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TO T H E M E M B E R S , F R I E N D S , A N D FA M I L I E S OF THE CLASS OF 2019: Congratulations to the Class of 2019, which today joins a distinguished group of Stanford Law graduates whose history stretches back to 1893 when the fledgling Stanford University began its program in law. It is my honor to uphold Stanford’s tradition of excellence, which began that year when the university started teaching law and recruited its first law professors. One was Benjamin Harrison, former president of the United States, whom Governor Stanford invited to deliver a landmark series of lectures on the Constitution. The other was Nathan Abbott, who would head the nascent law program. Dean Abbott assembled around him a small faculty, and he imparted a standard of rigor and excellence that endures to this day. In 1895 the university conferred the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Law. The first graduate degree, a Master of Arts in Law, was introduced in 1901 and the equivalent of today’s professional Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) degree was inaugurated as the Bachelor of Laws (LLB). Stanford Law School has since developed the degrees of Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD), Master of Legal Studies (MLS), Master of the Science of Law (JSM), Master of Laws (LLM), and 29 joint degrees. Following Abbott’s departure in 1907, the deanship was held successively by Frederic Woodward (1908-1916), Charles Huston (1916-1922), and Marion Rice Kirkwood (1922- 1945). During Dean Kirkwood’s tenure, the law school saw the successful introduction of a moot court program, the institution of the Stanford Law Association (forerunner of today’s alumni law societies), and the first directory of Stanford Law alumni. Carl Spaeth became dean in 1946. Under his leadership, the school assumed its modern form, and the first volume of the Stanford Law Review was published. During the deanship of Bayless Manning (1964-1971), Stanford expanded its role of national leadership in legal education, and fundraising began for a distinct law school campus. Dean Thomas Ehrlich (1971-1976) successfully completed that campaign, overseeing the construction of Crown Quadrangle, a complex of buildings designed specifically for the study of law. The new buildings were dedicated by President Gerald Ford on September 1975. Stanford Law School consolidated its position as one of the nation’s top law schools during the deanship of Charles J. Meyers (1976-1981), who led new initiatives in law, economics, and business. Dean John Hart Ely (1982-1987) promoted public interest programs for students, oversaw a student-led initiative to launch a legal aid clinic in East Palo Alto, and created the nation’s first loan forgiveness program for graduates who chose public interest jobs. Under the leadership of its tenth dean, Paul Brest (1987-1999), the law school embarked on a highly successful fundraising campaign to secure the future of the school with new faculty
hiring and a re-engaged alumni community. Dean Brest also strengthened the law and business curriculum and deepened the law school’s ties to the Graduate School of Business and Silicon Valley. Dean Kathleen M. Sullivan (1999-2004) led a technologically sophisticated renovation of the law school complex and raised one of the largest individual gifts made to a U.S. law school to build the Munger Graduate Residence adjacent to the school. She also introduced a new LLM program and began efforts to reinvigorate clinical education at the law school. Dean Larry Kramer (2004-2012) spearheaded significant educational reforms, including dramatically expanding joint degree opportunities, enlarging the clinical education program, and expanding initiatives to foster a public service ethos. Dean Kramer also led the move to bring the law school’s academic calendar in line with the rest of Stanford University, thereby enabling law students to take advantage of offerings in Stanford’s other top-rated graduate programs and departments. Dean M. Elizabeth Magill (2012-2019) expanded Stanford Law School’s academic program and experiential learning opportunities by launching the innovative Law & Policy Lab, which gives students the change to work in small teams to help real-world partners address concrete policy problems. She also spearheaded the Global Law Program, which incorporates the complexity of a globalized world into the law school curriculum. Magill presided over a major effort to hire faculty, bolstered fundraising and alumni engagement, expanded and redesigned student life initiatives, and increased the school’s commitment to public interest fellowships and diversity and inclusion efforts. Installed in the spring of 2019 as the fourteenth dean of Stanford Law School, I have been privileged to join this distinguished community and build on its strengths. Stanford Law School will continue to innovate and evolve, but the basic mission has not changed since Abbott’s day—dedication to the highest standards of excellence in legal scholarship and to the training of lawyers equipped to serve their clients, lead our shared profession, and solve the problems of our nation and our world. I am proud to carry on that tradition. Jenny S. Martinez R ICHARD E . LA N G PROFE S S O R O F LAW A N D D E A N
OFFICERS OF THE CLASS OF 2019 Ni c h o la s Ed wa rd D eFi es ta and Vi c to ri a M a r i a M u ñ oz To r re s 3 L C O - PR E S I D E N TS Al e xa n d re S a l o m ã o Ja b ra A DVA N C E D D E G R E E PR E S I D E N T Gracie C h a ng 3 L T R E A SU R E R Feli pe I n fa n te La r ra í n A DVA N C E D D E G R E E T R E A SU R E R Emily Da you ng H o ng a n d M o nica C ar r i e M o l i n a 3 L C O R R E S P O N D E N TS Fra n c e s ca G i n ex i A DVA N C E D D E G R E E C O R R E S P O N D E N T 2 0 1 9 G R A D UAT I O N M A R S H A L S Donna H. Ni 3L MARSHAL Felipe C o s ta Ro d r i gu es N eve s an d Th o mas Sp o er r i ADVANCE D DE GR EE M A R S H A L Davi d Fri ed m a n Oy er STA NDARD BE ARER Jory Ste e le As s o ciate D ea n fo r S t u d en t Affai r s SC H OOL MARSHA L
