Overview

Stanford Law prepares students to go wherever the law leads them, around the globe and into any of the countless fields law shapes, from economics to the environment, public policy to public service.  Our updated curriculum, rich in interdisciplinary offerings, reflects the evolving world of law and the diverse careers our alumni undertake.  Skill-building experiences and teamwork courses address the demands lawyers — whether entrepreneurs or working in today's large firms — face from their first day on the job:  solving problems, specializing, collaborating.  Opportunities for hands–on practice — from nine clinics to overseas externships — sharpen skills, cultivate perspective, and open students’ eyes to the many possibilities beyond law school.

That's why you'll find Stanford Law alumni at work from Chicago to Singapore, the European Union to the Washington, D.C., beltway, Wall Street to Silicon Valley. You'll also find them wherever people need lawyers with the intelligence, leadership skills, values, perspective, and passion to make a difference: in top–100 firms and international human rights organizations, leading high–tech start–ups and governments, pioneering new legal frontiers and mentoring tomorrow's lawyers.

Stanford Graduate Facts

• Percentage of students placed in jobs within 9 months of graduation: 98%
• Percentage of Stanford Law graduates who take jobs outside California at graduation: 56%
• Locations where Stanford Law graduates can be found: 50 countries, 49 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam
• Median starting salary for a Stanford Law graduate in the class of 2005: $135K
• For graduates seeking public interest careers, percentage by which Stanford Law's average award exceeds peer loan forgiveness programs: 30%
• Number of consecutive years Stanford Law graduates have clerked on the U.S. Supreme Court: 34
• Stanford Law alumni lead and serve the top U.S. law firms. Among the Am Law 100, American Lawyer's definitive ranking of America's largest firms, 94 have a partner who graduated from Stanford Law; 100 employ Stanford alumni as attorneys.
• Of the 25 companies that currently employ Stanford Law alumni as general counsels, nearly half are high-tech leaders, including Google, Cisco, eBay, Qualcomm, Oracle, and Genentech.
• With a zeal for pioneering and a Stanford Law education, female graduates have set remarkable precedents, including:
  • first U.S. Secretary of Education (Shirley Hufstedler '49),
  • first female appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court (Sandra Day O’Connor '52),
  • first female chair of national firm (Mary Cranston '75).