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Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School (SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, Stanford Law had an acceptance rate of 6.28% in 2021, the second-lowest of any law school in the country.[5] Since October 2023, Robert Weisberg has served as its dean.

Stanford Law School
Parent schoolStanford University
Established1893; 130 years ago (1893)[1]
School typePrivate law school
Parent endowment$37.8 billion (2021)[2]
DeanRobert Weisberg
LocationStanford, California, United States
37°25′27″N 122°10′04″W / 37.42417°N 122.16778°W / 37.42417; -122.16778
Enrollment572 (2020)[1]
Faculty70 (2023)[3]
USNWR ranking1st (tie) (2023)[4]
Bar pass rate98.25%
Websitelaw.stanford.edu
ABA profileStandard 509 Report

Stanford Law School employs more than 90 full-time and part-time faculty members and enrolls over 550 students who are working toward their Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. Stanford Law also confers four advanced legal degrees: a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.), a Master of the Science of Law (J.S.M.), and a Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.). Each fall, Stanford Law enrolls a J.D. class of approximately 180 students, giving Stanford the smallest student body of any law school ranked in the top fourteen (T14). Stanford also maintains eleven full-time legal clinics,[6] including the nation's first and most active Supreme Court litigation clinic,[7] and offers 27 formal joint degree programs.[8]

The law school's alumni include several of the first women to occupy Chief Justice or Associate Justice posts on supreme courts: former Chief Justice of New Zealand Sian Elias, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and the late Chief Justice of Washington Barbara Durham. Other justices of supreme courts who graduated from Stanford Law include the late Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, retired Chief Justice of California Ronald M. George, retired California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno, and the late California Supreme Court Justice Frank K. Richardson.

History Edit

Stanford first offered a curriculum in legal studies in 1893, when the university hired its first two law professors: former U.S. president Benjamin Harrison and Nathan Abbott - who attended Boston University School of Law. Abbott headed the new program and assembled a small faculty over the next few years. The law department primarily enrolled undergraduate majors at this time and included a large number of students who might not have been welcome at more traditional law schools at the time, including women and students of color, especially Hispanic, Chinese and Japanese students.[9]

In 1900, the department moved from its original location in Encina Hall to the northeast side of the Inner Quadrangle. These larger facilities included Stanford's first law library. Beginning to focus more on professional training, the school implemented its first three-year curriculum and became one of 27 charter members of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).[10] In 1901, the school awarded its first professional degree, the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.).[9]

Starting in 1908, the law department began its transition into an exclusively professional school when Stanford's Board of Trustees passed a resolution to officially change its name from Law Department to Law School. Eight years later, Frederic Campbell Woodward became the first dean of the law school, and in 1923, the law school received accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA).[11] In 1924, Stanford's law program officially transitioned into a modern professional school when it began requiring a bachelor's degree for admission.[9]

The 1940s and 1950s brought considerable change to the law school. After World War II caused the law school's enrollment to drop to fewer than 30 students, the school quickly expanded once the war ended in 1945. A move to a new location in the Outer Quadrangle, as well as the 1948 opening of the law school dormitory Crothers Hall (the result of a donation by Stanford Law graduate George E. Crothers), allowed the school to grow, while the 1948 inaugural publication of the Stanford Law Review (helmed by future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher '49) helped to augment the law school's national reputation. The decision that Stanford should remain a small law school with a very limited enrollment emerged during this period. For the third time in its history, the law school relocated in the 1970s, this time to its current location in the Crown Quadrangle.[9]

In the 1960s and 1970s, the law school aimed to diversify its student body. During this period, students established a large number of new and progressive student organizations, including the Women of Stanford Law, the Stanford Chicano Law Student Association, the Environmental Law Society, and the Stanford Public Interest Foundation. Additionally, in 1966, the school sought to academically diversify its student body by collaborating with the Stanford Business School to create its first joint-degree program.[9] A year earlier, in 1965, the law school enrolled its first black student, Sallyanne Payton '68, and in 1972, the school hired its first female law professor, Barbara Babcock, and its first professor of color, William B. Gould IV. In 1968, Stanford appointed Thelton Henderson, future judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, as the first assistant dean for minority admissions. Henderson expanded minority enrollment from a single student to approximately a fifth of the student body.[9] Stanford Law's commitment to diversity continues today, and The Princeton Review currently ranks Stanford Law as one of the ten best law schools for minority students.[12]

