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Stanford’s Lisa Ouellette on Waiving COVID-19 Vaccine Patents
The U.S. government is facing pressure to support a proposal before the World Trade Organization (WTO) to suspend patents related to COVID-19 vaccines. Here, Stanford Law Professor Lisa Larrimore Ouellette explains this patent waiver proposal and how it relates to efforts to expand global vaccination. First, what does the WTO…
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Selective De-Policing: Stanford Law Team Proposes New Routes to Public Safety in Racially Diverse Communities
The death of George Floyd on May 25 sparked protests in cities across the United States, often including calls to…
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Remembering Deborah L. Rhode: Legal Ethics Pioneer, Stanford Scholar, Mentor to Many
In her 2015 book, The Trouble with Lawyers, Deborah Rhode recalled how, as a law student at Yale in the…
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Public Health Innovation Through a County-Stanford Partnership
As the United States continues its fight against a surging COVID-19 pandemic, the population weary of mitigation measures meant to…
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