The dean of Stanford Law School serves as the head of the
law school
A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction.
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Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
. From 1893 until 1906, the school was headed by an executive before the
deanship was established in the 1910s.
The current dean,
Jennifer Martínez, entered the office in 2019, succeeding
M. Elizabeth Magill
Mary Elizabeth Magill (born 1965) is the 9th president of the University of Pennsylvania, a position she has held since July 1, 2022. She was the provost of the University of Virginia and a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law fr ...
.
List of executives of Stanford Law School
Prior to the establishment of the school's deanship, the school was run by an executive whose powers were ''de facto'' those of a dean.
List of deans of Stanford Law School
Since the deanship was established in the 1910s, 14 people have served as dean.
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Deans of Stanford Law School
Deans of law schools in the United States