Earning national recognition in the 1980s and 1990s, the law school embarked on innovating its curriculum. Stanford offered new courses focusing on law and technology, environmental law, intellectual property law, and international law, allowing students to specialize in emerging legal fields. In 1984, it launched its first clinical program, the East Palo Alto Community Law Project.[9] By the 21st century, a new focus on interdisciplinary education emerged. In 2009, it transitioned from a semester system to a quarter system to align itself with Stanford's other graduate schools.[13] Stanford also expanded its upper-level offerings in international law, by adding new clinics, academic centers, and simulation courses, and expanded its joint degree programs.[14]

Academics and admissions Edit

 
Clinics

Stanford Law School is known for its student-to-faculty ratio (7.3 to 1), one of the lowest[vague] in the country.[1] The first-year class of approximately 180 students is divided into six smaller sections of 30 students each.[15]

The academic program is flexible. First-year students (or 1Ls) are required to take Civil Procedure, Contracts, Torts, and Legal Research & Writing during the autumn quarter, and Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Federal Litigation, and one elective during the winter quarter. In the spring quarter, they take Federal Litigation, Property, and enroll in electives. Stanford Law offers 280 course titles beyond the first-year curriculum, and advanced courses range from White-Collar Crime to a Supreme Court Simulation Seminar.[16] Additionally, because of the law school's proximity to other academic programs on campus, there is a strong focus on joint-degree programs and interdisciplinary learning, and upper-level students may take classes at Stanford's other professional and graduate schools.

Stanford Law enables second- and third-year students to gain hands-on experience by working full-time in one of eleven legal clinics, including an Environmental Law Clinic, Criminal Defense Clinic, a Religious Liberty Clinic, and an Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic.[6] The Supreme Court Litigation Clinic has successfully brought over thirty cases before the Court,[17] making it one of the most active Supreme Court practices of any kind.[18] The clinic has served as lead counsel or co-lead counsel on the merits in numerous cases, including Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008), Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (2009), United States v. Windsor (2013), Riley v. California (2014), and Bourke v. Beshear (2015).[19]

Launched in 2013, Stanford's Law and Policy Lab provides further opportunities for experiential learning. The Policy Lab allows second- and third-year students to enroll in faculty-supervised policy practicums, where students work in small teams to conduct policy research and analysis for real-world clients.[20] Topics have ranged from wildlife trafficking to prison realignment to copyright reform, and prior clients include California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Governor of California Jerry Brown, the California Law Revision Commission, the U.S. Copyright Office, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the White House Office of Management and Budget.[21]

Students and alumni routinely report high satisfaction with their academic experience. In surveys conducted by Above the Law, Stanford Law received an "A+" from both students and alumni for their satisfaction with Stanford's academic program, and the law school also received an "A+" rating from students for practical/clinical training, career counseling, and financial aid advising.[22] Based on surveys with students at the nation's 169 best law schools, The Princeton Review currently[when?] ranks Stanford Law as having the best "Classroom Experience",[12] and students provided Stanford with the highest score (99) for its "Academic Experience Rating" and "Professors Interesting Rating".[23] Additionally, the 2014 "Midlevel Associates Survey" conducted by The American Lawyer magazine found that based on mid-level associates' assessments of their legal education, Stanford Law placed in the top five law schools for effectively preparing its graduates for law firm life.[24]

Outside of the classroom, Stanford Law students run over fifty student organizations[25] and publish seven legal journals.[26] The most influential journal is the Stanford Law Review, which has been ranked as the top law review by the Washington & Lee Law Review Rankings in both 2013 and 2014.[27] Advocacy skills are tested in the Marion Rice Kirkwood Moot Court competition.

The Robert Crown Law Library at Stanford holds 500,000 books, 360,000 microform and audiovisual items, and more than 8,000 current serial subscriptions.

