Stanford Law School
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Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University
located in the area known as the Silicon Valley
, near Palo Alto, California
in the United States. The Law School
was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison
joined the faculty as the first professor of law. It employs more than 50 faculty and hosts over 500 students who are working towards their Juris Doctor
(J.D.) or other graduate legal degrees such as the Master of Laws
(LL.M.) and the Doctor of the Science of Law
(J.S.D.), giving it the smallest student body of any law school in the top 25 of the U.S. News & World Report
annual ranking.
With a small average class size of just 170, Stanford Law School has been ranked in the top three in the U.S. News & World Report overall rankings of law schools since 1992. Stanford Law School was ranked second in 1999/2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2009 behind Yale Law School
and third in 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012 behind Yale
and Harvard
Law Schools. SLS is considered particularly prestigious in the spaces of Intellectual Property and Constitutional Law, and maintains the nation's first Supreme Court litigation clinic. With Harvard and Yale, it recently enacted "grade reform," eliminating traditional letter grades for students.
Stanford Law graduates include several of the first women to occupy Chief Justice or Associate Justice posts on supreme court
s: current Chief Justice of New Zealand
Sian Elias
, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor
, and the late Chief Justice of Washington Barbara Durham
. Other justices of supreme courts who graduated from Stanford Law include the late Chief Justice of the United States
William Rehnquist
, current Montana Supreme Court Justice
Brian Morris
, retired Chief Justice of California Ronald M. George
, retired California Supreme Court Justice
Carlos R. Moreno, and the late California Supreme Court Justice Frank K. Richardson
.
giving lectures on Constitutional and International Law, and Nathan Abbott. Abbott was given control over the program, and assembled a small faculty over the next few years. The law department was almost exclusively composed of undergraduates at this time, and included a large number of students who might not have been welcome at more traditional law schools at the time, including women and Hispanic, Chinese and Japanese students.
In 1900, the department moved from its original location in Encina Hall to the northeast side of the Inner Quadrangle. The new facilities were much larger and included Stanford’s first law library. Beginning to focus more on professional training, the school implemented its first three year curriculum, and became one of 27 charter members of the Association of American Law Schools
(AALS). In 1901 the school awarded its first professional degree.
Starting in 1908, the law department began its transition into an exclusively professional school when Stanford's Board of Trustees passed a resolution in 1908 to officially change its name to law school. Eight years later Frederic Campbell Woodward would be appointed the first dean of the school, and in 1923 the school was accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). Stanford's law program officially transitioned into a modern professional school in 1924 when it began requiring a bachelor's degree for admission.
The 1940s and 1950s brought a great deal of change for the law school. Even though World War II
caused the school's enrollment to drop to less than 30 students, the school made quick efforts at expansion once the war ended in 1945. A move to a new location in the Outer Quadrangle, and the 1948 opening of the law school dormitory Crothers Hall (the result of a donation by Stanford law graduate George E. Crothers
), allowed the school to grow, while the publication of the Stanford Law Review
started building the school a national reputation. The decision that Stanford should remain a small law school with a very limited enrollment was made during this period. For the third time in its history, the law school relocated in the 1970s, this time to its current location in the Crown Quadrangle.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the law school aimed to become more diverse. A great deal of new and progressive student organizations established themselves, several of which focused on legal issues which largely affected Chicanos and women. The first female and black professors were hired at the school during this period, and the school sought to academically diversify its student body by collaborating with the Stanford Business School to create a joint-degree program. In March 2011, Stanford was listed with an "A-" in the "Diversity Honor Roll" by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students.
Earning national recognition in the 1980s and 1990s, the law school made efforts to make its curriculum more progressive. Classes were offered focusing on law relating to technology, the environment, and intellectual property, and international law, allowing students to specialize in emerging legal fields. Additionally, the school’s clinical program was established starting with the public interest East Palo Alto Community Law Project. By the dawn of the 21st century, the law school had created many new opportunities for its students to specialize and get involved in community projects. Over the past few years, a new focus on inderdisciplinary education has emerged.
Stanford Law School has a small student body, and a very low student to faculty ratio. Class sizes are among the smallest of any top law school, with first-year classes of approximately 170 students.
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 has successfully brought over twenty cases before the Court, making it one of the most active Supreme Court practices of any kind. 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.
Robert Crown Law Library at Stanford holds 500,000 books, 360,000 microform and audiovisual items, and more than 8,000 current serial subscriptions.
Stanford Law School adopted a reformed grading system that no longer utilizes traditional letter grades in August 2008, joining Yale Law School
, the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and Harvard Law School
. Students now receive one of four grades: honors, pass, restricted credit, or no credit, instead of the traditional A+ to F grades.
Stanford has a chapter of the Order of the Coif
, a national law school honorary society founded for the purposes of encouraging legal scholarship and advancing the ethical standards of the legal profession.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 students apply for admission each year. Selection is intense: the median undergraduate grade point average of students is around 3.9 and the median LSAT 170. 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 2006, Stanford Law School's acceptance rate was 8.7%, one of the lowest in the nation. The Law School also accepts a small number of transfers each year.
In January 2011, Stanford was given an "A" (#4) in the "Best Public Interest Law Schools" listing by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students.
, Lawrence Lessig, Kathleen Sullivan, and lecturer Thomas Goldstein – on its list of the 100 most influential lawyers in the country.
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Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
located in the area known as the Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
, near Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
in the United States. The Law School
Law school in the United States
In the United States, a law school is an institution where students obtain a professional education in law after first obtaining an undergraduate degree.Law schools in the U.S...
was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...
joined the faculty as the first professor of law. It employs more than 50 faculty and hosts over 500 students who are working towards their Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
(J.D.) or other graduate legal degrees such as the Master of Laws
Master of Laws
The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
(LL.M.) and the Doctor of the Science of Law
Doctor of Juridical Science
Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of the Science of Law, Scientiae Juridicae Doctor , abbreviated J.S.D. or S.J.D., is a research doctorate in law and equivalent to the PhD It is offered primarily in the United States, where it originated, and in Canada...
