Stanford Law School

Web Address: http://www.law.stanford.edu/
Phone Number: 650.723.4455
Address: 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Crown Quadrangle
Stanford, CA 94305

Current Dean

Paul Brest (Interim)
2024-01-08 to Current

Previous Deans (populated by deans in the database)

Robert Weisberg
2023-10-01 to 2024-01-08
Jenny Martinez
2019-04-01 to 2023-10-01
Mary Elizabeth Magill
2012-09-01 to 2019-04-01
Larry D. Kramer
2004-09-01 to 2012-08-31

Deans Who Attended Stanford Law School

Name
Degree
Year of Graduation
Chris Guthrie
J.D.
1994
Gillian Lester
J.S.D.
1998
Jerry Anderson
J.D.
1984
Kerry Abrams
J.D.
1998
Antony Page
J.D.
1997
Paul D. Paton
J.S.M.
Paul D. Paton
J.S.D.

Previous Deans
(information provided by Stanford Law School)

Name
Tenure as Dean
Larry Kramer
2004 - 2012
Kathleen M. Sullivan
1999 - 2004
Paul Brest
1987 - 1999
John Hart Ely
1982 - 1987
J. Keith Mann (Acting)
1981 - 1982
J. Keith Mann (Acting)
1976 - 1976
Charles J. Meyers
1976 - 1981
Thomas Ehrlich
1971 - 1976
Bayless Manning
1964 - 1971
John R. McDonough (Acting)
1962 - 1964
Carl B. Spaeth
1953 - 1962
Samuel D. Thurman (Acting)
1952 - 1953
Carl B. Spaeth
1946 - 1952
Lowell Turrentine (Acting)
1945 - 1946
Marion Rice Kirkwood
1931 - 1945
Arthur M. Cathcart (Acting)
1930 - 1931
Marion Rice Kirkwood
1922 - 1930
Charles A. Huston
1917 - 1922
Arthur M. Cathcart (Acting)
1917 - 1917
Charles A. Huston
1916 - 1917
Frederic C. Woodward *
1908 - 1916
Charles H. Huberich
1906 - 1908
Nathan Abbott
1893 - 1906

* Deceased