Law Schools

Stanford Law Just Made It A Little Easier To Afford A Quality Education

The only way they could mess this up is if they increase the cost of applying there.

By Chris Williams on May 17, 2022 4:16 pm

Dear Students: 

As follow up to Dean Martinez’s email, the Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Access is pleased to provide more information about the law school’s additional investments in support for our students.  

Beginning next academic year, we will: 

  1. Cover all of the tuition costs for JD students (including current students) with family income below 150% of the poverty line. 
  2. Provide a $3,000 supplement for relocation and travel costs for incoming first-year students receiving need-based scholarships. 
  3. Cover the cost of enrollment in Cardinal Care for JSD students. 
  4. Increase JSD scholarship funding. 
  5. Fully fund at least 12 post-graduate public interest fellowships. 

In addition, we are making significant improvements to our Loan Repayment Assistance Program to support our graduates pursuing public service and public interest careers. These will include: 

  1. Adjusting the salary bands so that any graduate working in eligible employment with a salary of $75,000 or less will have their loans entirely paid by SLS. Participants will pay 25% of their salary over $75,000 and up to $90,000. And, graduates will pay only $3,750 + 50% of their salary from $90,000 to $105,000. 
  2. Including our graduates pursuing academic careers in law schools. 
  3. Increasing the annual seniority deduction to $1,500. 

Finally, beginning this summer, SLS will: 

  1. Increase summer public interest funding by $500. First-year and JSD students will receive up to $7,500 and second-year and returning JSD students (who also worked in public service their first summer) up to $8,500, if they intern at a nonprofit organization or governmental agency in a law-related endeavor designed to further the public interest and have financial need. Students can receive the full amount if they work a 9-week, full-time work schedule (360 hours total). Students who work fewer weeks will receive a prorated grant. Some private public interest firms may also be eligible after review by Levin Center staff.  
  2. We will increase the summer living allowance from $7,000 to $7,500.
  3. Increase the rate of pay for students hired as legal assistants by 11%, from $18 per hour to $20 per hour. 

We estimate that the entire new financial investment that the law school is making to increase support to our students is approximately $3.1 million dollars annually.

We thank the students who have continued to provide us with feedback and information about their experiences and needs. We are excited that the law school is able to provide these additional resources and grateful to Dean Martinez for her tireless efforts to attain them. The school will continue to seek improvements and enhancements moving forward in future years. 

Best, 

Diane Chin (on behalf of Faye Deal, Amalia Kessler, and Alison Morantz) 

 

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