Harvard Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 2,031 students enrolled in Harvard Law School - 1,797 JD and 234 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 2 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 563 students newly enrolled to the law school - 273 men and 287 women. Harvard Law School is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 8,334 798 455 108 563
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020566 285 279 2
    2021564 277 284 3
    2022563 257 305 1
    2023561 259 301 1
    2024561 273 287 1
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Harvard Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 2,031 students enrolled, of which 1,797 are J.D. students and 234 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 88.48% at Harvard Law School.
    You can compare Harvard Law School with law schools that have similar student population over 1500
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Harvard Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20201,9931,740253
    20211,9641,715249
    20221,9071,747160
    20232,0291,758271
    20242,0311,797234
    Harvard Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Harvard Law School is 59.34%. The percentage of African-american students is 10.99% with 50 students and the percentage of Asian students is 22.42% with 102 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Harvard Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native1
    (0.22%)    		 01
    African-American / Black50
    (10.99%)    		 2030
    Asian102
    (22.42%)    		 3666
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1
    (0.22%)    		 10
    Hispanic63
    (13.85%)    		 3231
    White270
    (59.34%)    		 135134
    Two or More27
    (5.93%)    		 1215
    Race Unknown6
    (1.32%)    		 41
    Nonresident Aliens41
    (9.01%)    		 1922
    Harvard Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    369 faculties and 21 law librarians work for Harvard Law School. With the 2,031 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Harvard Law School369215 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Massachusetts Law Schools16586 to 1
    Public5936 to 1
    Private17896 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 219 men (59.35%) and 150 women (40.65%) faculties teaching/advising students at Harvard Law. By employment status, 203 full-time and 166 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total339347369
    Full-time184186203
    Men104103115
    Women808388
    Other000
    Part-time155161166
    Men95109104
    Women605262
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 21 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Harvard Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians222421
    Full-time212421
    Part-time100
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