SLS faculty are high-impact scholars whose research defines the cutting edge.
Consistently recognized for their excellence and influence on how people think, on public policy and on the world, Stanford Law scholar-educators are committed to research that crosses disciplines and defines the frontiers of law. SLS faculty are among the most prolific legal scholars in the country, producing widely used casebooks, scholarly articles, empirical studies, working papers, editorials, briefs and academic and popular books on everything from cyberlaw to constitutional law to racial profiling.
The Legal Aggregate
Stanford’s Michelle Mello and David Studdert on Proof of Vaccination and the Ongoing Fight Against COVID-19
The U.S. says it can answer cyberattacks with nuclear weapons. That’s lunacy.
My husband had a stroke after his COVID vaccine. We gave our kid his shot anyway
Stanford's Nate Persily on Supreme Court’s Ruling that Upholds Voter Restrictions in Arizona
Stanford Election-Law Expert Nate Persily on Post-Election Challenges to American Democracy
Defunding the Police
Empiricists At Work
More than a quarter of the SLS faculty conducts empirical research in pursuit of legal insights and solutions to pressing societal challenges.