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group of launchpad scholars smiling at welcome summit

The first cohort of the Launchpad Scholars Program gathered for a welcome summit in August. Chisato Kimura '25 (center) is one of the YLS student mentors who will support Launchpad Scholars over the coming year as they prepare to apply to law school.

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

 Launchpad Scholars Soar as Program Gets Off the Ground

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Alicia Bannon ’07 Shapes the Conversation on Fines and Fees

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Victoria Cundiff ’80 Discusses IP Law Careers at Year’s First Chirelstein Colloquium

Monday, September 11, 2023

LEAP Announces Fall 2023 Speaker Series

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Jon Lovvorn LEAP talk

Jonathan Lovvorn, Faculty Co-Director of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at the Law School, gave a talk as part of the Animal Law Speaker Series.

Jonathan Lovvorn on Animal Law and the Climate Crisis

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

David Wolfson LEAP

David Wolfson Speaks About Legal Strategies to Protect Farm Animals

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

pollution

Professor Elliott On Imposing a Carbon ‘Tax’

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Chickens

Law, Ethics & Animals Program to Launch

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Rendering

A rendering of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project in New York City, part of a flood protection system planned after Hurricane Sandy. Hilary Meltzer ’92 says the city has been at the forefront of municipal climate mitigation and resiliency efforts.

Leading the Charge

Friday, March 22, 2019

SFALP Helps San Francisco File Climate Change Appeal in Ninth Circuit

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Climate Change

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Now it is time to pivot and ask, where are your extraordinary gifts needed? How do you make this legal world that you are entering a better world? One where no one is shut out; one where the weak and vulnerable are not exploited; one that produces fair results based on the merits of the issues before it.”

Visiting Lecturer Stephen Bright

2012 Commencement Address