- Jennifer Granick
Jennifer Stisa Granick is a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco, California. She defends people charged with computer-related crimes, as well as other offenses. Jennifer has been published in Wired and the magazine for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
- Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic. He is currently professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trade ...
- Sandra Day O'Connor
Born in 1930, O'Connor, grew up on an 198,000-acre cattle ranch in Arizona. By the time she was 8, she could mend fences, drive a truck and ride horses with the cowboys on the ranch. In 1952, she graduated from Stanford Law School in California. But law firms would not hire a woman lawyer, so she turned to public service. "In my lifetime, I have seen attitudes about women change dramatically," she told TFK. "Today, almost all occupations are open to women.
- Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Marie Sullivan (born August 20, 1955), one of America's leading scholars in constitutional law, is a professor at the Stanford Law School and currently practices appellate litigation at Quinn Emanuel Urquart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, a law firm in California. Born in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, Sullivan was the dean of Stanford Law School from 1999 to 2004. She was a professor of law at Harvard Law School from 1984 to 1993.
- Joseph Grundfest
Joseph A. Grundfest '78 is a nationally prominent expert on capital markets, corporate governance, and securities litigation. His scholarship has been published in the Harvard, Yale, and Stanford law reviews, and he has been recognized as one of the most influential attorneys in the United States.
- Fred von Lohmann
Fred von Lohmann is a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in intellectual property matters. He has received the California Lawyer of the Year Award. In that role, he has represented programmers, technology innovators, and individuals in a variety of copyright and trademark litigation.
- Tom Goldstein
Thomas C. Goldstein (Tom Goldstein) was a founding partner of Goldstein and Howe, a Washington, D.C. firm specializing in Supreme Court litigation. He is also on the faculty of Stanford and Harvard Law Schools where he teaches courses on Supreme Court litigation.
- Thelton Henderson
Thelton Henderson has served as Senior Judge in the Northern District of California since 1998. He was appointed as U.S. District Court Judge in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter . From 1990 to 1997 he served as Chief Judge for the Northern District of California. He has played an important role in the field of civil rights as a lawyer, educator and jurist. Judge Henderson received his B.A. and his J.D. from U.C. Berkeley.
- Michael Arrington
I am the editor of TechCrunch and owner of the TechCrunch Network of blog and podcasting sites.
- Warren Christopher
Warren Minor Christopher (born October 27, 1925) is an American diplomat and lawyer. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. Born in Scranton, North Dakota, Christopher graduated from Hollywood High School and attended the University of Redlands where he joined the local fraternity Kappa Sigma Sigma.
- Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra represents California's 31st District in the US House of Representatives and is Vice Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. He also is Assistant to the Speaker of the House, a position that allows him to help set leadership priorities and drive the legislative decision-making process. First elected to Congress in 1992, Rep. Becerra is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, where he served as Chairman during the 105th Congress (1997-98).
- Tarleton Gillespie
Tarleton Gillespie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University, with affiliations in the Department of Science and Technology Studies and the Information Science program. He is also a fellow with the Center for Internet and Society at the Stanford School of Law. His first book, Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture , will be published by MIT Press in April 2007 -- see more at http://www.wiredshut.org/ .
- Gerhard Casper
Gerhard Casper (1937 -) was the 9th president of Stanford University from 1992-2000. He is currently the " Peter and Helen Bing Professor in Undergraduate Education" at Stanford.
