)
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Anderson, M. (PI)
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Bankman, J. (PI)
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Bartlett, R. (PI)
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Campbell, J. (PI)
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Chacon, J. (PI)
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Engstrom, D. (PI)
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Fina, S. (PI)
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Fisher, G. (PI)
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Ford, R. (PI)
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Gienapp, J. (PI)
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Goldstein, P. (PI)
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Greely, H. (PI)
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Grundfest, J. (PI)
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Hayes, D. (PI)
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Ho, D. (PI)
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Honigsberg, C. (PI)
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Karlan, P. (PI)
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Kerr, O. (PI)
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Kessler, A. (PI)
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Klausner, M. (PI)
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Koski, W. (PI)
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MacCoun, R. (PI)
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Meyler, B. (PI)
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Milhaupt, C. (PI)
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Mills, D. (PI)
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Nyarko, J. (PI)
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Ouellette, L. (PI)
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Persily, N. (PI)
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Reddy, G. (PI)
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Reese, E. (PI)
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Schacter, J. (PI)
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Sivas, D. (PI)
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Sklansky, D. (PI)
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Sohoni, M. (PI)
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Spaulding, N. (PI)
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Sykes, A. (PI)
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Triantis, G. (PI)
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Weiner, A. (PI)
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Weisberg, R. (PI)
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Zambrano, D. (PI)
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van Schewick, B. (PI)
LAW 403: Senior Thesis
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Satisfactory completion of the senior thesis will satisfy graduation requirements to the extent of (a) 5 - 8 units of credit and (b) two
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. The exact requirements for a senior thesis are in the discretion of the supervising faculty member. Unit credit and grading basis (H/P/R/F or MP/R/F) is by arrangement up to the allowable limit. Special Instructions: Two Research credits are possible. Elements used in grading: Paper and as agreed to by instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 5-8
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 9 units total)
LAW 406: Research Track
The Research Track is for students who wish to carry out a research project of a scope larger than that contemplated for a Senior Thesis. 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. 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. Students will be admitted to Research Track only if they have a demonstrated capability for substantial independent research, and propose a significant and well-formulated project at the time of application. Special Instructions: Two Research credits are possible. Unit credit and grading basis (H/P/R/F or MP/R/F) is by arrangement up to the allowable limit. Elements used in grading: Paper and as agreed to by instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 9-12
| Repeatable
for credit
LAW 411: Directed Professional Writing
Directed professional writing projects involve professional writing, such as motions, briefs, proposed legislation, and congressional testimony, undertaken with the assistance of --- and in collaboration with --- a faculty member. Directed professional writing credit is designed to allow a student, or a small group of students working together, to receive academic credit for their work tackling real-world problems. Only projects supervised by a member of the faculty (tenured, tenure-track, senior lecturer, or professor from practice) may qualify for Directed Professional Writing credit. It will not necessarily be appropriate to require each member of the team to write the number of pages that would be required for an individual directed research project earning the number of units that each team member will earn for the team project. The page length guidelines applicable to individual papers may be considered in determining the appropriate page length, but the faculty supervisor has di
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Directed professional writing projects involve professional writing, such as motions, briefs, proposed legislation, and congressional testimony, undertaken with the assistance of --- and in collaboration with --- a faculty member. Directed professional writing credit is designed to allow a student, or a small group of students working together, to receive academic credit for their work tackling real-world problems. Only projects supervised by a member of the faculty (tenured, tenure-track, senior lecturer, or professor from practice) may qualify for Directed Professional Writing credit. It will not necessarily be appropriate to require each member of the team to write the number of pages that would be required for an individual directed research project earning the number of units that each team member will earn for the team project. The page length guidelines applicable to individual papers may be considered in determining the appropriate page length, but the faculty supervisor has discretion to make the final page-length determination. Students must meet with the instructor frequently for the purposes of report and guidance. Unit credit and grading basis (H/P/R/F or MP/R/F) is by arrangement up to the allowable limit. A petition will not be approved for work assigned or performed in a course, clinic, or externship for which the student has or will receive credit. Directed Professional Writing petitions are available on the Law School Registrar's Office website (see Forms and Petitions). Elements used in grading: As agreed to by instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-4
| Repeatable
8 times
(up to 8 units total)
Instructors:
Anand, E. (PI)
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Chacon, J. (PI)
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Engstrom, D. (PI)
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Anand, E. (PI)
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Chacon, J. (PI)
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Engstrom, D. (PI)
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Engstrom, N. (PI)
