[1] The Stanford Law Review selects members based on a competitive exercise that tests candidates on their editing skills and legal writing ability.

Notable past Presidents include Warren Christopher (1949),[4] Brooksley Born (1964), Raymond C. Fisher (1966), David F. Levi (1980), Paul G. Cassell (1984),[5] and Tony West (1990).

[6] Other notable alumni are William Rehnquist,[7] Sandra Day O'Connor,[8] Shirley Hufstedler,[9] Joshua Bolten, Carlos Watson, Geoffrey Berman,[10] and Peter Thiel.

[12] The two future Supreme Court Justices became very close friends and even dated for a short time.

[13] The two had publicly stated that they dated for a short time during law school but Rehnquist's marriage proposal to O'Connor had been kept a secret.