ORDER OF EXERCISES Processional C LASS OF 2019 AND FA C ULT Y Welcome J EN NY S. MARTI NEZ RIC H ARD E . L ANG P R O F ES S O R O F LAW A ND D E A N Student Remarks GUILL AU ME BRAI D I (LLM ) DAV ID CORNE L L ( J D ) Presentation of the 2019 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service to Stanford Law School to David Huang V IC T ORI A MARIA MUÑO Z T O R R ES Presentation of the 2019 Staff Appreciation Award to Diane Chin N IC HOL AS E DWAR D D EF I ES TA Presentation of the 2019 John Bingham Hurlbut Award for Excellence in Teaching to Gregory Ablavsky, Associate Professor of Law ALEX ANDRE SAL OM ÃO J A BR A Address ASS O CIATE PROFE S S O R G R EG O R Y A BLAVS K Y Presentation of the Class of 2019 ASS O CIATE DE AN JO R Y S T EELE Charge to the Class DEAN MARTI NE Z Recessional
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2019
DOCTOR OF THE SCIENCE OF LAW Pablo Ortiz Mena Montes de Oca
Shih-Chun Chien Alexandre Salomão Jabra
Doron Dorfman Sergio Sanchez Lopez
Anita Jwa Naina Sharma
Yoo Min Won
MASTER OF LAWS (INTERNATIONAL
MASTER OF THE SCIENCE OF LAW ECONOMIC LAW, BUSINESS & POLICY)
Silindile Nomfihlakalo Buthelezi David Kwabena Adu-Kusi
Janka Deli Paloma Mayeli Alcantara Tremari
Laura Natalie Galindo-Romero Juan Miguel Alvarez Contreras
Anna Hakobyan Rafael Bittencourt Silva
Sunny Seon Kang Mirian Campos Moraes e Silva
Tomás Ignacio Kreft Carreño Young Joo Cho
Mao-wei Lo Felipe Costa Rodrigues Neves *
Austin Andrew Omondi Ouko Milena Cecilia Dos Santos Arbizu
Peter John Jan-Philip Wilhelm Elm
Amulya Purushothama Adrien Pierre Gabellon
Lucia Josefine Benjamina Reuter * Marjorie Gressler Afonso
Andrés Felipe Suárez Alice Fu-Yi Lu
Michal Totchani Jillian Dawn Meibusch *
Naoko Ueda
MASTER OF LAWS (CORPORATE
Marlena Wisniak
GOVERNANCE & PRACTICE)
Yael Yahya
Guillaume Braidi *
Noelia Carreras Schabauer MASTER OF LAWS (LAW, SCIENCE
Maria Eugenia Crespo & TECHNOLOGY)
Adyasha Das Sanghyun Baek
Natalia De Santis de Caldas Pires Maria Antonia Carvajal Cabal
Vanessa Isler Maria Gabriela Castanheira Bacha
Fernando Juárez Hernández Ana Carolina Folgosi Bittar
Soyeon Jun Francesca Ginexi
Laurent Lantonnois van Rode Steinunn Gudmundsdottir
Shomaila Loan Maker Hongbo Hei
Thomas Patrick McLaughlin Alexander James Maschmedt
Shachar Nir Nayantara Menon Mehta
Fabio Pamplona Vidal Jahnavi Mitra
Drushya Sridhar Yasmin Monteiro Baptista
Bente Van Winckel Benjamin Walker Murphy
Hiroshi Watanabe Siddhartha Sarangal
Martin Schwertmann
MASTER OF LAWS (ENVIRONMENTAL
Mizuna Sekine
LAW & POLICY)
Thomas Spoerri
Maya Maria Beeler-Sigron
Shivanghi Sukumar
Caidan Cao
Aurea María Fuentes Morales
Mandakini Ghosh
Man Sze Hui
Felipe Infante Larraín
Megumi Kawatani
Myungwon Keum
Aditi Khosla
Woongjae Kim
Minyoung Lee
Mario MozóMEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2019 DOCTOR OF JURISPRUDENCE Alyssa Marie Dunn Michael Robert Abrams ** Emma Carolyn Eastwood-Paticchio *** Michael James Abramson Naz El-Khatib Sancho Accorsi * Alexandra Allison Enion Margot Marie Adams Nathan A. Fennell ** Jacob D. Addelson ** Jacob S. Finkel * Matthew Agnew Jake Funk Cynthia Amezcua *** Samantha Nicole Gerleman ** Eleanor Chamberlain Anthony Peter A. Gilchrist * Avi Ross Bakshani Raphael Julian Ginsburg ** James Baltzer * Taisa Marina Kosarchyn Goodnature ** Hilary Susan Bartlett *** Elizabeth Corinne Grabowski Sean Louis Becker Devon J. Gray Fithawi Berhane Rachel E. Green *** Daniel W. Bernal * Julia Leigh Greenberg *** Pranav Bethala Kyle B. Grigel ** Zachary J. Bleckner * Vanessa Maria Guerrero * Brian Andrew Bloomer T. Ariel Guerrero-Stewart Erik Blumenkranz Katherine Weston Guthrie ** John Adam Bonacorsi *** Anthony Gutierrez Lauren Elizabeth Border *** Thomas Oren Gwinn Jr. Autumn Skye Bordner ** Shelby Hart-Armstrong *** Beth Eliana Braiterman *** Emily Anne Hayes * Anjuli Branz *** Savannah Nicole Haynes ** Aaron David Dakin Bray Junjie He * Kathryn T. Brennan Ethan Jedidiah Herenstein * Daniel Joseph Brenner ** Ari Ross Hoffman Thomas Peter Butterfoss * Erika Kreitzberg Hoglund * Sophia Lauretta Cai * Emily Dayoung Hong Katherine Ruth Carey * David Hoyt Connor Kelly James Casas David W. Huang *** Ryan Chan Emma Catherine Miller Ireland Gracie Chang * Eugénie Josephine Martha Iseman *** Michelle Eun-Jung Cho Julia McDonald Ishiyama * Jessica S. Clarke William Boyd Jackson * Matthew Lee Cofer Sunny Suh-eun Jeon * Caroline Paula Cohn ** Andrew Wesley Jones Hannah Renee Coleman ** Sakura Kato Jonathan A. Collier * Patrick Michael Kennedy * Christopher Thomas Connelly Jane Elizabeth Kessner ** David Cornell Audrey Eunyoung Kim Parker Joseph Cragg Yu Kyung Kim Sarah Craig Cunningham Elizabeth Merel Klein ** Alexander Yousef Daniel Meghan Ravi Koushik *** James Steven Davidson * Zachary I. Krowitz ** Thomas Benjamin Davidson *** Mollie Grace Kuether * Nicholas Edward DeFiesta ** Robert J. LaCroix Benjamin Grant DeGolia * Helen A. Lawless * Stevie DeGroff * Michael Victor Levin ** Raquel Emiko Dominguez * Viola Hung Li *
