Alan Nopar directs the Palo Alto, California-based law firm, Nopar & Associates. A member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California, Alan Nopar holds a JD from Stanford Law School. As Stanford University’s distinguished legal education college, Stanford Law continues to rank as a superior US academic institution. The School’s renowned programs combine intensive classroom instruction, rigorous curricula, and direct, real-world legal situations, which are designed to provide an exceptional and well-rounded education. In all of its educational activities, Stanford Law strives to foster innovative thinking, superior skill sets, impeccable professional values, and the abilities necessary to develop solutions for tomorrow’s challenges.

Stanford Law remains a highly exclusive academic institution. A total of 180 individuals received admission to the School in 2010. Incoming students had an average age of 25, GPAs between 3.29 and 4.18, and LSAT scores ranging from 157 to 180. Additionally, approximately 28% of all 2010 freshmen held advanced degrees. Stanford Law’s 2009 graduating class earned a total of 180 Doctorates of Jurisprudence, 7 Doctorates of the Science of Law, 26 Masters of Laws, and 12 Masters of the Science of Law degrees. Tuition for the 2010-11 academic year at the premier private school totaled approximately $44,880.

Stanford University received its official charter in 1893. Beginning with only two law professors, Stanford offered its first legal courses that same year. Stanford Law School subsequently achieved formal establishment in 1908, and the college received accreditation through the American Bar Association in 1923, the first year in which the national organization began certifying academic institutions. Stanford Law continued to develop, and in 1924, Stanford University’s Board of Trustees voted to define the legal college as a purely graduate program. As a result, all incoming students to Stanford Law were required to possess undergraduate degrees.

Stanford Law School continued to expand its programs, and in 1932 added both the Doctor of the Science of Laws and the Master of Laws degrees. Still growing today, Stanford Law consistently pursues new advances to offer a more thorough and relevant legal education. Partnering with departments across the University, Stanford Law has developed an array of distinctive interdisciplinary, joint, and cooperative degree opportunities. Students now have access to 25 diverse degree options across a range of unique, collaborative programs. Additionally, Stanford Law School’s world-class library holds more than 500,000 books, 360,000 microform and audiovisual items, and around 8,000 periodicals. For further information regarding Stanford Law, please visit www.law.stanford.edu. For Stanford University’s home site, please visit stanford.edu. More information regarding Alan Nopar or Nopar & Associates can be found at www.noparlaw.com.