(J.S.D.), giving it the smallest student body of any law school in the top 25 of the U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
annual ranking.
With a small average class size of just 170, Stanford Law School has been ranked in the top three in the U.S. News & World Report overall rankings of law schools since 1992. Stanford Law School was ranked second in 1999/2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2009 behind Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
and third in 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012 behind Yale
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
and Harvard
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
Law Schools. SLS is considered particularly prestigious in the spaces of Intellectual Property and Constitutional Law, and maintains the nation's first Supreme Court litigation clinic. With Harvard and Yale, it recently enacted "grade reform," eliminating traditional letter grades for students.
Stanford Law graduates include several of the first women to occupy Chief Justice or Associate Justice posts on supreme court
Supreme court
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of many legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, instance court, judgment court, high court, or apex court...
s: current Chief Justice of New Zealand
Chief Justice of New Zealand
The Chief Justice of New Zealand is the head of the New Zealand judiciary, and presides over the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Before the establishment of the latter court in 2004 the Chief Justice was the presiding judge in the High Court of New Zealand and was also ex officio a member of the...
Sian Elias
Sian Elias
Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias, GNZM, PC, QC is the Chief Justice of New Zealand, and is therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She is the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand...
, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 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 O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
, and the late Chief Justice of Washington Barbara Durham
Barbara Durham
Barbara M. Durham was the first-ever female chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court. She also was a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.- Early life and education :...
. Other justices of supreme courts who graduated from Stanford Law include the late Chief Justice of the United States
Chief Justice of the United States
The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...
William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist
William Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...
, current Montana Supreme Court Justice
Montana Supreme Court
The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court of the Montana state court system in the U.S. state of Montana. It is established and its powers defined by Article VII of the 1972 Montana Constitution...
Brian Morris
Brian Morris (judge)
Brian M. Morris is a Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, having been elected to Court by the voters of Montana in 2004...
, retired Chief Justice of California Ronald M. George
Ronald M. George
Ronald Marc George is the retired 27th Chief Justice of California, where he headed the Supreme Court of California and the Judicial Council of California...
, retired California Supreme Court Justice
Supreme Court of California
The Supreme Court of California is the highest state court in California. It is headquartered in San Francisco and regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Its decisions are binding on all other California state courts.-Composition:...
Carlos R. Moreno, and the late California Supreme Court Justice Frank K. Richardson
Frank K. Richardson
Frank Kellogg Richardson was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.-Early life:Born in St. Helena, California, Richardson graduated from Germantown High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania his freshman year but transferred to Stanford...
.
History
Stanford first offered a curriculum in legal studies in 1893, when the university hired its first two law professors: former President Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...
giving lectures on Constitutional and International Law, and Nathan Abbott. Abbott was given control over the program, and assembled a small faculty over the next few years. The law department was almost exclusively composed of undergraduates at this time, and included a large number of students who might not have been welcome at more traditional law schools at the time, including women and Hispanic, Chinese and Japanese students.
In 1900, the department moved from its original location in Encina Hall to the northeast side of the Inner Quadrangle. The new facilities were much larger and included Stanford’s first law library. Beginning to focus more on professional training, the school implemented its first three year curriculum, and became one of 27 charter members of the Association of American Law Schools
Association of American Law Schools
The Association of American Law Schools is a non-profit organization of 170 law schools in the United States. Another 25 schools are "non-member fee paid" schools, which are not members but choose to pay AALS dues. Its purpose is to improve the legal profession through the improvement of legal...
(AALS). In 1901 the school awarded its first professional degree.
Starting in 1908, the law department began its transition into an exclusively professional school when Stanford's Board of Trustees passed a resolution in 1908 to officially change its name to law school. Eight years later Frederic Campbell Woodward would be appointed the first dean of the school, and in 1923 the school was accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). Stanford's law program officially transitioned into a modern professional school in 1924 when it began requiring a bachelor's degree for admission.
The 1940s and 1950s brought a great deal of change for the law school. Even though World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
caused the school's enrollment to drop to less than 30 students, the school made quick efforts at expansion once the war ended in 1945. A move to a new location in the Outer Quadrangle, and the 1948 opening of the law school dormitory Crothers Hall (the result of a donation by Stanford law graduate George E. Crothers
George E. Crothers
George Edward Crothers was one of the first students at Stanford University and was instrumental in putting the university on a solid legal and financial footing following the deaths of its founders, Leland and Jane Stanford. He served as a member of Stanford's board of trustees and as a...
), allowed the school to grow, while the publication of the Stanford Law Review
Stanford Law Review
The Stanford Law Review is a legal journal produced independently by Stanford Law School students. The journal was established in 1948 with future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher as its first president...
started building the school a national reputation. The decision that Stanford should remain a small law school with a very limited enrollment was made during this period. For the third time in its history, the law school relocated in the 1970s, this time to its current location in the Crown Quadrangle.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the law school aimed to become more diverse. A great deal of new and progressive student organizations established themselves, several of which focused on legal issues which largely affected Chicanos and women. The first female and black professors were hired at the school during this period, and the school sought to academically diversify its student body by collaborating with the Stanford Business School to create a joint-degree program. In March 2011, Stanford was listed with an "A-" in the "Diversity Honor Roll" by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students.
Earning national recognition in the 1980s and 1990s, the law school made efforts to make its curriculum more progressive. Classes were offered focusing on law relating to technology, the environment, and intellectual property, and international law, allowing students to specialize in emerging legal fields. Additionally, the school’s clinical program was established starting with the public interest East Palo Alto Community Law Project. By the dawn of the 21st century, the law school had created many new opportunities for its students to specialize and get involved in community projects. Over the past few years, a new focus on inderdisciplinary education has emerged.
