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Erik Jensen, JD

Professor of the Practice of Law at Stanford Law School and Co-director of the law school's Rule of Law Program; CDDRL Affiliated Faculty

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May 1st, 2013

Stanford scholars: Lessons learned from the Afghanistan War

CISAC, FSI Stanford, CDDRL News

Afghanistan: The New Forgotten War. Stanford scholars and military experts talk about lessons learned and what to expect after the 12-year war finally comes to an end. +VIDEO+
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April 30th, 2013

Stanford project strengthens legal education from Afghanistan to Rwanda

CDDRL, FSI Stanford in the news: The Chronicle of Higher Education on April 29, 2013

The Chronicle of Higher Education featured the Afghanistan Legal Education Project (ALEP) in its current issue, an initiative led by CDDRL's Erik Jensen together with students from the Stanford Law School. Launched in 2007, ALEP began developing legal curricula for the American University of Afghanistan and has since expanded to Kurdish Iraq, Rwanda, and Timor-Leste. Read more »



January 14th, 2013

Stanford scholar explains Sri Lanka’s unfolding constitutional crisis

CDDRL in the news

In an interview with the World Politics Review, Erik Jensen comments on Sri Lanka’s constitutional crisis following the impeachment of its chief justice on Jan. 13. Jensen, a senior research scholar at CDDRL, provides an overview of the circumstances surrounding the impeachment and post-war governance challenges facing the country. Read more »



September 25th, 2012

Stanford’s Afghanistan Legal Education Project receives funding to train a future generation of lawyers

CDDRL, FSI Stanford in the news

The Afghanistan Legal Education Project (ALEP) at the Stanford Law School received a $7.2 million grant from the U.S. State department to build a law degree program at the American University of Afghanistan. Erik Jensen, ALEP faculty advisor and CDDRL affiliated faculty member, was instrumental in securing this funding to help train a new generation of Afghan lawyers and to strengthen its legal institutions. Read more »



August 17th, 2012

Fighting for reform in 22 countries, Stanford fellows get lessons in building democracy

CDDRL, FSI Stanford, Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program News

Some of this year's Draper Hills Summer Fellows have been imprisoned and abused for trying to democratize their countries. Read more »




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News around the web

As Chinese courts announce 'guiding cases,' Stanford Law School helps to spread the word
A Stanford website translates important rulings by the Supreme People's Court that serve as guides for lower courts, helping the vast country to move toward more consistent judicial decisions.
February 6, 2012 in Stanford University News

Shaping rule of law
Armed only with law textbooks, six Stanford law students and faculty advisor and senior research scholar Erik Jensen landed in Kabul, Afghanistan on Feb. 6 on a mission that would last six days. The group made up Stanford's Afghanistan Legal Education ...
March 9, 2011 in The Stanford Daily

Stanford team's law books help Afghan students
Seven thousand miles away, two students at Stanford University's law school thought they could help. Stanford law Professor Erik Jensen smiled as he ...
September 7, 2010 in San Francisco Chronicle

Teaching law in Afghanistan and other developing nations, Stanford Law School ...
"The textbooks aren't designed to just give all the right answers," said Erik Jensen, co-director of the Law School's Rule of Law Program and an adviser to ...
June 28, 2010 in Stanford University News