Stanford Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 666 students enrolled in Stanford Law School - 565 JD and 101 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 16 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 185 students newly enrolled to the law school - 81 men and 99 women. Stanford Law School has similar number of students as other law schools' average 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 4,270 378 171 14 185
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021180 82 96 2
    2022184 94 86 4
    2023178 81 96 1
    2024173 68 103 2
    2025185 81 99 5
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Stanford Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 666 students enrolled, of which 565 are J.D. students and 101 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 84.83% at Stanford Law School.
    You can compare Stanford Law School with law schools that have similar student population between 500 and 700
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Stanford Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2021673565108
    202261357736
    2023690577113
    2024682565117
    2025666565101
    Stanford Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Stanford Law School is 40.35%. The percentage of African-american students is 13.45% with 23 students and the percentage of Asian students is 25.73% with 44 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Stanford Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native4
    (2.34%)    		 13
    African-American / Black23
    (13.45%)    		 814
    Asian44
    (25.73%)    		 1726
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1
    (0.58%)    		 10
    Hispanic31
    (18.13%)    		 922
    White69
    (40.35%)    		 4028
    Two or More9
    (5.26%)    		 35
    Race Unknown3
    (1.75%)    		 21
    Stanford Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    204 faculties and 17 law librarians work for Stanford Law School. With the 666 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Stanford Law School204173 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    California Law Schools16485 to 1
    Public229125 to 1
    Private13965 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 101 men (52.60%) and 91 women (47.40%) faculties teaching/advising students at Stanford Law. By employment status, 101 full-time and 91 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total182186192204
    Full-time9795101100
    Men54575655
    Women43384545
    Other0000
    Part-time859191104
    Men44534553
    Women41384651
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 16 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Stanford Law School.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians14141617
    Full-time14141617
    Part-time0000
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