掌握法律学说仅仅是适当的法律教育的开始。律师在我们的社会中扮演着无数的角色，既是倡导者，顾问，领导者。他们从事法律工作，在企业和政府部门工作，将学位用于科学，教育和政策制定，并以许多其他方式为社区服务。在所有这些角色中，关于法律的知识，其内容以及如何辩护仍然至关重要。但这还不够，律师还必须了解其服务对象的需求以及不同法律职位对他们的影响。而且由于这些需求跨越了学科界限，因此斯坦福法学（即斯坦福大学的学习传统无极限）为真正的跨学科，多维法律教育提供了机会。斯坦福大学的法律采取了多种创新方法，使学生不仅可以像
Mastering legal doctrine is just the beginning of a proper legal education. Lawyers play countless roles in our societyas advocates, as advisors, as leaders in their own right. They practice law, work in business and government, put their degrees to use in science, education, and policymaking, and serve their communities in many other ways. Knowledge of the law, both its content and how to argue about it, remains critical in all these roles. But it is not enough, and a lawyer must also understand the needs of the people he or she serves and the consequences for them of different legal positions. And because those needs cross disciplinary boundaries, Stanford Lawtrue to Stanford University's heritage of learning without limits offers the opportunity for a truly interdisciplinary, multidimensional legal education. Stanford Law has adopted a variety of innovative approaches to prepare students to think not just like lawyers but also like clients and scholars. To begin, we make it easy to experience the diverse learning opportunities that are possible only at a university like Stanfordwith its breadth of highly ranked schools and departments, all located close together on a well connected physical campus. Stanford Law students have broad access to courses outside the law school that will fill out their legal education. In this way, students benefit from academic thought leaders across disciplines, not to mention the intellectual life of the campus found in the myriad of conferences and events held each year and in countless other multidisciplinary research programs.