Academics and admissions
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
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
Clinic has successfully brought over twenty cases before the Court, making it one of the most active Supreme Court practices of any kind. 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
Stanford Law Review
The Stanford Law Review is a legal journal produced independently by Stanford Law School students. The journal was established in 1948 with future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher as its first president...
. Advocacy skills are tested in the Kirkwood Moot Court competition.
Robert Crown Law Library at Stanford holds 500,000 books, 360,000 microform and audiovisual items, and more than 8,000 current serial subscriptions.
Stanford Law School adopted a reformed grading system that no longer utilizes traditional letter grades in August 2008, joining Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
, the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
. Students now receive one of four grades: honors, pass, restricted credit, or no credit, instead of the traditional A+ to F grades.
Stanford has a chapter of the Order of the Coif
Order of the Coif
The Order of the Coif is an honor society for United States law school graduates. A student at an American law school who earns a Juris Doctor degree and graduates in the top 10 percent of his or her class is eligible for membership if the student's law school has a chapter of the...
, a national law school honorary society founded for the purposes of encouraging legal scholarship and advancing the ethical standards of the legal profession.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 students apply for admission each year. Selection is intense: the median undergraduate grade point average of students is around 3.9 and the median LSAT 170. 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 2006, Stanford Law School's acceptance rate was 8.7%, one of the lowest in the nation. The Law School also accepts a small number of transfers each year.
Bar passage rates
Based on a 2001-2007 6 year average, the California State Bar passage rate for Stanford Law students was 88.8%. The July 2010 test saw passing scores from 98% of first-time takers from Stanford Law.Post-graduation employment
Based on a 2001-2007 6 year average, 98.7% of Stanford Law graduates were employed 9 months after graduation.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)Stanford Center for Internet and SocietyThe Center for Internet and Society is a public interest technology law and policy program founded in 2000 by Lawrence Lessig at Stanford Law School and a part of Law, Science and Technology Program at Stanford Law School...
- 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)
- Stanford Law ReviewStanford Law ReviewThe Stanford Law Review is a legal journal produced independently by Stanford Law School students. The journal was established in 1948 with future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher as its first president...
In January 2011, Stanford was given an "A" (#4) in the "Best Public Interest Law Schools" listing by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students.
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. About 25% of each graduating class clerks. Stanford alumni practice in 50 countries and 49 states, and are partners at 94 of the 100 largest law firms in the United States. Despite its small size, recently, Stanford has produced the fourth most professors of law in the country and the fourth most clerks to the Supreme Court.- Michael ArringtonMichael ArringtonJ. Michael Arrington is the founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley technology start-up communities and the wider technology field in USA and elsewhere...
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(1992), Member of Parliament, Singapore - Dana K. ChipmanDana K. ChipmanLieutenant General Dana Kyle Chipman, USA is an American military lawyer who is currently the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army....
(1986), Judge Advocate General of the United States ArmyJudge Advocate General of the United States ArmyThe Judge Advocate General of the United States Army is the commanding officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army. Under Title 10 of the United States Code, the TJAG is appointed by the President of the United States. Suitable candidates are recommended by the... - Warren ChristopherWarren ChristopherWarren Minor Christopher was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. He also served as Deputy Attorney General in the Lyndon Johnson administration, and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Jimmy...
(1949), 63rd U.S. Secretary of StateUnited States Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence... - Frank ChurchFrank ChurchFrank Forrester Church III was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1957 to 1981....
(1950), U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
(1957–1981) - Robert Cochran (1974), creator of the television shows 2424 (TV series)24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
and La Femme Nikita - Samuel ContiSamuel ContiSamuel Conti is a United States federal judge.Conti was born in Los Angeles, California. He received a B.S. from the University of Santa Clara in 1945. He received an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1948. He was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1948 to 1967...
(1948), Judge of the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San... - Daniel Cooperman (1976), Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Apple Corporation
- Walter Early CraigWalter Early CraigWalter Early Craig was a United States federal judge.Born in Oakland, California, Craig received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1931 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1934. U.S. Navy, World War II. He was a Lawyer, HOLC, San Francisco, California from 1934 to 1936...
(1934), Judge of the District of ArizonaUnited States District Court for the District of ArizonaThe United States District Court for the District of Arizona is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Arizona. Court is held in the cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma, and Prescott. The district was created on June 20, 1910, by 36 Stat. 557... - James CrownJames CrownJames Schine Crown is an American businessman. He is president of Henry Crown and Company, a private investment company. He is a director of JPMorgan Chase & Co., General Dynamics and Sara Lee as well as being the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the University of Chicago. A member of...
(1980), President of Henry Crown and Company - Nelson CunninghamNelson CunninghamNelson Cunningham is an American lawyer and political advisor. He spent much of his childhood in Latin America, where he became fluent in Spanish. He attended Yale College and Stanford Law School, where he edited the law review. He subsequently worked for Hale and Dorr, a private law firm in Boston...
, co-founder of Kissinger AssociatesKissinger AssociatesKissinger Associates, Inc., founded in 1982, is a New York City-based international consulting firm, founded and run by Henry Kissinger, and Brent Scowcroft...
, former Special Advisor to the President for Western Hemisphere affairs - David C. DrummondDavid Drummond (Google)David C. Drummond is Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Google.David earned his bachelor's degree in history from Santa Clara University and his JD from Stanford Law School.He joined Google in 2002.-References:...
(1985), Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Google - Edward C. DuMontEdward C. DuMontEdward Carroll DuMont is an American lawyer who in 2010 and 2011 had been nominated by President Barack Obama to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In November 2011, however, DuMont sent a letter to President Obama asking him to withdraw his nomination to the...
(1986), nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit-Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...
by President Obama - Benjamin Cushing DuniwayBenjamin Cushing DuniwayBenjamin Cushing Duniway was a United States federal judge.Born in Stanford, California, Duniway received a B.A. from Carleton College in 1928, an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1931., and a B.A. from Oxford University in 1933. He received a M.A. from Oxford University in 1964...
