Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School
Parent schoolStanford University
Established1893 (1893)[1]
School typePrivate law school
Parent endowment$37.8 billion (2021)[2]
DeanGeorge Triantis
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) (2024)[4]
Bar pass rate98.25%
Websitelaw.stanford.edu
ABA profileStandard 509 Report

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] George Triantis currently serves as Dean.

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]

  1. ^ a b "Stanford University". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Stanford releases annual financial results for investment return, endowment". October 26, 2021. As of August 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "Stanford University Law School" Law School Admission Council, Inc. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023-2024 Best Law Schools". USNews. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. ^ "2021 Standard 509 Information Report (2021 First Year Class)". Stanford Law School. Retrieved 16 Oct 2022.
  6. ^ "Clinics Offered". Stanford Law School. Retrieved 27 June 2015
  7. ^ "Supreme Court Litigation Clinic" Archived 2006-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. Stanford Law School. Retrieved 27 June 2015
  8. ^ "Overview of Joint Degree and Cooperative Programs". Stanford Law School. Retrieved 27 June 2015

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