Harvard Law School
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law school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Within Vinony's link graph, Harvard Law School is referenced by 6,605 other articles, and connects out to Harvard Art Museums, Latin and Rutherford B. Hayes.
Vinony files it under 1817 establishments in Massachusetts, Educational institutions established in 1817 and Environmental law schools.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Motto
- Veritas, Lex et Iustitia , ( Latin for ' Truth, Law and Justice ' )
- Parent school
- Harvard University
- Established
- 1817 ; 209 years ago ( 1817 )
- School type
- Private law school
- Dean
- John C. P. Goldberg
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts , US
- Enrollment
- 1,990 (2025)
- Usnwr ranking
- 6th (tie) (2025)
- Bar pass rate
- 99.4% (2021)
- Website
- hls .harvard .edu
- Aba profile
- Standard 509 Report
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- publishing house
- Part of
- Harvard University
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Cambridge
- Parent organization
- Harvard University
- Location
- Cambridge
- Official website
- hls.harvard.edu
- Image
- Hls langdell hall.jpeg
- Students count
- 1990
- Motto
- Lex et Iustitia
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- inception
- 1817-00-00
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Harvard Law School alumni
- Commons category
- Harvard Law School
- topic's main category
- Category:Harvard Law School
- social media followers
- 178210
- native label
- Harvard Law School
- ranking
- 4
- P12749
- Hypothymis azurea
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Encyclopedic overview
Harvard Law School ( HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United States.
Each class in the three-year JD program has approximately 560 students, which is among the largest law schools in the United States. The first-year class is broken into seven sections of approximately 80 students, who take most first-year classes together. Aside from the JD program, Harvard also awards both LLM and SJD degrees.
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