Stanford University Law School: Consider a Degree from Stanford Law your Ticket to Opportunity and Impact.

Stanford University Law

Discover the unmatched advantages that distinguish Stanford Law School—and that transform SLS students into exceptional lawyers and leaders.

Stanford Law offers unmatched opportunities. The approach to education is distinctly student-centric, defined by the needs and ambitions of future graduates and customizable to each individual student. Create your own joint degree, invent a new course, explore law’s intersection with the most dynamic disciplines of the day — the possibilities are virtually limitless. And the advantages extend beyond law school, resulting in the practice-ready skills employers demand, better chances at prestigious clerkships, a high bar passage rate and support when you’re ready to launch a career.

Areas of Interest

• Academia
• American Indian & Indigenous Law
• Artificial Intelligence and Law
• Clinical Legal Education
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Environmental Law and Policy
• Health Law and Policy
• International and Global Law
• Law and History
• Law and Public Policy
• Law, Economics, and Business
• Public Service and Public Interest Law
• Racial Justice
• Tech Law and Policy

Is Stanford Law the right fit for you?

If you’re open to learning law in an environment ideally suited to intensive, interdisciplinary education, we invite you to apply to Stanford Law School.

Although our admissions process is selective — only 6.1 percent of applicants are accepted — we encourage all who share our passion for innovation, collaboration and making a difference through law to apply.

Stanford Law School is a community characterized by excellence. Measured in GPA and LSAT percentiles, admitted students are high performers, and they grow into graduates of exceptional impact. We also value diversity in many forms: cultures, backgrounds, ambitions, perspectives. The combination makes for a collegial culture in which students and faculty inspire, challenge and learn from each other while they contribute to the future of law.

So, are you looking for a law school that will open pathways to opportunity, connect you with inspiring peers and mentors and focus your attention on the future — starting with your future? If your answer is yes, we’d like to learn more about you.

Master’s Degree Programs

The Master of Laws (LLM) Program

With a specialization in Corporate Governance & Practice, Environmental Law & Policy, Law, Science & Technology, and International Economic Law, Business & Policy the LLM program offers a course-based curriculum of advanced study. The LLM program enrolls approximately 15-20 students in each specialization per year. It is limited to students with a primary law degree earned outside the United States.

1. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & PRACTICE
2. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY
3. LAW, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
4. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW, BUSINESS & POLICY

The Stanford Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS)

Leading to the completion of the Master of the Science of Law (JSM) degree, SPILS emphasizes interdisciplinary research, broadly defined—including the full range of social sciences (qualitative and quantitative), as well as more humanistic approaches. SPILS is oriented toward international candidates with a primary law degree earned outside the United States who are committed to pursuing careers in teaching, research, the judiciary, public policy, or service in government or nongovernmental organizations. SPILS enrolls approximately 12 fellows per year. Students who are interested in pursuing a teaching or research career in the fields of Corporate Governance & Practice or Law, Science & Technology should apply to SPILS. The LLM program and SPILS make separate admissions decisions, so these students may also want to apply to the LLM program in the field of their specialization.

SPILS PROGRAM

The Master of Legal Studies (MLS)

The Master of Legal Studies (MLS) is a nonprofessional degree designed for advanced graduate students from the United States or abroad who have no prior legal training and whose interdisciplinary research requires knowledge of the foundations of the legal system. Only a few such students, if any, are admitted in a given year. Questions concerning the MLS should be directed to graduate.admissions@law.stanford.edu.

Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD)

JSD candidates are selected on a two-track basis from among (1) students who have completed the Stanford SPILS program or will do so prior to commencing the JSD; and (2) students at Stanford and other U.S. law schools who have completed LLM degrees or will do so prior to commencing the JSD.

JSD PROGRAM

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