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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand and strengthen rights, human dignity, and justice through civil society and the courts.

 

Upcoming Events

Research

  • Center for Human Rights and International Justice
    The Center for Human Rights and International Justice is committed to investigating global human rights violations. They offer programs dedicated to advancing human rights, including civil society outreach efforts and trial monitoring.
  • The Court Listening Project (CLiP) seeks to understand the role of courts in their communities.
  • Through a multidisciplinary approach to teaching, research, and policy, the Rhode Center works to make civil justice more equitable, accessible, and transparent and to promote the legal profession’s commitment to the public interest.

Engagement Opportunities

  • The Stanford University chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is dedicated to fighting for civil liberties at Stanford and beyond.
  • The American Constitution Society unites legal professionals to promote a vision of law centered on human dignity, individual rights, equality, and justice, advancing issues like civil rights, privacy, and access to justice for all.
  • The Federalist Society is a group of libertarians and conservatives focused on preserving freedom, upholding separation of powers, and ensuring the judiciary interprets law as it is, not as it should be, within the constitutional order.

Scholars