08/19/2020
You'll find the full listing of Policy Lab practicums here: https://law.stanford.edu/education/only-at-sls/law-policy-lab/practicums-2020-2021/
The Law and Policy Lab application portal is open! Please do apply! Just log in to https://registrar.law.stanford.edu/ with your SUNET ID (upper right corner). The labs are by consent of instructor according to the needs of the projects. Most labs are open to qualified upper-class students (not freshmen or sophomores). Most are (will be) certified as Cardinal Courses. Two are restricted to graduate students - the Clean Water Act and China Climate Finance practicums.
Each lab has its own application deadline - see the list below. Most labs also indicate their class meeting times. The classes are all by Zoom, though in a few instances there may be the option of a few in-person, socially distanced meetings (which will also be available on Zoom). You may apply to more than one lab. If you are accepted to more than one lab, you will want to choose before you use the permission code to register in Axess.
The Outlaw Ocean (Law 807K) - Applications due 9/1
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-the-outlaw-ocean/
JANET MARTINEZ / JIM LEAPE
Client: Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, https://oceansolutions.stanford.edu/.
This policy lab confronts the global environmental, human rights, and privacy challenges associated with the framework of international laws and policies that apply to the high seas, illegal fishing, and forced labor and slavery. It seeks leverage points and innovative solutions, including how new technologies might be developed and deployed. The research contributes to a pilot project -- The Friends of Ocean Action - led by World Economic Forum leaders who are exploring the nexus of international laws and policies, together with national implementation and enforcement mechanisms, related to governance of the oceans. The lab seeks students from law, E-IPER, the School of Earth, Public Policy, Communications, and the social sciences. Meets Weds., 9-11AM.
Assessing the Impact of China’s Global Infrastructure Spending on Climate Change (807O) - Applications due 9/4 (restricted to graduate students)
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-assessing-the-impact-of-chinas-global-infrastructure-spending-on-climate-change/
JEFF BALL
Client: Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance
China is investing in massive foreign-infrastructure construction, notably in emerging economies. Whether that infrastructure is high-carbon or low-carbon will largely determine the future of climate change. New research at Stanford’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance seeks to map the players and financial flows of global infrastructure investment in a way that compares the carbon intensity of Chinese-financed infrastructure projects in important emerging economies with the carbon intensity of energy infrastructure in those countries that has been financed by multilateral, bilateral, and other non-Chinese entities. This method is designed to reflect the way global infrastructure funding works, politically and economically, in actual practice – and thus to elucidate realistic ways to decarbonize Chinese infrastructure financing.The lab seeks graduate students from the disciplines of law, business, engineering and environmental science, and East Asian Studies. Class meetings TBD according to a common meeting time that works for everyone admitted.
Innovating Privacy Protection: Tools and Strategies for California Cities (807S) - Applications due 9/1
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-innovating-privacy-protection-tools-and-strategies-for-california-cities/
PHIL MALONE / TOM RUBIN
Client: Office of the Vice-Mayor of the City of Berkeley, CA
Ensuring the privacy rights of residents and technology users in California remains a core responsibility of state legislators and regulators. Privacy risks arise from the collection, aggregation, sharing, and use of data by both governments and private businesses and other private actors, and from lack of transparency of and accountability for such actions. This policy lab will explore the role that such cities as Berkeley can play in furthering privacy against government and private actions, including government acquisition and use of data that is initially collected and aggregated by private entities. We seek law, graduate, and upper-division undergraduate students who are interested in complex issues of privacy and consumer protection, and in helping identify and develop novel, alternative avenues for enhancing such protection, such as using the the authority of local governments. Class meets Fridays (time TBD).
Creating a National Census of Women Incarcerated for Murdering their Abusers (807T) - Applications due 9/1
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-creating-a-national-census-on-women-imprisoned-for-killing-their-abusers/
DAVID SKLANSKY / DEBBIE MUKAMAL
Client: Rachel Louise Snyder, author of “No Visible Bruises”
The Stanford Criminal Justice Center at Stanford Law School is partnering with the award-winning journalist Rachel Louise Snyder (author of No Visible Bruises; https://www.globalgrit.com/) to study the frequency with which women are imprisoned for killing their abusers. Collecting and making this data available will shed important light on the nature of the female correctional population, the largest growing segment of the U.S. prison population, and might guide policy discussions on charging, sentencing, prison programming, parole and reentry policies and decisions. The results may also inform laws regarding self-defense and other affirmative defenses, and strategies for addressing domestic violence. Class meets Thursdays, 9-11 AM.