In August 2008, Stanford Law School changed its grading system, which no longer relies on traditional letter grades, joining Yale Law School, the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and Harvard Law School. Students now receive one of four grades: honors, pass, restricted credit, or no credit.[28] Unlike Harvard Law School and Yale Law School, Stanford Law School enforces strict curves which cap the number of honors grades to around 30%. As part of Stanford's grade reform, the law school no longer awards the honors of the Order of the Coif or Graduation with Distinction.[29]

Between 4,000 and 5,000 students apply for admission each year. Selection is competitive: the median undergraduate grade point average of admitted students is 3.92 and the median LSAT score is 173 (out of 180).[30] Beyond numbers, Stanford places considerable emphasis on factors such as extracurricular activities, work experience, and prior graduate study.[citation needed] About three quarters of the members of each entering class have one or more years of prior work experience and over a quarter have another graduate degree. The school also accepts a small number of transfers each year.

Bar passage rates Edit

According to ABA Required Disclosures, Stanford Law School had an average bar passage rate of 94.41% in 2022.[31]

In 2022, 75.86% of Stanford Law graduates taking the California bar exam for the first time passed, and 100% of Stanford Law graduates who took the bar exam in other jurisdictions for the first time passed.[31]

Post-graduation employment Edit

Upon graduation, about a third of the class clerks for a judge; about half join law firms.[32]

According to Stanford Law School's official 2014 ABA-required disclosures, 90.4% of the Class of 2014 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo-practitioners.[33] Stanford's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 3.2%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2014 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[34]

According to the American Bar Association, of 2014 Stanford Law graduates, 90.9% are employed in a position that required the graduate to pass the bar exam; 2.7% are employed in a position in which the employer sought an individual with a J.D. or in which the J.D. provided a demonstrable advantage in obtaining or performing the job, but which did not itself require an active law license; 2.7% are employed in other professional positions; 1.1% are pursuing graduate work full-time; 1.1% have a deferred employment starting date; and 1.6% are unemployed and seeking employment.[35]

Despite its small size, Stanford Law has the third highest (per capita) placement rate for law professors at the nation's 43 leading law schools, according to a 2011 study,[36] and has achieved the second-highest (per capita) placement rate for U.S. Supreme Court clerkships, according to a 2013 finding.[37] Stanford Law alumni have clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court every year for the past 40 years.[38] Based on a 2012 to 2014 average, Stanford Law has also achieved the second-highest (per capita) placement rate for federal judicial clerkships,[39] and for the class of 2014, reported the highest placement rate for federal judicial clerkships at 30.5%.[40] Stanford Law currently has the highest percentage of its graduates clerking for federal judges of any law school in the United States.[41]

Costs Edit

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Stanford Law School for the 2020–21 academic year is $105,849.[42] Law School Transparency estimated that Stanford Law's debt-financed cost of attendance for three years (at full cost) is $315,604.[43]

A 2015 study by M7 Financial, which assessed law schools' "credit ratings" using data on average starting salaries, employment trends, and student loan obligations, found that Stanford Law had the lowest student debt burden of any law school in the study.[44]

Programs and centers Edit

  • Stanford Constitutional Law Center
  • Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC)
  • Stanford Three Strikes Project
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program (ENRLP)
  • Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance
  • China Guiding Cases Project (CGCP)
  • Rule of Law Program
  • Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN)
  • Stanford Human Rights Center
  • Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law
  • Stanford Program in Law and Society
  • Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
  • John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics
  • Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (SCAC)
  • Center for E-Commerce
  • Center for Internet and Society
  • Center for Law and the Biosciences
  • Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX)
  • Fair Use Project
  • Stanford Center in Law, Science, & Technology
  • Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society (SPINS)
  • Transatlantic Technology Law Forum
  • Stanford Center on the Legal Profession
  • Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution Programs
  • Gould Negotiation and Mediation Teaching Program
  • Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
  • John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law
  • Stanford Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Law and Policy Project (SIDDLAPP)[45]

