collageThe law school at Harvard University has an application deadline of Feb. 1. The full-time program application fee at the law school at Harvard University is $85. Its tuition is full-time: $67,081. The student-faculty ratio is 7.1:1.
Opportunities to put classroom lessons to work start early at Harvard Law School. Through the school’s Student Practice Organizations, first-year students can test their legal skills by helping local musicians understand copyright laws or representing state prison inmates at disciplinary hearings, among other opportunities. Older students can partake in HLS legal clinics, the largest offering of any school in the world. All students must complete at least 40 hours of pro bono, or volunteer, work before graduating.
HLS is unique in its grading procedures; instead of traditional letter grades, students receive a distinction of honors, pass, low pass or fail. The HLS buildings are folded into the university campus in Harvard Square, a hub of student life with restaurants, bars and shops in Cambridge, Mass. Students can live in on-campus dormitories, suites and apartments, though more than 60 percent find housing off campus. To give legal education a global slant, students can check out the joint J.D./LL.M. program between HLS and the U.K.’s University of Cambridge or can study abroad for a three-week winter term or a semester.
For those prospective students worried about law school debt, HLS offers the Low Income Protection Plan to help graduates with minimal salaries manage their student loans. Among the school’s most prominent alumni are President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama, as well as more than a dozen current and former Supreme Court Justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts.
Harvard University 2022 Rankings
Harvard University is ranked No. 3 in Best Law Schools. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
Law School Program Rankings
- #3inBest Law Schools
Law School Specialty Rankings
- #1inBusiness/Corporate Law
- inClinical Training
- #1inConstitutional Law (tie)
- #2inContracts/Commercial Law (tie)
- #2inCriminal Law (tie)
- #1inDispute Resolution
- #7inEnvironmental Law (tie)
- #7inHealth Care Law (tie)
- inIntellectual Property Law
- #2inInternational Law
- inLegal Writing
- #8inTax Law (tie)
- inTrial Advocacy
Harvard University Law School Data
Harvard University Admissions
Application deadline Feb. 1
Full-time program application fee $85
Part-time program application fee N/A
Admissions phone (617) 495-3179
Admissions email jdadmiss@law.harvard.edu
Application website Website
Director of admissions
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
Harvard University Academics
Student-faculty ratio 7.1:1
Total faculty 365
Academic calendar
Harvard University Student Body
Enrollment (full-time) 1,715
Gender distribution (full-time) Female50% Male49.5%
Total Enrolled
Harvard University Cost
Tuition and fees
full-time $67,081
Room and board $26,472
Financial aid director
Harvard University Careers
Employed at graduation 91.3%
Median private sector starting salary $190,000
Median public service starting salary $63,000
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
collage