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Stanford Legal — 209 episodes
America's Promissory Note
The Growing Influence of State Solicitors General
Countering Contemporary Criticism of America's Founding Principles
The Declaration In the Age of General Purpose AI
The Iran War and the Limits of Presidential Power
Is the Declaration Our Law?
State Constitutions and the Declaration of Independence
The Structural Declaration of Independence
Birthright Citizenship and the Future of the Fourteenth Amendment
Inside the Supreme Court’s Key 2026 Decisions
The Declaration of Independence as Obligation
The Case for a Public Share in AI
The Declaration of Independence and Conditions for Democratic Flourishing
Declaration at 250 Trailer
Inside the Trump Administration's Immigration Agenda
The Law Must Be King
When Government Lawyers Draw the Line
Voting Rights at a Turning Point
Who Gets to Vote?
Native Nations, Federal Indian Law, and the Birthright Citizenship Case
The Politics and Promise of a Billionaire Tax
Trump's Immigration Raids and State Pushback
Stanford’s Alan Sykes on the Future of Trump’s Tariffs After the IEEPA Case
A Seismic Shift in Climate Law
Inside the ACLU’s Docket: Anthony Romero on the Front Lines of Civil Rights
The Importance of Critical Thinking and Civil Discourse in Today's Polarized World
How Democracies Collapse from Within
Flexing U.S. Power in Venezuela
Best of Stanford Legal: Trump's Pardons
Best of Stanford Legal: Suing DOGE
Nationwide Injunctions After CASA
Crime, Justice, and Trump’s DOJ
Navigating Uncertainty and Unprecedented Shifts in Federal Health Policy
National Guard or Political Weapon?
Political Enemies and the Weaponization of the DOJ
President Trump’s Tariffs and the Separation of Powers at the Supreme Court
Guns, Money, and Mass Shootings
U.S. Risking its Scientific Research Edge?
Redrawing Democracy
Trump’s Executive Orders, Culture Wars, and Civil Rights
Can the Rule of Law Hold?
Free Speech Under Fire: Greg Lukianoff Discusses the Battle for Free Expression on College Campuses
The Free Speech Chill
Leveraging Technology to Improve Access to LA Courts
Trump Takes on the Federal Bureaucracy, Putting Administrative Law in the Spotlight
AI, Liability, and Hallucinations in a Changing Tech and Law Environment
The Trump Administration and the Rule of Law Under Pressure
Trade Wars, Economic Chaos, and Law: Unpacking Trump's Trade Tactics with Alan Sykes
Trump’s Forced Deportations to El Salvador Prisons, Detentions, and Fear on College Campuses
Accountability in Government: Glenn Fine on the Crucial Role of Inspectors General, the Government's Watchdogs
Gaza Conflict: Governance, Rebuilding, and Legal Challenges
Suing DOGE: Musk, Trump, and an Imperial Presidency
Trump's Pardons: Political Violence, Hate Groups, and the Rule of Law
Criminal Justice in Divided America: Can Democracy Survive a Broken Justice System?
Special Counsel Smith's Report on Trump's Interference in the 2020 Election
California Burning: LA Fires, Climate Change, and Insurance Nightmares with Environmental Lawyer Debbie Sivas
Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Policy Shifts under Trump: A Tutorial on the Global Economy and Trade
The Presidential Pardon Power, from Biden and Trump to Ancient Kings
Exploring AI in Healthcare: Legal, Regulatory, and Safety Challenges
Crime, the Opioid Crisis, and Gun Violence: New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin on How Action at the State Level Is Making a Difference
Racism in Property Deeds: Stanford Team Develops AI Tool to Identify and Map Racial Covenants
Killing in Self Defense: The Legal Complexities of Abuse-Related Crimes and the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Criminal Convictions
Challenging Originalism: Putting the Electoral College, Presidential Immunity, and Recent SCOTUS Decisions into Historical Context
Election Stress Test: Can America's Electoral System Weather 2024?
High Court, High Stakes: The Massive Weight of Recent Supreme Court Rulings
How Lawyers Can Undermine Russian Sanctions and Ukraine War Effort
The Future of Environmental Regulation Following SCOTUS’ Overruling of the Chevron Doctrine
David Sklansky on Judge Cannon's Controversial Case Dismissal and Trump's Legal Battles
Jennifer Chacón Discusses the Failures of U.S. Immigration Policy and How the Law is Developing
Former Federal Judge Michael McConnell Discusses Presidential Immunity and Trump Cases with Pam Karlan
Justice for All? Why We Have an Access to Justice Gap in America—And What to Do About It
The Legacy of Brown v. BOE: Success or Failure?
