Stanford Law School - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• The film Legally Blonde was originally set at Stanford Law School, which is also the setting of the book it is based on. Stanford however, did not approve of the script and the setting was changed to Harvard.
• Arnold Vinick, the fictional Republican candidate for President of the United States in the final season of The West Wing, was a Stanford Law graduate.
• Greg in Dharma & Greg was an alumnus of Stanford Law School.
• In the movie Beaches, the character Hillary adheres to family tradition by studying law at Stanford Law School and becomes a human rights lawyer.
• In the movie Die Hard, villain Hans Gruber reads aloud the educational history of Nakatomi CEO Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi while searching for him in a crowd of hostages. Takagi's pedigree includes University of California, Harvard Business School, and Stanford Law School.
• The character Eli Stone (from the legal comedy-drama of the same name) is a Stanford Law graduate.
• The character Sam Winchester from the television series Supernatural is a former student of Stanford Law School.
• In the film Red Corner, Richard Gere plays a Stanford Law graduate and international businessman who is forced to navigate China's legal system after being framed for murder.
• The school has been mentioned in many other films and series, such as The Devil Wears Prada and to rather comic effect in Ace Ventura.
• Elijah Wood's character, Ryan, from the FX TV series Wilfred says that he graduated from Stanford Law School.