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Adverse Selection in Prediction Markets: Evidence from Kalshi
(Originally published by SSRN on April 21, 2026.) Using 41.6 million trades, we measure adverse selection in prediction markets. Adapting Kyle's λ and the Glosten-Harris decomposition, we show single-name markets exhibit greater informed price impact than broad-based markets. Despite this, effective spreads are only modestly wider, and market makers earn…
: Adverse Selection in Prediction Markets: Evidence from Kalshi
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The Importance of Engaging Patients in Health Care AI Governance
Stanford Law Professors File New Amicus Brief in Support of Trump-Targeted Law Firms
Reopening the humanitarian corridor from Gaza to the West Bank and East Jerusalem for medical evacuations
Jennifer Chacón on Trump’s Immigration Agenda and How it is Reshaping Policing, Detention, and Local Power
AI in Criminal Justice: Why Governance Matters and How to Make It Work
The Courts Cannot Save Us From Trump
Faculty Scholarship Featured in Stanford Lawyer Magazine​
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Reclaiming the Founders’ Frameworks
: Reclaiming the Founders’ Frameworks
Asking Hard Questions About Harm
: Asking Hard Questions About Harm
A Labor of Love
: A Labor of Love
Faculty News
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David Studdert Elected to National Academy of Medicine
: David Studdert Elected to National Academy of Medicine
David Freeman Engstrom and Mila Sohoni Reappointed to ACUS; Sohoni Elected to ALI
: David Freeman Engstrom and Mila Sohoni Reappointed to ACUS; Sohoni Elected to ALI
Hoffman-Yee Grant for AI Research
: Hoffman-Yee Grant for AI Research
Federalist Society Honors Jud Campbell
: Federalist Society Honors Jud Campbell
Empiricists At Work
More than a quarter of the SLS faculty conducts empirical research in pursuit of legal insights and solutions to pressing societal challenges.
John J. Donohue III
C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law
The impact of law and public policy in a wide range of areas, including civil rights and antidiscrimination law, employment discrimination, crime and criminal justice, and school funding
David Freeman Engstrom
LSVF Professor in Law
Co-Director, Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession
Institutional design of litigation and regulatory regimes, including the roots of American employment discrimination law
Nora Freeman Engstrom
Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law
Co-Director, Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession
Tort law and professional ethics
Lawrence M. Friedman
Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law, Emeritus
Legal history as a branch of social history
Joseph A. Grundfest
W. A. Franke Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus
Senior Faculty, Rock Center for Corporate Governance
Capital markets, corporate governance, and securities litigation
Deborah Hensler
Judge John W. Ford Professor of Dispute Resolution
Dispute resolution, complex litigation, class actions, and mass tort liability
Daniel E. Ho
William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law
Professor of Political Science
Professor of Computer Science (by courtesy)
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic and Policy Research
Director of the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab)
Administrative law, antidiscrimination law, and courts
Mark G. Kelman
James C. Gaither Professor of Law
Vice Dean
Social science approaches to diverse legal fields, including criminal law, taxation, administration regulation, and disability law
Daniel P. Kessler
Professor of Law
Keith and Jan Hurlbut Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Health policy and health care finance
Michael Klausner
Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business
Professor of Law
Corporate law, corporate governance, business transactions, and financial regulation
Mark A. Lemley
William H. Neukom Professor of Law
Director, Program in Law, Science & Technology
Intellectual property, computer and Internet law, patent law, trademark law, antitrust, and remedies
Robert J. MacCoun
James and Patricia Kowal Professor of Law
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research, and Professor, by courtesy, Psychology
Law and psychology, including illicit drug use, drug policy, social influence processes, and bias in the use and interpretation of research evidence
Michelle M. Mello
Professor of Law
Professor of Health Policy
Effects of law and regulation on health care delivery and population health outcomes
Alison D. Morantz
James and Nancy Kelso Professor of Law
Director of SIDDLAPP
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research
Law and economics of protective labor regulation, enforcement of workplace safety laws, and legal history
Julian Nyarko
Professor of Law
Co-Chair Stanford Law AI Initiative
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Cented AI (HAI)
Empirical realities of agreement design under U.S. and international law
Anne Joseph O’Connell
Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic and Policy Research (SIEPR)
Administrative law and the federal bureaucracy
Lisa Larrimore Ouellette
Deane F. Johnson Professor of Law
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Empirical and theoretical problems in intellectual property and innovation law
Jeff Strnad
Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law
Law & economics, public policy & empirical studies
David M. Studdert
Professor of Law
Professor of Health Policy
Vice Provost and Dean of Research
How the legal system influences the health and well-being of populations
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Faculty on Point | Professor Amalia D. Kessler on Arbitration and Mediation in the United States
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: Faculty on Point | Professor Amalia D. Kessler on Arbitration and Mediation in the United States
Faculty on Point | Professor Amalia D. Kessler on Inventing American Exceptionalism
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: Faculty on Point | Professor Amalia D. Kessler on Inventing American Exceptionalism
Faculty on Point | Professor Amalia D. Kessler on the Stanford Center for Law and History
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: Faculty on Point | Professor Amalia D. Kessler on the Stanford Center for Law and History
Faculty on Point | Professor Shirin Sinnar on Human Rights, Democratic Values, & National Security
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: Faculty on Point | Professor Shirin Sinnar on Human Rights, Democratic Values, & National Security
Faculty on Point | Prof. Alison Morantz on Rights for the Intellectual & Developmentally Disabled
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: Faculty on Point | Prof. Alison Morantz on Rights for the Intellectual & Developmentally Disabled
Faculty on Point: William Koski on Youth, Education, and Law
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: Faculty on Point: William Koski on Youth, Education, and Law
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