The ''Stanford Law Review'' (SLR) is a legal journal produced independently by

Stanford Law School Stanford Law School (Stanford Law or SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, it is regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world. Stanford La ...

students. The journal was established in 1948 with future U.S. Secretary of State

Warren Christopher Warren Minor Christopher (October 27, 1925March 18, 2011) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as president, he served as the 63rd United States Secretary of State. Born in Scranton, North Dakota, ...

as its first president. The review produces six issues yearly between January and June and regularly publishes short-form content on the ''Stanford Law Review Online''.

Admissions

The ''Stanford Law Review'' selects members based on a competitive exercise that tests candidates on their editing skills and legal writing ability. There is not a firm number of accepted candidates each year; recent classes of new editors have ranged from about 40 to 45. The candidate exercise is distributed to candidates late in their first year at the law school. Transfer students are also eligible for admission through the same process.

Notable alumni

The review's

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has a president, who is effectively the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of the publication. The current president is Daniel Khalessi. Notable past presidents include

(1949),

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(1964), Raymond C. Fisher (1966),

David F. Levi David Frank Levi (born August 29, 1951) is a United States jurist and former Dean of the Duke University School of Law. From 1990 to 2007, he was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Calif ...

(1980),

Paul G. Cassell Paul George Cassell (born June 5, 1959) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah, who is currently the Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguishe ...

(1984), and Tony West (1990). Other notable alumni are

William Rehnquist William Hubbs Rehnquist ( ; October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney and jurist who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years, first as an associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and then as the 16th chief justice from ...

Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is an American retired attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was both the first woman nominated and th ...

, Shirley Hufstedler, Joshua Bolten, Carlos Watson,

Geoffrey Berman Geoffrey Steven Berman (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. Berman served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern Dis ...

, and Peter Thiel.

William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor

Two of the most notable alumni members of the ''Stanford Law Review'', former Supreme Court Justices

and

, attended

at the same time and graduated together with the class of 1952. The two future Supreme Court Justices became very close friends and even dated for a short time. In 2019, author Evan Thomas published, ''A Biography of Sandra Day O'Connor,'' in which he presented information that he obtained from Justice O'Connor's personal documents, kept closed at the

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, that in the spring of 1952, Rehnquist wrote a letter to O'Connor asking her to marry him. O'Connor turned down Rehnquist's proposal because she was then dating her future husband, John O'Connor. The two had publicly stated that they dated for a short time in Law School but Rehnquist's marriage proposal to O'Connor had been kept a secret. The two served on the Supreme Court together from 1981 until Rehnquist death in 2005.

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