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Professor of Law, Emeritus and Director of the Stanford Law and Policy Lab

Paul Brest

Paul Brest is Professor Emeritus (active), at Stanford Law School, Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Faculty Director of the Stanford Law and Policy Lab, and Faculty Director of the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society

Paul Brest is Professor Emeritus (active), at Stanford Law School, a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, faculty director of the Stanford Law and Policy Lab, and faculty director of the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. He was dean of Stanford Law School from 1987-99 and president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 2000-2012.

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