Stanford Law School
| Stanford Law School | |
|---|---|
| Parent school | Stanford University |
| Established | 1893 |
| School type | Private law school |
| Parent endowment | $37.8 billion (2021) |
| Dean | George Triantis |
| Location | Stanford, California, United States 37°25′27″N 122°10′04″W / 37.42417°N 122.16778°W |
| Enrollment | 572 (2020) |
| Faculty | 70 (2023) |
| USNWR ranking | 1st (tie) (2025) |
| Bar pass rate | 98.25% |
| Website | law |
| ABA profile | Standard 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. 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, including the nation's first and most active Supreme Court litigation clinic, and offers 27 formal joint degree programs.