Stanford University

Director of admissions

Faye Deal

Application deadline

02/01

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,943

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

364

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

170

Number of full-time program applicants

3,943

Number of full-time program acceptances

364

Full-time acceptance rate

9.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

170

Number of part-time program applicants

N/A

Number of part-time program acceptances

N/A

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

N/A

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

3.76-3.94

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

168-172

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

N/A

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

N/A

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

CA

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

94.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

175

Graduates employed at graduation

100.0%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Median private sector starting salary

$160,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

87%

Median public service starting salary

$55,706

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

9.0%

Percent employed in government

5.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

24.0%

Percent employed in law firms

56.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

23.0%

Graduates employed in-state

41%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

27

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

2.9%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

22.4%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

5.2%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.0%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

10.9%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

1.7%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

5.8%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

43.1%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

6.9%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Office of Career Services (http://www.law.stanford.edu/school/offices/ocs/)offers resources/counseling to students/alumni on: private sector career planning, alternatives to law, clerkships, international law opportunities. Public interest/public sector advising is undertaken by the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law (http://publicinterestlaw.stanford.edu).

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

88.5%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

9.8%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

1.7%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

0.0%