(1931), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona... - Barbara DurhamBarbara DurhamBarbara M. Durham was the first-ever female chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court. She also was a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.- Early life and education :...
(1968), Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme CourtWashington Supreme CourtThe Washington Supreme Court is the highest court in the judiciary of the U.S. state of Washington. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and eight Justices. of the Court are elected to six-year terms...
(1995–1998) - Fred DuttonFred DuttonFrederick Gary "Fred" Dutton was a lawyer and Democratic Party power broker who served as campaign manager and Chief of Staff for California Governor Pat Brown, Special Assistant to U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and went on to manage Robert F...
(1949), Special Assistant to U.S. President John F. Kennedy, managed Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign - William Donlon Edwards (1939), U.S. CongressmanUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
(1963–1995) - John EhrlichmanJohn EhrlichmanJohn Daniel Ehrlichman was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. He was a key figure in events leading to the Watergate first break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal, for which he was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury...
(1951), infamous figure in the Watergate scandalWatergate scandalThe Watergate scandal was a political scandal during the 1970s in the United States resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement... - Sian EliasSian EliasDame Sian Seerpoohi Elias, GNZM, PC, QC is the Chief Justice of New Zealand, and is therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She is the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand...
(JSMMaster of LawsThe Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
1972), Chief Justice of New ZealandChief Justice of New ZealandThe Chief Justice of New Zealand is the head of the New Zealand judiciary, and presides over the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Before the establishment of the latter court in 2004 the Chief Justice was the presiding judge in the High Court of New Zealand and was also ex officio a member of the... - Gary FeinermanGary FeinermanGary Scott Feinerman is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.- Early life and education :...
(1991), judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisThe United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois.... - Raymond C. FisherRaymond C. FisherRaymond C. Fisher is a federal appeals judge who has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1999.-Education and legal training:Fisher attended University High School, earned his B.A...
(1966), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona... - Ivan K. FongIvan K. FongIvan K. Fong is an American attorney who is the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security.-Education:Fong earned a bachelor's in chemical engineering and an master's in chemical engineering practice from MIT. He went on to Stanford Law School where he was President of the Stanford...
(1987), general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security - Stephen C. Ferruolo (1990), author and Dean of University of San Diego School of LawUniversity of San Diego School of LawThe University of San Diego School of Law, commonly referred to as USD Law, is a law school located on the campus of the University of San Diego in San Diego, California in the community of Linda Vista. Founded in 1954, the law school has held ABA approval since 1961...
(as of August 1, 2011) - Ronald M. GeorgeRonald M. GeorgeRonald Marc George is the retired 27th Chief Justice of California, where he headed the Supreme Court of California and the Judicial Council of California...
(1964), Chief Justice of California (1996–2011) - Matt GonzalezMatt GonzalezMatthew Edward Gonzalez is an American politician, lawyer, and activist prominent in San Francisco politics. He currently serves as chief attorney in the San Francisco Public Defender's office....
(1990), Ralph NaderRalph NaderRalph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....
's 2008 vice presidential running mate, former president San Francisco Board of SupervisorsSan Francisco Board of SupervisorsThe San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislative body within the government of the City and County of San Francisco, California, United States.-Government and politics:...
. - Joan B. GottschallJoan B. GottschallJoan B. Gottschall is a United States federal judge.Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Gottschall received a B.A. from Smith College in 1969 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1973. She was then in private practice in Chicago, Illinois until 1976, and again from 1978 to 1982, serving as a staff...
(1973), Judge of the Northern District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisThe United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois.... - Thomas Poole Griesa (1958), Judge of the Southern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkThe United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...
- Cynthia Holcomb HallCynthia Holcomb HallCynthia Holcomb Hall was a United States federal judge.-Early life and career:Born in Los Angeles, California, Hall received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1951, an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1954, and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 1960...
(1954), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona... - Maya HarrisMaya HarrisMaya Harris is Vice President for Peace & Social Justice at the Ford Foundation. She was named to that position in June 2008. Prior to joining the Ford Foundation, she served as the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California...
, Vice President for Peace & Social Justice at the Ford Foundation - Denis HayesDenis HayesDenis Hayes is an environmental activist and proponent of solar power. He rose to prominence in 1970 as the coordinator for the first Earth Day.Hayes founded the Earth Day Network and expanded it to more than 180 nations...
(1985), Founder, Earth Day Network - Roderick Hills (1955), former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (1975–1977) and founder of Munger, Tolles & OlsonMunger, Tolles & OlsonMunger, Tolles & Olson LLP is a California law firm that has offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Charles Munger founded the firm in 1962 with six other lawyers.-Legal practice:...
- Shirley HufstedlerShirley HufstedlerShirley Ann Mount Hufstedler is an American lawyer who served as the first United States Secretary of Education, under President Jimmy Carter.-Biography:...
(1949), first United States Secretary of EducationUnited States Secretary of EducationThe United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession...
(1979–1981), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona...
(1968–1979) - Procter R. Hug, Jr.Procter Ralph Hug Jr.Procter Ralph Hug Jr. is a United States federal judge.Born in Reno, Nevada, Hug received a B.S. from the University of Nevada in 1953 as a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy from 1954 to 1955. He received an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1958,...
(1958), Judge and former Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona... - Harry Lindley HuppHarry Lindley HuppHarry Lindley Hupp was a United States federal judge.Born in Los Angeles, California, Hupp received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1953 and an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1955. He was in the United States Army from 1950 to 1952...
(1955), Judge of the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population... - Susan Yvonne Illston (1973), Judge of the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San...
- Michael Jacobson (1981), Senior Vice President and General Counsel, eBay Inc.
- Reuben Jeffery IIIReuben Jeffery IIIReuben Jeffery III is the former United States Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, having been appointed to that position by United States President George W. Bush in June 2007....
, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State; former Chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission - Gilbert H. JertbergGilbert H. JertbergGilbert H. Jertberg was a United States federal judge.Born in Springfield, Missouri, Jertberg was a Lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I, from 1917 to 1918. He received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1920 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1922...
(1922), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona... - Michael KlarmanMichael KlarmanMichael J. Klarman is an American legal historian, and constitutional law scholar, the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School. Formerly, he was James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Research Professor at the University...
(1983), Constitutional LawConstitutional lawConstitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....
scholar and law professor at Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S... - Fred KunzelFred KunzelFred Kunzel was a United States federal judge.Born in Buffalo, New York, Kunzel was a private in the United States Army during World War I, from 1917 to 1919. He received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1925 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1927...
(1927), Judge of the Southern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Southern District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Southern District of California is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties in California: Imperial and San Diego. In terms of filed indictments, it is one of the busiest criminal districts in the United States... - Charles A. LeggeCharles A. LeggeCharles A. Legge is a former United States federal judge.Born in San Francisco, California, Legge received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1952 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1954...
(1954), Judge of the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San... - David Lempert (1985), Founder of Unseen America Projects, Inc. and the Diaspora Bridge Center
- David F. LeviDavid F. LeviDavid F. Levi is a U.S. jurist and current Dean of the Duke University School of Law. From 1990–2007, he was a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, serving as Chief Judge since 2003. At the time Levi left the bench, he was widely considered to be one...
(1980), Judge of the Eastern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaThe U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California is composed of six divisions.The Bakersfield division has jurisdiction over certain cases in Inyo and Kern counties and on federal lands and National Parks... - John S. W. Lim (1983), Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of AppealsHawaii Intermediate Court of AppealsThe Hawaii State Intermediate Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court of the Hawaii State Judiciary.It shares jurisdiction over appeals from lower courts with the Hawaii State Supreme Court...
(1999–2006) - Fred von LohmannFred von LohmannFred von Lohmann is an American lawyer practicing as a senior copyright counsel at Google.Before joining Google in July 2010, Fred was a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in intellectual property matters. In that role, he has represented programmers,...
, senior copyright counsel at GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program... - Greg LukianoffGreg LukianoffGreg Lukianoff is the President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education . He previously served as FIRE's first Director of Legal and Public Advocacy until he was appointed President in 2006...
, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in EducationFoundation for Individual Rights in EducationThe Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is a non-profit group founded in 1999 and focused on civil liberties in academia in the United States...
(FIRE) - Louis Lupin (1985), former general counsel at QualcommQualcommQualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...
- Rebecca Love KourlisRebecca Love KourlisRebecca Love Kourlis is a former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.-Life and career:She was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was the daughter of former Governor John Arthur Love. In 1973, she graduated with distinction from Stanford University, and in 1976, earned a law degree from...
(1976), Executive Director at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System - Dahlia LithwickDahlia Lithwick-External links:*...
(1995), Senior Editor at SlateSlate (magazine)Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company... - Lawrence Tupper LydickLawrence Tupper LydickLawrence Tupper Lydick was a United States federal judge.Born in San Diego, California, Lydick received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1938 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1942. He was an Acting director, Disputes Division, Tenth Region, U.S. War Labor Board from 1942 to 1943. He was a...
(1942), Judge of the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population... - David MargolickDavid MargolickDavid Margolick is a long-time contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Margolick has held similar positions at Newsweek and Portfolio. Prior to joining Vanity Fair he was a legal affairs reporter at The New York Times, where he wrote the weekly “At the Bar" column and covered the trials of O.J....
, contributing editor at Condé Nast PortfolioCondé Nast PortfolioPortfolio.com is a website published by American City Business Journals that provides news and information for small to mid-sized businesses. It was formerly the website for the monthly business magazine Condé Nast Portfolio, published by Condé Nast from 2007 to 2009.Portfolio.com is continually...
, former contributing editor at Vanity FairVanity Fair (magazine)Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935... - Cheryl MillsCheryl MillsCheryl D. Mills is an American lawyer, administrator, and corporate executive. She is most known for being deputy White House Counsel for President Bill Clinton, whom she defended during his 1999 impeachment trial. She worked for New York University as Senior Vice President...
(1990), Chief of Staff to Secretary of StateSecretary of StateSecretary of State or State Secretary is a commonly used title for a senior or mid-level post in governments around the world. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple Secretaries of State in the Government....
Hillary Clinton - Carlos R. Moreno (1975), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of CaliforniaSupreme Court of CaliforniaThe Supreme Court of California is the highest state court in California. It is headquartered in San Francisco and regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Its decisions are binding on all other California state courts.-Composition:...
(2001–present) - Dick MurphyDick MurphyRichard M. Murphy is a former U.S. politician. He served as the 33rd Mayor of San Diego, California from 2000 to 2005-Early life:...
, 33rd Mayor of San Diego, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... - William Neukom (1967), first General Counsel at MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, president of the American Bar AssociationAmerican Bar AssociationThe American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation... - Ronald Kenneth Noble, Secretary General of InterpolInterpolInterpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
and law professor - William Albert NorrisWilliam Albert NorrisWilliam Albert Norris was a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Norris was nominated for the position by Jimmy Carter on February 27, 1980 after the seat which Walter Raleigh Ely, Jr. had occupied became vacant. After being confirmed by the senate in June, 1980, he...
(1954), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona... - Sandra Day O'ConnorSandra Day O'ConnorSandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981...
(1952), first female U.S. Supreme Court JusticeAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate 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...
(1981–2006; retired) - Mark OldmanMark OldmanMark Oldman is an American entrepreneur and internationally recognized wine personality. He is the wine expert for Pottery Barn and wine columnist for the Food Network...
, co-founder of Vault.com and wine critic - S. James OteroS. James OteroS. James Otero is a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.-Early life and education:...
