California (Stanford) -- Stanford Law School -- Accreditation: Full ABA -- Year Founded: 1893

Stanford Law School (also known as Stanford Law or SLS) is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law. It employs more than 50 faculty and hosts over 500 students who are working towards their Juris Doctor (J.D.) or other graduate legal degrees such as the Master of Laws (LL.M.) and the Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.), giving it the smallest student body of any law school in the top 25 of the US News & World Report annual ranking.

Stanford Law School typically ranks in the top three in the US News overall rankings of law schools and is currently ranked third, behind Yale and Harvard Law Schools.

The late Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist and retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, are both Stanford Law alumni, as is current Chief Justice of California Ronald M. George.



About the School

Stanford began offering a curriculum in legal studies in 1893, when the university engaged its first two law professors. One was Benjamin Harrison, former President of the United States, who delivered a landmark series of lectures on the Constitution. The other was Nathan Abbott, who served as head of the nascent law program. Abbott assembled a small faculty to which he imparted a standard of rigor and excellence that endures to this day.

Read more:

http://www.law.stanford.edu/school/history/

Academics and admissions

Stanford Law School has a small student body, and a very low student to faculty ratio. Class sizes are among the smallest of any top law school, with first-year classes of approximately 170 students.

The academic program is flexible and includes a diverse array of courses and clinics. As first years, students take courses in criminal law, civil procedure, constitutional law, contracts, torts, property, and legal research and writing. Upper level courses range from business law to international law and include a growing clinical program. The Supreme Court Clinic has successfully brought over twenty cases before the Court, making it one of the most active Supreme Court practices of any kind. Because of its proximity to other top academic programs on campus, there has been a growing focus on joint degree programs and classes with other professional schools, such as business, medicine, and education.

Programs and centers

• Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program (ENRLP)
• Rule of Law Program
• Stanford Program in International Law
• Stanford Program in Law, Economics & Business
• John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics
• Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology (LST)
• Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution Programs
• Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
• Center for E-Commerce
• Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
• Center for Law and the Biosciences
• Gould Negotiation and Mediation Teaching Program
• Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN)
• Stanford Criminal Justice Center
• Stanford Center for Computers and the Law (CodeX)
• Stanford Law Review

Contact Info

Stanford Law School
Crown Quadrangle
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610

Phone: 650 723.2465
Fax: 650 725.0253

Dean's Office
deans.office@law.stanford.edu
ph: 650 723.4455
fax: 650 723.4669

Office of Admissions
admissions@law.stanford.edu
650 723.4985