Issue 73 - Stanford Lawyer - Stanford University
Issue 73 - Stanford Lawyer - Stanford University
Issue 73 - Stanford Lawyer - Stanford University
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CONTENTS<br />
FALL 2005 VOL. 40 NO. 1<br />
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12<br />
COVER STORY<br />
14 TECHNOLOGY’S<br />
FIELD GENERALS<br />
The general counsels at<br />
Microsoft, Google, Cisco, eBay,<br />
Yahoo!, Qualcomm, Autodesk,<br />
and Oracle—<strong>Stanford</strong> Law School<br />
alums, all—have changed the face<br />
of the technology industry and<br />
redefined the role of the general<br />
counsel.—By Josh McHugh<br />
FEATURES<br />
10 GRADUATION 2005<br />
On May 15, close to 1,600 friends<br />
and family gathered at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
to celebrate the graduation of the<br />
law school’s Class of 2005.<br />
12 REFORMING IRAN<br />
A discussion with Shirin Ebadi,<br />
the Iranian human rights lawyer<br />
who was awarded the 2003 Nobel<br />
Peace Prize.<br />
24 FACULTY CHANGING<br />
THE WORLD<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Law School faculty<br />
spend a large portion of their time<br />
pursuing scholarly research and<br />
teaching students. But most of the<br />
faculty also devote a substantial<br />
amount of energy to projects outside<br />
of academia. This past year<br />
was no exception.<br />
29 NEW FACULTY AND<br />
PROMOTIONS<br />
The law school hired two new faculty,<br />
Norman Spaulding ’97 and<br />
Daniel Ho, and promoted three<br />
others, William Koski (PhD ’03),<br />
Margaret Caldwell ’85, and Helen<br />
Stacy.<br />
32 VISITING<br />
PROFESSORS:<br />
2005–2006<br />
Eight professors from some of the<br />
nation’s top law schools will be<br />
visiting professors at <strong>Stanford</strong> Law<br />
School during the academic year.<br />
BRIEFS<br />
4 REHNQUIST ’52 AND O’CONNOR ’52<br />
Professor Kathleen M. Sullivan’s<br />
tribute to the former classmates.<br />
6 DIRECTORS’ COLLEGE<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Law School hosts business<br />
leaders for three-day confab.<br />
6 SUPREME COURT CLERKS<br />
Four law school graduates are<br />
clerking at the Court this term.<br />
7 TAKING ON THE MINUTEMEN<br />
Ray Ybarra ’05 confronts vigilantes<br />
along the Mexican border.<br />
8 SHAKING UP EDUCATION<br />
Garth Harries ’00 helps reform<br />
New York City’s schools.<br />
9 NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR<br />
J. Paul Lomio is named director<br />
of the law library.<br />
DISCOVERY<br />
34 PROPERTY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,<br />
AND FREE RIDING<br />
Professor Mark A. Lemley (BA ’88)<br />
argues that intellectual property law<br />
is being led down the wrong path by<br />
the growing reliance on inappropriate<br />
analogies to real property.<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
2 LETTERS<br />
3 FROM THE DEAN<br />
Larry Kramer explains why the law<br />
school is the world’s premier place<br />
for teaching and scholarship about<br />
law and technology.<br />
40 AFFIDAVIT<br />
Professor Richard Thompson Ford<br />
(BA ’88) critiques the Solomon<br />
Amendment, which denies federal<br />
funding to universities that prohibit<br />
military recruiting on campus.<br />
41 CLASSMATES<br />
84 IN MEMORIAM<br />
85 GATHERINGS<br />
COVER PHOTO: PETER STEMBER<br />
CONTENTS PHOTOS: (TOP TO BOTTOM) PETER STEMBER,<br />
MISHA BRUK, STEVE GLADFELTER<br />
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