The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics Edit

Often known simply as CodeX, this research center at Stanford University is focused on the application of technology to law, and is jointly operated by Stanford Law School and Stanford University School of Engineering.[46]

Law Review and journals Edit

Notable faculty Edit

The Stanford Law School faculty ranks among the top three law faculties in the United States in terms of scholarly impact,[47] and faculty members include the most widely cited legal scholars in intellectual property law (Mark Lemley), legal history (Lawrence Friedman), and legal ethics (Deborah L. Rhode).[48] A 2012 study found that five Stanford Law professors are among the 50 most relevant law professors in the nation,[49] and a 2013 study found that 25 percent of Stanford Law School's tenured faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.[50]

In 2013, The National Law Journal recognized Professors Jeffrey L. Fisher and Mark Lemley as two of the 100 most influential lawyers in America,[51] and in 2014, a study by Reuters identified former Dean Kathleen M. Sullivan and Professors Jeffrey L. Fisher, Pamela S. Karlan, and Brian Wolfman as among the 66 most successful appellate litigators before the U.S. Supreme Court.[52]

Notable current faculty Edit

Notable visiting faculty and lecturers Edit

Notable former faculty Edit

Notable alumni Edit

Stanford Law School alumni practice in 61 countries, 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Marshall Islands, and Washington D.C. Stanford Law alumni are partners at 87 of the 100 largest law firms in the United States; 94 of the largest law firms employ Stanford Law alumni as attorneys.[54] Consistent with Stanford's expertise in law and technology, Stanford Law graduates currently work or have previously worked as general counsels for many of the leading high-tech companies, including Microsoft, Google, Cisco, eBay, Yahoo!, Qualcomm, Oracle, and Genentech.[54]

Popular culture Edit

  • The film Legally Blonde was originally set at Stanford Law School, which is also the setting of the book it is based on; however, Stanford did not approve of the script, so the setting was changed to Harvard.[55]

