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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 FacultyView Erik Jensen's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
June 2nd, 2011
Graduation at American University of Afghanistan
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, FSI Stanford, FSI Stanford, FSI Stanford, FSI Stanford in the news: The Chronicle of Higher Education on May 30, 2011May 26 was graduation day at the American University of Afghanistan – the first since the university opened in 2006 and cause for celebration for the 32 graduating students and the student body of 789 scholars. Michelle Obama and Laura Bush sent congratulatory messages. U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry gave the keynote address. Erik Jensen, lecturer at Stanford Law School, co-director of the School’s Rule of Law program and CDDRL affiliated faculty, and Debra Zumwalt were there.
- » The Chronicle of Higher Education: In Afghanistan, a Special Graduation
- » The Christian Science Monitor: Can Afghanistan hang on to its newly minted college grads?
March 9th, 2011
Erik Jensen and students shaping rule of law in Afghanistan
CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsThe Stanford Afghanistan Legal Education Project (ALEP) led by CDDRL faculty Erik Jensen recently traveled to Afghanistan. ALEP is a joint initiative between the Stanford Law School and CDDRL's Program on State Building and Rule of Law, dedicated to designing legal curricula and textbooks for the next generation of Afghan lawyers. This fact-finding mission to Kabul gave six student leaders the opportunity to meet with their Afghan counterparts at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF). ALEP plans to introduce legal coursework at AUAF and translate textbooks into Dari and Pashto, to reach a broader audience of legal scholars. Read more »
September 8th, 2010
Erik Jensen's Afghan Legal Education Project wins new grant
CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsAn Afghan legal education project led by CDDRL affiliated faculty Erik Jensen, co-director of Stanford Law School's Rule of Law Program, and former Stanford law students Alexander Benard and Eli Sugerman has won adherents among Afghan students eager to learn the country's new laws and top Afghan officials, including the chief justice of the Supreme Court. The group's three online text books, with a fourth to be published this fall, have been so successful that the U.S. State Department has just awarded Stanford $1.3 million to continue the work.
July 21st, 2010
Rising international stars: 2010 Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program AnnouncementRising leaders from a diverse group of nations in transition, including China, Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, and Nigeria arrived on July 25 for a three-week seminar with Stanford faculty, designed to foster linkages among democracy, development, and the rule of law. Initiated by FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law six years ago, the program has created a network of some 139 leaders from 62 transitioning countries. "Draper Hills Summer Fellows are innovative, courageous, and committed leaders, who strive to improve governance, enhance civic participation, and invigorate development under very challenging circumstances," says CDDRL Director Larry Diamond. The program owes much to the vision and generosity of benefactors William Draper III and Ingrid Hills, emphasize Diamond and CDDRL Deputy Director Kathryn Stoner-Weiss. Read more »
June 29th, 2010
Training lawyers in a war-torn land
CDDRL, FSI Stanford in the news: Stanford Report on June 28, 2010Students and faculty in Stanford Law School's Afghanistan Legal Education Project (ALEP) are hard at work seeking to train lawyers, provide badly needed language textbooks, and help ensure a functioning court system. CDDRL's Erik Jensen, co-director of the Law School's Rule of Law Program and an adviser to the dedicated ALEP students, discusses some of the on-the-ground challenges of training effective lawyers in Afghanistan.