Stanford's David Sklansky on Trump's Many Trials
AI in Government and Governing AI: A Discussion with Stanford’s RegLab
Representing Clients at the Supreme Court
"Beware Euphoria: Unraveling America's Drug War"
Bill Gould on Dartmouth Basketball and the Changing Game of Unions and College Athletics
Are Frozen Embryos Children? A Discussion of the Alabama Decision on Embryo Rights and the Future of IVF Pregnancies in the US
Tackling Mass Incarceration in the US
The Constitution, Trump, and the Struggles of US Courts to Interpret History with Jack Rakove
Droughts, Failing Infrastructure, and Water
Does Inequity in U.S. Patent Inventorship Matter? A Discussion on Inequality in the Patent System and how it Impacts Innovation
Texas Abortion Restrictions, Medicated Abortions, and Reproduction Rights in a Post-Roe US
Mass Shootings and Guns: Examining the Court’s Interpretation of the Right to Bear Arms and the Consequences of Gun Laws in the US
From Sumptuary Laws to Senate Suits: Dress Codes in History and Today
Stanford Legal Podcast Trailer: Law Matters, we're here to help make sense of it
Expert Insights on Trump Indictments from David Sklansky
This Thursday: Stanford Legal Returns with Expert Insights on Trump Indictments from David Sklansky
Stanford Legal is Back: Law Matters, we're here to help make sense of it
Mishandling of Top-Secret Government Documents and the Mounting Legal Challenges Facing Donald J. Trump with David Sklansky
The New Supreme Court and Its Blockbuster Term with Pamela Karlan
The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America with Michelle Wilde Anderson
What have we learned so far from the January 6 hearings, with Robert Weisberg
Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election with Michael McConnell
Money, Guns, and Lawyers: The Uniquely American Epidemic of Mass Shootings
Overturning Roe and the Future of Abortion in the U.S. with Bernadette Meyler
Law Firms and Russian Profits with Robert Daines
Stanford Environmental Law Clinic’s Critical Environmental Cases with Debbie Sivas, Chris Meyer, and Sidni Frederick
Environmental, Social, and Governance Funds with Paul Brest and Colleen Honigsberg
The Legacy of Justice Stephen Breyer
Covid-19, mask and vaccine mandates, and Continued Challenges Facing America’s Teachers
The Closing of the American Mind? A Discussion about Critical Race Theory, Book Banning, and More
SF Board Supervisor Matt Haney on the Challenges of Crime and Homelessness in Big Cities
Pandemic Vaccine Mandates at the Supreme Court
Evictions and How Covid Changed the Discussion about Government Support for Society's Most Vulnerable
Fake it Until You Make It? The Fall of Theranos and the Trial of Elizabeth Holmes
The Future of Afghanistan and the Rule of Law
California Burning: Fire, Drought, and Climate Change
Conservatorships, Britney Spears, and the Law
Taxes, Wealth, and Poverty with Joe Bankman
Democracy in Crisis?: The Aftermath of Election 2020, Trump, Facebook’s Oversight Board, and the Rollback of Election Laws
Exploring Alternatives to Policing
Three Strikes and You’re Out: Revisiting Laws that Lock Up Nonviolent Offenders w/ Michael Romano
Classifying Crimes as Violent and What it Means for Justice
What How We Dress Matters and Why
Vaccines, Testing, and President Biden's Plan to Tackle COVID-19
Election 2020: False Allegations of Fraud and Incitement to Insurrection with Nate Persily
National Security Law and Homegrown Terrorism in the Wake of the Siege of the U.S. Capitol Building with Shirin Sinnar
Election 2020: Issues During and After Votes are Cast and Counted with Pam Karlan
President Trump's Taxes with Joe Bankman
What is the Electoral College and is it Fair? with guest Jack Rakove
The Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Voting During the Pandemic: Is Mail-in Voting the Answer? with guests Nate Persily and Chelsey Davidson
Laws of War: The Nuclear Threat 75 Years After Hiroshima with Allen Weiner
Religious Liberty at the Supreme Court: Education Aid, Medical Coverage, and Employment Discrimination Protections
SCOTUS Native American Jurisdiction Decision and the Blurred Lines of Authority
At the Breaking Point: Criminal Justice During Covid-19 with Robert Weisberg
Guns, Suicide, and Covid-19 with David Studdert
Arguing at the Supreme Court: Pam Karlan Discusses the LGBTQ+ Employment Win
Race and Policing with guest Professor David Sklansky
The Challenges of Cases Against the Police with Attorney David Owens
Local Government during the COVID-19 Crisis: A Conversation with San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney
Can Bankruptcy Help Companies Weather the COVID Crisis?