See also Edit

References Edit

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Stanford Law School SLS is the law school of Stanford University a private research university near Palo Alto California Established in 1893 Stanford Law had an acceptance rate of 6 28 in 2021 the second lowest of any law school in the country 5 Since October 2023 Robert Weisberg has served as its dean Stanford Law SchoolCoat of armsParent schoolStanford UniversityEstablished1893 130 years ago 1893 1 School typePrivate law schoolParent endowment 37 8 billion 2021 2 DeanRobert WeisbergLocationStanford California United States37 25 27 N 122 10 04 W 37 42417 N 122 16778 W 37 42417 122 16778Enrollment572 2020 1 Faculty70 2023 3 USNWR ranking1st tie 2023 4 Bar pass rate98 25 Websitelaw wbr stanford wbr eduABA profileStandard 509 ReportStanford Law School employs more than 90 full time and part time faculty members and enrolls over 550 students who are working toward their Juris Doctor J D degree Stanford Law also confers four advanced legal degrees a Master of Laws LL M a Master of Studies in Law M S L a Master of the Science of Law J S M and a Doctor of the Science of Law J S D Each fall Stanford Law enrolls a J D class of approximately 180 students giving Stanford the smallest student body of any law school ranked in the top fourteen T14 Stanford also maintains eleven full time legal clinics 6 including the nation s first and most active Supreme Court litigation clinic 7 and offers 27 formal joint degree programs 8 The law school s alumni include several of the first women to occupy Chief Justice or Associate Justice posts on supreme courts former Chief Justice of New Zealand Sian Elias retired U S Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O Connor and the late Chief Justice of Washington Barbara Durham Other justices of supreme courts who graduated from Stanford Law include the late Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist retired Chief Justice of California Ronald M George retired California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R Moreno and the late California Supreme Court Justice Frank K Richardson Contents 1 History 2 Academics and admissions 3 Bar passage rates 4 Post graduation employment 5 Costs 6 Programs and centers 6 1 The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics 7 Law Review and journals 8 Notable faculty 8 1 Notable current faculty 8 2 Notable visiting faculty and lecturers 8 3 Notable former faculty 9 Notable alumni 10 Popular culture 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksHistory EditStanford first offered a curriculum in legal studies in 1893 when the university hired its first two law professors former U S president Benjamin Harrison and Nathan Abbott who attended Boston University School of Law Abbott headed the new program and assembled a small faculty over the next few years The law department primarily enrolled undergraduate majors at this time and included a large number of students who might not have been welcome at more traditional law schools at the time including women and students of color especially Hispanic Chinese and Japanese students 9 In 1900 the department moved from its original location in Encina Hall to the northeast side of the Inner Quadrangle These larger facilities included Stanford s first law library Beginning to focus more on professional training the school implemented its first three year curriculum and became one of 27 charter members of the Association of American Law Schools AALS 10 In 1901 the school awarded its first professional degree the Bachelor of Laws LL B 9 Starting in 1908 the law department began its transition into an exclusively professional school when Stanford s Board of Trustees passed a resolution to officially change its name from Law Department to Law School Eight years later Frederic Campbell Woodward became the first dean of the law school and in 1923 the law school received accreditation from the American Bar Association ABA 11 In 1924 Stanford s law program officially transitioned into a modern professional school when it began requiring a bachelor s degree for admission 9 The 1940s and 1950s brought considerable change to the law school After World War II caused the law school s enrollment to drop to fewer than 30 students the school quickly expanded once the war ended in 1945 A move to a new location in the Outer Quadrangle as well as the 1948 opening of the law school dormitory Crothers Hall the result of a donation by Stanford Law graduate George E Crothers allowed the school to grow while the 1948 inaugural publication of the Stanford Law Review helmed by future U S Secretary of State Warren Christopher 49 helped to augment the law school s national reputation The decision that Stanford should remain a small law school with a very limited enrollment emerged during this period For the third time in its history the law school relocated in the 1970s this time to its current location in the Crown Quadrangle 9 In the 1960s and 1970s the law school aimed to diversify its student body During this period students established a large number of new and progressive student organizations including the Women of Stanford Law the Stanford Chicano Law Student Association the Environmental Law Society and the Stanford Public Interest Foundation Additionally in 1966 the school sought to academically diversify its student body by collaborating with the Stanford Business School to create its first joint degree program 9 A year earlier in 1965 the law school enrolled its first black student Sallyanne Payton 68 and in 1972 the school hired its first female law professor Barbara Babcock and its first professor of color William B Gould IV In 1968 Stanford appointed Thelton Henderson future judge of the