- Ronald M. George
Ronald Marc George (born March 11, 1940) is the current and 27th Chief Justice of California, where he heads the Supreme Court of California. He was appointed to his current position by Governor Pete Wilson in May 1996. He has an B.A. from Princeton University, a J.D. from Stanford Law School and has served on the Supreme Court since 1991. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court by Wilson, …
- Lawrence Rosen
Lawrence Rosen (also Larry Rosen) is an attorney and computer specialist. He is a founding partner of Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a Californian technology law firm, specializing in intellectual property protection, licensing and business transactions for technology companies. He also served as general counsel and secretary of the Open Source Initiative, and advises open source companies and projects, such as the Apache Software Foundation, Python software, …
- William van Alstyne
William Warner Van Alstyne is an American lawyer, law professor, and constitutional law scholar. He currently holds the named position of Lee Professor of Law at the College of William and Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law. Van Alstyne recieved his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy "magna cum laude" from the University of Southern California. He recieved his Juris Doctor law degree from Stanford Law School, …
- Joshua Bolten
Josh Bolten is a rare commodity in the nation's capital: a powerful iconoclast. In a town as conventional and straitlaced as they come, the 49-year-old Bolten does his day job extremely well but also manages to move to his own rhythm. "He's one of the most capable people in government," said Nicholas Calio , a former senior aide to both Presidents Bush and now a top executive at Citigroup. "But he also likes to have bowling parties.
- Michael Klarman
Michael Klarman is a constitutional law scholar, the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Research Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, a D.Phil. from Oxford University, and an M.A. and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Klarman is a winner of the Bancroft Prize in history and widely regarded as a leading constitutional historian.
- Carlos R. Moreno
Carlos R. Moreno (born November 4, 1948) is an American jurist. He is currently an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Moreno received his B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1970 and his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1975. His first job was as a deputy attorney for the Los Angeles City Attorney's office. In 1979, he joined the firm of Mori & Ota (now known as Kelley, Drye & Warren), where he practiced commercial litigation.
- Susan Illston
Susan Yvonne Illston is a San Francisco, California-based judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 and confirmed by the Senate on May 25, 1995. Prior to her appointment, she had served in private practice in Burlingame, California. She is a graduate of Duke University and Stanford Law School.
- Amanda Brown
Amanda Brown is an American voice actor, who works on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment. Born October 6. She is also the author of "Legally Blonde" on which the acclaimed film was based. Formerly a student at Stanford Law School, Ms. Brown is now a full-time novelist who lives with her family in San Francisco, California.
- James Ware
James Ware is a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose, California. Ware received a B.A. in 1969 from California Lutheran University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1972. From 1988-1990, Ware was a judge on the Santa Clara County Superior Court. He was appointed to the Federal Bench by President George H. W. Bush and received his received commission on October 1, 1990.
- Jack Bogdanski
Jack Bogdanski is a professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. He has taught at Lewis & Clark since leaving practice as a partner with the law firm Stoel Rives LLP in Portland in 1986. In the fall of 1992, he was a visiting professor of law at Stanford University, and in the fall of 1999, he was of counsel to Stoel Rives on a full-time basis. His primary teaching and research emphasis is on federal taxes.
- Greg Lukianoff
Greg Lukianoff is the President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He previously served as FIRE's Director of Legal and Public Advocacy until he was appointed President in 2006. A graduate of American University and Stanford Law School, he has described himself as a "pro choice liberal.". He appeared in the film "Brainwashing 101" and on numerous television segments.
- David F. Levi
David F. Levi (1951) is a U.S. jurist and current Dean of the Duke University School of Law. Until June 2007, he was Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Levi succeeded former Duke Law Dean Katharine T. Bartlett on July 1, 2007. Levi was born in in Chicago, Illinois. His father was Edward H. Levi, a former president of the University of Chicago and United States Attorney General under President Gerald R. Ford.
- John van de Kamp
John Van de Kamp (born in 1936) served as the District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles from 1976 until 1982, and then as 28th Attorney General of California from 1982 until 1991. Van de Kamp graduated from Dartmouth College and from Stanford Law School in 1959. He served as assistant U.S. Attorney and later became the first federal public defender in Los Angeles. He was appointed District Attorney after the previous incumbent died in office.
- Don Edwards
William Donlon Edwards, (born January 6, 1915), usually known as Don Edwards, is an American politician of the Democratic Party, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from California. Born in San Jose, California, he attended the public schools in the city, graduating from San Jose High Academy, before earning a B.A. from Stanford University in 1936, where he was member of the Stanford golf team.