Alexandra Lim * Berin Senné ** Adrienne Michelle Liu * Arjun Arvind Shenoy Alejandra María Lynberg ** Annie Yue Shi * Biola Elizabeth Macaulay *** Nihal Shrinath * Amy Celeste Madl Daphna Spivack Sarah Noor Mahmood ** David Steven Wanger Steinbach * Matthew L. Mainen Beatrice Strnad * Jonathan Joseph Marshall * Carina Tai Hannah Hatsumi Matsunaga * Daniel Avi Tirosh Claire Margaret McDonald *** Claire Louise Torchiana ** Camden A. McRae Alex Paul Treiger * Jesus Roberto Medina-Garcia * Sarah Erin Tully Jasmine Ying Miller ** Michael M. Ulmer Parker R. Miller Robert A. Uderwood Tyler R. Miller Rosalynd Denise Upton Lincoln Mitchell *** Boloroo Uuganbayar Monica Carrie Molina ** Alexandra Jean Valicenti Melissa Monaghan Ashley Nicolle Vazquez Victoria Maria Muñoz Torres Peter B. Vogel Hyatt G. Mustefa Joshua Sol Schelly Walden Donna H. Ni * Summer Azusena Wall * Edward Wesley Nugent *** Abby Lynn Walter * Alexander Joseph Howard Ochoa Zachary Tyler Watterson Brynne Sabina O’Neal ** David L. Wayne William McLeese Orr Ruth Evelyn Welch * Natalie Parisa Oveyssi Nicole Houston Welindt * David Friedman Oyer *** Taylor Williams * Elyssa Pak Rebecca Mutsumi Hue Tong Wong Natalie Peelish * Kelsey Anne Woodford *** Emily H. Pehrsson * Alyssa Brianna Wright ** Jonathan Aaron Pomeranz Stephen Thomas Wu * Catherine Claire Porto * Daniel J. Yadron Jr.** Rebecca Nicole Pottash * Catherine Yuh John Vodhanel Preis ** Alyssa Zhang * Britany Nicole Riley *** Binquan Zhuang ** Sean Harold Rosenberg Monica Katherine Zwolinski Sarah M. Rowan * James A. Ruck * Makeba Alinda Kokugonza Rutahindurwa *** * Pro Bono Distinction (50+ hours), wearing white cord Royce Ryu **HighProBonoDistinction(150+hours),wearingsilver Christopher Karim Saroki cord Brendan Shea Sasso ** *** Highest Pro Bono Distinction (300+ hours), wearing Alexis Kay Savini * gold cord Isabella Rose Sayyah Caroline Anna Schechinger ** Emma Sophie Schindler *** Spencer Michael Schmider ** Michael Schneider Robert M. Schoenhals Amy Wald Senia
O F F I C E R S O F S T U D E N T O R GA N I Z AT I O N S 2 0 1 8 - 2 0 1 9
A DVA N C E D D E G RE E S T U DE NT S ’ AS S OCIATION Armando Fernandez, Executive Board Member
Ana Carolina Bittar, Co-President Julie Neusner, Executive Board Member
Francesca Ginexi, Co-President Ola Abiose, Executive Board Member
Drushya Sridhar, Co-President
Shivanghi Sukumar, Co-President DRAMA SOCIET Y (MUSICAL)
Boyd Jackson, Co-Producer
A M ERI CA N C ON S T I T UT I ON S OCIE T Y Stevie DeGroff, Co-Producer
Britany Riley, Co-President Charlie Melman, Co-Producer
Bryan Thomson, Co-President Will Setrakian, Co-Producer
Dan Beksha, Policy Chairs E NE RGY & I NFRAST RUCT UR E CLUB
Taisa Goodnature, Policy Chairs Soyoen Jun, President
Allison Rothchild, Financial Officer Caroline Jo, Vice President
Arielle Mourrain, Academic Chairs Pablo Ortiz Mena Montes de Oca, Financial Officer
Brett Parker, Academic Chairs
Alyssa Picard, Academic Chairs E NTRE PR ENEUR SHIP CLUB
Andrew Longhi, Judical Chair Collin Van Loon, Co-President
Charlie Melman, Judical Chair Nathan Kahrobai, Co-President
Erika Hoglund, Membership Chair Miika Weekes, VP of Development
A N TI T RU S T LAW & P OL ICY AS S OCIATION Clint Akarmann, VP of External and Alumni Relations
Omar Vasquez Duque, Co-President E NVIRONMENTAL LAW SO CI ET Y
Tomás Kreft Carreno, Co-President Allan Van Vliet, Co-President
Boyd Jackson, Financial Officer Bryan Shpall, Co-President
Jeff Ho, Treasurer
A S I A N A N D PAC I F I C I S LANDE R LAW STU DE NT S Annelise Corriveau, Board
A S S OC I AT I O N Rob Underwood, Board
Jeff Ho, Co-President Michael Levin, Board
Rebecca Michelson, Co-President
Kwan Kim, Internal Vice President FE DE RA LI ST SOCIET Y
Lori Ding, External Vice President Stephen Wu, President
Mondee Lu, Admissions/Recruiting Chair Ben Gibson, Executive Vice President
Yanni Chen, Social Chair A.J. Jeffries, Treasurer
Jaclyn Freshman, Social Chair Jeff Hetzel, Chair for Intellectual Life
Evan Kratzer, Mentoring/Academic Chair Lloyd Marshall, Chair for Intellectual Life
Esther Yu, Mentoring/Academic Chair
Victor Xu, Community Development Chair FIRST PER SO N
George Zhang, Professional Development Co-Chair Nick DeFiesta, Co-Coordinator
Avi Bakshani, Co-Coordinator
BI OLAW A N D H E ALT H POLICY SOCIE T Y Zachary Bleckner, Co-Coordinator
Sarah Dohan, Co-President
Jaclyn Freshman, Co-President IF/WH EN/HOW
Quinn Walker, Co-President Allison Rothchild, Co-President
Alexandra Willingham, Co-President
BLAC K L AW S T U D E N T S AS S OCIATION Quinn Walker, VP of Programming
Ola Abiose, Co-President Elizabeth Hannah, Outreach Vice President
Cara Sims, Co-President
Tyrik LaCruise, Vice President INTE RNAT I ONAL ARBI T RAT IO N ASSOCI AT IO N
Tyler Bishop, Treasurer Alice Lu, Co-President
Hunter King, Academic Development Co-Chair Luis Alejandro Bergolla, Co-President
Ethan Amaker, Academic Development Co-Chair Rafael Bittencourt Silva, Vice President and Treasurer
Jyra Bickham, Professional Development Chair
Carra Rentie, Community Action Chair INTE RNAT I ONAL LAW SO CI ET Y
Gabby McKenzie, Gala Chair Aletha Smith, Co-President
Holt Alden, Co-President
BLOC KC H A I N L AW & I N FORMATION SOCIE T Y AT Melissa Giangrande, Community Development
S TA N FORD Kwan Kim, Fiancial Officer
Conner Brown, President Amanda McCaffrey, Signature Events
Josh Rosefelt, Vice President Pauline Ryan, Speaker Events
C HI N A LAW A N D P O LI C Y ASSOCIATION INTE RNAT I ONAL REFUGEE ASSI STANCE
George Zhang, Co-President PROJE CT
Evan Kratzer, Co-President Noah Breslau, Co-President
Emma Wang, Vice President Allison Wettstein, Co-President
Binquan Zhuang, Senior Advisor Sam Watters, Policy Director
Catherine Yuh, Senior Advisor Deanna Rafla-Yuan, Policy Engagement Chair
Blake Hei, Professional Affairs Chair Emily Goldenberg, Board Member
Jacqueline Teobaldi, Senior Case Managers
C HR I S T I A N F E LLOWS H IP Alyssa Martinez, Senior Case Managers
Ben Gibson, President Michael Levin, Social Co-Chair
Patrick Ntchobo, Vice President Amanda McCaffrey, Treasurer/Social Co-Chair
Mary Hwang, Vice President
Carre Rentie, Vice President J. RE U BEN CLARK LAW SOCIET Y