U S District Court for the Northern District of California as the first assistant dean for minority admissions Henderson expanded minority enrollment from a single student to approximately a fifth of the student body 9 Stanford Law s commitment to diversity continues today and The Princeton Review currently ranks Stanford Law as one of the ten best law schools for minority students 12 Earning national recognition in the 1980s and 1990s the law school embarked on innovating its curriculum Stanford offered new courses focusing on law and technology environmental law intellectual property law and international law allowing students to specialize in emerging legal fields In 1984 it launched its first clinical program the East Palo Alto Community Law Project 9 By the 21st century a new focus on interdisciplinary education emerged In 2009 it transitioned from a semester system to a quarter system to align itself with Stanford s other graduate schools 13 Stanford also expanded its upper level offerings in international law by adding new clinics academic centers and simulation courses and expanded its joint degree programs 14 Academics and admissions Edit nbsp ClinicsStanford Law School is known for its student to faculty ratio 7 3 to 1 one of the lowest vague in the country 1 The first year class of approximately 180 students is divided into six smaller sections of 30 students each 15 The academic program is flexible First year students or 1Ls are required to take Civil Procedure Contracts Torts and Legal Research amp Writing during the autumn quarter and Criminal Law Constitutional Law Federal Litigation and one elective during the winter quarter In the spring quarter they take Federal Litigation Property and enroll in electives Stanford Law offers 280 course titles beyond the first year curriculum and advanced courses range from White Collar Crime to a Supreme Court Simulation Seminar 16 Additionally because of the law school s proximity to other academic programs on campus there is a strong focus on joint degree programs and interdisciplinary learning and upper level students may take classes at Stanford s other professional and graduate schools Stanford Law enables second and third year students to gain hands on experience by working full time in one of eleven legal clinics including an Environmental Law Clinic Criminal Defense Clinic a Religious Liberty Clinic and an Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic 6 The Supreme Court Litigation Clinic has successfully brought over thirty cases before the Court 17 making it one of the most active Supreme Court practices of any kind 18 The clinic has served as lead counsel or co lead counsel on the merits in numerous cases including Kennedy v Louisiana 2008 Melendez Diaz v Massachusetts 2009 United States v Windsor 2013 Riley v California 2014 and Bourke v Beshear 2015 19 Launched in 2013 Stanford s Law and Policy Lab provides further opportunities for experiential learning The Policy Lab allows second and third year students to enroll in faculty supervised policy practicums where students work in small teams to conduct policy research and analysis for real world clients 20 Topics have ranged from wildlife trafficking to prison realignment to copyright reform and prior clients include California Attorney General Kamala Harris Governor of California Jerry Brown the California Law Revision Commission the U S Copyright Office the U S Department of Energy the U S Department of the Treasury and the White House Office of Management and Budget 21 Students and alumni routinely report high satisfaction with their academic experience In surveys conducted by Above the Law Stanford Law received an A from both students and alumni for their satisfaction with Stanford s academic program and the law school also received an A rating from students for practical clinical training career counseling and financial aid advising 22 Based on surveys with students at the nation s 169 best law schools The Princeton Review currently when ranks Stanford Law as having the best Classroom Experience 12 and students provided Stanford with the highest score 99 for its Academic Experience Rating and Professors Interesting Rating 23 Additionally the 2014 Midlevel Associates Survey conducted by The American Lawyer magazine found that based on mid level associates assessments of their legal education Stanford Law placed in the top five law schools for effectively preparing its graduates for law firm life 24 Outside of the classroom Stanford Law students run over fifty student organizations 25 and publish seven legal journals 26 The most influential journal is the Stanford Law Review which has been ranked as the top law review by the Washington amp Lee Law Review Rankings in both 2013 and 2014 27 Advocacy skills are tested in the Marion Rice Kirkwood Moot Court competition The Robert Crown Law Library at Stanford holds 500 000 books 360 000 microform and audiovisual items and more than 8 000 current serial subscriptions In August 2008 Stanford Law School changed its grading system which no longer relies on traditional letter grades joining Yale Law School the University of California Berkeley School of Law and Harvard Law School Students now receive one of four grades honors pass restricted credit or no credit 28 Unlike Harvard Law School and Yale Law School Stanford Law School enforces strict curves which cap the number of honors grades to around 30 As part of Stanford s grade reform the law school no longer awards the honors of the Order of the Coif or Graduation with Distinction 29 Between 4 000 and 5 000 students apply for admission each year Selection is competitive the median undergraduate grade point average of admitted students is 3 92 and the median LSAT score is 173 out of 180 