Stanford Law School
regular Feb 15, 2027
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Your numbers against the class of 2025
This is a comparison against published numbers, not a prediction. Admissions committees weigh essays, letters, and experience that no percentile captures.
5,526 applications, 337 offers, 193 enrolled · Verified 2026-08-13 · view source
What it costs, how graduates fare
- Tuition2025-26
$77,454 full-time · plus $2,253 annual fees
Living expenses $49,719 on campus · $51,102 off
Tuition and the fees the school certifies alongside it — not a full cost of attendance.
Verified 2026-08-27 · ABA Standard 509 report
- Bar passageclass of 2025
99.4%first-time+14.8
84.7% is the average for all ABA-accredited schools’ graduates in the same jurisdictions this school’s graduates sat in · 175 of 176 first-time takers passed
100.0% of the class of 2023 were admitted within two years of graduating
A pass rate on its own says as much about which states a school feeds as about the school, so the ABA’s own like-for-like average is shown with it.
Verified 2026-08-27 · ABA bar passage report
- Employmentclass of 2025
165 of 190 (86.8%) in full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar admission
Ten months after graduation · 8 more in JD-advantage jobs · 1 still seeking · 15 of the bar-admission jobs are funded by the school
The ABA collects employment status and job type only. It collects no salary, so no salary figure comes from this filing.
Verified 2026-08-27 · ABA employment summary
- First-year attrition2024-25
1.0% of the first-year class · 2 students
No law school publishes a graduation rate, so this is not one. It is the students who left in their first year, academic and other, as filed. Transfers out are reported separately and are not counted here.
Verified 2026-08-27 · ABA Standard 509 report
- EarningsCollege Scorecard
Not a starting salary.
$162,001 median one year after finishing · $259,944 after four
$107,773 is the national median at four years for the same credential
A College Scorecard median for 2017-18 and 2018-19 completers who received federal aid, measured a fixed number of years after they finished — not what this year’s graduates are being paid, and not a figure the school or the ABA publishes. The ABA collects no salary data at all.
Verified 2026-08-27 · College Scorecard
Essays
- Personal statementRequired · 2 pgstart by Jan 25, 2027
Please describe what aspects of your life experiences, interests, and character would help you make a distinctive contribution to Stanford Law School.
Notes & source
Should be approximately two pages in length; submitted electronically with the application.
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- Perspective statementOptional · 2 pgstart by Feb 1, 2027
At Stanford Law School, we value the ability to communicate constructively across differences - even when the stakes are high or the differences significant. Please discuss a time when you encountered a viewpoint that contrasted with your own and explain how you responded. Would you do anything different if the same thing happened today?
Notes & source
Labeled 'Optional Essay' on the application instructions; should be approximately one-to-two pages in length.
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- Optional essayOptional · 250 wschool-specificstart by Feb 8, 2027
Notes & source
Optional Short Essays: from a list of four essay questions (provided in the application, not published on the website), applicants may provide up to two responses of 100 to 250 words each.
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Letters & documents
- Letter of recommendation (1 of 2)Requiredstart by Jan 18, 2027
Notes & source
At least two and no more than four letters, sent only through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service; letters sent directly to the Office of Admissions are not accepted. Recommenders should be instructors with personal knowledge of academic work; applicants out of school for a significant period may substitute one (or, if necessary, two) nonacademic letters.
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- Letter of recommendation (2 of 2)Requiredstart by Jan 18, 2027
Notes & source
At least two and no more than four letters, sent only through the LSAC Letter of Recommendation Service; letters sent directly to the Office of Admissions are not accepted. Recommenders should be instructors with personal knowledge of academic work; applicants out of school for a significant period may substitute one (or, if necessary, two) nonacademic letters.
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- RésuméRequired · 2 pgstart by Feb 8, 2027
Notes & source
One-to-two-page resume describing academic, extracurricular, and professional activities; submitted electronically with the application; do not include a photo.
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- Transcripts via LSAC CASRequiredstart by Jan 25, 2027
Notes & source
Transcripts from each college or university attended must be forwarded to LSAC, which prepares and transmits a Credential Assembly Service (CAS) Report to Stanford. Non-US/Canadian transcripts are forwarded to AACRAO for authentication and evaluation.
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- LSAT or GRERequiredstart by Dec 17, 2026
Notes & source
LSAT or GRE required. THE PUBLISHED TEST CUTOFFS ARE STALE AND STILL DESCRIBE THE CLOSED FALL 2026 CYCLE — do not act on them for Fall 2027. As fetched 2026-08-31 the page says verbatim: LSAT 'no later than January 2026... to get your scores to us by our application deadline of February 16, 2026', and GRE 'no later than February 1, 2026' against the same February 16, 2026 deadline. Those sit under a heading announcing Fall 2027 dates, whose general deadline is itself only 'February 2027 (TBA)'. Stanford has not yet published Fall 2027 test cutoffs; expect them to track whatever February 2027 date is eventually announced. What is stable across cycles and can be relied on: LSAT users must submit the LSAT Argumentative Writing sample, which may be taken at the time of the exam or later (allow several weeks for LSAC to process it); an applicant who takes a later test than the one indicated on the application should notify the Office of Admissions for the score to be considered; GRE users must have ETS send all valid scores using school code 4993; and scores from tests taken before June 2020 are not valid. For the Knight-Hennessy Scholars deadline of December 1, 2026 the last eligible LSAT administration is November 2026, which the page does state for the new cycle.
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Administrative
- Application feeRequiredat submission
Notes & source
$85 nonrefundable fee, paid by credit card through LSAC. Fee waivers available via the 2026 SLS fee waiver form; waiver requests must be submitted before the electronic application, with 5-7 business days for a decision; SLS waiver criteria are distinct from LSAC's.
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- InterviewOptionalat submission
Notes & source
No interviews are granted as part of the admissions process; campus visits and class observations are available separately.
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