Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located near Palo Alto, California in Silicon Valley. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law. It employs about 50 faculty and hosts over 500 students who are working towards their Juris Doctor. The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County. ... Location of Palo Alto within Santa Clara County, California. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ... Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. ... Juris Doctor (Latin for Teacher of Law) or J.D. is a degree in law offered by universities in a number of countries. ...

Stanford Law School is one of the most prestigious and elite law schools in the United States, typically ranking in the top three in the US News & World Report annual rankings of law schools and currently ranked second. In the United States, the institution where future lawyers obtain a legal degree is called a law school. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

The late Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist and former Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor are both Stanford alumni, as is Chief Justice of California Ronald M. George. The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ... William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American lawyer, jurist, and a political figure, who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the Chief Justice of the United States. ... Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States. ... Sandra Day OConnor (born March 26, 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. ... Ronald Marc George (born March 11, 1940) is the current and 27th Chief Justice of California, where he heads the Supreme Court of California. ...

Academics and admissions

Clinics

Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean, remarked at her appointment, "Who could resist a world class law school in paradise?" With beautiful surroundings, a small student body, and a very low student to faculty ratio, the school has an intimate and collegial environment. Class sizes are the lowest of any top law school, with first year classes of 30 to 60 students. [1] Image File history File links Sls_clinic_763. ... Image File history File links Sls_clinic_763. ... Kathleen M. Sullivan (born August 20, 1955), scholar in constitutional law, is a professor at Stanford Law School and currently practices law at Quinn Emanuel Urquart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, a California law firm. ...

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 is the only one of its kind at a law school in this country and has successfully brought over twenty cases before the Court, making it one of the most active Supreme Court practices of any kind. [2] 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.

Students run about thirty student organizations and publish seven legal journals. The most influential journal is the Stanford Law Review. Advocacy skills are tested in the Kirkwood Moot Court competition. The Stanford Law Review is a legal journal produced independently by Stanford Law School students. ...

The law library at Stanford holds 500,000 books, 360,000 microform and audiovisual items, and more than 8,000 current serial subscriptions.

Between 4,000 and 5,000 students apply for admission each year. Selection is intense: the median undergraduate grade point average of students is 3.9 and the median LSAT 169. Beyond numbers, Stanford places considerable emphasis on factors such as extracurricular activities, work experience, and prior graduate study. About three quarters of the members of each entering class have one year or more of prior work experience - often in politics, nonprofits, teaching, banking, or consulting - and over a quarter have completed another graduate degree. In 2005, Stanford Law School's acceptance rate was 7.8%, the lowest of any law school except Yale Law School. [3] The Law School also accepts a small number of transfers each year. The Sterling Law Building Sculptural ornamentation on the Sterling Law Building Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. ...

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)

Notable alumni

The Law School has a distinguished history of producing leaders in the judiciary, academia, corporate law, finance, government, and the public interest. Upon graduation, most students join law firms or clerk for a judge. Between 25 and 35% of each graduating class clerks, typically about 95% with federal judges. [4] Stanford alumni practice in 50 countries and 49 states, and are partners at 94 of the 100 largest law firms in the United States. [5] Despite its small size, recently, Stanford has produced the third most professors of law in the country [6] and the fourth most clerks to the Supreme Court. [7] The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged. ...

• Max Baucus (1967), U.S. Senator (1979–present)
• Carlos Bea (1958), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Xavier Becerra (1984), U.S. Congressman (1984–present)
• Riley Bechtel (1977), billionaire, Chairman and CEO, Bechtel Group
• Jeff Bingaman (1968), U.S. Senator (1983–present)
• Joshua B. Bolten (1980), White House Chief of Staff (2006–present)
• Warren Christopher (1949), U.S. Secretary of State (1993–1997)
• Frank Church (1950), U.S. Senator (1957–1981)
• Robert Cochran (1974), creator of the television shows 24 and La Femme Nikita
• William Donlon Edwards (1939), U.S. Congressman (1963–1995)
• John Ehrlichman (1951), infamous figure in the Watergate scandal
• Scott Fedewa (1995), dot-com entrepreneur and author
• Raymond C. Fisher (1966), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Ronald M. George (1964), Chief Justice of California (1996–present)
• Matt Gonzalez (1990), first Green Party candidate elected to local office, garnered 47% of votes for mayor of San Francisco
• Shirley Hufstedler (1949), first United States Secretary of Education (1979–1981), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1968–1979)
• Dahlia Lithwick (1995), Senior Editor at Slate
• Carlos Moreno (1975), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California (2001–present)
• William Neukom (1967), first General Counsel at Microsoft, current president of the American Bar Association
• Sandra Day O'Connor (1952), first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981–2006; retired)
• Penny Pritzker (1984), billionaire, CEO of Pritzker Realty
• William Rehnquist (1952), Chief Justice of the United States (1986–2005)
• Anthony Romero (1990), Executive Director of the ACLU (2001–present)
• Peter Thiel (1992), founder of Paypal
• John Van de Kamp (1959), Attorney General of California (1982–1991)
• Carlos Watson (1995), television host

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Notable faculty

When assessed by academic peers, the law faculty is ranked one of three or four most accomplished in the country. [8] In 2006, the National Law Journal included six Stanford faculty - professors Jeffrey Fisher, Joseph Grundfest, Mark Lemley, Lawrence Lessig, Kathleen Sullivan, and lecturer Thomas Goldstein - on its list of the 100 most influential lawyers in the country. [9]

• Barbara Babcock -- civil procedure
• Joe Bankman -- reformer of California tax law
• Paul Brest -- former dean; current president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Gerhard Casper -- former president of Stanford University
• Jeffrey Fisher -- appellate litigation
• Marc Franklin -- media law
• Lawrence Friedman -- legal history
• Paul Goldstein -- intellectual property; author of best selling novel
• Joseph Grundfest -- former chair of the SEC
• Pamela S. Karlan -- antidiscrimination; appellate litigation
• Larry Kramer -- Current Dean
• Lawrence Lessig -- constitutional law; intellectual property
• Mark Lemley -- intellectual property
• Larry Marshall -- public interest advocate instrumental in convincing the governor of Illinois to place a moratorium on executions
• Jennifer Martinez -- represented Jose Padilla before the Supreme Court
• Robert Rabin -- torts
• Deborah Rhode -- legal ethics
• Kathleen Sullivan -- former dean; constitutional law
• Alan Sykes -- international law & economics
• Allen Weiner -- international law
• Robert Weisberg -- criminal law

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Popular culture

The creator of the television show 24 is a Stanford Law graduate. Although the movie Legally Blonde was filmed as though it were about Harvard Law School, it was based on the writings of a former student about her experiences at Stanford Law. Arnold Vinick, the fictional Republican candidate for President on the last season of the West Wing was a Stanford Law graduate. The school has been mentioned in several movies, such as The Devil Wears Prada and to rather comic effect in Ace Ventura. 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ... Legally Blonde is a 2001 comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon, produced by Marc E. Platt for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and directed by Robert Luketic. ... Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... Arnold Vinick was a fictional character on the television series The West Wing played by Alan Alda. ... The West Wing may refer to several topics: The location of the U.S. Presidents office and offices of his political staff. ... The Devil Wears Prada is a 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who, fresh from college, gets a job working as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor that turns increasingly hellish as she struggles to keep up with her bosss capricious and demeaning... Ace Ventura, Pet Detective is a 1994 wacky comedy movie, directed by Tom Shadyac. ...

External links

• Stanford Law School Official website
• US News & World Report Stanford Law School profile
• Stanford Law Review
• Student's comment on their experience at Vault.com