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Fisher, G. (PI)
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Fisher, J. (PI)
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Romano, M. (PI)
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Volokh, E. (PI)
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Weiner, A. (PI)
LAW 802: TGR: Dissertation
TGR: Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Ablavsky, G. (PI)
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Chacon, J. (PI)
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Donohue, J. (PI)
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Ablavsky, G. (PI)
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Chacon, J. (PI)
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Donohue, J. (PI)
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Engstrom, D. (PI)
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Fisher, G. (PI)
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Greely, H. (PI)
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Hensler, D. (PI)
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Honigsberg, C. (PI)
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Kessler, A. (PI)
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Klausner, M. (PI)
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Lemley, M. (PI)
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Milhaupt, C. (PI)
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Nyarko, J. (PI)
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Sinnar, S. (PI)
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Sykes, A. (PI)
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Thompson, B. (PI)
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Zambrano, D. (PI)
LAW 807G: Policy Practicum: The Santa Clara County Litigation & Policy Partnership (SCCLPP)
This policy lab partners with the Office of the County Counsel for the County of Santa Clara. Students in the lab will work with the leadership and deputies of the office on both litigation and policy matters related to urgent local challenges. SCCLPP projects may include issues from a range of fields: public law, civil procedure, environmental protection, consumer protection, criminal justice, land use law, the rights of immigrant residents, public health, election law, and local finance. The SCCLPP is open only to Stanford Law Students (1L, 2L, and 3L JD and Advanced Degree students). Students will be admitted by consent, with a preference for those with past coursework or experience in state or local government law, public interest lawyering, and public service generally. Note: In the winter 2025 quarter, this lab will not include an accompanying seminar as in past quarters. However, students will meet with their teams on a weekly basis at a mutually agreed upon time. The lab is 3 u
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This policy lab partners with the Office of the County Counsel for the County of Santa Clara. Students in the lab will work with the leadership and deputies of the office on both litigation and policy matters related to urgent local challenges. SCCLPP projects may include issues from a range of fields: public law, civil procedure, environmental protection, consumer protection, criminal justice, land use law, the rights of immigrant residents, public health, election law, and local finance. The SCCLPP is open only to Stanford Law Students (1L, 2L, and 3L JD and Advanced Degree students). Students will be admitted by consent, with a preference for those with past coursework or experience in state or local government law, public interest lawyering, and public service generally. Note: In the winter 2025 quarter, this lab will not include an accompanying seminar as in past quarters. However, students will meet with their teams on a weekly basis at a mutually agreed upon time. The lab is 3 units in the winter quarter and 2 or 3 units in the spring quarter. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete a Consent Application Form available at SLS Registrar
https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 9 units total)
Instructors:
Anderson, M. (PI)
LAW 809E: Policy Practicum: AI For Legal Help
Can 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 work on teams, each of which will have a partner organization from the justice system and an interest in using AI to improve services. Partner organizations include frontline legal aid and court groups interested in using AI to improve their ability to help people dealing with evictions, criminal justice problems, debt collection, domestic violence, and other legal problems. Using human-centered design practices, students will help their partners scope out exactly where AI and other interventions might serve both the providers and the clients, what quality benchmarks should guide any new intervention, and what datasets and other projects could jumpstart a new technology initiative. Using this design work,
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Can 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 work on teams, each of which will have a partner organization from the justice system and an interest in using AI to improve services. Partner organizations include frontline legal aid and court groups interested in using AI to improve their ability to help people dealing with evictions, criminal justice problems, debt collection, domestic violence, and other legal problems. Using human-centered design practices, students will help their partners scope out exactly where AI and other interventions might serve both the providers and the clients, what quality benchmarks should guide any new intervention, and what datasets and other projects could jumpstart a new technology initiative. Using this design work, teams will establish important guidelines to ensure that any new AI project is centered on the needs of people, and developed with a careful eye towards ethical and legal principles. This multi-stakeholder and policy research will then turn towards creative, design-driven technology development. Student teams will build a demonstration project to determine if AI is able to accomplish the legal tasks they have identified in their design research. They will consult with subject matter experts to help evaluate the AI's performance and go through iterative development cycles to refine their intervention to better meet the quality benchmarks they've established. Student teams will present their design research and technical system demo to their partners and a broader audience, for critical discussion about the next steps for the projects. They might continue to work on the efforts after the quarter or might help their partner move towards other sustainable models that could allow them to further develop, deploy, and maintain AI-powered projects to enhance their legal services. The students' learnings about engaging in responsible AI development with public interest partners will be useful to others working on AI for community agencies, government and civic tech, and high-stakes legal services. Students will be required to complete ethical training for human subjects research, which takes approximately 2 hours through the CITI program online. 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 able, but not required, 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/. Cross-listed with the d.school (
DESIGN 809E).