30 Beyond numbers Stanford places considerable emphasis on factors such as extracurricular activities work experience and prior graduate study citation needed About three quarters of the members of each entering class have one or more years of prior work experience and over a quarter have another graduate degree The school also accepts a small number of transfers each year Bar passage rates EditAccording to ABA Required Disclosures Stanford Law School had an average bar passage rate of 94 41 in 2022 31 In 2022 75 86 of Stanford Law graduates taking the California bar exam for the first time passed and 100 of Stanford Law graduates who took the bar exam in other jurisdictions for the first time passed 31 Post graduation employment EditUpon graduation about a third of the class clerks for a judge about half join law firms 32 According to Stanford Law School s official 2014 ABA required disclosures 90 4 of the Class of 2014 obtained full time long term JD required employment nine months after graduation excluding solo practitioners 33 Stanford s Law School Transparency under employment score is 3 2 indicating the percentage of the Class of 2014 unemployed pursuing an additional degree or working in a non professional short term or part time job nine months after graduation 34 According to the American Bar Association of 2014 Stanford Law graduates 90 9 are employed in a position that required the graduate to pass the bar exam 2 7 are employed in a position in which the employer sought an individual with a J D or in which the J D provided a demonstrable advantage in obtaining or performing the job but which did not itself require an active law license 2 7 are employed in other professional positions 1 1 are pursuing graduate work full time 1 1 have a deferred employment starting date and 1 6 are unemployed and seeking employment 35 Despite its small size Stanford Law has the third highest per capita placement rate for law professors at the nation s 43 leading law schools according to a 2011 study 36 and has achieved the second highest per capita placement rate for U S Supreme Court clerkships according to a 2013 finding 37 Stanford Law alumni have clerked for the U S Supreme Court every year for the past 40 years 38 Based on a 2012 to 2014 average Stanford Law has also achieved the second highest per capita placement rate for federal judicial clerkships 39 and for the class of 2014 reported the highest placement rate for federal judicial clerkships at 30 5 40 Stanford Law currently has the highest percentage of its graduates clerking for federal judges of any law school in the United States 41 Costs EditThe total cost of attendance indicating the cost of tuition fees and living expenses at Stanford Law School for the 2020 21 academic year is 105 849 42 Law School Transparency estimated that Stanford Law s debt financed cost of attendance for three years at full cost is 315 604 43 A 2015 study by M7 Financial which assessed law schools credit ratings using data on average starting salaries employment trends and student loan obligations found that Stanford Law had the lowest student debt burden of any law school in the study 44 Programs and centers EditStanford Constitutional Law Center Stanford Criminal Justice Center SCJC Stanford Three Strikes Project Environmental and Natural Resources Law amp Policy Program ENRLP Steyer Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance China Guiding Cases Project CGCP Rule of Law Program Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation SCICN Stanford Human Rights Center Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law Stanford Program in Law and Society Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance John M Olin Program in Law and Economics Securities Class Action Clearinghouse SCAC Center for E Commerce Center for Internet and Society Center for Law and the Biosciences Stanford Center for Legal Informatics CodeX Fair Use Project Stanford Center in Law Science amp Technology Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society SPINS Transatlantic Technology Law Forum Stanford Center on the Legal Profession Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution Programs Gould Negotiation and Mediation Teaching Program Center for Internet and Society CIS John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law Stanford Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Law and Policy Project SIDDLAPP 45 The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics Edit Often known simply as CodeX this research center at Stanford University is focused on the application of technology to law and is jointly operated by Stanford Law School and Stanford University School of Engineering 46 Law Review and journals EditStanford Law Review Stanford Journal of International Law Stanford Law amp Policy Review Stanford Journal of Law Business amp Finance Stanford Technology Law Review Stanford Environmental Law Journal Stanford Journal of Civil Rights amp Civil LibertiesNotable faculty EditThe Stanford Law School faculty ranks among the top three law faculties in the United States in terms of scholarly impact 47 and faculty members include the most widely cited legal scholars in intellectual property law Mark Lemley legal history Lawrence Friedman and legal ethics Deborah L Rhode 48 A 2012 study found that five Stanford Law professors are among the 50 most relevant law professors in the nation 49 and a 2013 study found that 25 percent of Stanford Law School s tenured faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts amp Sciences 50 In 2013 The National Law Journal recognized Professors Jeffrey L Fisher and Mark Lemley as two of the 100 most influential lawyers in America 51 and in 2014 a study by Reuters identified former Dean Kathleen