Notre Dame Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 573 students enrolled in Notre Dame Law School - 549 JD and 24 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 8 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 181 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 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 2,442 568 172 9 181
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021214 105 109 0
    2022181 84 97 0
    2023166 85 81 0
    2024180 89 91 0
    2025180 89 91 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Notre Dame Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 573 students enrolled, of which 549 are J.D. students and 24 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 95.81% 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
    202159455242
    202257355716
    202355452925
    202456554025
    202557354924
    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 68.02%. The percentage of African-american students is 2.91% with 5 students and the percentage of Asian students is 13.37% with 23 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Notre Dame Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black5
    (2.91%)    		 05
    Asian23
    (13.37%)    		 716
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic20
    (11.63%)    		 911
    White117
    (68.02%)    		 6453
    Two or More5
    (2.91%)    		 14
    Race Unknown11
    (6.40%)    		 82
    Notre Dame Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    151 faculties and 6 law librarians work for Notre Dame Law School. With the 573 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Notre Dame Law School15164 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    Illinois Law Schools16165 to 1
    Public10845 to 1
    Private19775 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.
    2022202320242025
    Total113135134151
    Full-time58565558
    Men38393839
    Women20171619
    Other0000
    Part-time55797993
    Men38546273
    Women17231719
    Other0200

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 8 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Notre Dame Law School.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians8886
    Full-time8886
    Part-time0000
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