Harvard Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 2,003 students enrolled in Harvard Law School - 1,769 JD and 234 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 28 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 560 students newly enrolled to the law school - 260 men and 295 women. Harvard Law School is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 7,231 793 461 99 560
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021564 277 284 3
    2022563 257 305 1
    2023561 259 301 1
    2024561 273 287 1
    2025558 260 295 3
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Harvard Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 2,003 students enrolled, of which 1,769 are J.D. students and 234 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 88.32% 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
    20211,9641,715249
    20221,9071,747160
    20232,0291,758271
    20242,0311,797234
    20252,0031,769234
    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 57.48%. The percentage of African-american students is 4.34% with 20 students and the percentage of Asian students is 24.30% with 112 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Harvard Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native2
    (0.43%)    		 02
    African-American / Black20
    (4.34%)    		 713
    Asian112
    (24.30%)    		 4666
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1
    (0.22%)    		 01
    Hispanic15
    (3.25%)    		 213
    White265
    (57.48%)    		 143120
    Two or More48
    (10.41%)    		 1830
    Race Unknown97
    (21.04%)    		 4450
    Harvard Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    377 faculties and 20 law librarians work for Harvard Law School. With the 2,003 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Harvard Law School377205 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    Massachusetts Law Schools16586 to 1
    Public5946 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.
    2022202320242025
    Total339347369377
    Full-time184186203203
    Men104103115114
    Women80838888
    Other0001
    Part-time155161166174
    Men95109104105
    Women60526268
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 21 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Harvard Law School.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians22242120
    Full-time21242119
    Part-time1001
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