Constitutional Law

• Stanford Constitutional Law Center

  The Stanford Constitutional Law Center, founded by former dean Kathleen M. Sullivan and now led by Michael W. McConnell, continues Stanford Law School's tradition of excellence in constitutional law scholarship.

Criminal Justice

• Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC)

  Promotes and coordinates the study of criminal law and the criminal justice system.
• Stanford Three Strikes Project

  The Stanford Three Strikes Project is the only legal organization in the country devoted to representing individuals serving life imprisonment under California's Three Strikes law.

Environmental Law

• Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program (ENRLP)

  Provides students with access to environmental practitioners, regulators and academics, and with opportunities for hands-on involvement in research, environmental advocacy, and collaborative dialogue.
• Steyer Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance

  Stanford University's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance was created in 2011 to help blaze an economically sensible path toward an advanced global energy system.

International Law

• Rule of Law Program

  The Rule of Law Program has launched student-driven projects in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Timor-Leste, Kurdistan, and most recently, Rwanda. Through examining critical connections between law, society, economy, and polity and the demand legal for tools and resources, the Rule of Law Program’s analyses and country specific projects help to create, articulate, and channel legal resources to meet this demand.
• Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN)

  Explores the barriers to the resolution of intractable international and inter-group political conflict and, working in close collaboration with practitioners engaged in peace-making efforts, seeks to develop strategies to overcome those barriers.
• Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law

  Unites Stanford Law School’s wide-ranging teaching, research, applied, clinical, and extracurricular programs focusing on international and comparative law.

Law and Society

• Stanford Program in Law and Society

  The Stanford Program in Law and Society is a student-run program aimed at promoting and advancing socio-legal interdisciplinary scholarship.

• Stanford Program in Law, Economics & Business

  Unites programs focusing on corporate and securities law, taxation, and economics.
• Stanford Human Rights Center

  The mission of the Stanford Law School Human Rights Center (the Center) will be to promote events, research, student engagement, publications, public understanding, practical engagement and policy development in the area of international human rights and global social justice.  The Center will work closely with the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic.

Law, Economics and Business

• Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance

  An interdisciplinary center for the understanding and practice of corporate governance.
• John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics

  Supports faculty and student scholarship, events, and fellowships in law and economics.
• Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (SCAC)

  Free, online database of all securities class actions filed in U.S. federal court since the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) of 1995.

Law, Science and Technology

• Center for E-Commerce

  A neutral forum for scholars, lawyers, and executives to explore e-commerce law.
• Center for Internet and Society

  Studies the intersection of law, new technologies, and the public interest.
• Center for Law and the Biosciences

  Examines bioscientific discoveries in the context of the law.
• CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics

  A multidisciplinary laboratory exploring how technology can enhance our legal system.
• Consumer Privacy Project (CPP)

  The Consumer Privacy Project (CPP) engages in research, advocacy, and tool-building in an effort to enhance privacy online.
• Fair Use Project

  Provides legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of "fair use" in order to enhance creative freedom.
• Stanford IP Litigation Clearinghouse

  A project for the creation of a comprehensive, online resource for scholars, policy makers, industry, lawyers, and litigation support firms.
• Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology

  Explores the law’s intersection with science and technology in national and global arenas.
• Transatlantic Technology Law Forum

  Raises awareness and supports research on transatlantic technology law issues.

Legal Profession and Legal Ethics

• Stanford Center on the Legal Profession

  Promotes research, teaching and programs on the legal profession and legal ethics.

Negotiation and Mediation

• Gould Negotiation and Mediation Program

  Offers small, highly interactive seminars on dispute resolution.
• Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution

  The heart of dispute resolution programs at Stanford University.

Public Interest Law

• John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law

  Provides opportunities for students to make public service part of their JD experience and beyond.