Over the years, several pieces have appeared on covering the history of the Law School, including the below.

• A Brief History of Stanford Law School: Seventy Fifth Anniversary
• History of Stanford Law School (2004 Alumni Directory)
• Legal Legacies: A Brief History of the Stanford Law School
• A Brief History of the Stanford Law School, 1893-1946
• Who Stole the President's Wine?

Several articles have appeared over the years in Stanford Law Review and Stanford Lawyer that provide narrative background on specific faculty members.

• Arthur Martin Cathcart, 1873-1949
• Introduction to Baxter Symposium
• Carl Bernhardt Spaeth
• Chester Garfield Vernier, 1881-1949
• Harold Shepherd: Retiring William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law
• Tribute to Harold Shepherd
• John Bingham Hurlbut
• Joseph Walter Bingham
• Marion Rice Kirkwood
• Where Law and Art Meet [on Professor Merryman]
• William Brownlee Owens

The following are available in PDF form in the "Other Background" folder of the GitHub repository. Some are redundant with the links above.
 

• “A Brief History of Stanford Law School 1893-1946” by Marion Kirkwood and William Owens.
• “Legal Legacies: A Brief History of the Stanford Law School” by Howard Bromberg
• “Our Professor, The President: A little known story of how a President of the United States helped launch Stanford Law School” by Howard Bromberg
• “The Making of a Law School: Lofty goals, a hammer-wielding leader, and a measure of serendipity helped bring Stanford Law School into being” by Howard Bromberg
• “Who Stole the President’s Wine?” by Howard Bromberg
• “A Brief History of Stanford Law School” from the 1968 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Yearbook