Harvard Law School Stats

By the Numbers

Established: 1817
Number of Students: 1,730

Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 30.9%
African-American: 11.8%
American Indian: 0.7%
Asian-American: 11.4%
Mexican-American: 1.8%
Puerto-Rican: 0.8%
Hispanic: 4.3%
International: 3.2%

Men: 53.3%
Women: 46.7%

Number of Professors: 161
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10 to 1

Tuition: $42,926
Number of Applicants: 7,099
Number of Acceptances: 819
Yield: 68%

% graduates entering different occupations 2007:
Government: 2.7%
Public Interest: 4.9%
Academia: 1.4%
Judicial Clerks: 20.6%
Law Firms: 63.5%
Business/Industry: 6.7%

Bar Passage Rate: 95%

Contact

J.D. Admissions Office
Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admissions phone: (617) 495-3109
Admissions email: jdadmiss@law.harvard.edu

Academics

Specialized programs: Islamic Legal Studies Program; Environmental Law Program; Program on Negotiation; Program on Corporate Governance; Program on the Legal Profession; Labor and Worklife Program; Program on International Financial Systems

Special institutes or centers: Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice; European Law Research Center; John M. Olin Center of Law, Economics and Business; Petre-Flom Center