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thumb Stanford Law School (also known as Stanford Law or SLS) is a professional graduate school of Stanford University, located in the Silicon Valley near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, Stanford Law is currently ranked by ''U.S. News & World Report'' as the second best law school in the United States〔("Best Law Schools" ). ''U.S. News & World Report.'' 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.〕 and has been ranked as one of the top three law schools (with Yale Law School and Harvard Law School) every year since 1992.〔Wilson, George. ("Ranking of Top Law Schools, 2012-2014" ). Robert Crown Law Library. April 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2015.〕 Stanford Law School employs more than 70 full-time and part-time faculty members and enrolls over 500 students who are working toward their Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree. Stanford Law also confers four advanced legal degrees: a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.), a Master of the Science of Law (J.S.M.), and a Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.). Each fall, Stanford Law enrolls a J.D. class of approximately 180 students, giving Stanford the smallest student body of any law school ranked in the top fourteen (T14). Stanford also maintains eleven full-time legal clinics,〔("Clinics Offered" ). Stanford Law School. Retrieved 27 June 2015〕 including the nation's first and most active Supreme Court litigation clinic,〔("Supreme Court Litigation Clinic" ). Stanford Law School. Retrieved 27 June 2015〕 and offers 27 formal joint degree programs.〔("Overview of Joint Degree and Cooperative Programs" ). Stanford Law School. Retrieved 27 June 2015〕 Stanford Law alumni include several of the first women to occupy Chief Justice or Associate Justice posts on supreme courts: current Chief Justice of New Zealand Sian Elias, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the late Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court Rhoda V. Lewis, and the late Chief Justice of Washington Barbara Durham. Other justices of supreme courts who graduated from Stanford Law include the late Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, retired Chief Justice of California Ronald M. George, retired California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno, and the late California Supreme Court Justice Frank K. Richardson. ==History== Stanford first offered a curriculum in legal studies in 1893, when the university hired its first two law professors: former U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and Nathan Abbott. Abbott headed the new program and assembled a small faculty over the next few years. The law department primarily enrolled undergraduate majors at this time and included a large number of students who might not have been welcome at more traditional law schools at the time, including women and students of color, especially Hispanic, Chinese and Japanese students.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.law.stanford.edu/history )〕 In 1900, the department moved from its original location in Encina Hall to the northeast side of the Inner Quadrangle. These larger facilities included Stanford’s first law library. Beginning to focus more on professional training, the school implemented its first three-year curriculum and became one of 27 charter members of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).〔("AALS Member Schools" ). The Association of American Law Schools. Retrieved 27 June 2015.〕 In 1901, the school awarded its first professional degree, the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.).〔 Starting in 1908, the law department began its transition into an exclusively professional school when Stanford's Board of Trustees passed a resolution to officially change its name from Law Department to Law School. Eight years later, Frederic Campbell Woodward became the first dean of the law school, and in 1923, the law school received accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year )〕 In 1924, Stanford's law program officially transitioned into a modern professional school when it began requiring a bachelor's degree for admission.〔 The 1940s and 1950s brought considerable change to the law school. After World War II caused the law school's enrollment to drop to fewer than 30 students, the school quickly expanded once the war ended in 1945. A move to a new location in the Outer Quadrangle, as well as the 1948 opening of the law school dormitory Crothers Hall (the result of a donation by Stanford Law graduate George E. Crothers), allowed the school to grow, while the 1948 inaugural publication of the ''Stanford Law Review'' (helmed by future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher '49) helped to augment the law school's national reputation. The decision that Stanford should remain a small law school with a very limited enrollment emerged during this period. For the third time in its history, the law school relocated in the 1970s, this time to its current location in the Crown Quadrangle.〔 In the 1960s and 1970s, the law school aimed to diversify its student body. During this period, students established a large number of new and progressive student organizations, including the Women of Stanford Law, the Stanford Chicano Law Student Association, the Environmental Law Society, and the Stanford Public Interest Foundation. Additionally, in 1966, the school sought to academically diversify its student body by collaborating with the Stanford Business School to create its first joint-degree program.〔 A year earlier, in 1965, the law school enrolled its first black student, Sallyanne Payton '68, and in 1972, the school hired its first female law professor, Barbara Babcock, and its first professor of color, William Gould. In 1968, Stanford appointed Thelton Henderson, future judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, as the first assistant dean for minority admissions. Henderson expanded minority enrollment from a single student to approximately a fifth of the student body.〔 Stanford Law's commitment to diversity continues today, and ''The Princeton Review'' currently ranks Stanford Law as one of the ten best law schools for minority students.〔("Stanford University - School of Law" ). ''The Princeton Review''. Retrieved 27 June 2015.〕 Earning national recognition in the 1980s and 1990s, the law school embarked on innovating its curriculum. Stanford offered new courses focusing on law and technology, environmental law, intellectual property law, and international law, allowing students to specialize in emerging legal fields. In 1984, the law school launched its first clinical program, the East Palo Alto Community Law Project.〔 By the 21st century, a new focus on interdisciplinary education emerged. In 2009, the law school transitioned from a semester system to a quarter system to align itself with Stanford's other graduate schools.〔Prossnitz, Annie. ("Quarter System Integrates Law School ). ''The Stanford Daily''. 22 Feb 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2015.〕 Additionally, Stanford began to expand its upper-level curriculum by bolstering its offerings in international law, by adding new clinics, academic centers, and simulation courses, and by aggressively expanding its joint degree programs.〔("A '3D' JD" ). Stanford Law School. 28 Nov 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stanford Law School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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