(1976), Judge of the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population... - Halil Suleyman OzerdenHalil Suleyman OzerdenHalil Suleyman "Sul" Ozerden , is a Turkish American federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He was nominated by George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by David C. Bramlette.-Biography:Ozerden was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi...
(1998), Judge of the Southern District of MississippiUnited States District Court for the Southern District of MississippiThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Vicksburg, and Jackson.... - John Place (1985), former general counsel at Yahoo
- Penny PritzkerPenny PritzkerPenny Sue Pritzker is an American business executive, and a member of the Pritzker family of Chicago, one of America's wealthiest business families...
(1984), billionaire, CEO of Pritzker Realty - Chuck ReedChuck ReedCharles Rufus "Chuck" Reed is the current Mayor of San Jose, California.-Biography:Reed was born in Garden City, Kansas. Reed's high school basketball team became Kansas State Champions despite being from a very small, rural school. He joined the United States Air Force in 1970 after attending the...
(1978), Mayor of San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... - William RehnquistWilliam RehnquistWilliam Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...
(1952), Chief Justice of the United StatesChief Justice of the United StatesThe Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...
(1986–2005) - Sally Ann Rocker (1987), Managing Director at JC FlowersJC FlowersJ.C. Flowers & Co. is a private equity investment firm, focused on investments in the financial services sector. The firm, founded in 2001, is based in New York City and run by billionaire J. Christopher Flowers, a former Goldman Sachs partner....
. - Anthony RomeroAnthony RomeroAnthony D. Romero is the American executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.-Early life:Romero was born in New York City on July 9, 1965 to Puerto Rican parents Demetrio and Coralie Romero. He was raised in the Bronx.-Education:...
(1990), Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties UnionAmerican Civil Liberties UnionThe American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
(2001–present) - John RoosJohn RoosJohn Victor Roos is the United States Ambassador to Japan. Before accepting the ambassadorship from President Barack Obama, Roos was the CEO of Silicon Valley-based law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati....
(1980), United States Ambassador to Japan (2009–present) - John Rolly RossJohn Rolly RossJohn Rolly Ross was a United States federal judge.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Ross was in the United States Army in World War I, and then received an A.B. from the University of Nevada in 1923 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1926. He was in private practice from 1926 to 1954...
(1926), Judge of the District of NevadaUnited States District Court for the District of NevadaThe United States District Court for the District of Nevada is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Nevada. The court has locations in Las Vegas and Reno.... - Marc RotenbergMarc RotenbergMarc Rotenberg is President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. He teaches Information Privacy Law at Georgetown University Law Center, and testifies frequently before Congress on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues, such as access to...
, President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information CenterElectronic Privacy Information CenterElectronic Privacy Information Center is a public interest research group in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values in the information age...
(EPIC) - Pamela Ann RymerPamela Ann RymerPamela Ann Rymer was a United States federal judge.Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Rymer earned an A.B. from Vassar College in 1961 and an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1964. She was Director of Political Research and Analysis for the Goldwater for President Committee in 1964...
(1964), Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona... - Catherine SandovalCatherine SandovalCatherine J.K. Sandoval is the first Hispanic commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission. Sandoval is a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law...
(1990), professor at Santa Clara University School of LawSanta Clara University School of LawThe Santa Clara University School of Law is the law school of Santa Clara University, a Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley region. The School of Law was founded in 1911...
, first Hispanic commissioner in the California Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Public Utilities CommissionThe California Public Utilities Commission is a regulatory agency which regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California, including electric power, telecommunications, natural gas and water companies... - James V. SelnaJames V. SelnaJames V. Selna is a United States federal judge.Born in San Jose, California, Selna received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1967 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1970. He was a Captain, U.S. Army Reserve from 1967 to 1978. He was in private practice in California from 1970 to 1998...
(1970), Judge of the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population... - Fern M. SmithFern M. SmithFern M. Smith is a former United States federal judge.Born in San Francisco, California, Smith received an A.A. from Foothill Community College in 1970, a B.A. from Stanford University in 1972, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1975. She was in private practice in San Francisco, California...
(1975), Judge of the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San... - Christina A. SnyderChristina A. SnyderChristina Ann Snyder is a United States federal judge.Born in Los Angeles, California, Snyder received a B.A. from Pomona College in 1969 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1972...
(1972), Judge of the Central District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population... - Gus Jerome Solomon (1929), Judge of the District of OregonUnited States District Court for the District of OregonThe United States District Court for the District of Oregon is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Oregon. It was created in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union...
- William A. Sutherland (1898), former California State AssemblyCalifornia State AssemblyThe California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
man - Charles M. TeagueCharles M. TeagueCharles McKevett Teague was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Santa Paula, California, Teague attended the public schools....
(1931), former U.S. Representative from California - Peter ThielPeter ThielPeter Andreas Thiel is an American business magnate, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager. With Elon Musk and Max Levchin, Thiel co-founded PayPal and was its CEO...
(1992), founder of PaypalPayPalPayPal is an American-based global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders.... - Bruce Rutherford ThompsonBruce Rutherford ThompsonBruce Rutherford Thompson was a United States federal judge.Born in Reno, Nevada, Thompson received an A.B. from the University of Nevada in 1932 and an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1936. He was in private practice in Reno, Nevada from 1936 to 1963, and was then an assistant U.S. Attorney of...
(1936), Judge of the District of NevadaUnited States District Court for the District of NevadaThe United States District Court for the District of Nevada is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Nevada. The court has locations in Las Vegas and Reno.... - John D. TrasviñaJohn D. TrasvinaJohn D. Trasviña is the Assistant Secretary of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Previously, he was...
(1983), President of MALDEFMexican American Legal Defense and Education FundThe Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is a national non-profit civil rights organization formed in 1968 to protect the rights of Latinos in the United States... - John Van de KampJohn Van de KampJohn Kalar Van de Kamp is an American politician. He served as Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1975 until 1981, and then as 28th Attorney General of California from 1983 until 1991....