COVID-19 and the Effect of Video Technology on Indigent Defense Services (807U) - Applications due 9/1
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-covid-19-and-the-effect-of-video-technology-on-indigent-defense-services/https:/law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-covid-19-and-the-effect-of-video-technology-on-indigent-defense-services/
BOB WEISBERG / DEBBIE MUKAMAL
Client: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
As a result of COVID-19, most jurisdictions in the country rapidly moved court and court-related communications from in-person to audio- and video-conferencing. Providers of indigent defense services have identified concerns associated with this move, including the effect it has on attorney-client relationships and confidentiality and the ability of clients to access reliable technology. This policy lab studies the uses, dynamics and effects of remote technology at different stages of criminal proceedings in light of COVID-19. Class meets Fridays, 9-11 AM.
Election Protection in the Time of COVID (807V) - Applications due 9/14
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-election-protection-in-the-time-of-covid/
NATE PERSILY
Client: Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project (healthyelections.org)
This policy lab investigates the administrative challenges facing state and local officials seeking to protect our elections from the effect of the pandemic. Students will research, write and/or update policy memos on election preparedness in battleground states, work with our partners to recruit poll workers to reduce the risk of polling place closures due to poll worker shortages, prepare materials for voter outreach and education, and help ensure polling place safety. After the election, students will assess the success of the administration of the election, and, in the winter term, produce a detailed group report. Students from all disciplines are welcome to apply (including undergraduates), with preference to current team members of the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project and those with experience in election law and policy. The Fall term class meets remotely each week on Wednesdays, 4:15-6:15 p.m.
Developing Best Practices for Clean Water Act Enforcement (807W) - Applications due 9/1 (Restricted to graduate students)
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-developing-best-practices-for-clean-water-act-enforcement/
DAN HO / DEBBIE SIVAS
Client: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
The Clean Water Act protects U.S. waterways, yet, based on self-reports, 29% of permitted facilities under CWA were in “significant non-compliance” (SNC) in 2018: that is, close to a third of all facilities either discharged substantially above their permit limits or otherwise failed to meet their permit obligations, producing serious consequences for the health and well-being of millions of Americans. As part of an EPA initiative to cut the SNC rate in half by 2022, the research team will coordinate with EPA regulators to develop a "Best Practices" Compendium about innovative interventions piloted and implemented by states, EPA regions, and federal EPA. Graduate and law students with a strong interest or background in environmental law, administrative law, regulatory enforcement, or policy-oriented research are encouraged to apply, with priority to those enrolling in both fall and winter terms. First class on Fri 9/18, 2-3 PM.
Selective De-Policing:Operationalizing Concrete Reforms (807X) - Applications due 9/1
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/policy-practicum-selective-de-policing-operationalizing-concrete-reforms/
RICK BANKS, DEBBIE MUKAMAL, DAVID SKLANSKY, ROBERT WEISBERG
The Stanford Criminal Justice Center and Stanford Center for Racial Justice at Stanford Law School are co-sponsoring this project to assess concrete ways to shift particular responsibilities from police departments to other agencies and organizations. We will explore whether there are policy possibilities lying at the intersection of the community policing movement and current calls to “defund” the police and shift resources to other agencies. Should changes be part of an overall effort to shrink the footprint of police departments, change the nature of what police departments do, or both? Class meets Tuesdays, 2-4 PM.
Elements of Policy Analysis (Law 7846) - 1 unit
https://law.stanford.edu/courses/elements-of-policy-analysis/
Non-law consent application here: https://law.stanford.edu/education/courses/non-law-students/
If you haven't yet taken a policy lab, please note that there is a required bootcamp on Saturday, September 19 called "Elements of Policy Analysis" (Law 7846). In the morning section, 9-noon, Professor MacCoun offers an overview of policy analysis methods. During the afternoon portion, 12:15-3:15, Professor Brest will introduce you to program evaluation and design. If you have already taken the bootcamp, no need to repeat it. It is for those who are new to the Policy Lab.
If you want to complete the Elements of Policy Analysis for one unit of credit, you'll need to attend the full-day bootcamp and at least two (out of five) subsequent workshops. The workshops include such topics as data visualization, interviewing techniques, policy writing, library research methods, and design thinking. All are welcome to attend the workshops whether or not you are enrolled for credit. Everyone - no matter what class year - is invited to enroll in the Elements of Policy Analysis for one unit of credit. Be sure to fill out the non-law consent form: https://law.stanford.edu/education/courses/non-law-students/ and mail it back to me for a signature.
Good wishes for summer!
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