Law School Profile · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Law School
2025 First Year Class data, sourced from the ABA 509 Required Disclosure. Data last updated July 2026.
Median LSAT
Middle 50%: 171 – 176
174
Median GPA
Middle 50%: 3.89 – 4.00
3.96
Admissions funnel · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509Applications
8,872
100%
Accepted
816
9.2%
Matriculated
483
59% yield
Application basics · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509- Application deadline
- February 15
- Application fee
- $90
- Accepts GRE
- Yes
- Part-time program
- Not offered
Selectivity
Is Harvard hard to get into?
Harvard Law School is among the more selective law schools in the country. 9.2% of the 8,872 applicants in the 2025 First Year Class were offered admission. The middle 50% of admitted students scored between 171 and 176 on the LSAT, with GPAs between 3.89 and 4.00.
Harvard's median LSAT is 174. Enter your scaled score — or convert from questions missed on a PrepTest — and we’ll compare it against the 171–176 middle 50% range.
Out of 77 scored questions — don't count the unscored experimental section.
Scaled score
77 correct out of 77
4 points above Harvard's 75th percentile (176)
Based on LSAC scoring curves for PrepTests 101–159 (post-August 2024 format).
Admissions events
Harvard Law School admissions events
Open houses, information sessions, and admissions office hours are the easiest way to get to know Harvard before you apply — but every school posts them differently, so they're easy to miss. Here are the upcoming Harvard admissions events we're tracking, with links to register.
No upcoming events posted right now.
Harvard adds admissions events throughout the cycle. Check the official admissions events page for the latest open houses, information sessions, and office hours.
Visit Harvard's admissions events page on hls.harvard.edu ↗Tuition and aid
via ABA 5092025 First Year Class — annual tuition, cost of living, and grant aid as reported to the ABA.
Cost of attendance
- Annual tuition
- $77,100
- Estimated 3-year tuition
- $231,300
- Annual cost of living
- $38,690
- Estimated 3-year total
- $347,370
Grant aid
- Students receiving aid
- 38%
- Median scholarship
- $27,510
- 25th percentile
- $12,106
- 75th percentile
- $43,338
2024 graduates — first-time bar passage and employment status as reported to the ABA.
Full-time legal employment
Long-term, JD-required positions
88.6%
First-time bar passage
Across all reported jurisdictions
97.9%
Employment by employer type
Based on 622 graduates
- Large firms (501+ attorneys)320 51.4%
- Federal clerkships112 18.0%
- Public interest47 7.6%
- Mid-size firms (26–500)39 6.3%
- Government21 3.4%
- State / local clerkships19 3.1%
- Business & industry17 2.7%
- Small firms (1–25)15 2.4%
- Unemployed15 2.4%
- Academia9 1.4%
Top jurisdictions where graduates work
New York
graduates
197
District of Columbia
graduates
107
California
graduates
75
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Every number on this page comes from one of three federally mandated ABA Required Disclosures for Harvard Law School:
- ABA 509 ↗
- ABA Employment Summary (2024 graduates) ↗
- ABA Bar Admission Outcomes ↗
- ABA Required Disclosures hub ↗
Data last updated July 2026. These figures and events are compiled from public sources and can be outdated or change without notice — always confirm current numbers, deadlines, and event dates on Harvard Law School's official website before making any decisions: hls.harvard.edu.