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Stanford linguists at ILLA conference

The 7th General International Language and Law Association Conference was held on Sep 3-5, 2025 at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. Cleo Condoravdi and Brandon Waldon (Ph.D. '24) coordinated the Linguistic Meaning in Legal Interpretation thematic area of the conference. Several current and former members of the department also presented talks in that area:

  • Tilly Brooks: "Facts, law, and ordinary meaning: Linguistics in the interpretive domain"
  • Elizabeth Coppock (Ph.D. '09), Jill Anderson: "The square of litigation"
  • Stanley Dubinsky, Brandon Waldon: "Linguist as language guide: Linguistic paths to legal interpretation"