CJ Harrington, Vice President Spencer Hodson, President
Jon Collier, VP of Development
C R I M IN AL LAW S OC I E T Y Parker Miller, VP of Academic Life
Nicole Santoro, Co-President
Tyrik LaCruise, Co-President JD/MB A CLUB
Ariel Mourrain, Co-President David Hoyt, Co-President
Abigail Thompson, Treasurer Ryan Chan, Co-President
Zach Waterman, Community Development Co-Chair Matt Agnew, Social Chair
Sam Lazerwitz, Academic Chair Clint Akarmann, Professional Development Chair
Joe Tisch, Programming Chair
Noah Breslau, Programming Chair JE WISH LAW ST UD ENT S ASSO CIAT I ON
Tyler Jones, Mentorship Chair Rachel Beyda, Co-President
Ryan Daniels, Co-President
DE M OC RAT I C S OC I AL IS T S Joe Tisch, Vice President
Amanda McCaffrey, Executive Board Member Sarah Dohan, Vice President
Noah Breslau, Executive Board MemberJ EW I S H LAW S T U D E N T S ASSOCIATION ( CONT.) STANFOR D ADVOCAT ES FOR I MMIG R ANT S’
Gabriel Bronshteyn, Community Chair RIGH T S
Bryan Shpall, Bagel Tsar Patrick Kennedy, Co-President
Alex Costin, Board Member Jasmine Miller, Co-President
Julia Fine, Board Member Michaela Ross, Co-President
Ethan Herenstein, Board Member
Ari Hoffman, Board Member STANFOR D AR T IF ICIAL INT ELLI GENCE & LAW
Charlie Melman, Board Member SOCIE T Y
Rebecca Michelson, Board Member Zach Harned, President
Alyssa Picard, Board Member Elena Goldstein, Vice President
Rebecca Pottash, Board Member Tyler Robbins, Financial Officer
Daniel Rubin, Board Member
STANFOR D CR IT I CAL LAW SOCIET Y
LAW S T U D E N T S FO R DISAB IL IT Y RIGH T S Elizabeth Reetz, Co-Coordinator
Samantha Gerleman, Co-President Michaela Ross, Co-Coordinator
Mollie Kuether, Co-President Noah Breslau, Co-Coordinator
Shelby Hart-Armstrong, Co-President
S TANFOR D ELECT IO N LAW PROJECT
M A RI ON RI C E K I RK WO OD MOOT COU RT Tom Westphal, Co-President
BOA RD Melissa Giangrande, Co-President
Joseph DeMott, Co-President Tyler Bishop, Treasure
Jace Yarbrough, Co-President Kylie Naas, Event Manager
Nicole Allen, Vice President Sarah Mahmood, Policy Director
Matt Getz, Vice President
Adam Hersh, Board Member S TANFOR D ENT ER TAINMENT AND SPOR T S LAW
Matt Ball, Board Member AS S OCI AT I O N
Tiffany Lieu, Board Member Cara Sims, Co-President
Jeff Liu, Board Member Elizabeth Lopez, Co-President
Rachel Neil, Board Member Brittany Cazakoff, Treasurer
Shannon Galvin, Board Member George Brown, Executive Directors
M I D D L E E AS T E RN AN D S OU TH AS IAN LAW Alex Yu, Executive Directors
S TUD E N T S A S S OC I AT I ON S TANFOR D HUMAN R IG HT S LAW ASSO CIAT I ON
Natalie Oveyssi, Co-President Daniel Martinez, Executive Council
Karmpreet Grewal, Co-President Amanda McCaffrey, Executive Council
Ishan Kumar, Financial Officer Alyssa Martinez, Executive Council
M U S LI M LAW S T U D E NT S ASSOCIATION Fernando Berdion-Del Valle, Executive Council
Sarah Mahmood, Co-President Marlena Wisniak, Executive Council
Hyatt Mustefa, Co-President
Serena Saffarini, Co-President S TANFOR D INT ELLECT UAL PRO PER T Y
Ola Abiose, Co-President AS S OCI AT I O N
Mary Hwang, Co-President
N ATI O N AL LAW Y E RS G U IL D Claire Santiago, Co-President
Julia Neusner, Co-Coordinator Ishan Kumar, Co-Vice President
Rachel Waterman, Co-Coordinator George Zhang, Co-Vice President
Bryan Thompson, Co-Coordinator Juan Pablo González, Exernal Relations Chair
N ATI VE A M E RI CA N L AW STU DE NT S STANFOR D LAT INO LAW ST UD ENT ASSO CI AT ION
A S S OC I AT I O N Holt Alden, Co-President
Carra Rentie, Co-President Claire Santiago, Co-President
Spencer Hodson, Co-President Diana Sanchez, VP of Operations
Michael Abrams, Vice President for Academic Life Eric Rodriguez, Firm Outreach
Summer Azusena Wall, Vice President for Community Sophia Villarreal, Community Development
Engagement Liz Sanchez, Academic Affairs
Jill Allard, Vice President for Development Danny Martinez, Academic Affairs
Priscilla Hernandez, Recruitment
OLD E R AN D W I S E R LAW S TU DE NT S Armonao Juan Fernendez, Advocacy
Binquan Zhuang, Co-President Nico Garcia, Professional Development
Jon Collier, Co-President
Rafael Bittencourt Silva, Treasurer S TANFOR D LAW AND BUSI NESS ASSOCIAT I O N
Shawn Musgrave, Vice President Catherine Yuh, President
OU T LAW STANFOR D LAW AND T ECHNOLO GY
Nick DeFiesta, Co-President ASSOCIAT IO N
Liz Lagerfeld, Co-President Alex Yu, Co-President
Helen Lawless, Treasurer George Brown, Co-President
Rob Underwood, Community Development Lori Ding, Vice President of Academic Affairs
Sam Watters, Community Devleopment Andrew McCreary, Vice President of External Affairs
Hannah Matsunaga, Academic Development Ryan Daniels, Vice President of Technology
Thomas Veitch, Academic Development Mary Hwang, Vice President of Finances
Brian Bloomer, Professional Devleopment
Andrew Longhi, Professional Devleopment STANFOR D LAW AND WINE SOCIET Y
Mondee Lu, Professional Devleopment MaryJo Lopez, Co-President
Tom Davidson, Retreat Chair Samuel Watters, Co-President
Molly Runkle, Membership & Mentorship Olivia Flesching, Co-President
Sophia Villareal, Membership & Mentorship
STANFOR D LAW ASSOCI AT I O N
S HA K I N G T H E FO U N DATIONS CONFE RE NCE CJ Harrington, Co-President
C OMM I T T E E Bebe Strnad, Co-President
Ben Hattem, Conference Manager Nico Garcia, Executice Vice President
Yanni Chen, Conference Manager Pauline Ryan, Executice Vice President
Mondee Lu, Finance Co-Chair Elena Pinsker, Treasurer
Danny Martinez, Finance Co-Chair Lauren Border, 3L Representative
Emily Hayes, 3L Representative
Jeff Ho, 2L Representative
David Levine, 2L Representative
Lauren Martin, 1L Representative Section 1OFFICERS OF STUDENT
O R GA N I Z AT I O N S 2 0 1 8 – 2 0 1 9 (continued)
S TA N FORD LAW A S S OCIATION ( CONT.) STANFOR D PROG R AM IN LAW AND SO CIET Y
