Rights & Justice
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The following activities and people highlight efforts at Stanford to understand, reimagine and strengthen democracy as related to rights, human dignity, equality, fairness and justice, including issues related to immigration and racial, ethnic, gender and religious identities and communities
Upcoming Events
Research
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King Center on Global Development
The Stanford King Center on Global Development is a university-wide research center working to help improve the lives of people living in poverty around the world. -
Stanford Legal Design Lab
The Stanford Legal Design Lab conducts research, designs interventions, and develops technologies and policies to promote equal access to justice. -
Poverty, Violence, and Governance Lab
PovGov is a research lab that aims to provide solutions to poverty, lawlessness, and violence. -
Inclusive Democracy and Development Lab
Seeks to identify how and when the voices of marginalized peoples are represented in political institutions in low/middle-income countries, what policies best ensure this representation, and how political inclusion impacts broader patterns of development. -
Three Strikes and Justice Advocacy Project
We represent people serving the longest and most unjust prison terms in the country. Most of our clients are serving life sentences under the “Three Strikes” law for minor crimes. -
Court Listening Project
The Court Listening Project (CLiP) seeks to understand the role of courts in their communities. -
American Voices Project
Conducts a fact-finding census of 200 rural, suburban, and urban communities interviewing over 5,000 citizens across the country to understand their successes and struggles, and hopes and dreams to improve our country -
Program on Identity, Democracy, and Justice
The Program on Identity, Democracy, and Justice (IDJ) at CDDRL advances innovative research on the multifaceted dimensions of identity and their role in democratic development, struggles for recognition, social justice, and inclusion. -
Stanford Criminal Justice Center
The Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) serves as a research and policy institute on issues related to the criminal legal system. -
Stanford Constitutional Law Center
The center focuses on the separation and scope of legislative, executive, and judicial powers; the structure of constitutional democracy; democracy, elections, and voting; and the freedoms of speech, press, and religion. -
Stanford Center for Racial Justice
The aspiration of SCRJ is a multicultural democracy where our ability to create opportunities, promote wellbeing for all, and advance freedom is not undermined by racism. -
John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law
Our research agenda is focused on supporting the development and health of the public interest legal field, with particular focus on US legal services for the indigent and the interaction of international human rights with domestic reform. -
Deborah L. Rhode Center on Advancing the Legal Profession
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. -
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.
People in the Stanford Community
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Assistant Professor of Art and Art History -
Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Assistant Professor of Sociology -
Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Advanced Lecturer -
Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor, Emeritus -
Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor and Professor of Law
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Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and, by courtesy, of Education -
Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities -
Lecturer
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and, by courtesy, of Law -
WSD-HANDA Professor of Human Rights and International Justice, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Director of Policy and Society -
J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Professor of German Studies and of Comparative Literature -
Associate Professor of Political Science -
Wayne and Jodi Cooperman Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
William H. Bonsall Professor of French and Professor, by courtesy, of History and of Political Science -
Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law -
Professor (Teaching) of Law
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George E. Osborne Professor of Law
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Edgar E. Robinson Professor of United States History, Emerita -
Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Professor of Anthropology -
Social Science Research Scholar -
Professor of the Practice
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Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor -
Rodney H. Adams Professor in the School of Engineering, Fortinet Founders Chair of the Department of Management Science and Engineering and Professor of Management Science and Engineering -
Associate Professor of History -
Associate Professor of Sociology
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Sara Hart Kimball Professor of the Humanities -
Lecturer
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Assistant Professor of Political Science -
Associate Professor of History
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Joan B. Ford Professor -
Gildred Professor in Latin American Studies, Emerita -
Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law
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Jim Joseph Professor of Education and Jewish Studies and Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Religious Studies -
Professor of Law, Keith and Jan Hurlbut Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Professor of Political Economics at the GSB, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Policy
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The Eric and Nancy Wright Professor of Clinical Education and Professor (Teaching), by courtesy, of Education -
Professor of Education -
James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor -
Executive Director King Center on Global Development and Research Scholar -
Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Education -
Benjamin M. Page Professor, William Wrigley Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research -
Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor in the Graduate School of Business
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Associate Professor of Education and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health -
Professor of Religious Studies -
Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research, James and Patricia Kowal Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Psychology -
Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Professor of Anthropology, Emerita -
Professor of Law
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor, Professor of Religious Studies and of African and African American Studies -
Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor, Emeritus -
Lecturer -
Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, of History -
Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor of Art History -
Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life and Professor, by courtesy, of English and of Comparative Literature
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Hoover Research Fellow
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Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics -
Associate Professor of History -
Hoover Institution Research Fellow
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Danily C. and Laura Louise Bell Professor of the Humanities and Professor, by courtesy, of African and African American Studies and of Iberian and Latin American Cultures -
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment -
Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of English -
Ann O'Day Maples Professor of the Arts and Professor of English -
Eavan Boland Professor -
Assistant Professor of Political Science -
Vida Jacks Professor of Education, Emeritus -
Associate Professor of English and of African and African American Studies -
Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Assistant Professor of Law
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Executive Director, Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession
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Director, Justice Advocacy Project and Lecturer in Law
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Associate Professor (Research) of Epidemiology and Population Health, of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health) and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics -
Professor of Sociology -
William Robertson Coe Professor of American Literature and Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature and of Slavic Languages and Literatures -
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, of Law -
Senior Research Scholar
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Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
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Benjamin Scott Crocker Professor of Human Biology -
Faculty Director -
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law
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Dickason Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History -
John L. Hinds Professor of the History of Science -
William W. and Gertrude H. Saunders Professor of Law
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Stanley Morrison Professor of Law
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Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. Professor of Public Policy -
Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Associate Dean of Clinical Education and Professor (Teaching) of Law
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Hoover Senior Fellow
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Associate Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures -
Associate Professor of Anthropology -
Clinical Supervising Attorney & Lect. in Law, Youth & Education Law Project -
Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies, Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies -
Center On Poverty And Inequality Research Scholar
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Fellow, Rock Center for Corporate Governance -
Lecturer
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Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law
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Olive H. Palmer Professor of the Humanities, Professor of Philosophy, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science -
Associate Professor (Teaching) of Education and, by courtesy, of Sociology
Past Events
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Past Event Campus Events
Environmental Justice and Sustainability Conference
Graduate School of BusinessOpen to: Faculty-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
Annual Lecture on International Justice with Kira Kay
Center for Human Rights and International JusticeOpen to: Stanford community-*This event has already occurred. -
Past Event Campus Events
Dangerous Democracy
Stanford Law SchoolOpen to: Stanford community*This event has already occurred.