Harvard Law School

Cambridge, MA

Harvard Law School is located in Cambridge, MA and enrolls approximately 579 first-year (1L) students. The median LSAT is 174 and median GPA is 3.96. In the most recent reporting year, 95.5% of graduates secured full-time, bar-required employment, with 56.3% at large firms (251+ attorneys) and 16.6% in federal clerkships.

1L Class Size
579
Median LSAT
174
Median GPA
3.96
Bar-Required Jobs
92.4%

Admissions Profile

Entering class 2024–25
75th Percentile 176
50th Percentile 174
25th Percentile 171
75th Percentile 4
50th Percentile 3.96
25th Percentile 3.89

Employment Outcomes

Class of 2025
Bar-Required Jobs (FTLT)
95.5%
Full-time, long-term · of total graduates
Private Practice
Any Law Firm
63.6%
All firm sizes combined
BigLaw (251+ atty)
56.3%
Large firm placement
Clerkships
All Clerkships
19.6%
Federal, state & other
Federal Clerkship
16.6%
Article III & federal courts
Public Sector & Other
Government
2.5%
Federal, state & local
Public Interest
9.8%
Nonprofits & advocacy
Business & Industry
2.8%
In-house & corporate
Education
0.5%
Academia & teaching
Other Outcomes
JD Advantage
2.8%
Non-bar-required roles
Unemployed, Seeking
0.2%
Actively job searching

First-Time Bar Passage

Class of 2024
First-Time Pass Rate
97.86%
Across all jurisdictions · first-time takers
ABA Avg (Weighted)
83.44%
Peer schools, same jurisdictions
vs. ABA Avg
+14.42%
Above weighted average
First-Time Takers
608
Graduates sitting for bar

Scholarship Distribution

Full-time students · entering class

Each circle represents 1% of the entering class, colored by scholarship level received.

No scholarship 1702
Less than ½ tuition 458
Half to full tuition 197
Full tuition
More than full tuition