Nick Neuteufel, 1L Representative Section 2 Vyoma Jha, Co-President
Connor Hayes, 1L Representative Section 3 Shih-Chun Chien, Co-President
Mishi Jain, 1L Representative Section 4 Thiago Nascimento dos Reis, Financial Officer
Bree Baccaglini, 1L Representative Section 5
Christopher Middleton, 1L Representative Section 6 STANFOR D PUBLIC I NT EREST LAW FOUNDAT I O N
Monica Cai, Transfer Representative Nick DeFiesta, Co-President
Ana Carolina Bittar, Advanced Degree Representative Erika Hoglund, Co-President
Francesca Ginexi, Advanced Degree Representative Stephen Tang, Treasurer
Drushya Sridhar, Advanced Degree Representative
Shivanghi Sukumar, Advanced Degree Representative STANFOR D TAX CLUB
Julia Greenberg, VP of Academic Affairs Fernando Juarez Hernandez, President
Holt Alden, Academic Affairs Minkee Kim Sohn, Financial Officer
AJ Jeffries, Academic Affairs Maru Eugenia Crespo, Vice President
Stephen Tang, Academic Affairs STRE E T LAW
Emily Goldenberg, VP of External and Alumni Relations Nicole Collins, Co-President
MaryJo Lopez, VP of Community Development Olivia Flechsig, Co-President
Annelise Corriveau, Community Development Tyler Helms, Recruitment Chair
Ryan Daniels, Community Development Marjorie Marquardt, Curriculum Chair
Priscilla Hernandez, VP of Diversity and Inclusion
Diana Sanchez, Diversity and Inclusion STU DE NT ANI MAL LEG AL D EF ENSE F UND
Esther Yu, Diversity and Inclusion Ishan Kumar, Co-President
Tori Noble, VP of Mental Health and Wellness Joe Zabel, Co-President
Maddy Bullard, Mental Health and Wellness Dan Brenner, Financial Officer
Nick DeFiesta, Mental Health and Wellness
Emily Gruener, Mental Health and Wellness STU DE NT S I NT EREST ED IN LEG AL ACAD EMIA
Michelle Erickson, VP of Events Reid Whitaker, Co-President
CJ Biggs, Events Elizabeth Reetz, Co-President
Jaqueline Teobaldi, Events Fernando Berdion-Del Valle, Financial Officer
Autumn Bordner, Directors of Technology WOME N IN POLI T ICS
Tyler Helms, Swag Tsars Sarah Dohan, Co-President
Michael Levin, Swag Tsars Evelyn Danforth, Co-President
S TA N FORD LAW D E M OCRAT S Michelle Erickson, Financial Officer
Charlie Melman, Co-President Nicole Collins, Board Member
Jacqueline Teobaldi, Co-President Sophia Villarreal, Board Member
Pauline Ryan, Board Member
S TA N FORD LAW F I RS T- G E NE RATION &
LOW - I N C O M E P ROF E S S I ONALS WOME N OF CO LOR CO LLECT I VE
Eric Rodriquez, Co-President Elizabeth Reetz, Co-President
Juan Barragan-Rangel, Co-President Serena Saffarini, Co-President
Hannah Begley, Co-President Esther Yu, Vice President
Sam Sherman, Financial Officer Diana Sanchez, Treasurer
Hannah Matsunaga, Academic Chair
S TA N FORD LAW P RI VATE PRACTICE Gabby McKenzie, Social Chair
A S S OC I AT I O N Elizabeth Sanchez Santiago, Recruitment/Admissions Chair
Jyra Bickham, President Priscilla Hernandez, Alumni Chair
Ethan Amaker, Vice President
Cara Sims, Secretary WOME N OF STANFO R D LAW
George Zhang, Treasurer Nicole Collins, Co-President
Olivia Flechsig, Co-President
S TA N FORD LAW S C H OO L MOCK TRIAL TE AM Serena Saffarini, Administrative/Finance Chair
Ethan Amaker, Co-President Lori Ding, Academic
Amy Senia, Co-President Marjory Marquardt, Academic
David Huang, Co-President Willa Collins, Mentorship
Stephen Tang, Treasurer Rachel Waterman, Mentorship
Melissa Giangrande, Alumni/Professional Development
S TA N FORD LAW S T U D E N T S AG AINS T GE NDE RE D Liz Hannah, Alumni/Professional Development
VI OLE N C E Marika O’Connor Grant, Community Service Chair
Madeline Magnuson, Co-President
Alex Willingham, Co-President YOU TH AND ED UCAT IO N ADVO CAT ES AT
Christie Corn, Financial Officer STANFOR D
Devon Gray, Board Member Michael Moorin, Co-President
Emily Gruner, Board Member Colin van Loon, Co-President
Michelle Erickson, Outreach Chair Tyrik LaCruise, Financial Officer
Connie Wang, Pro Bono Coordinators
MaryJo Lopez, Pro Bono Coordinators
S TA N FORD LAW VE T E RANS ORG ANIZ ATION
Matthew Martinez, Co-President
Niko Eren, Co-President
S TA N FORD N AT I ON AL S E CU RIT Y AND TH E LAW
S OC I E T Y
Madeline Magnuson, Co-President
Joe Zabel, Co-President
Jared Heslop, Financial Officer
S TA N FORD LAW S C H OO L PL AINTIFFS’ L AWY E RS
A S S OC I AT I O N
Hannah Matsunaga, Co-Chair
Nathan Kahrobai, Co-Chair
Will Setrakian, Financial Officer
S TA N FORD P RI S ON E R A DVOCACY AND
R ES OU RC E S C OAL I T I ON
Diana Sanchez, Co-President
Nathan Fennell, Co-President
Noah Breslau, Executive Board MemberOFFICERS OF STUDENT JOURNALS 2018–2019
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Omar Vasquez Duque, Executive Submissions EditorFA C U LT Y A N D O F F I C E R S O F A D M I N I S T R AT I O N 2018–2019 Marc Tessier-Lavigne, President of the University Persis Drell, Provost of the University Jenny S. Martinez, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean DE A NS Ralph Richard Banks, Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Co-Associate Dean for Curriculum, and Professor, by courtesy, School of Education Juliet M. Brodie, The Mills Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, and Director of the Mills Legal Clinic and of the Community Law Clinic Frank F. Brucato, Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Chief Financial Officer Diane T. Chin, Associate Dean for Public Service and Public Interest Law and Lecturer in Law Robert M. Daines, Pritzker Professor of Law and Business, Associate Dean for Global Programs, and Professor, by courtesy, Graduate School of Business Faye Deal, Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid David Freeman Engstrom, Professor of Law, Bernard D. Bergreen Faculty Scholar, and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Julia Erwin-Weiner, Senior Associate Dean for External Relations Susan Fleischmann, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Chief of Staff Deborah R. Hensler, Judge John W. Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution, Associate Dean for Advanced Degree Programs, and Director of Law and Policy Lab Sabrina Johnson, Associate Dean for Communications and Public Relations and Chief Communications Officer Mark G. Kelman, James C. Gaither Professor of Law and Vice Dean Bernadette Meyler, Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor of Law, Co-Associate Dean for Curriculum, and Professor, by courtesy, English Department Susan C. Robinson, Associate Dean for Career Services and Lecturer in Law Jory Steele, Associate Dean for Student Affairs E M E RI T I FAC ULT Y Janet Cooper Alexander, Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law, Emerita Barbara Babcock, Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita Paul Brest, Professor of Law, Emeritus, Former Dean, and Director of Law and Policy Lab Gerhard Casper, Professor of Law, Emeritus and President Emeritus of Stanford University Joshua Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Philosophy, and Law, Emeritus Richard Craswell, Professor of Law, Emeritus Lance E. Dickson, Professor of Law, Emeritus and Former Director of the Robert Crown Law Library Marc A. Franklin, Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law, Emeritus Ronald J. Gilson, Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus William B. Gould IV, Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law, Emeritus Thomas C. Grey, Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professor of Law, Emeritus Thomas C. Heller, Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Emeritus Joan Petersilia, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Emerita William H. Simon, William W. and Gertrude H. Saunders Professor of Law, Emeritus Michael S. Wald, Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Emeritus FAC U LT Y Gregory Ablavsky, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Professor, by courtesy, History Michelle Wilde Anderson, Professor of Law and Robert E. Paradise Faculty Fellow for Excellence in Teaching and Research Joseph Bankman, Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business Ralph Richard Banks, Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law and Co-Associate Dean for Curriculum, and Professor, by courtesy, of Education Rabia Belt, Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant Professor, by courtesy, History Juliet M. Brodie, The Mills Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, and Director of the Mills Legal Clinic and of the Community Law Clinic Michael Callahan, Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
James Cavallaro, Professor of Law, Director of the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, and Director of the Human Rights Center G. Marcus Cole, William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law Robert M. Daines, Pritzker Professor of Law and Business; Associate Dean for Global Programs; and Professor, by courtesy, Graduate School of Business Michele Landis Dauber, Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law and Professor, by courtesy, Sociology John J. Donohue III, C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law David Freeman Engstrom, Professor of Law, Bernard D. Bergreen Faculty Scholar, and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Nora Freeman Engstrom, Professor of Law and Deane F. Johnson Faculty Scholar George Fisher, Judge John Crown Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, Criminal Prosecution Clinic Jeffrey L. Fisher, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Richard Thompson Ford, George E. Osborne Professor of Law Barbara H. Fried, William W. and Gertrude H. Saunders Professor of Law Lawrence M. Friedman, Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law; Professor, by courtesy, History; and Professor, by courtesy, Political Science Jacob Goldin, Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant Professor, by courtesy, Economics Paul Goldstein, Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law Robert W. Gordon, Professor of Law Henry “Hank” T. Greely, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law; Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences; and Professor, by courtesy, Genetics Joseph A. Grundfest, W. A. Franke Professor of Law and Business and Senior Fellow, SIEPR Lucas Guttentag, Professor of the Practice of Law Deborah R. Hensler, Judge John W. Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution, Associate Dean for Advanced Degree Programs, and Director of Law and Policy Lab Daniel E. Ho, William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law; Professor, by courtesy, Political Science; and Senior Fellow, SIEPR Colleen Honigsberg, Assistant Professor of Law Erik G. Jensen, Professor of the Practice of Law and Director, Rule of Law Program Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law and Co-Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Mark G. Kelman, James C. Gaither Professor of Law and Vice Dean Amalia D. Kessler, Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies; Director, Stanford Center for Law and History; and Professor, by courtesy, History Daniel P. Kessler, Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, SIEPR Michael Klausner, Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and Professor of Law William S. Koski, Eric and Nancy Wright Professor of Clinical Education; Director, Youth and Education Law Project; and Professor, by courtesy, School of Education Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law; Director, Program in Law, Science & Technology; and Senior