JUST GOT THE ADMISSION EMAIL!!! SPILS. I HAVE TIL APRIL 15 TO ANSWER! NOW I AM TOTALLY HAPPY - AND READY TO EXERT SOME PRESSURE OVER HLS!!!!!!!
YEAHHHHHHH! STILL CANT BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations on being the first one! I am surprised they're working on saturday, though...and what about the interviewing process? Have they skipped that??

wow, this is the ad that I want the most

congratulations!!! When did you get the complete email?

Congrats!

Congratulations!!

wow, this is the ad that I want the most

Congrats!
where are you from?

FANTASTIC! AWESOME! TERRIFIC! Congratulations, dude! And thank you for letting us know. Fingers crossed to join you in Palo Alto!

Thanks! I must tell you that I've been wearing a mysterious "Mona Lisa / La Gioconda" smile ever since... ahahah. It is such a great sense of achievement that I hope everyone can get into your dream school.

A general answer:

- My application went complete on Jan. 21st, after I asked ETS to resend my TOEFL scores (they didn't arrive at SLS in the first attempt - no reason given);

- Yes, I was interviewed, approx. 9 days before admitted. See http://www.llm-guide.com/board/59131/1

- I am Brazilian, USP Law School (Law), FGV Fundacao Getulio Vargas (B.A. in Business Administration), M. Phil. Degree (UnB), former Tax Law partner in a first rate firm, then Law Clerk at the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF);

- Excerpts from the admission email:

"Dear ...:
I am very pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS). You are one of a very small number of applicants who will be admitted to SPILS (our target class size is approximately 12 students). I very much hope that you will choose to attend.

We will soon send you a formal letter of acceptance to the SPILS program, together with other required forms and information. Please feel free to write or telephone either me (....) or L. L., Executive Director, International Graduate Programs (...) with any questions you may have. M. P., Teaching Fellow for the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies, is on maternity leave this semester, but can be reached via email at (...). In addition, you'll also find helpful information at our website(http://www.law.stanford.edu/program/degrees/advanced/spils/).

We ask that you advise us no later than April 15, 2009 of your intent to enroll at Stanford in the fall.

Additional information concerning tuition and financial aid, the non-refundable deposit that is required to hold your seat in the incoming SPILS class, visas, on-campus housing, arrival dates, and other important matters will be sent soon, along with your formal letter of acceptance.

Please accept my congratulations on your admission to our program.

All best
F.D.
Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
Stanford Law School
Stanford, CA 94305-8610"

- recently created Facebook group (come on, guys, let's get admitted soon - that virtual place is a little bit lonely right now ;-)))): ...


Good luck to all!

Thanks for the information, franziskaner ! Congratulations again!!!

Congrats!

BTW, it seems last year the admissions for CG had been already sent too by this time. Weird.