(1959), 28th California Attorney GeneralCalifornia Attorney GeneralThe California Attorney General is the State Attorney General of California. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" The Attorney General carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice.The... - Harry UsherHarry UsherHarry Lester Usher was an American attorney who was the second and last commissioner of the United States Football League . He was also the executive vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee , which oversaw the business operations of the 1984 Summer Olympics...
, general manager of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee - Kent Walker (1987), Vice President & General Counsel of GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
- Vaughn R. WalkerVaughn R. WalkerVaughn R. Walker served as a district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1989 to 2011.-Biography:Walker was born in Watseka, Illinois, in 1944...
(1970), Judge of the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San... - Bill WaltonBill WaltonWilliam Theodore "Bill" Walton III is a retired American basketball player and television sportscaster. The "Big Red-Head", as he was called, achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in the early '70s, winning three straight College Player of the Year Awards, while...
(never graduated), former NBA basketball player - James WareJames Ware (judge)James S. Ware is the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and his chambers are in San Francisco, California.- Early life and education :...
(1972), Judge of the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San... - Carlos Watson (1995), television host
- Stanley Alexander WeigelStanley Alexander WeigelStanley Alexander Weigel was a United States federal judge.Born in Helena, Montana, Weigel received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1926 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1928. He was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1928 to 1962. He was a U.S. Naval Reserve...
(1928), Judge of the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San... - W. Richard West, Jr.W. Richard West, Jr.Walter Richard West, Jr. was the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. He retired in 2007. He is also a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma and a Peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne...
(1971), founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American IndianNational Museum of the American IndianThe National Museum of the American Indian is a museum operated under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution that is dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native Americans of the Western Hemisphere... - Tony WestTony WestAnthony Shaun West is an English professional darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation tournaments.-Wins:...
, Assistant Attorney General of the United States (Civil Division) - Katharine WeymouthKatharine WeymouthKatharine Bouchage Weymouth is the publisher of The Washington Post and chief executive officer of Washington Post Media.-Family:...
(1992), publisher of the Washington Post - Lance B. WickmanLance B. WickmanLance Bradley Wickman has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1994 and is the current general counsel of the LDS Church. In 2010, he became an emeritus general authorty....
(1972), general counsel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Michael G. WilsonMichael G. WilsonMichael Gregg Wilson, OBE is the producer and screenwriter of many modern James Bond movies.-Background:Wilson was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dana and actor Lewis Wilson. His father was the first actor to play the DC Comics character Batman in live action, which he did in the...
(1966), producer of James BondJames BondJames Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
films - David Keith WinderDavid Keith Winder-Life:Winder was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to a locally prominent family, whose main business was a large dairy farm . He attended Granger High School, where he had a reputation as a "wise guy" for tricks such as parading a cow through the school's halls when campaigning for student-body...
(1958), Judge of the District of UtahUnited States District Court for the District of UtahThe United States District Court for the District of Utah is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Utah... - Delbert E. WongDelbert E. WongDelbert Wong was the first Chinese American judge in the continental United States.-Early life:Delbert Wong was born in Hanford, California on May 17, 1920, and raised a short distance away in Bakersfield. After obtaining an Associate of Arts degree from Bakersfield College, he transferred to the...
(1949), the first Chinese American judge in the continental United States - Dennis Woodside (1980), Vice President, UK, Benelux and Ireland of GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
Notable faculty
When assessed by academic peers, the law faculty is ranked one of the three most accomplished in the country. In 2006, the National Law Journal included six Stanford faculty – professors Jeffrey Fisher, Joseph Grundfest, Mark LemleyMark Lemley
Mark A. Lemley is the director of the Stanford University program in Law, Science & Technology. He teaches intellectual property, computer and Internet patent and antitrust law. He is a widely cited expert on the impact of patents on innovation and what the appropriate requirements for granting...
, Lawrence Lessig, Kathleen Sullivan, and lecturer Thomas Goldstein – on its list of the 100 most influential lawyers in the country.
- Barbara Babcock – civil procedure
- Joe Bankman – reformer of California tax law
- Ralph Richard BanksRalph Richard BanksRalph Richard Banks is a professor at Stanford Law School, where he has taught since 1998. He also teaches at the Stanford University School of Education. His scholarship focuses on race, inequality and the law...
– family law, employment discrimination law, race and the law - Gerhard CasperGerhard CasperGerhard Casper was the 9th president of Stanford University from 1992-2000. He is currently the Peter and Helen Bing Professor in Undergraduate Education at Stanford...
– former president of Stanford University - Joshua CohenJoshua Cohen (philosopher)Joshua Cohen is an American philosopher specializing in political philosophy. He is Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society and professor of political science, philosophy, and law at Stanford University. At Stanford, Cohen is also program leader for the Program on Global Justice at the...
– political philosophy - Jeffrey Fisher – appellate litigation
- Mariano-Florentino CuéllarMariano-Florentino CuéllarMariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuéllar is an American lawyer, academic, and former official in the Clinton and Obama administrations. He is an expert in administrative law, international security, and the law of public health and safety. He is currently Professor and Deane F...
– administrative law, executive power, national and international security, public health, citizenship and immigration; former U.S. Treasury and White House official - Marc Franklin – media law
- Lawrence Friedman – legal history
- Paul Goldstein – international intellectual property; copyright; trademark; author of best selling novel
- Jennifer GranickJennifer GranickJennifer Stisa Granick is an attorney at ZwillGen PLLC. Prior to joining ZwillGen in 2010, she held the position of Civil Liberties Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation from 2007-2010. Prior to that, she served as the Executive Director of the Center for Internet and Society at...
– intellectual property and First Amendment scholar and practitioner - Henry T. "Hank" Greely – bioethicist.
- Joseph GrundfestJoseph GrundfestJoseph Grundfest is an American academic. He is currently the William A. Franke Professor of Law and Business at Stanford Law School and co-director of the Rock Center on Corporate Governance at Stanford University. He joined Stanford's faculty in 1990 after having served for more than four years...
