Harvard Law School Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 1,907 students enrolled in Harvard Law School - 1,747 JD and 160 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 86 compared to last year.
In 2022, 562 students newly enrolled to the law school - 257 men and 305 women. Harvard Law School is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
With 339 faculties, the students to faculty ratio is 6 to 1 at Harvard Law School.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2022 Admission 9,933 685 370 192 562
TotalMenWomenOther
2020566 285 279 2
2021564 277 284 3
2022563 257 305 1
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Harvard Law School Chart
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
20201,9931,737256
20211,9931,740253
20221,9071,747160
Harvard Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart
Data Source: ABA Statistics

2022 Faculty & Staffs

By gender, there are 199 men (58.70%) and 140 women (41.30%) faculties teaching/advising students. By employment status, 184 full-time and 155 part-time faculties work for the school. Other than teaching faculties, 47 staffs work and help the law school students and faculties including 22 librarians and 25 administration staffs.
In 2022, 339 faculties and 47 staffs including librarians and administration staffs work for Harvard Law School. With the 1907 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 6 to 1.
FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Harvard Law School339476 to 1
All Law Schools127236 to 1
Public113226 to 1
Private138246 to 1
Massachusetts Law Schools141247 to 1
Public48167 to 1
Private153257 to 1
2022
Total339
Full-time184
Men104
Women80
Other0
Part-time155
Men95
Women60
Other0
2022
Total47
Librarians22
Full-time21
Part-time1
Administration25
Full-time25
Part-time0