Fellow, SIEPR Robert J. MacCoun, James and Patricia Kowal Professor of Law; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; and Professor, by courtesy, Psychology M. Elizabeth Magill, Professor of Law Phillip R. Malone, Professor of Law and Director, Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Lawrence C. Marshall, Professor of Law Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer in Law, Faculty Director, Gould Negotiation and Mediation Program, and Co-Director, Gould Alternative Dispute Resolution Research Initiative Jenny S. Martinez, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean; and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Michael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law and Director, Stanford Constitutional Law Center A. Douglas Melamed, Professor of the Practice of Law Michelle M. Mello, Professor of Law and Professor of Health Research and Policy (School of Medicine) Bernadette Meyler, Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor of Law; Co-Associate Dean for Curriculum; and Professor, by courtesy, English Department Curtis J. Milhaupt, Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies David W. Mills, Professor of the Practice of Law and Senior Lecturer in Law Jay A. Mitchell, Professor of Law and Director, Organizations and Transactions Clinic Alison D. Morantz, James and Nancy Kelso Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, SIEPR
FA C U LT Y A N D O F F I C E R S O F A D M I N I S T R AT I O N 2 0 1 7 – 2 0 1 8 (continued) Anne Joseph O’Connell, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Associate Professor of Law and Justin M. Roach, Jr. Faculty Scholar Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Professor, by courtesy, Communications; and Professor, by courtesy, Political Science A. Mitchell Polinsky, Josephine Scott Crocker Professor of Law and Economics and Senior Fellow, SIEPR Robert L. Rabin, A. Calder Mackay Professor of Law Deborah L. Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director, Stanford Center on the Legal Profession Jane S. Schacter, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Shirin Sinnar, Associate Professor of Law and John A. Wilson Distinguished Faculty Scholar Deborah A. Sivas, Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law, Director, Environmental Law Clinic and Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment David Alan Sklansky, Stanley Morrison Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center James A. Sonne, Professor of Law and Director, Religious Liberty Clinic Norman W. Spaulding, Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professor of Law Jayashri Srikantiah, Professor of Law and Director, Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Jeff Strnad, Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law David M. Studdert, Professor of Law and Professor of Medicine (PCOR/CHP) Alan O. Sykes, Professor of Law, Warren Christopher Professor in the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy and Senior Fellow, SIEPR Barton H. “Buzz” Thompson, Jr., Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment George Triantis, Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business Ronald C. Tyler, Professor of Law and Director, Criminal Defense Clinic Barbara van Schewick, Professor of Law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, Director, Center for Internet and Society, and Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering Allen S. Weiner, Senior Lecturer in Law, Director, Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law, and Co-Director, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation Robert Weisberg, Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center Beth Williams, Senior Lecturer in Law and Senior Director, Robert Crown Law Library Diego A. Zambrano, Assistant Professor of Law VI S I TI N G AN D A F F I LI ATE D FACU LT Y Michael Asimow, Visiting Professor of Law Jeremy Bulow, Affiliated Faculty Kate Bundorf, Affiliated Faculty Jennifer Eberhardt, Professor, by courtesy, of Law Mariano Florentino Cuéllar, Herman Phleger Visiting Professor of Law Russ Feingold, Herman Phleger Visiting Professor of Law Siegfried Fina, Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Transatlantic Technology Law Forum Brian Fletcher, Edwin A. Heafey Jr. Visiting Professor of Law Jody Freeman, Herman Phleger Visiting Professor of Law Michael Genesereth, Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Law Laurie Simon Hodrick, Visiting Professor of Law David F. Larcker, Professor, by courtesy, of Law Leah Litman, Edwin A. Heafey Jr. Visiting Professor of Law Kenneth W. Mack, Visiting Professor of Law Michael Matheson, Visiting Adjunct Professor of Law Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo, Visiting Professor of Law Daniel Rodriguez, Visiting Professor of Law Leon Szeptycki, Affiliated Faculty Beth Van Schaack, Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor of Human Rights Barry Weingast, Affiliated Faculty Keith Winstein, Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Law
