Yale Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 705 students enrolled in Yale Law School - 619 JD and 86 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 31 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 201 students newly enrolled to the law school - 95 men and 103 women. Yale Law School has similar number of students as other law schools' average 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 4,412 246 179 22 201
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020204 105 98 1
    2021212 96 113 3
    2022203 97 105 1
    2023198 93 104 1
    2024201 95 103 3
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Yale Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 705 students enrolled, of which 619 are J.D. students and 86 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 87.80% at Yale Law School.
    You can compare Yale Law School with law schools that have similar student population between 700 and 1000
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Yale Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202072463094
    202172464183
    202273463698
    2023736633103
    202470561986
    Yale Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Yale Law School is 46.93%. The percentage of African-american students is 12.29% with 22 students and the percentage of Asian students is 16.20% with 29 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Yale Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native4
    (2.23%)    		 22
    African-American / Black22
    (12.29%)    		 814
    Asian29
    (16.20%)    		 1415
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic29
    (16.20%)    		 1415
    White84
    (46.93%)    		 4242
    Two or More13
    (7.26%)    		 67
    Race Unknown2
    (1.12%)    		 11
    Nonresident Aliens15
    (8.38%)    		 68
    Yale Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    263 faculties and 20 law librarians work for Yale Law School. With the 705 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Yale Law School263203 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Connecticut Law Schools188123 to 1
    Public162113 to 1
    Private201133 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 164 men (62.36%) and 98 women (37.26%) faculties teaching/advising students at Yale Law. In addition, 1 faculties are either gender-separated or unknown. By employment status, 83 full-time and 180 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total241260263
    Full-time838383
    Men525050
    Women313333
    Other000
    Part-time158177180
    Men105115114
    Women526265
    Other101

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 20 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Yale Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians202820
    Full-time192820
    Part-time100
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