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What happens when a decade of immigration reform promises fall short?
Join Stanford Law Professor Jennifer Chacón, UC Irvine Professor Susan Bibler Coutin, and UCI Law Professor Stephen Lee in conversation with Stanford Law Professor David Sklansky about their groundbreaking book, Legal ...Phantoms: Executive Action and the Haunting Failures of Immigration Law.
This in-depth discussion will explore the human and institutional toll of failed federal immigration reform, with insights drawn from over 135 interviews with government officials, immigration advocates, and affected individuals in Los Angeles and Orange County. Don’t miss this chance to unpack how policy gaps have shaped lives and communities in profound ways.
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“Stanford Law is already a leader in educating law students, and my goal is to ensure we also become the leader in educating lawyers, policymakers, and executives across various sectors.” said Adam Sterling, the school’s new Associate Dean for Executive Education and Strategic Partnerships. ...In this new role at Stanford Law, Sterling will oversee training and professional development for legal professionals, organizational leaders, and Stanford Law alumni. He will also drive a range of strategic partnerships across Stanford University and throughout the broader legal community. Welcome to Stanford Law, Adam! https://stanford.io/42iW04y
Artificial intelligence will amplify existing challenges in the patent examination process, specifically in connection with patent law’s disclosure requirement, according to a new paper from Stanford Law’s Lisa Ouellette, the Deane F. Johnson Professor of Law. “How Will AI Affect Patent ...Disclosures?” was co-authored by Victoria Fang, JD ’24, a former patent examiner who collaborated on the study while a student at Stanford Law, and Nicholas T. Ouellette, a civil and environmental engineering professor at Stanford.
“AI will amplify errors in both improperly granting poorly disclosed patents and improperly denying patents on the basis of earlier AI-generated references that do not actually disclose those inventions,” the co-authors observe in their paper, published in “Nature Biotechnology.” But the rise of AI patent drafting also provides an opportunity to reform the patent examination process and promote innovation, they say.
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In the latest episode of Stanford Legal, Pam Karlan is joined by Stanford Law School Professor David Sklansky, a leading criminal law expert, for a wide-ranging discussion of special counsel Jack Smith's report, the evidence against the president-elect, and more.
Listen here: ...https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-legal-podcast/special-counsel-smiths-report-on-trumps-interference-in-the-2020-election/?sf212599262=1