- Paul Mirengoff
Paul Mirengoff (born April 17, 1949) is a blogger at the Power Line weblog, and an attorney. Mirengoff graduated from Dartmouth College in 1971, and from Stanford Law School in 1974. He is currently practising law in Washington D.C. For several years, he worked for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He started writing articles for publications including the "Washington Post", the "Weekly Standard" and "Front Page".
- Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken (b. 4 February 1946) is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and best-selling author. At age 20, he dedicated his life to changing the relationship between business and the environment, and between human and living systems in order to create a more just and sustainable world. His work includes starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce upon the environment, …
- John Ehrlichman
John Daniel Ehrlichman (March 20, 1925 - February 14, 1999) was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon and a key figure in events leading to the Watergate first break-in and in the ensuing Watergate scandal for which he was convicted of criminal activities. He served a year and a half in prison for his crimes.
- Paul Williams
Paul Williams holds the Rebecca Grazier Professorship in Law and International Relations at American University where he teaches in the School of International Service and the Washington College of Law. Dr. Williams is also co-founder and Executive Director of the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) which provides "pro bono" legal assistance to developing states and states in transition.
- Lawrence Sager
Lawrence Sager is dean of the The University of Texas School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin, holds the Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair, and is one of the nation's preeminent constitutional theorists and scholars. Sager, who joined the Law School faculty in 2002, is the 13th dean in the Law School's 123-year history. A graduate of Columbia Law School and Pomona College, Sager taught for more than 25 years at New York University School of Law, …
- David Warthen
David Warthen (born December 10, 1957) was one of the founders of Ask.com, an Internet information retrieval company, in 1996. In 2004, Warthen joined streaming video technology company GlobalStreams, where he served as CTO. In 2004 he founded Eye Games, a webcam-based children's video game company. He currently serves on the board of directors for search technology site Kozoru, as well as is the CTO of InfoSearchMedia.
- Ronald Noble
Ronald Kenneth Noble (born 1957) is an American law enforcement officer. Since 1999 he has been the the secretary general of Interpol, the international crime-fighting organization. From 1994 until 1996 he was the Undersecretary for Enforcement of the United States Department of the Treasury in which he was responsible for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He served as the chief of staff of the Criminal Division, …
- Carlos Bea
Carlos T. Bea (born April 18, 1934 in San Sebastian, Spain) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was appointed to that court by President George W. Bush in 2003 to replace Judge Charles Edward Wiggins. Bea was born in Spain, but emigrated with his family in 1939 to Cuba. In 1952, Bea represented Cuba as a member of the country's basketball team in the Helsinki Olympics.
- Joan Mahoney
Joan Mahoney (b. 1943) is a professor of law at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan. She served as Dean of the law school from 1998 to 2003, the first woman law school dean in Michigan and one of the very few women in the United States to have held the deanship at two different law schools. Prior to her tenure as Dean at Wayne State, she served from 1994 to 1996 as Dean of Western New England College of Law in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- Fred Dutton
Frederick Gary Dutton was a Democratic Party power broker who served as a Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, Chief of Staff for California Governor Pat Brown and went on to manage Robert F. Kennedy's fateful campaign in his quest for the Presidency. Between 1960 and 1972 Dutton played a role in every Democrat’s quest for the White House. Among other things, Dutton is credited with first conceiving the idea for Earth Day.
- Jennifer Martínez
Jennifer Martínez is a human rights lawyer and a professor of law at Stanford Law School. She represented José Padilla in the Supreme Court in "Rumsfeld v. Padilla". Martínez is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. While in law school, she was published twice in Harvard Law Review and finished at the top of her class.
- David A. Wiley
David A. Wiley, currently an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology, is also the Director of the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, (C SL), at Utah State University. He is best known for having coined the term "Open Content" and creating the first open source-style license for non-software. His work on open content, open education, and informal online learning communities has been reported in many international outlets, including the New York Times, …
- Victor Palmieri
Victor Henry Palmieri (born February 16 1930) is an American lawyer, real estate financier and corporate turnaround specialist. He was also Ambassador at Large and U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs in the United States Department of State during the Jimmy Carter administration. Born in Chicago, he earned his A.B. and LL.B. from Stanford University. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1954 and was based in Malibu, California.