Constitutional Law

• Stanford Constitutional Law Center

  The Stanford Constitutional Law Center, founded in September 2006 by former dean Kathleen M. Sullivan and now led by Michael W. McConnell, grows out of the long and distinguished tradition of constitutional law scholarship at Stanford Law School.

Criminal Justice

• Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC)

  Promotes and coordinates the study of criminal law and the criminal justice system.
• Stanford Three Strikes Project

  The Stanford Three Strikes Project is the only legal organization in the country devoted to representing individuals serving life imprisonment under California's Three Strikes law.

Environmental Law

• Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program (ENRLP)

  Provides students with access to environmental practitioners, regulators and academics, and with opportunities for hands-on involvement in research, environmental advocacy, and collaborative dialogue.
• Steyer Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance

  Stanford University's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance was created in 2011 to help blaze an economically sensible path toward an advanced global energy system.

International Law

• Afghanistan Legal Education Project

  Founded in 2007 as a student-driven initiative, the Afghanistan Legal Education Project at Stanford Law School (ALEP) develops innovative legal curricula to help Afghanistan’s universities train the next generation of lawyers and leaders. ALEP has developed an extensive law curriculum at the American University of Afghanistan with strong support from INL/State Department.
• Bhutan Law and Policy Project

  The Stanford Law School Bhutan Law & Policy Project (BLPP) provides an opportunity for SLS students to engage in the legal development process of Bhutan, a country that seeks to emerge from isolation and develop economically while maintaining its cultural values. This project is not currently recruiting.
• Iraq Legal Education Initiative

  Launched in 2012, the Iraq Legal Education Initiative (ILEI) is a partnership between Stanford Law School and the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. The project will provide opportunities for students to be involved in some of the very first legal analyses of recently updated Iraqi laws.
• Rule of Law Program

  The Rule of Law Program has launched student-driven projects in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Timor-Leste, and Kurdistan. Through examining critical connections between law, society, economy, and polity and the demand legal for tools and resources, the Rule of Law Program’s analyses and country specific projects help to create, articulate, and channel legal resources to meet this demand.
• Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN)

  Explores the barriers to the resolution of intractable international and inter-group political conflict and, working in close collaboration with practitioners engaged in peace-making efforts, seeks to develop strategies to overcome those barriers.
• Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law

  Unites Stanford Law School’s wide-ranging teaching, research, applied, clinical, and extracurricular programs focusing on international and comparative law.
• Timor-Leste Legal Education Project

  Launched in March 2010, the Timor-Leste Legal Education Project (TLLEP) is a partnership between The Asia Foundation (TAF) and Stanford Law School, funded by USAID. TLLEP provides accessible, dynamic educational textbooks to help build knowledge in Timorese universities, government institutions, and non-governmental organizations.

Law and Society

• Stanford Program in Law and Society

  The Stanford Program in Law and Society is a student-run program aimed at promoting and advancing socio-legal interdisciplinary scholarship.

• Stanford Program in Law, Economics & Business

  Unites programs focusing on corporate and securities law, taxation, and economics.

Law, Economics and Business

• Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance

  An interdisciplinary center for the understanding and practice of corporate governance.
• John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics

  Supports faculty and student scholarship, events, and fellowships in law and economics.
• Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (SCAC)

  Free, online database of all securities class actions filed in U.S. federal court since the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) of 1995.

Law, Science and Technology

• Center for E-Commerce

  A neutral forum for scholars, lawyers, and executives to explore e-commerce law.
• Center for Internet and Society

  Studies the intersection of law, new technologies, and the public interest.
• Center for Law and the Biosciences

  Examines bioscientific discoveries in the context of the law.
• CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics

  A multidisciplinary laboratory exploring how technology can enhance our legal system.
• Consumer Privacy Project (CPP)

  The Consumer Privacy Project (CPP) engages in research, advocacy, and tool-building in an effort to enhance privacy online.
• Fair Use Project

  Provides legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom.
• Stanford IP Litigation Clearinghouse

  A project for the creation of a comprehensive, online resource for scholars, policy makers, industry, lawyers, and litigation support firms.
• Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology

  Explores the law’s intersection with science and technology in national and global arenas.
• Transatlantic Technology Law Forum

  Raises awareness and supports research on transatlantic technology law issues.

Legal Profession and Legal Ethics

• Stanford Center on the Legal Profession

  Promotes research, teaching and programs on the legal profession and legal ethics.

Negotiation and Mediation

• Gould Negotiation and Mediation Program

  Offers small, highly interactive seminars on dispute resolution.
• Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution

  The heart of dispute resolution programs at Stanford University.

Public Interest Law

• John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law

  Provides opportunities for students to make public service part of their JD experience and beyond.