A Path Back to Normal? Previewing the New Google-Apple COVID-19 Contact TracingTools
Regulating in a Pandemic: COVID-19 Legal Issues with guest Michelle Mello
Covid-19 Mental Health and Supreme Court Issues
Democracy During a Pandemic: Securing the 2020 Presidential Election with guest Nate Persily
Racial Justice: Key NAACP Legal Defense Fund Cases with guest Sherrilyn Ifill
Key Civil Liberties Issues with guest David Cole
Virtual Briefing at the Supreme Court with guest Jeffrey Fisher
How We Elect the President with guest Michael McConnell
Mandating Diversity on Company Boards
The Trump Impeachment with guest David Sklansky
New Study On Gun Carry Laws and Violent Crime with guest John Donohue
The Women Upstarts of Silicon Valley with Julian Guthrie and M.J. Elmore
Cabinet Vacancies, Actings, and Law with guest Anne Joseph O'Connell
The Power of the Presidential Pardon with guest Bernadette Meyler
San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley with guest Cary McClelland
Wealth, Inequality, and Taxes with Jacob Goldin
Law and Access to Education with Bill Koski
An Immigration Update with Lucas Guttentag & Julia Neusner
The Changing Landscape of Auditor Litigation and It's Implications for Audit Quality with Colleen Honigsberg
The Fight For Women's Reproductive Rights with Jane Schacter
Supreme Court: A Crucial Year for Democracy with Pam Karlan and Brian Fletcher
Regulating Rights for the Intellectual & Developmentally Disabled with Alison Morantz and Peter Vogel
Creating a Social Media Oversight Board for Content Decisions with guests Nate Persily and Madeline Magnuson
Regulating Online Hate Speech with Daphne Keller
Securing American Elections with Nate Persily
Can Technology Help Address the Mental Health Crisis? with Joe Ruzek & Zach Harned
Fuel Economy Standards and the Law with Professor Deborah Sivas and SLS student Ben DeGolia
Artificial Intelligence and the Administrative State with David Engstrom and Cristina Ceballos
The Mueller Report and Indictments. What Have we Learned? with David Sklansky
How Safe is Your Online Information? with Jennifer King
Race, Class, and College Admissions with Rick Banks
Chinese State-Owned Enterprises with Curtis Milhaupt
Gene-edited Babies and DNA Testing with Hank Greely
A Conversation with ACLU Staff Attorney Katrina Eiland, JD '10
Gerrymandering and the 2020 Census with Nate Persily
Climate Change Dilemma with Professor Thomas Heller
Natural Disasters and Climate Change with Buzz Thompson
Religious Liberty in the Workplace with Jim Sonne and Liz Klein
Barriers to Voting with Rabia Belt
The Supreme Court After Kennedy with Dahlia Lithwick, Part 2
The Supreme Court After Kennedy with Dahlia Lithwick, Part 1
Conformity and Self-Censorship on College Campuses with Greg Lukianoff
Bad Blood and Silicon Valley Startup Culture with guest John Carreyrou
Mental Health Challenges for Lawyers & Law Students w/ guest Kathryne Young
Fighting Opioids/Addiction in the Courts w/ guests Nora Freeman Engstrom & Michelle Mello
Regulating Cryptocurrencies w/ guests Brad Garlinghouse & Joe Grundfest
Legal Advice for Temperamental CEOs w/ guests Joe Grundfest & Michael Callahan
Dress Codes, Style, and the Law with guest Richard Thompson Ford
Eroding Union Rights with guest William B. Gould IV
The Legacy of Justice Anthony Kennedy with guest Jeff Fisher
Cities for Workers with guest Michelle Wilde Anderson
Purging Voter Rolls with guest Nathaniel Persily
Working on Peace with North Korea w/ guests Allen Weiner & Scott Sagan
Controversial Wedding Cakes with guest Pam Karlan
Making sense of tribal sovereignty w/ guests Gregory Ablavsky & Jared Crum
The legality of Truth Detection w/ guests Hank Greely & Bob Weisberg
The First Amendment on Campus with guest Michael McConnell
Coming to America with guests Matt Ball & Qismat Amin
Artificial Intelligence & the Law w/ guests Mark Lemley & Michelle Lee
States Rights w/ guests Ed Dumont, Debbie Sivas, & David Freeman Engstrom
Trade Wars with guest Alan Sykes
Building the Legal Foundation f/ Democracy w/ guests Erik Jensen & Sean Rosenberg
Figuring out what voters want with guest John Krosnick
Pushing Back Against Sexual Harassment w/ guests Emily Murphy & Deborah Rhode
Talking about guns with guest John Donohue III
Privacy and Body Cameras with guest Robert Weisberg
Fake news w/ guests Nathaniel Persily & Deepa Seetharaman
Enforcing Immigration Laws w/ guests Jayashri Srikantiah & Kavita Narayan
Helping Our Veterans w/ guests Stephen Manley & Joe Reed
Untangling the New Tax Bill with guest Joe Bankman
Power of the Prosecutor with guest David Sklansky
The Sharing Economy with guests Nora Freeman Engstrom and Steve Siger
Trump's Travel Ban w/ guests Jayashri Srikantiah & Shirin Sinnar
Arguing Before the Supreme Court with guest Jeffrey Fisher
Web Extra: Net neutrality with guest Barbara van Schewick
Commercializing marijuana w/ guests Robert MacCoun & Hadley Ford