Shaking the Foundations 2026

Shaking the Foundations is Stanford Law School’s annual progressive lawyering conference for practitioners, students, and community members.

Our theme this year is States of Emergency. In a time of so many crises, we are inviting legal practitioners, policy advocates, and movement leaders to speak about strategies for operating and organizing when our communities are under attack—both during times of acute emergency and under the structural conditions of constant crisis. The conference schedule will include panels on “Solidarity Beyond Borders,” “Student Organizing Under Attack,” “Homelessness and Housing Justice,” “Immigrant Defense Networks,” and “Chronic Crisis: Environmental and Disability Justice Organizing.”

Please register by Sunday, March 29th at 5PM to guarantee lunch. If you have any questions or want to get involved, email the organizing team at shakingthefoundations26@proton.me. We are so excited to see you all and share this space!