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 9 units total)
Instructors:
Al Haider, N. (PI)
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Hagan, M. (PI)
LAW 809S: Policy Practicum: Hopi Tribe Appellate Court Assistance Project
Students will assist the client, the Hopi Tribal Appellate Court, in two separate tracks. Track 1: Law Clerks (6 credits) (max 6 students): Students will serve as off-site law clerks to the Justices of the Hopi Tribal Appellate Court in Arizona. They will assist in preparing for oral arguments and drafting written decisions and any other assistance that the Justices require. Students will receive R-Paper Credit for their work. Students in the law clerk track must commit to both the winter and spring quarters, and to attending the class trip to Hopi, tentatively scheduled for the end of spring break. Track 2: Policy Research (3 credits, R-credit) (max 6 students) : Students will assist the Appellate Court in one of two projects: 1) revising the primary Hopi legal treatise summarizing Hopi caselaw, and 2) researching alternative approaches to juvenile justice, with a focus on drug treatment, diversion, and rehabilitation. Students, including non-law students, with a background in sociolo
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Students will assist the client, the Hopi Tribal Appellate Court, in two separate tracks. Track 1: Law Clerks (6 credits) (max 6 students): Students will serve as off-site law clerks to the Justices of the Hopi Tribal Appellate Court in Arizona. They will assist in preparing for oral arguments and drafting written decisions and any other assistance that the Justices require. Students will receive R-Paper Credit for their work. Students in the law clerk track must commit to both the winter and spring quarters, and to attending the class trip to Hopi, tentatively scheduled for the end of spring break. Track 2: Policy Research (3 credits, R-credit) (max 6 students) : Students will assist the Appellate Court in one of two projects: 1) revising the primary Hopi legal treatise summarizing Hopi caselaw, and 2) researching alternative approaches to juvenile justice, with a focus on drug treatment, diversion, and rehabilitation. Students, including non-law students, with a background in sociology, social psychology, criminology, and other related disciplines are especially encouraged to apply for this second project. Students will present their research and findings to Justices at the end of the quarter. Commitment to the policy research track is for the winter quarter only, with the option to extend to future quarters. Both Tracks: Students in both tracks will travel to the Hopi Reservation and the Grand Canyon. This trip is tentatively scheduled for March 26-30 (the end of SLS spring break), though precise scheduling depends on the Hopi court calendar. SLS will cover flights, accommodation, and reasonable travel expenses. Attendance on this trip is required for students in the law clerk track and strongly encouraged for students in the policy track; applications from students able to commit to the trip will receive preference in admissions. Coursework or background in federal Indian law is helpful but not required. Students who sufficiently complete their work for our client will receive a mandatory pass. Elements used in grading: Attendance, Class Performance, Class Participation, Written Assignments. Students in both the policy and clerkship tracks may opt to extend for an additional quarter. APPLICATION: To access Policy Lab Consent Applications go to link SLS Registrar
https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 9 units total)
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