Notre Dame Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 565 students enrolled in Notre Dame Law School - 540 JD and 25 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 11 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 180 students newly enrolled to the law school - 89 men and 91 women. Notre Dame Law School is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 2,476 604 173 7 180
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020190 93 97 0
    2021214 105 109 0
    2022181 84 97 0
    2023166 85 81 0
    2024180 89 91 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Notre Dame Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 565 students enrolled, of which 540 are J.D. students and 25 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 95.58% at Notre Dame Law School.
    You can compare Notre Dame Law School with law schools that have similar student population between 500 and 700
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Notre Dame Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202063859939
    202159455242
    202257355716
    202355452925
    202456554025
    Notre Dame Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Notre Dame Law School is 50.29%. The percentage of African-american students is 6.36% with 11 students and the percentage of Asian students is 8.09% with 14 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Notre Dame Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native1
    (0.58%)    		 01
    African-American / Black11
    (6.36%)    		 47
    Asian14
    (8.09%)    		 77
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic20
    (11.56%)    		 614
    White87
    (50.29%)    		 4641
    Two or More13
    (7.51%)    		 112
    Race Unknown11
    (6.36%)    		 83
    Nonresident Aliens9
    (5.20%)    		 36
    Notre Dame Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    134 faculties and 8 law librarians work for Notre Dame Law School. With the 565 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Notre Dame Law School13484 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Illinois Law Schools16065 to 1
    Public10755 to 1
    Private19575 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 100 men (74.63%) and 33 women (24.63%) faculties teaching/advising students at Notre Dame Law. By employment status, 55 full-time and 79 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total113135134
    Full-time585655
    Men383938
    Women201716
    Other000
    Part-time557979
    Men385462
    Women172317
    Other020

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 8 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Notre Dame Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians888
    Full-time888
    Part-time000
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