Stanford Law School Acceptance Rates, Requirements, and Deadlines

6.10% Stanford Law School Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Stanford Law School is 6.10% for the 2025-2026 admission. 5,526 students applied and 337 are accepted. Of the accepted students, 173 students finally enrolled into the school and the yield is 51.34%.

You can check acceptance rate trends with number of applicants at Stanford Law School Admission Trends page.

Acceptance Rate Comparison for Stanford Law School

Compared to law schools in U.S., Stanford Law School's acceptance rate is much lower than the average rate of 36%. Compared to law schools in California, Stanford Law School's acceptance rate is much lower than the average rate of 28%.

You can compare Stanford Law School with law schools that have similar acceptance rate between under1 and 10%

Stanford Law School Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics
	Acceptance Rate	Yield	First-Year Enroll	Total Enroll
Stanford Law School	6.10%	51.34%	173	670
All Law Schools	36.09%	33.15%	213	737
Public	34.52%	34.44%	184	668
Private	37.29%	32.17%	236	791
California Law Schools	28%	28.18%	238	836
Public	18.07%	31.02%	287	959
Private	31.51%	27.09%	219	789

Application timeline & Requirements

For 2026 fall term class, the application deadline at Stanford Law School is February 14, 2026 (Regular Decision Deadline). The school may accept application after the deadline, but it may give benefits to early applicants such as high acceptance chance and scholarship opportunity. Check detailed explanation about application time line at Stanford Law School' application process page.

The items in following table are the required items to Stanford Law School applicants. Double-check the requirements by contacting admission office or check the application requirement page. You may want to read the common law school application process and requirements to learn the law school application process.

Timeline


Regular Decision Deadline	2026-02-14
Admission Contact
Phone	650-723-4985
Email	admissions@law.stanford.edu
General Admission Information	https://law.stanford.edu/office-of-admissions/
Application Requirements	https://law.stanford.edu/apply/how-to-apply/jd-application-process/

Application Requirements


CAS Report	Applicants need to submit transcripts, GPA, LSAT Scores, LSAT Writing Samples, Letters of Recommendation, and more required items to LSAC. Official CAS Report includes those items and will send to School.
Résumé	Describe your academic, extracurricular and professional activities.
Personal Statement	Discuss any matters relevant to your ability to succeed in law school.
Optional Diversity Essay	Optional. Describe how your background or experiences will contribute to or enhance the diversity of the law school community.
Optional Short Essays
Two Letters Of Recommendation	Limit up to 3 or 4 letters, in general May require right of access to recommendations.
LSAT Or GRE Scores	Official LSAT Score, usually no older than 5 years Additional GRE scores may be optional.

Data Source: https://law.stanford.edu/apply/how-to-apply/jd-application-process/

2026 LSAT Scores and GPA

The LSAT score at Stanford Law School is 173 and GPA is 3.96 over 173 enrolled students for the academic year 2025-2026.

Compared to law schools in U.S., Stanford Law School' LSAT score is similar to the average score of 160. Compared to law schools in California, Stanford Law School' LSAT score is similar to the average score of 162.

You can compare Stanford Law School with law schools that have similar LSAT score over 170

The 75^th percentile of LSAT score is 175 and the 25^th percentile is 169. The 75^th percentile of GPA is 4 and the 25^th percentile is 3.78.

11 matriculated applicants, 6.36% of first-year students, submitted GRE score and you can check the score below by test subject.

2026 Scores

	LSAT Scores	GPA
Stanford Law School	173	3.96
All Law Schools	160	3.65
Public	160	3.69
Private	159	3.62
California Law Schools	162	3.68
Public	167	3.82
Private	160	3.63

LSAT Score

	25^th percentile	50^th percentile	75^th percentile
2021	169	171	174
2022	170	172	175
2023	170	173	176
2024	171	173	175
2025	169	173	175
2026	171	173	176

GPA

	25^th percentile	50^th percentile	75^th percentile
2021	3.77	3.89	3.96
2022	3.81	3.91	3.99
2023	3.84	3.92	3.99
2024	3.83	3.95	3.99
2025	3.78	3.92	4
2026	3.87	3.96	4

GRE

	25^th percentile	50^th percentile	75^th percentile
Number of Submitters	11
Verbal	165	167	168
Quantitative	162	168	169
Analytical Writing	5.0	5.0	5.5

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