Stanford Law School is a graduate school of Stanford University located in Stanford, California in the Silicon Valley. It hosts approximately 550 students at a time who are working towards their Juris Doctor (law) degrees.

Because two of the school's alumni are current members of the U.S. Supreme Court, it is generally considered to be one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States, and the most prestigious on the West Coast.

Notable alumni

• Max Baucus (1967), U.S. Senator (1979-Present)
• Jeff Bingaman (1968), U.S. Senator (1983-Present)
• Warren Christopher (1949), U.S. Secretary of State (1993-1997)
• Sandra Day O'Connor (1952), first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981-Present)
• William Rehnquist (1952), U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice (1986-Present)

Notable faculty

• Lawrence Lessig

External link

• Stanford Law School Official Website