Constitutional Law
The U.S. Constitution is the foundation of our democracy and the source of ongoing debate, interpretation and study with implications for every aspect of our society. And the study of the Constitution and our laws is fundamental to the training of future lawyers and leaders.
Stanford Law School’s offerings in the area of Constitutional Law are vast and deep, with roughly a third of our faculty recognized as prominent scholars and experts across all facets and questions pertaining to constitutional law. The unique legal education students receive at Stanford Law builds on the work of our distinguished and influential faculty and offers experiential learning via active academic programs and centers, like our Constitutional Law Center studying timely issues, policy lab practicums that allow for timely policy work for real clients, student journals, activities and events put on by student organizations, unlimited interdisciplinary opportunities across campus, and a first-of-its-kind and renowned Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. Through this clinic, Stanford Law students have had an unparalleled learning opportunity to work on 260 U.S. Supreme Court cases since the clinic’s founding in 2004, and Stanford Law students have represented a party in roughly one out of every 12 cases the Supreme Court has decided on the merits, with victories for the clinic’s clients in a substantial majority of the cases.
Programs, Centers, and Clinics
Faculty on Point

Ralph Richard Banks (BA ’87, MA ’87) is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and…
Learn more : Faculty on Point | Ralph Richard Banks on Racial Justice Beyond Constitutional Law
Bernadette Meyler, JD ’03, is a scholar of British and American constitutional law and of law and the humanities. Her…
Learn more : Faculty on Point | Professor Bernadette Meyler on the Origins of Originalism
Jane S. Schacter is a leading national expert on statutory interpretation and legislative process, constitutional law, and sexual orientation law.…
Learn more : Faculty on Point | Professor Jane S. Schacter on Judicial Activism, Politics, and the Supreme CourtUpcoming Events
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"It will be interesting to see whether the district courts get the message that they need to be careful," Michael McConnell, a Stanford law professor and former George W. Bush-appointed federal appeals court judge, told USA TODAY. "Just because they're outraged by what the administration may have done doesn't mean…
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