– former SECUnited States Securities and Exchange CommissionThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is a federal agency which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets in the United States...
commissioner - Thomas HellerThomas HellerThomas C. Heller is an American climate policy expert, lawyer, and academic. Mr. Heller currently serves as Executive Director of Climate Policy Initiative, a global policy effectiveness analysis and advisory organization headquartered in San Francisco.- Biography :An expert in law, economic...
– leading international trade and tax specialist - Pamela S. KarlanPamela S. KarlanPamela Susan Karlan is a professor of law at Stanford Law School and a leading liberal legal scholar on voting rights and the political process.- Early life and education :...
– anti-discrimination; voting rights; appellate litigation - Mark KelmanMark KelmanMark Kelman is jurist and vice dean of Stanford Law School. As a prominent legal scholar, he has applied social science methodologies, including economics and psychology, to the study of law. He is one of the most cited law professors...
- vice dean of the law school; application of social sciences to law - Larry KramerLarry Kramer (legal scholar)Larry Kramer is the current dean of Stanford Law School, and a scholar of both constitutional law and civil procedure....
– current dean; constitutional law; conflict of laws - Mark Lemley – patent law
- Larry Marshall – public interest advocate instrumental in convincing the governor of Illinois to place a moratorium on executions
- Jennifer MartínezJennifer MartínezJennifer S. Martinez is a human rights lawyer and a professor of law at Stanford Law School. She represented José Padilla in the Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. Padilla....
– represented Jose PadillaJosé Padilla (alleged terrorist)José Padilla , also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah, is a United States citizen convicted of aiding terrorists....
before the Supreme Court - Michael W. McConnellMichael W. McConnellMichael William McConnell is a constitutional law scholar who served as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 2002 until 2009. Since 2009, Judge McConnell has served as Director of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School...
– constitutional scholar and former judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Colorado* District of Kansas... - Robert Rabin – torts
- Deborah Rhode – legal ethics
- Byron SherByron SherByron D. Sher is an American Democratic politician. He served in the California State Senate from 1996 to 2004, prior to which, he served in the California State Assembly between 1980 and 1996. Sher was also a longtime professor at Stanford Law School...
– professor emeritus, environmental law; former California State Senator and Assemblyman - Deborah Sivas – environmental lawEnvironmental lawEnvironmental law is a complex and interlocking body of treaties, conventions, statutes, regulations, and common law that operates to regulate the interaction of humanity and the natural environment, toward the purpose of reducing the impacts of human activity...
- Kathleen SullivanKathleen SullivanKathleen Marie Sullivan is a professor at the Stanford Law School and name partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, a litigation-only law firm with offices in California, New York, Silicon Valley, Chicago, San Francisco, Germany, London, and Tokyo where she chairs their national appellate...
– former dean; constitutional law - Alan Sykes – international law & economics
- http://www.law.stanford.edu/faculty/weiner/ Allen WeinerAllen WeinerAllen S. Weiner, former Stanford Professor of International Law, is a senior lecturer in International Law at Stanford Law School, and co-director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law and the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation.-Awards:*State Department...
– international law - Robert WeisbergRobert WeisbergRobert Weisberg is an Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, and an expert on criminal law and procedure, and a leading scholar in the law and literature movement.-Biography:...
– criminal law
Popular culture
- Arnold VinickArnold VinickArnold Vinick is a fictional character on the television series The West Wing played by Alan Alda.-Biography:A Republican senator from California and Republican presidential nominee, he is narrowly defeated by Democrat Matt Santos in the 2006 presidential election, with Vinick winning the popular...
, the fictional RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
candidate for President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
in the final season of The West Wing, was a Stanford Law graduate. - The eponymous character Greg in Dharma & GregDharma & GregDharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002.It starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who married instantly on their first date despite being complete opposites...
was an alumnus of Stanford Law School. - In the movie BeachesBeaches (film)Beaches , is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the Iris Rainer Dart novel of the same name...
, the character of Hillary goes on to study law at Stanford Law School as is her family's tradition and becomes a human rightsHuman rightsHuman rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
lawyerLawyerA lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
. - In the movie Die HardDie HardDie Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which...
, villain Hans Gruber reads the educational history of CEO Joseph Takagi aloud when searching for him in a crowd of hostages. Takagi is described as a graduate of the University of CaliforniaUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
, and Stanford Law School. - The character Eli StoneEli StoneEli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm...
(from the legal comedy-drama by the same name) is a Stanford Law graduate. - The character Sam WinchesterSam WinchesterSamuel "Sam" Winchester is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists of The CW Television Network's Supernatural along with his older brother Dean. He is portrayed by Jared Padalecki.-Background:...
from the television series SupernaturalSupernatural (TV series)Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...
is a former student of Stanford Law School. - In the film Red CornerRed CornerRed Corner is a drama film produced in 1997, directed by Jon Avnet and written by Robert King.- Plot :It tells the story of a wealthy American businessman named Jack Moore working in China and attempting to put together a satellite communications deal as part of a joint venture with the Chinese...
, a Stanford Law graduate and international businessman (played by Richard Gere) is forced to navigate China's legal system after being framed for murder. - The school has been mentioned in many other films and series, such as The Devil Wears PradaThe Devil Wears Prada (film)The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful and demanding fashion magazine...
and to rather comic effect in Ace VenturaAce VenturaAce Ventura is a fictional character, created by screenwriters Jack Bernstein, Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk. Ace was played by Jim Carrey in the films He was voiced by Michael Daingerfield in the animated television series.-Biography:Ace is a...
. - Elijah Wood's character, Ryan, from the FX TV series Wilfred says that he graduated from Stanford Law School.
External links
- US News & World Report Stanford Law School profile
- Stanford Law Review
- Stanford Law & Policy Review
- Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
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