Harvard Law School
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law school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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
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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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