Liz Magill likes to run. Not too fast, but steady. It’s a good thing, too. Getting up to speed in her new job as the Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean of Stanford Law School, with back-to-back appointments every day and events on most evenings, will take marathon stamina.
Articles in ‘Legal Education’
The JD Entrepreneurs
June 19, 2012 | Issue 86The New JD
June 11, 2012 | Issue 86Robert W. Gordon
October 28, 2011 | Issue 85Apparently, some people just can’t stay away. Robert W. Gordon, professor of law, is the latest member of an elite group of academics whose members, having spent time in the East, have seen the (sun)light and rejoined the Stanford Law School faculty. Gordon began his academic career at SUNY Buffalo [...]
James Cavallaro
October 28, 2011 | Issue 85From the Dean
May 31, 2011 | Issue 84Students today put a lot more thought into choosing a law school than they did in the past. And they have access to vastly more information with which to do so. In addition to a surfeit of books offering advice on the best law schools, not to mention U.S. News, they can (and do) turn to blogs and list serves and chat groups to gather information and exchange stories and opinions. On top of this, most schools invite admitted applicants to spend a day or two on campus, where they can learn still more about the school and meet current students and faculty.
I really enjoy these weekends. I love meeting prospective students, each more amazing than the last. I like explaining what we do at Stanford Law and why. I especially enjoy conversations in which someone challenges me to explain why he or she should choose Stanford over some other law school. But this year was different in one respect. A number of admitted students were still undecided about attending law school at all, still looking to be persuaded that a law degree is worth the time and money—still unsure, in the lingo of the moment, that law is a good “value proposition.”
Prospective law students do not have these concerns because of the economy. Hard economic times usually make law school more attractive, as young people sensibly invest in their education while waiting for things to [...]
Advocating Science
May 31, 2011 | Issue 84My graduate school advisor, the late Stephen Schneider, liked to ask his students: “Is the scientist-advocate an oxymoron?” As he was fond of pointing out, the two professional value systems are often in conflict. The ideal scientist is a disinterested party with a neutral perspective, while the ideal advocate is [...]
Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
May 31, 2011 | Issue 84In this profile, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe ’89 (MA ’89) shares her insights on international human rights, democratic movements in the Middle East, the challenges of working in the United Nations, her path to a career as an ambassador, and more.
Studying the Legal Profession
May 31, 2011 | Issue 84The legal profession is undergoing an enormous transformation, with the development of mega-firms, globalization, changing client demands, the Internet and resulting communications and technology innovations. Lawyers practicing at firms know that the profession has been changing dramatically, particularly over the last three decades. Yet academics who study the legal profession [...]
From Afghanistan to Bhutan to Timor-Leste
May 31, 2011 | Issue 84This article accompanies the “In Focus” story “Legal Education in Afghanistan.” Over the course of four short years three innovative rule of law projects have launched at Stanford Law School and have become the centerpiece of its Rule of Law Program—with each project offering students the opportunity to engage in the [...]