M Sullivan and Professors Jeffrey L Fisher Pamela S Karlan and Brian Wolfman as among the 66 most successful appellate litigators before the U S Supreme Court 52 Notable current faculty Edit Joseph Bankman tax law Ralph Richard Banks family law employment discrimination law race and the law Paul Brest emeritus former Dean of the law school constitutional law judgment and decision making Gerhard Casper emeritus former President of Stanford University constitutional law scholar Joshua Cohen political theorist and philosopher John J Donohue III law and economics empirical analysis Jeffrey L Fisher co director of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and appellate litigator who has argued 27 cases before the U S Supreme Court Richard Thompson Ford civil rights local amp state government critical theory named one of Esquire s Best Dressed Real Men in 2009 53 Barbara Fried legal theory Lawrence M Friedman legal historian Paul Goldstein international intellectual property copyright trademark author of best selling legal fiction novels Thomas C Grey emeritus legal theory modern American legal thought constitutional law Joseph Grundfest corporate governance and securities litigation Thomas Heller international trade and tax specialist Pamela S Karlan co director of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic election law and constitutional law scholar who is currently serving as the U S Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Voting Rights in the Civil Rights Division of the U S Department of Justice Mark Kelman Vice Dean of the law school application of social sciences to law Michael Klausner corporate law business transactions corporate governance financial regulation Larry Kramer constitutional law conflict of laws Mark Lemley intellectual property law patent law law and technology Jennifer Martinez Provost of Stanford University since 2023 former Dean of the law school 2019 2023 human rights and international law scholar represented Jose Padilla before the U S Supreme Court Michael W McConnell constitutional law scholar and former Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Nathaniel Persily election law and constitutional law scholar A Mitchell Polinsky law and economics Deborah Sivas environmental law Jane S Schacter sexual orientation law statutory interpretation constitutional law Barton Thompson natural resources law Allen S Weiner international law scholar Robert Weisberg criminal law and law and literatureNotable visiting faculty and lecturers Edit Viola Canales former litigator short story author and published novelist Lanhee Chen lecturer in law and former chief policy advisor to Mitt Romney Mariano Florentino Cuellar visiting professor current Justice of the Supreme Court of California former White House official and former Stanley Morrison Professor of Law at Stanford Russ Feingold lecturer in law and former U S Senator Bertram Fields lecturer in law and entertainment attorney Benjamin Ginsberg lecturer in law and former national counsel to the 2000 and 2004 Bush Cheney presidential campaigns Jennifer Granick intellectual property and First Amendment scholar and practitioner Thomas B Griffith lecturer in law and current judge of the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Goodwin Liu lecturer in law and current Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of CaliforniaNotable former faculty Edit Michelle Alexander associate professor of law and author of The New Jim Crow Anthony G Amsterdam professor of clinical education 1969 1981 Barbara Allen Babcock emerita criminal law civil procedure women s legal history Tom Campbell professor of law 1987 2002 associate professor of law 1983 1987 Barbara A Caulfield lecturer in law 1988 2010 Mariano Florentino Cuellar professor of law 2001 2015 visiting professor 2015 2021 administrative law legislation international law executive power artificial intelligence John Hart Ely professor of law 1982 1996 former Dean 1982 1987 Tom Goldstein clinical lecturer 2004 2012 co founder of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Gerald Gunther professor of law 1962 1995 professor emeritus 1995 2002 Lawrence Lessig professor of law 2000 2009 founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society M Elizabeth Magill former Dean of the law school constitutional law and administrative law scholar Lia Matera teaching fellow Richard Posner associate professor of law 1968 9 Margaret Jane Radin professor of law 1989 2006 Deborah L Rhode legal ethics gender and the law former president of the Association of American Law Schools Joseph Tyree Sneed III professor of law 1962 1971 Kathleen M Sullivan professor of law 1992 2012 former Dean 1999 2004 Notable alumni EditSee also List of Stanford Law School alumni Stanford Law School alumni practice in 61 countries 50 U S states Puerto Rico the U S Virgin Islands Guam the Marshall Islands and Washington D C Stanford Law alumni are partners at 87 of the 100 largest law firms in the United States 94 of the largest law firms employ Stanford Law alumni as attorneys 54 Consistent with Stanford s expertise in law and technology Stanford Law graduates currently work or have previously worked as general counsels for many of the leading high tech companies including Microsoft Google Cisco eBay Yahoo Qualcomm Oracle and Genentech 54 Popular culture EditThe film Legally Blonde was originally set at Stanford Law School which is also the setting of the book it is based on however Stanford did not approve of the script so the setting was changed to Harvard 55 See also EditDean of Stanford Law School Stanford Center for Computers and the Law 2023 Student protest of Judge Kyle DuncanReferences Edit a b c Stanford 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