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Stanford Law School

Rank 1 (USNWR 2023)
173
Median LSAT
3.92
Median GPA
6.9%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Stanford Law School
  • Stanford University
  • STANFORD UNIVERSITY
  • SLS

Stanford Law School is a law school located in Stanford, California. The school was ranked 1 in 2023 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Stanford Law School is approximately 178.

Admissions website: https://law.stanford.edu/apply/

Admissions email: admissions@law.stanford.edu

Admissions phone: 650 723.4985

Can I get into Stanford Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

Stanford Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 170 173 176
GPA 3.84 3.92 3.99
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 4882 89
# Admissions offers 336 -
Class size 178 53
% Accepted 6.9% 100
% Yield 47.3% 95

During the 2023 application cycle, 4,882 people applied and 336 were offered admission.

Stanford University has a 1L class size of 178, and yield of 47.32%. 159 out of 336 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 47.32% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at Stanford University has a median LSAT of 173. The 25th percentile LSAT is 170 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 176.

The median GPA is 3.92. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.84 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.99.

Stanford Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2022-2023

LSD has stats for 1,295 applicants for the 2022-2023 application cycle.

The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.

Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.

Click on a data point to see that user's profile.

25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class

How much does Stanford Law School cost per year?

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Cost of attending Stanford Law School

In 2023, tuition was $68,997 and the annual cost of attending was $115,230 (tuition plus living expenses).

Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.

Stanford Law School employment outcomes

97.1% of Stanford University graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School is part of Stanford University, one of the world’s best research institutions. This connection provides many opportunities for interdisciplinary cooperation.

Stanford University is a private university located in the heart of Silicon Valley, just 35 miles south of San Francisco and next door to Palo Alto. The university’s 8,180 acres stretch between the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the cities of Palo Alto and Menlo Park. This part of the US offers an ideal Mediterranean climate of dry, warm summers and temperate winters.

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thelawofthecricket
13:36
well “good” relative to other top schools ofc, probably less than Harvard but I think definitely more than Yale. and probably better than some other T14 like penn/Duke which are known for having pretty low WL movement
wait there was an R wave for feb applicants??
@taygoestolawschool: I only remember them calling post 5PM est from the last 2 waves
@SplitterusClitterus: okay good to know thank you
anything today
EyeOfTheHurricane
15:48
one person logged an R and one person did not specify the decision so idek anymore
Victorious
11:50
File has been under review since October!! This is driving me insane!
thelawofthecricket
15:45
looks like they’ve just been rolling out Rs, definitely seems like they’re going back and thinning out the pool
has anything come out from them today?
or yesterday from that matter?
thelawofthecricket
16:25
just looking at the decision dates, it looks like people have been reporting Rs every day for the past week or so
thelawofthecricket
16:27
possibly another big WL wave tomorrow since they did one last Friday but it’s Stanford so trying to find a pattern is probably not that useful
thelawofthecricket
16:27
*last Wednesday
do we know how many ppl havent heard back yet
yeah cuz of the snail mail R letter i'm not sure if people are getting DLS yesterday or just checking their mailbox
physical one
i mean at this point no news is definitely good news--we're still in the running
nola241
19:46
are you guys talking about SLS? I can't scroll up that far in the chat
nola241
19:48
oh just realized how these chats work lol
@GentleMountainousLlama: I wanna think no news is good news but now Im just kinda like did they forget about my app
thelawofthecricket
12:55
an A went out today 👀
honestly i just called to ask if my application is in review
like 2 days ago, left a voicemail. then they sent me an email confirming my application has in review
has been *
15:07
@SplitterusClitterus: when did you apply?
like feb 8th wby?
godspeed for the R wave today
aquatichills
10:58
@GentleMountainousLlama: why do u think there is going to be an r wave today
don't they usually do ones on thursday? or at least the dls?
i wish there was a way to see how many applicants are left and how many spots are left
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