William S. Richardson School of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 312 students enrolled in William S. Richardson School of Law - 306 JD and 6 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 1 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 100 students newly enrolled to the law school - 38 men and 61 women. By enrolled status, 59 students enrolled as full-time and 38 students enrolled as part-time. William S. Richardson School of Law is much smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 1,122 359 96 4 100
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021Total 103 37 66 0
    Full-time 83 31 52 0
    Part-time 20 6 14 0
    2022Total 102 28 72 2
    Full-time 83 25 57 1
    Part-time 19 3 15 1
    2023Total 89 30 58 1
    Full-time 77 27 50 0
    Part-time 12 3 8 1
    2024Total 92 31 61 0
    Full-time 64 21 43 0
    Part-time 28 10 18 0
    2025Total 100 38 61 1
    Full-time 60 24 35 1
    Part-time 40 14 26 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at William S. Richardson School of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 312 students enrolled, of which 306 are J.D. students and 6 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 98.08% at William S. Richardson School of Law.
    You can compare William S. Richardson 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. Richardson School of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20213393390
    20223313310
    20233153078
    20243133049
    20253123066
    William S. Richardson 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. Richardson School of Law is 17.71%. The percentage of African-american students is 2.08% with 2 students and the percentage of Asian students is 29.17% with 28 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at William S. Richardson School of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native1
    (1.04%)    		 01
    African-American / Black2
    (2.08%)    		 20
    Asian28
    (29.17%)    		 1216
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander20
    (20.83%)    		 713
    Hispanic9
    (9.38%)    		 45
    White17
    (17.71%)    		 88
    Two or More23
    (23.96%)    		 518
    Race Unknown0 00
    William S. Richardson School of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    115 faculties and 7 law librarians work for William S. Richardson School of Law. With the 312 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    William S. Richardson School of Law11573 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 62 men (57.41%) and 46 women (42.59%) faculties teaching/advising students at UHM Law. By employment status, 44 full-time and 64 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total119115108115
    Full-time41384443
    Men25252423
    Women16132020
    Other0000
    Part-time78776472
    Men43393843
    Women35382629
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 6 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at William S. Richardson School of Law.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians6667
    Full-time6667
    Part-time0000
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