L E C T U R E R S I N L AW Adam Abelkop Kiu (Kathy) Ho Susan Robinson, Associate Dean Yonina Alexander Zeba Huq for Career Services Marilyn M. Bautista David Johnson David Rogers Jeff Brown Danielle Jones Michael Romano Viola Canales Megan Karsh Betty Rowe Bryan Casey Zachary D. Kaufman Tom Rubin Ronald Chen Julie Matlof Kennedy Colin Rule Diane T. Chin, Associate Dean for Sallie Kim Richard Salgado Public Service and Public Interest David Kleiman Matthew J. Sanders Law Matthew Kline Ticien Sassoubre Danny Cullenward Scott Kupor Andrew Schwartz Frank Currie Kenneth Kuwayti Alicia Seiger Gordon Davidson Jiyun Lee Steven Shapiro Meredith Dearborn Robin John Lee Sarah Shirazyan Cristina Dos Santos Goodwin Liu Stephanie Smith Lisa Douglass Suzanne Luban Ji Seon Song Jason Du Mont Anna Mance Michelle Sonu Bonnie Eskenazi Samuel McClure Shanin Specter Michael Esquivel Beth McLellan Jennifer Stark Randee G. Fenner Julia Mendoza Mark Storslee Bertram Fields Jeanne Merino, Director, Legal Kimberly Summe Jay Finkelstein Research and Writing Program Dan Tan Tara Ford Dinsha Mistree Aaron Thacker David Forst Nader Mousavi Alicia Thesing Michelle Galloway Debbie Mukamal, Director, Valicia Trowbridge Mei Gechlik Criminal Justice Center Theordore Ullyot Benjamin Ginsberg William H. Neukom Bruce Wagman Elise Goossens Jessica Notini Juan Walker Kate Gordon Jamie O’Connell Yanbai Andrea Wang Jonathan Greenberg Sarah Payne Lisa Weissman Ward Elizabeth Gropman B. Howard Pearson Spencer Williams Margaret Hagan Lisa Pearson Brian Wilson Mehdi Hakimi Sara Peters Andrew Winden Tim Hallahan Brenna Powell Michael Winn Adam Halpern Stephan M. Ray Joseph Yang Luciana Herman Claire Reade James Yoon Todd Hinnen Dan Reicher
125 YEARS: A SHORT HISTORY OF SLS Stanford began offering a curriculum in legal studies in 1893. After undergoing rapid expansion, in 1900 the law department moved from its location in Encina Hall to the Inner Quad and for the first time offered a two-year professional degree (LLB). The law department also became one of 27 charter members of the Association of American Law Schools. During this time, the law department began to focus more on professional training than on undergraduate education. The transition from a department to a modern graduate law school was completed in 1924 when Stanford began requiring a bachelor’s degree for admission to its legal program. The Great Depression and World War II significantly disrupted the work of the law school and enrollment dropped sharply. Law school administrators nonetheless adhered to high academic standards, while recognizing that academic content would need to grow to reflect national developments. The faculty correctly predicted that government would play a greater role in the regulation of private affairs and so added administrative law, taxation, trade regulation, labor law, and related subjects to the curriculum during this period. The late 1940s and 1950s brought a tidal wave of changes, including a relocation from the Inner Quad to the Outer Quad, publication of the first edition of the Stanford Law Review, construction of a law school dormitory (Crothers Hall), the successful introduction of a moot court program, the graduation of two future U.S. Supreme Court justices, and a commitment to maintaining selective enrollment and small class size. This last decision was perhaps the most important from the standpoint of the long- term success of the law school as it established a rigorous legal program and an intimate educational experience for a small, carefully chosen student body. In the 1970s, the law school again moved—this time to its current home at Crown Quadrangle. Speaking at the 1975 dedication ceremony for the new law campus, U.S. President Gerald Ford extolled Stanford’s foundation as a “solid triad of law, learning, and liberty.” Building on this foundation, Stanford has consolidated its position as one of the nation’s top law schools. Recognizing the importance of experiential learning, the law school has developed a state-of-the-art clinical program, offering students closely supervised, pedagogically driven opportunities to work with clients. The law school also now offers policy lab practicums where students work on a public policy problem, for a real client, under the supervision of a faculty member. The law school also has deepened its commitment to interdisciplinary education, working with graduate schools throughout the university to develop joint degree programs. The alignment of the law school’s academic calendar with that of Stanford University in 2009 allowed for greater integration and collaboration across campus. In 2018, Stanford Law School received a generous gift from William A. Franke, LLB ’61 (BA ’59)—the largest gift from an alum in the law school’s history—enabling the expansion of its global educational offerings, another important curricular innovation. Moreover, through the generosity of friends and alumni, the law school has been able to implement physical expansions that such programmatic changes require. In 2009, law students welcomed the addition of new housing with the opening of the Munger Graduate Residence, the complex ideally located adjacent to the law campus, designed to facilitate interdisciplinary living and learning for law and other graduate students studying throughout campus. And in 2011, the 65,000-square-foot William H. Neukom Building, designed to house faculty and the expanded clinical program, was officially opened in a ceremony with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, at which he said, “The building we now dedicate is the embodiment of an idea—a vision of all that is, and can be, good in the legal profession.” Much has changed at the law school since its founding in 1893. Originally, students were drawn mainly from California; today, they come from every region of the United States and around the world. Admission was not competitive in 1893; today, approximately 4,000 candidates typically vie for the 180 places in each entering class. In 1893, only a handful of courses were offered; today, students can choose from among hundreds of course offerings both at the law school and across the university. And today, Stanford Law School continues to offer a truly unique legal education that opens up a world of opportunity to its graduates.
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