William S. Boyd School of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 430 students enrolled in William S. Boyd School of Law - 416 JD and 14 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 26 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 135 students newly enrolled to the law school - 65 men and 63 women. By enrolled status, 106 students enrolled as full-time and 65 students enrolled as part-time. William S. Boyd School of Law is smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 842 341 132 3 135
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021Total 130 57 73 0
    Full-time 114 51 63 0
    Part-time 16 6 10 0
    2022Total 155 77 78 0
    Full-time 133 68 65 0
    Part-time 22 9 13 0
    2023Total 103 39 64 0
    Full-time 94 35 59 0
    Part-time 9 4 5 0
    2024Total 107 50 56 1
    Full-time 96 49 46 1
    Part-time 11 1 10 0
    2025Total 131 65 63 3
    Full-time 109 59 47 3
    Part-time 22 6 16 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at William S. Boyd School of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 430 students enrolled, of which 416 are J.D. students and 14 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 96.74% at William S. Boyd School of Law.
    You can compare William S. Boyd School of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 300 and 500
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at William S. Boyd School of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202146044515
    202246644917
    202345544114
    202445644214
    202543041614
    William S. Boyd School of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at William S. Boyd School of Law is 54.55%. The percentage of African-american students is 5.30% with 7 students and the percentage of Asian students is 8.33% with 11 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at William S. Boyd School of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native3
    (2.27%)    		 21
    African-American / Black7
    (5.30%)    		 25
    Asian11
    (8.33%)    		 46
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic26
    (19.70%)    		 1312
    White72
    (54.55%)    		 4028
    Two or More8
    (6.06%)    		 44
    Race Unknown8
    (6.06%)    		 07
    William S. Boyd School of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    104 faculties and 6 law librarians work for William S. Boyd School of Law. With the 430 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    William S. Boyd School of Law10464 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 55 men (50.00%) and 55 women (50.00%) faculties teaching/advising students at UNLV Law. By employment status, 51 full-time and 59 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total8195110104
    Full-time41445149
    Men17161920
    Women24283229
    Other0000
    Part-time40515955
    Men27293630
    Women13222325
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 6 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at William S. Boyd School of Law.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians5566
    Full-time5566
    Part-time0000
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