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Stanford Legal

Pamela S. Karlan, Richard Thompson Ford

Booking Overview

This interview podcast examines constitutional, administrative, election, civil-rights, and public-interest law through conversations with leading legal scholars, senior government lawyers, and prominent advocacy leaders. Credible pitches include constitutional and election-law professors, former solicitors general, civil-rights litigators, and policy experts with substantial legal expertise or high-profile cases; booking difficulty is high.

Metrics

Episodes: 212

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 38.6k subscribers

Instagram: 51.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Pamela S. Karlan - Stanford Law School professor specializing in constitutional law, voting and election law, civil rights, and Supreme Court litigation. She has served in senior roles at the U.S. Department of Justi...

Richard Thompson Ford - Stanford Law School professor whose work focuses on equality law, local government, urban development, employment discrimination, critical race theory, and law and popular culture. He is also the a...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established legal scholars, former solicitors general and senior government lawyers, prominent civil-rights or civil-liberties advocates, and attorneys or policy experts with substantial Supreme Court, constitutional, election, or administrative-law experience.
Required Achievements:  
Senior academic appointments at leading universities, Leadership of major civil-rights or civil-liberties organizations, Service as a state solicitor general or senior government lawyer, Supreme Court litigation or other high-profile constitutional cases, Published scholarship, books, or influential legal commentary

Recent Guest Discussions

Nate Persily - Redistricting, Mail Voting, Election Administration, Federalism, The Supreme Court, And The 2030 Census.

Anne Joseph O'Connell - Temporary Federal Officials, Vacancies In Government Positions, U.s. Attorneys, Agency Organization, Presidential Authority, And Removal Power.

Anthony Romero - Civil-rights And Civil-liberties Litigation Involving Immigration, Birthright Citizenship, Voting Rights, Free Speech, Government Accountability, And The Rule Of Law.

Jonathan Gienapp - The Declaration Of Independence, Republicanism, Representative Government, Political Liberty, And Competing Interpretations Of The American Founding.

Robert P. George - The Declaration Of Independence, Natural Rights, Civic Virtue, Liberty, Equality, And The Moral Foundations Of American Constitutionalism.

Recent Topics

Law, Constitutional Law, Election Law, Civil Rights, Administrative Law

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Stanford Legal
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U.S. Elections Under Pressure from White House

September 18, 2026

Nate Persily joins Pam Karlan to discuss efforts to change the rules governing the 2026 elections and the legal battles over how those changes would affect voting. ---As the push to build more infrastructure gains attention, so does debate over the role of environmental protections and public participation. How can communities have a voice in development while still allowing needed projects to move forward?As the 2026 elections approach, questions about how Americans vote are increasingl...

Who Fills In When Federal Jobs Are Vacant?

September 03, 2026

Stanford’s Anne Joseph O’Connell examines who can step in when a top federal position is vacant and what recent court decisions could mean for how those positions are filled.  ---- When a top federal position is vacant, someone still has to run the office. But who gets to step in, and what powers can they exercise while the position remains unfilled? Those questions are at the center of recent legal disputes over how the federal government operates when permanent officials are not yet in...

Best of Stanford Legal: Inside the ACLU’s Docket with Anthony Romero

August 20, 2026

The ACLU’s Anthony Romero unpacks a sweeping docket—from a Supreme Court showdown over birthright citizenship to voting rights and free speech—as the rule of law is tested. --- In a timely conversation about the ACLU’s massive docket of cases, Pam Karlan speaks with Anthony Romero, JD ’90, executive director of the ACLU, about the surge of civil rights and civil liberties battles facing the country right now. Romero discusses major pieces of litigation spanning immigration, free speech, votin...

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